Daniel Overbeek or Overbeke (13 March 1695, Amsterdam - 29 July 1751, Colombo)^[1] was the 26th Governor of Ceylon during the Dutch period in Ceylon. He was appointed on 8 January 1742 and was Governor until 11 May 1743. He was succeeded by Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse.^[2]

From 15 May 1717 to 13 March 1718 Overbeek sailed from Holland to Ceylon on the ship "Vaderland Getrouw".^[3] Only four months later (22 July 1718) he married Elisabeth Hals, the daughter of the captain of the burghers in Colombo.^[4] By 1737 Overbeek was Commander of Galle. Elizabeth had five children, but died in October 1738 in Galle. Overbeek remarried Gertruida Brengman.^[5]

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