Researching Jan Smit
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 31 people with the Smit surname? In that year Smit was ranked number 3548 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Jan Smit on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jan Smit and the Smit Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Smit surname in the USA? Smit is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jan Smit
Jan Smit (physicist)
Jan Smit (born 16 September 1943, Amsterdam) is a Dutch theoretical physicist.
During his PhD at UCLA with professor Robert Finkelstein he made some early contributions to lattice formulation of quantum field theory around 1972, which was a year before Kenneth Wilson, and two years before Alexander Polyakov. However, he encountered some problems with fermion doubling which he could not solve at the moment. At that time he did not realize the value of his work and he only mentioned it briefly in his Ph.D. thesis in 1974, which was about Schwinger source theory. A few years later he returned to working on the lattice formulation and became a well-known expert in the field.
He works at the University of Amsterdam at the Institute of Theoretical Physics.
Source: Jan Smit (physicist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJan Smit (singer)
Jan Smit (born 31 December 1985) is a Dutch singer, television host, and actor. Smit mostly sings songs in the Dutch language, in a genre known as Volendam music. In addition to his solo career, in 2015 Smit joined the schlager trio KLUBBB3, and in 2017 The Toppers. As a TV presenter, he has worked on programs like the Beste Zangers (Best Singers in the Netherlands) and Sterren Muziekfeest op het Plein (Music Festival on the square.) Since 1999, Smit has been serving as an ambassador for the SOS Children's Villages, and is a member of the board for the football club FC Volendam.
Source: Jan Smit (singer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Smit
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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