De Moor is a Dutch surname. It literally means "the Moor" and probably referred to the harbour master profession (to "moor" a boat). It may have also referred to a person with a darker skin, or more generally, a person with connections to the African continent. "De Moor" therefore meaning "The Dark Skinned People."^[1] Notable people with that surname include:

• Bien de Moor (born 1962), Belgian actress
• Bob de Moor (1925–1992), Belgian comics author
• Carel de Moor (1655–1738), Dutch etcher and painter, father of:
• Carel Isaak de Moor (1695–1738), Dutch lithographer and painter
• Des de Moor (born 1961), English musician
• Duncan de Moor (born 1994), also known as Duncan Laurence, Dutch musician
• Frans de Moor (1912–1983), Dutch boxer
• Georges De Moor (born 1953), Belgian Doctor of Medicine and professor
• Joos de Moor (c. 1548 – 1618), Dutch Vice Admiral
• Marente de Moor (born 1972), Dutch writer and columnist
• Margriet de Moor (born 1941), Dutch writer and pianist
• Ruud de Moor (1928–2001), Dutch professor of sociology
• Vincent de Moor (born 1973), Dutch trance artist

• Guido Demoor (1952–2006), Belgian train driver
• Moor (disambiguation)

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname De Moor.
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