[tin-bur-guh
n; Du. tin-ber-khuhn, -khuh] 
| 1. | Jan [yahn] , 1903–94, Dutch economist: Nobel prize 1969. |
| 2. | his brother, Ni⋅ko⋅laas [nik-uh-luhs; Du. nee-koh-lahs] , (“Niko”), 1907–1988, British ethologist, born in the Netherlands: Nobel prize for medicine 1973. |
| Tin·ber·gen (tĭn'bər-gən, -běr'KHən) Dutch economist. He shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economics. His brother Nikolaas (1907-1988), a Dutch-born British ethologist, shared a 1973 Nobel Prize for studies of individual and social behavior patterns. |