The guest books of the famous
Since its foundation in 1881 until today, Best Western Hotel Spaander has been a popular destination for the famous of the world.
With the recent discovery of the guest books dating from 1885 until 1938, Best Western Hotel Spaander can now boast even more tangible evidence to this.
When you visit Best Western Hotel Spaander, you too can immediately experience why the guests of Best Western Hotel Spaander feel so at home here and why they keep returning.
Here we present you with a large selection of famous names from the guest books of Best Western Hotel Spaander.
Beatrix, Queen of the Netherlands, 2007
Jan-Peter Balkenende, prime minister, 2006
Rinus en Wil Michels, footballer/coach, 2004
Marco van Basten, footballer/coach, 2002
Chris de Burgh, artist, 2001
André Hazes, popular singer, 1981
Muhammad Ali, world champion boxer, 1976
Elisabeth Taylor, movie star, 1975
Johan Cruijff, footballer/coach, 1972
Tom Manders ‘Dorus’, actor, 1971
Fanny Blankers-Koen, athlete of the 20th century, 1968
Kirk Douglas, movie star, 1955
Clark Gable, movie star, 1953
Walt Disney, founder of the Disney empire, 1952
Abram Icek Tuschinski, movie tycoon, 1932
Harold Lloyd, movie star, 1932
Chief White Horse Eagle, Indian Chief of 108 years old, 1930
Anna Pavlova, ballet dancer, 1927
Maurice Ravel, Maurice Ravel, 1922
Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 1921
Hendrik, Prince of the Netherlands, 1917
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1916
Anthony Fokker, airplane builder, 1915
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the US president, 1913
Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and philanthropist, 1913
Lord Baden Powell, founder of the boy scouts, 1907
Emma, Queen of the Netherlands, 1905
Willem Hearst, newspaper tycoon, 1903 en 1928
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, artist, 1885
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Ruud Gullit, ,
Paul Signac, ,
Frank Rijkaard, ,
FC Porto, ,
- B.Z.N. announcing quitting (singing group, 2006),
- Carola Smit en Jan Keijzer (singers, 2006),
- Fran Drescher (actress ‘The Nanny’, 2004),
- Darlene Conley (actress ‘Sally Spectra’, 2003),
- Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Ronald Koeman on the occasion of the benefit match New years fire-disaster 2001,
- Sven Goran Eriksson (football coach, 1998),
- Joke Bruijs en Gerard Cox (actor and actress, 1988),
- Henny Huisman (tv-host, 1987),
- Popov (clown, 1979),
- Mikhail Botwinnik (world champion chess, 1978),
- Cunta Cinte (movie star ‘Roots’, 1977),
- Hammond Brothers (singing group, 1976),
- The Cats (band, 1976),
- The famous Ajax of 1972,
- The Edwin Hawkins Singers (singing group, 1970),
- John Kraaykamp (comedian, 1969),
- Raymond Ceulemans (world champion three-cushion billiards,1968),
- Betty Stöve (tennis player, 1968),
- Sjoukje Dijkstra (Olympic champion figure skating, 1968),
- Ard Schenk (Olympic champion speed skating, 1968),
- Anton Geesink (Olympic champion judo, 1968),
- A. den Doolaard (writer, 1968),
- Paul van Vliet (cabaret performer, 1965),
- Max Tailleur (humorist, 1965),
- Willy Walden (comedian, 1963),
- Albert Plesman (founder K.L.M., 1938),
- Sabu (movie star from ‘The Elephant Boy’, 1938),
- Anthony Eden (Prime minister Engeland, 1938),
- Maurice Chevalier (singer, 1932),
- Marie Dubas (singer, 1934),
- Marion Davies (movie star, 1928),
- Alexander Aljechin (world champion chess, 1925),
- Rudolf Mengelberg (managing director Concertgebouw, 1922),
- Albert Roussel (composer, 1922),
- Darius Milhaud (composer, 1922),
- Mary Poss (first female aviator, 1922),
- Douglas Fairbanks (movie star, 1920),
- John Alcock (first aviator who flew over the Atlantic Ocean, 1919),
- Jean Batten (famous female aviator, 1918),
- Cornelis Lely (founder plan reclaiming Zuiderzee, 1915),
- Ernst Zahn (writer/poet, 1913),
- Pablo Casals (cellist, 1912),
- Camoura (Crown prince of Japan, 1909),
- Edvard Grieg (composer/conductor, 1906)
