265px|thumb|Map of the municipality of Dinkelland, June 2015

Dinkelland () is a municipality in the eastern Netherlands. For a short time it was known as Denekamp (one of its component towns) until it was renamed in 2002.

Population centres

Notable people

  • Johan Jongkind (1819 in Lattrop – 1891) a painter and printmaker
  • Theo Budde (1889 in Ootmarsum – 1959) a watchmaker, jeweler, antique dealer and poet
  • Ton Schulten (1938 in Ootmarsum – 2025) a painter who mainly painted landscapes
  • Roméo Dallaire (born 1946 in Denekamp) a Canadian humanitarian, author, statesman and retired senator and general
  • Marcha (born 1956 in Lattrop) a singer and TV presenter, took part in the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest
  • Han Polman (born 1963 in Ootmarsum) a politician
  • Tanja Nijmeijer (born 1978 in Denekamp) a Dutch former guerrilla fighter in Colombia and English teacher

Sport

  • Felix von Heijden (1890 in Weerselo – 1982) a footballer team bronze medallist at the 1920 Summer Olympics; & Mayor of Rosmalen 1923–1955
  • Hennie Kuiper (born 1949 in Denekamp) a former professional road racing cyclist, gold medallist at the 1972 Summer Olympics
  • Jos Lansink (born 1961 in Weerselo) an equestrian, team gold medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics
  • Marieke Westerhof (born 1974 in Denekamp) a retired rower, team silver medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  • Elles Leferink (born 1976 in Weerselo) a volleyball player, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics

References

  • Official website