Posthumus

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title: "Posthumus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-language-surnames", "latin-language-surnames", "surnames-of-frisian-origin"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Posthumus is a surname mostly stemming from the Dutch province of Friesland. Among variants are Posthuma and Postmus. The surname may have originated in the same way Romans called boys and girls born after the death of their father Postumus and Postuma, and the common Frisian name Postma sometimes is a derivative of such a name. Alternatively, the situation is reversed, with the surname Postma or Postema morphing to "Posthuma" and further to "Posthumus". People with this surname include:

Bryan Posthumus (born 1984), American politician, son of Dick
Chad Posthumus (1991–2024), Canadian basketball player
Cyril Posthumus (1918–1992), British motoring journalist
Dick Posthumus (born 1950), American politician from Michigan
Hans Posthumus (1947–2016), Dutch football player
(c.1513–1599), Dutch painter and architect
Johannes Posthumus (1887–1978), Dutch gymnast
Kees Posthumus (1902–1972), Dutch chemist and university president
Lisa Posthumus Lyons (born 1980), American politician from Michigan, daughter of Dick
Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus (1880–1960), Dutch economic historian and political scientist, husband of Willemijn
(1910–1987), Dutch politician
Sieta Posthumus (born 1936), Dutch swimmer
Willemijn Posthumus-van der Goot (1897–1989), Dutch economist, feminist and radio broadcaster, wife of Nicolaas

References

[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=posthumus&gba_naam=Posthumus&nfd_naam=Posthumus&operator=eq&taal= Posthumus] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands

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