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| name          = Aart
| gender        = Male
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| language      = Dutch
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'''Aart''' is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] short form of the given name [[Arnout]] (English [[Arnold (given name)|Arnold]]).<ref>[https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/Aart Aart] at the [[Meertens Institute]] database of Dutch given names</ref> <!-- It is [[cognate]] with similar names in a variety of languages, such as Art and Artúur ([[Old Irish language|Old Irish]]), Arth ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]) and Artur (many [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] and [[Slavic languages]]). Could be sometimes, but we need a reference--> Notable people with the name include:
* [[Aart Alblas]] (1918–1944), Dutch navy officer, resistance member
* [[Aart van Antum]] (1580–1620), Dutch marine painter
* [[Aart van Asperen]] (born 1956), Dutch television director
* [[Aart den Boer]] (1852–1941), Dutch architect and contractor
* [[Aart Brederode]] (1942–2020), Dutch field hockey player
* [[Aart van Dobbenburgh]] (1899–1988), Dutch graphic artist
* [[Aart Jansz Druyvesteyn]] (1577–1627),  Dutch lawyer, painter, and mayor of Haarlem
* [[Aart de Geus]] (born 1954), Dutch-born American computer businessman
* [[Aart Jan de Geus]] (born 1955), Dutch politician and chairman of the Bertelsmann Foundation
* [[Aart van den IJssel]] (1922–1983), Dutch sculptor, painter and draftsman
* [[Aart Klein]] (1909–2001), Dutch photographer
* [[Aart Koopmans]] (1946–2007), Dutch businessman
* [[Aart van der Leeuw]] (1876–1931), Dutch writer
* [[Aart Malherbe]] (born {{circa|1930}}), South African Vice Admiral
* [[Aart Schouman]] (1710–1792), Dutch painter
* [[Aart Staartjes]] (1938–2020), Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker, "Mr. Aart" in the Dutch Sesame Street program
* [[Aart Vierhouten]] (born 1970), Dutch racing cyclist
* [[Aart van Wilgenburg]] (1902–1955), Dutch swimmer
==References==
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[[Category:Dutch masculine given names]]
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