title: DeGroot
text: # DeGroot
  
  DeGroot is an agglutinated form of the Dutch surname De Groot. It may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Bruce DeGroot (born 1963), American politician
  * Chad DeGroot (born 1974), American freestyle BMX rider
  * Diede de Groot (born 1986), Dutch Tennis Grand Slam Champion
  * Dudley DeGroot (1899–1970), American athlete and coach
  * Gerard DeGroot, author of the 2008 book The Sixties Unplugged
  * Jeff DeGroot (born 1985), American soccer player
  * Morris H. DeGroot (1931–1989), American statistician
  
  ## Characters
  
  * Gerald and Karen DeGroot, characters on the American television show Lost
  * LuAnn DeGroot, main character of the comic strip Luann
  * Tavish Finnegan DeGroot, the real name of the Demoman class from Team Fortress 2
  