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Contemporary Notables of the name Kooistra (post 1700) +

  • William Kooistra (1926-1995), American water polo player, inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, brother of Sam
  • Scott Kooistra (b. 1980), American former football offensive tackle
  • Sam Kooistra (1935-2010), American gold medalist water polo player, brother of William
  • Paul Kooistra (b. 1942), American minister and academic, President of Erskine College (2014-2016)
  • Clarence L. Kooistra (b. 1941), American politician, Member of the South Dakota Senate (2003-2006)
  • William H. Kooistra (1936-2004), American Democratic Party politician, Psychologist; Presidential Elector for Michigan, 1992; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1996, 2000 (alternate) 2
  • Carol S. Kooistra, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Michigan 3rd District, 1992 3
  • Wytze Kooistra (b. 1982), Dutch volleyball player
  • Pieter Kooistra (1922-1988), Dutch artist and advocate for a global basic income
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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