Thijs

Thijs is a common Dutch given name and surname. It is a short form of Matthijs (Matthew). Some notable people with this name are:

Given name

• Thijs Al (born 1980), Dutch mountain biker
• Thijs Berman (born 1957), Dutch politician
• Thijs Libregts (born 1941), Dutch football coach
• Thijs Maris (1839-1917), Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer
• Thijs van Leer (born 1948), Dutch flautist and composer, lead singer of the band Focus
• Thijs Westbroek, Dutch DJ and producer
• Thijs de Vlieger, Dutch DJ and producer, member of the trio Noisia
• All articles beginning with Thijs

Surname

• Bernd Thijs (born 1978), Belgian footballer
• Erika Thijs (1960–2011), Belgian politician
• Erwin Thijs (born 1970), Belgian road bicycle racer
• Jan Thijs (Johannes Thysius) (1621–1653), Dutch book collector
• Jim Thijs (born 1980), Belgian triathlete
• Lutgarde Thijs (born 1962), Belgian sprint canoeist
• Paul Thijs (born 1946), Belgian long-distance runner
• Pieter Thijs (1624–1677), Flemish painter

See also

• Tijs, an even shorter Dutch form of Matthew
• Thys, spelling variant, common in the Belgian province of Antwerp
• Thijs is one of the first two satellites of the Galileo global navigation satellite system, named after a Belgian boy who won a drawing competition