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'''Wouters''' is a [[Dutch language|Dutch]] [[patronymic surname]], meaning son of [[Wouter]], and corresponding to [[Walters (surname)|Walters]] in English. In 2007/2008 there were about 8700 people in the Netherlands and 15700 people in Belgium with that name.<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=wouters&gba_naam=Wouters&nfd_naam=Wouters&operator=eq&taal= Wouters] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.</ref><ref>[https://familienaam.be/Wouters Wouters] at familienaam.be</ref> People with this name include:
*[[Ad Wouters]] (born 1944), Dutch sculptor active in Belgium
*[[Aloïs Wouters]] (born 1962), Belgian racing cyclist
*[[Cas Wouters]] (born 1943), Dutch sociologist
*[[Dries Wouters]] (born 1997), Belgian football defender
*[[Enzo Wouters]] (born 1996), Belgian racing cyclist
*[[Frans Wouters]] (1612–1659), Flemish painter
*[[G. Henry Wouters]] (1802–1872), Flemish church historian
*[[Hendrina Wouters]] (1718–1746), Dutch murderer
*[[Hugo Wouters]] (1931–1975), Flemish poet with the pseudonym "Hugues C. Pernath"
*[[Jan Wouters]] (born 1960), Dutch football midfielder
*[[Jan Wouters (legal scholar)]] (born 1964), Belgian legal scholar
*[[Jean de Wouters]] (1905–1973), Belgian inventor and aerodynamics engineer
*[[Jean Claude Wouters]] (born 1956), Belgian dancer, film maker and painter
*[[Josee Wouters]] ([[floruit|fl.]] 1947), Belgian table tennis player
*[[Joseph Wouters]] (born 1942), Belgian racing cyclist
*{{interlanguage link|Jürgen Wouters|de||nl|}} (born 1981), Dutch badminton player
*[[Leon Wouters]] (1930–2015), Belgian football defender and coach
*[[Liliane Wouters]] (1930–2016), Belgian poet, playwright, anthologist and essayist
*[[Lode Wouters]] (1929–2014), Belgian racing cyclist
*[[Michaelina Woutiers|Michaelina Wouters]] (ca. 1620–after 1682), Flemish painter
*[[Rik Wouters]] (1882–1916), Belgian painter and sculptor
*[[Rolf Wouters]] (born 1963), Dutch television show host
*{{interlanguage link|Sieben Wouters|fr||nl|}} (born 1996), Dutch racing cyclist
*[[Stefan Wouters]] (born 1972), Belgian visual artist and curator
*[[Thierry Wouters]] (born 1979), Belgian swimmer
*[[Veerle Wouters]] (born 1974), Belgian politician
*[[Wayne Wouters]] (born 1951), Canadian Clerk of the Privy Council
==See also==
*[[Wauters]], homonymic surname
*[[Wouters v Algemene Raad van de Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten]], European Court of Justice decision concerning competition law
==References==
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[[Category:Dutch-language surnames]]
[[Category:Patronymic surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of Belgian origin]]
[[Category:Surnames of Dutch origin]]