Jan Pol
Birth Name:
Jan Pol
Birth Place:
The Netherlands
Fast Facts
- Supports the local branches of the non-profit organizations 4-H and Future Farmers of America
- Graduated from Utrecht University with a degree in Veterinary Medicine in 1970
- Grew up around dairy cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, geese, turkeys, rabbits, dogs and Friesian horses
- Lived on a farm as a child and delivered his first litter of piglets at the age of 12
- Best known as a veterinarian and star of the reality TV series "The Incredible Dr․ Pol․"
- Started Pol Veterinary Services with his wife in 1981, becoming an expert in large farm animals
- Enjoys traveling across Europe and other destinations and scuba diving in the Caribbean
- Is also a car collector and has, among other things, a 1937 Rolls Royce, a 1999 Plymouth Prowler, and a 1981 DeLorean
- The strangest animal injury he ever treated was a snake that had been chewed on by a rat
- When he was studying to become a veterinarian in the Netherlands, all of his textbooks were in German because there were no Dutch translations of the material