Hendrik Gerardus Maria Spaan (born 30 September 1948) is a Dutch sports journalist, television presenter, author, and columnist.

He also wrote children's books with Dutch author Guus Luijters and radio plays with Ischa Meijer.

His best known radio work from the period is the VPRO-forum he participated in with Ischa Meijer, Cees Nooteboom, Mensje van Keulen en Wim T. Schippers.

The series went on to win the Zilveren Reissmicrofoon, and it was through Tussen Start en Finish that Spaan began his collaboration with Harry Vermeegen.

The second season of Pisa saw an extended format, and some of the program's segments, in particular Popie Jopie en De Gewone Man, became extremely popular in the Netherlands.

His work on these projects led Spaan to invest less energy in his collaboration with Vermeegen on Die 2: Nieuwe Koeien.

Spaan then launched the TV show Hard Gras, which was forced to compete for popularity with Vermeegen's new series De Regenjas.

In 2018 Spaan and Vermeegen appeared together in an episode of the documentary series TV Monument, through their interviews were conducted separately.

In 2007 Spaan worked to turn Hard gras into a theatrical production alongside a large group of collaborators including van Nieuwkerk, Anna Enquist, Herman Koch, Hugo Borst en P.F.

In May 2009 a French-language book about Spaan's home in France was published entitled Les carottes sont cuites.