List of Dutch people

Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

Arts

Architecture

Main article: List of Dutch architects

• Jaap Bakema (1914–1981)
• Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934)
• Jo van den Broek (1898–1978)
• Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921)
• Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974)
• Aldo van Eyck (1918–1999)
• Rem Koolhaas (born 1944)
• Jacobus Oud (1890–1963)
• Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)

Comedy

Main article: List of Dutch comedians

Film

• Willeke van Ammelrooy (born 1944), actress
• Jan de Bont (born 1943), cinematographer (Speed)
• Rene Daalder (born 1944), director
• Bracha van Doesburgh (born 1981), actress
• Bobbi Eden (born 1980), porn actress
• Laura Gemser (born 1950), porn actress
• Rutger Hauer (born 1944), actor
• Johannes Heesters (1903–2011), actor
• Deidre Holland (born 1966), porn actress
• Carice van Houten (born 1976), actress
• Famke Janssen (born 1965), actress
• Vincent van Ommen (born 1982), actor
• Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944), actor,
• Sylvia Kristel (born 1952), actress
• Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), actress
• Renée Soutendijk (born 1957), actress
• Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), actress
• Monique van de Ven (born 1952), actress
• Paul Verhoeven (born 1938), director
• Zara Whites (born 1968), porn actress
• Michaël Dudok de Wit (born 1953), animator, director (Father and Daughter)
• Paul Driessen (born 1940), animator, director

Music

Main articles: List of Dutch musicians and List of Dutch composers

• André Rieu (born 1949), violinist, conductor, and composer
• Thomas Acda (born 1967), singer, actor
• Sharon Den Adel, singer of Within Temptation
• Jan Akkerman, guitar player
• Amber, singer
• Elly Ameling, singer classical music
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939), composer
• Dick Annegarn (born 1952), singer, musician
• Anouk, singer
• Bart Berman, pianist, composer
• Marco Borsato (born 1966), singer
• Willem Breuker (1944–2010), jazz musician
• Herman Brood (1946–2001), rock musician and artist
• Theo Bruins, pianist, composer
• Armin van Buuren, popular Trance DJ
• Gerard Cornielje (born 1962), jazz musician and poet
• Ferry Corsten, popular Trance DJ
• Esmée Denters, singer, made famous through YouTube
• Cristina Deutekom, singer classical music
• Alphons Diepenbrock, composer
• Anita Doth, singer
• Candy Dulfer, saxophone player
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943), composer
• Caro Emerald, singer
• Tess Gaerthé (born 1991), actress and singer
• Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), composer
• Boudewijn de Groot (born 1944), singer, actor
• Stephen van Haestregt, drummer of Within Temptation
• Alex Van Halen, drummer of Van Halen
• Eddie Van Halen, guitarist of Van Halen
• Barry Hay (born 1948), singer of Golden Earring
• Bernard Haitink, conductor Concertgebouworkest
• André Hazes (1951–2004), singer
• Ilse Huizinga (born 1966), jazz singer
• Dominique van Hulst, singer, popularly known as Do
• Janine Jansen, violinist
• Ruud Jolie, guitarist of Within Temptation
• Tim Kliphuis, jazz violinist
• Peter Koelewijn (born 1940) founder of Dutch Rock & Roll
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen, composer and musician
• Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951), conductor
• Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977), violinist, author, pedagogue, founder of GAIA Chamber Music Festival
• Rogier van Otterloo, composer
• Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978), composer
• Willem Pijper, composer
• Abbie de Quant, flautist
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), composer
• Marc van Roon (born 1967), jazz pianist, co-founder Art in Rhythm
• Simone Simons, vocalist of Epica
• Peter Slaghuis (1960–1991), disc jockey
• Ray Slijngaard, singer and disc jockey
• Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), singer
• Jaap Spaanderman, pianist, cellist, conductor
• Martijn Spierenburg, keyboardist of Within Temptation
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, composer and organist
• Marc van Roon, jazz pianist, facilitator
• Jelle van Tongeren Jazz violinist
• Jeroen van Veen (born 1974), bassist with the group Within Temptation
• Jeroen van Veen (born 1969), classical pianist and composer
• Herman van Veen (born 1945), singer, theater performer
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), composer
• Matthijs Verschoor, classical pianist
• Tijs Verwest, DJ (better known as DJ Tiësto)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944), composer
• Edo de Waart, conductor
• Tony Wall (born 1988), guitarist
• Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941), composer
• Robert Westerholt, guitarist of Within Temptation
• Jaap van Zweden, violinist and conductor
• Roel van Velzen, singer
• Gerard Joling, singer

Visual arts

Main article: List of Dutch painters

• Pieter van Abeele (1622–1677), medallist
• Bernard Accama (died 1756), painter
• Karel Appel (1921–2006), painter
• Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), painter
• Ludolf Backhuysen (1631–1708), painter
• Helen Berman (born 1936), painter
• Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), painter
• Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1612), painter
• Jan de Bray (1627–1697), painter
• Dick Bruna (born 1927), graphical artist
• Paul Citroen (1896–1983), painter
• Anton Corbijn, photographer
• Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), painter
• Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), painter
• Willem Drost (1630–1680), painter and print maker
• M. C. Escher (1898–1972), graphical artist
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), painter
• Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), painter
• Frans Hals (1580–1666), painter
• Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), painter
• Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter
• Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), forger of paintings
• Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), painter
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), painter
• Geertgen tot Sint Jans (active 1465–1495), painter
• Jan Steen (1626–1679), painter
• Thierry Veltman (born 1939) painter and sculptor
• Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), painter
• Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882–1945), typographer and illustrator
• Jacob de Wit (1695–1754), painter
• Marten Toonder (1912–2007), comic creator

Writing

Main articles: List of Dutch writers and List of Dutch poets

• A. C. Baantjer (born 1923), writer of detective fiction
• Paul Biegel (1925–2006), writer of children's books
• Remco Campert, novelist, poet
• Jacob Cats, poet
• Isabelle de Charrière, novelist
• Anne de Vries, writer from Drenthe, wrote the novel Bartje
• Geert Groote
• Arnon Grünberg (born 1971)
• Hella Haasse, novelist
• Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), novelist and playwright
• Herman Heijermans (1864–1924)
• Anne Frank (1929–1945)
• Willem Frederik Hermans, novelist
• Xaviera Hollander, writer
• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647)
• Constantijn Huygens
• Gerrit Krol, novelist, poet
• Geert Mak (born 1946) writer of historical books
• Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), novelist
• Multatuli, novelist
• Nescio
• Cees Nooteboom, novelist
• Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), journalist
• Gerard Reve, novelist
• Annie M.G. Schmidt, writer of children's books (Jip en Janneke series, Pluk van de Petteflet, Abeltje)
• Tjalie Robinson (1911–1974)
• Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), poet, playwright
• Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), novelist
• Hendrik Willem Van Loon (1882–1944)
• Jan Wolkers (1925–2007)

Exploration

Main article: List of Dutch naval heroes

• Willem Barentsz (c. 1550 – 1597), several expeditions to Arctic waters; discovered Spitsbergen
• Abraham Blauvelt (died 1663), Central America
• Adriaen Block (1567–1627), New Netherlands
• Hendrik Brouwer (1580–1643), discovered the Roaring Forties
• Olivier Brunel (c. 1540 – 1585), tried to find a passage around Siberia to China
• Jan Carstenszoon (born c. 1595), New Guinea coast, navigated the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1623
• Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), VOC captain, charted mid-western coast of Australia
• Jacob van Heemskerk (1567–1607), captain of one of Barent's ships on his last fatal expedition
• Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), brother to Frederick, established Dutch trading route to the Spice Islands
• Frederick de Houtman (1571–1627), brother to Cornelis, charted several constellations in the southern skies, explored coast of Western Australia
• Willem Janszoon (c. 1570 – 1630), first European expedition to make landfall on the Australian continent
• Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585 – 1616), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
• Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, New Jersey (1614–1620)
• Olivier van Noort (1558–1627), 1598 circumnavigation
• Jacob Quaeckernaeck (died 1606), reached Japan via Street of Magellan and Moluccas
• Matthijs Quast (died 1641), Japan, Bonin Islands, and legendary islands East of Japan
• Jan Rijp, saved remainder of Willem Barentsz' crew in 1597
• Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722
• Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
• Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town
• Abel Tasman (1603–1659), extensive voyages around Australia and southwest Pacific, discovered a.o. Tasmania, New Zealand & Tonga
• François Thijssen, charted 1,000 miles of the Australian South Coast in 1627
• Alexandrine Tinné (1839–1869), Sahara desert crossing
• Willem de Vlamingh (1640–17??), Western Australia
• Sebald de Weert (died 1602), discovered Falkland Islands

Historians

• Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647)
• Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
• Loe de Jong (1914–2005)
• Jan Romein (1893–1962)
• Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660)
• Boudewijn Sirks (born 1953)

Military

• Karel Doorman (1889–1942), naval officer
• Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577–1629), naval officer
• Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), general and stadtholder
• Hendrick Lucifer, naval officer turned pirate
• J. B. van Heutsz (1851–1924), governor general of the Dutch East Indies
• Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629,) governor general of the Dutch East Indies
• Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), general and stadtholder
• Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), naval officer
• Cornelis Tromp (1629–1691), naval officer
• Maarten Tromp (1598–1653), naval officer
• Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), naval officer and statesman
• Witte Corneliszoon de With (1599–1658), naval officer

Philosophy

• Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637)
• Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964)
• Herman Dooyeweerd, philosopher Vrije Universiteit
• Desiderius Erasmus, writer, polemicist, humanist Protestant Reformation
• Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), also lawyer, playwright, & poet
• François Hemsterhuis (1721–1790)
• Johannes Jacobus Poortman (1896–1970)
• Baruch de Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher
• Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830–1902), theologian and historian of religion

Politics

Main article: List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

Before 20th century

• Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480–1520), warrior and freedom fighter
• William the Silent (1533–1584), stadtholder
• Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (1547–1619), statesman
• Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), general and stadtholder
• Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), general and stadtholder
• Andries Bicker (1586–1652), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
• Cornelis de Graeff (1599–1664), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
• Andries de Graeff (1611–1678), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
• Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), statesman
• Johan de Witt (1625–1672), statesman
• William III of Orange (1650–1702), stadtholder and king of England
• Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872), prime minister

20th and 21st centuries

• Dries van Agt (born 1931), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1977–1982)
• Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010)
• Louis Beel (1902–1977), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946–1948, 1958–1959)
• Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971–1973)
• Els Borst (born 1932), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
• Wouter Bos (born 1963), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
• Ben Bot (born 1937), Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Hans van den Broek (born 1936), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner (1993–1999)
• Jo Cals (1914–1971), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1965–1966)
• Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1925–1926, 1933–1939)
• Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1913–1918)
• Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919), First prominent Socialist
• Willem Drees (1886–1988), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)
• Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005), Minister of Finance, President of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
• Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), politician, candidate for Prime Minister, Assassinated during the 2002 Election
• Cornelis van Geelkerken (1901–1979), National-Socialist, co-founder of the NSB
• Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926–1929, 1939–1940)
• Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of NATO (since 2004)
• Hans Janmaat (1934–2002), Right-Wing Nationalist
• Piet de Jong (born 1915), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)
• Wim Kok (born 1938), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
• Neelie Kroes (born 1941), Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, European Commissioner for Competition (since 2004)
• Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901–1905)
• Ruud Lubbers (born 1938), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2001–2005)
• Joseph Luns (1911–2002), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of NATO (1971–1984)
• Victor Marijnen (1917–1975), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1963–1965)
• Anton Mussert (1894–1946), National-Socialist, Founder of the NSB
• Pieter Oud (1886–1966), Founder of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
• Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations
• Jan Pronk (born 1940), Minister for Development Cooperation, Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, Head of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (2004–2006)
• Jan de Quay (1901–1985), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1959–1963)
• Johan Remkes (born 1951), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior
• Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873–1936), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1918–1925, 1929–1933)
• Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930), Political Activist for Universal suffrage
• Joop den Uyl (1919–1987), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977)
• Rita Verdonk (born 1955), Minister for Integration & Immigration
• Hans Wiegel (born 1941), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Queen's Commissioner of Friesland
• Geert Wilders (born 1963), Prominent Islam Critic
• Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
• Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966–1967)
• Mark Rutte (born 1967), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (since 2010)

Royal Family

• William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843), King
• William II of the Netherlands (1792–1849), King
• William III of the Netherlands (1817–1890), King
• Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1858–1934), Queen consort, Queen regent (1890–1898)
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962), Queen
• Juliana of the Netherlands (1909–2004), Queen
• Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Prince-consort
• Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), Queen
• Prince Claus (1926–2002), Prince-consort
• Princess Irene of the Netherlands (born 1939)
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (born 1943)
• Princess Christina of the Netherlands (born 1947)
• Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange (born 1967)
• Princess Máxima of the Netherlands (born 1971)
• Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (born 1968)
• Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (born 1969)
• Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (born 2003)
• Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (born 2005)
• Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (born 2007)

Science and technology

Before 20th century

• Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782), mathematician and physicist
• Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), physician
• C.H.D. Buys Ballot (1817–1890), chemist & meteorologist
• Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), mathematician
• Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370–1440), printer
• Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1633), inventor & engineer
• Eise Eisinga (1744–1828), astronomer
• David Fabricius (1564–1617), astronomer
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), chemist
• Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), mathematician and physicist
• Constantijn Huygens, Jr. (1628–1697; brother of Christiaan), scientific instrument maker, technological chronicler
• Jan Ingenhousz (1730–1799), physiologist, botanist and physicist.
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), scientist
• Frans van Schooten (1615–1660), mathematician
• Willebrord Snell (1580–1626), astronomer & mathematician
• Simon Stevin (1548–1620), mathematician & engineer
• Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856–1894), mathematician
• Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), scientist
• Gustav de Vries (1866–1934), mathematician
• Hugo de Vries (1848–1937), geneticist
• Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923), physicist
• Hendrik Zwaardemaker (1857–1930), scientist

20th century

• Wiebe Bijker (born 1951), social scientist
• Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 1920), physicist
• Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (1881–1966), mathematician
• Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (born 1918), mathematician
• Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), physicist
• Paul J. Crutzen (born 1933), atmospheric chemist
• David van Dantzig (1900–1959), mathematician
• Peter Debye (1884–1966), chemist
• Robbert Dijkgraaf (born 1960), physicist
• Edsger Dijkstra (1930–2002), computer scientist
• David Adriaan van Dorp (1915–1995), chemist
• Eugène Dubois (1858–1944), paleontologist & anatomist
• Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), physician & pathologist
• Willem Einthoven (1860–1927), physician
• Anthony Fokker (1890–1939), aviation engineer
• Valerie Frissen (born 1960), social scientist
• Richard D. Gill (born 1951), mathematician
• Arend Heyting (1898–1980), mathematician
• Gerardus 't Hooft (born 1946), physicist
• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926), physicist
• Jacobus Kapteyn (1851–1922), astronomer
• Willem Hendrik Keesom (1878–1956), physicist
• Pieter Kok (born 1972), physicist
• Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985), economist
• Gerard Kuiper (1905–1973), astronomer
• Hendrik Lorentz (1853–1928), physicist
• Simon van der Meer (born 1925), physicist
• Bram Moolenaar, computer programmer, author of text-editor Vim
• Wubbo Ockels (born 1946), astronaut
• Jan Oort (1900–1992), astronomer
• Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960), astronomer
• Guido van Rossum, computer programmer, inventor of the Python programming language
• Carel van Schaik, primatologist
• Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), astronomer
• Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist & astronomer
• Hendrik Tennekes (born 1936), aerodynamics professor
• Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), economist
• Nico Tinbergen (1907–1988), ecologist
• Martinus J. G. Veltman (born 1931), physicist
• Frans de Waal (born 1948), primatologist
• Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903–1996), mathematician
• Pieter Zeeman (1865–1943), physicist
• Frits Zernike (1888–1966), physicist

Supermodels

• Azra Akın (born 1981)
• Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980)
• Daniella van Graas (born 1975)
• Rianne ten Haken (born 1986)
• Touriya Vaughan-Haoud (born 1977)
• Querelle Jansen (born 1985)
• Doutzen Kroes (born 1985)
• Karen Mulder (born 1970)
• Marcus Schenkenberg (born 1968)
• Lara Stone (born 1983)
• Yfke Sturm (born 1981)
• Mark Vanderloo (born 1968)

Sports

• Estella Agsteribbe (1909–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
• Christijan Albers (born 1979), Formula 1 driver
• Eddie Arnold (gymnast) (died 2000) Olympic gymast
• Ryan Babel (born 1986), football player
• Raymond van Barneveld (born 1967), darts player
• Marco van Basten (born 1964), manager and retired football player
• Stan van Belkum (born 1961), water polo player
• Carina Benninga (born 1962), field hockey player, Olympic champion, bronze
• Dennis Bergkamp (born 1969), manager and retired football player
• Det de Beus (born 1958), field hockey goalkeeper
• Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), athlete
• Rens Blom (born 1977), 2005 World Champion pole vault
• Frank de Boer (born 1970), retired football player
• Ronald de Boer (born 1970), retired football player
• Floris Jan Bovelander (born 1966), field hockey player
• Mart Bras (born 1950), water polo player
• Jacques Brinkman (born 1966), field hockey player
• Giovanni van Bronckhorst (born 1975), football player
• Inge de Bruijn (born 1974), swimmer
• Daniël de Ridder (born 1984), football player, forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic & U21 national team)
• Ton Buunk (born 1952), water polo player
• Johan Cruijff (born 1947), retired football player and former manager
• Edgar Davids (born 1973), football player
• Marc Delissen (born 1965), field hockey player
• Cees Jan Diepeveen (born 1956), field hockey player
• Sjoukje Dijkstra, figure skater
• Robert Doornbos (born 1981), Formula 1 driver
• Jacco Eltingh (born 1970), tennis player
• Francisco Elson (born 1976), NBA player for Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs
• Max Euwe (1901–81), chess player
• Louis van Gaal (born 1951), football player and manager
• Dan Gadzuric (born 1978), NBA player for Milwaukee Bucks
• Anton Geesink (1934–2010), judoka
• Yvonne van Gennip (born 1964), speed skater
• Anky van Grunsven (born 1968), dressage
• Ruud Gullit (born 1962), football player and coach
• Paul Haarhuis (born 1966), tennis player
• Willem van Hanegem (born 1944), football player and coach
• Wil Hartog (born 1948) Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (born 1972), football player
• John Heitinga (born 1983), football player
• Guus Hiddink (born 1946), manager and retired football player
• Ellen Hoog (born 1986), field hockey player
• Pieter van den Hoogenband (born 1978), swimmer
• Ernesto Hoost (born 1965), kickboxer
• Jan Janssen (born 1940), cyclist
• Jelle Klaasen (born 1984), darts player
• Bep van Klaveren (1907–1992), boxer
• Patrick Kluivert (born 1976), football player
• Ronald Koeman (born 1963), football player and manager
• Ada Kok (born 1947), swimmer
• Sven Kramer (born 1986), speed skater
• Richard Krajicek (born 1971), tennis player
• Ties Kruize (born 1952), field hockey player
• Dirk Kuyt (born 1980), football player
• Nico Landeweerd (born 1954), water polo player
• Ellen van Langen (born 1966), athlete
• Elka de Levie (1905–1979), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
• Arie Luyendyk (born 1953), race car driver
• Rie Mastenbroek (1919–2003), swimmer
• Leontien van Moorsel (born 1970), cyclist
• Ruud van Nistelrooy (born 1976), football player
• Teun de Nooijer (born 1976), field hockey player
• Helena Nordheim (1903–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
• Tom Okker (born 1944), tennis player, won 1973 French Open Men's Doubles (w/John Newcombe), 1976 US Open Men's Doubles (w/Marty Riessen), highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in doubles
• Tinus Osendarp (1916–2002), athlete
• Alistair Overeem (born 1980), MMA fighter and former kickboxer
• Robin van Persie (born 1983), football player
• Annie Polak, Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
• Frank Rijkaard (born 1962), football player and manager
• Lucia Rijker (born 1967), boxer and kickboxer
• Rintje Ritsma (born 1970), speed skater
• Arjen Robben (born 1984), football player
• Gianni Romme (born 1973), speed skater
• Wim Ruska (born 1940), judoka
• Bas Rutten (born 1965), mixed martial artist
• Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), football player
• Ard Schenk (born 1944), speed skater
• Clarence Seedorf (born 1976), football player
• Aryeh "Arie" Selinger (born 1937), volleyball player & coach
• Avital Selinger, Olympic silver
• Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
• Judijke Simons, Olympic champion gymanst (team combined exercises)
• Rutger Smith (born 1981), athlete
• Rik Smits (born 1966), NBA player
• Wesley Sneijder (born 1984), football player
• Petra van Staveren (born 1966), swimmer
• Betty Stöve (born 1945), tennis player
• Carole Thate (born 1971), field hockey player
• Jan Timman (born 1951), chess player
• Regilio Tuur (born 1967), boxer
• Jochem Uytdehaage (born 1976), speed skater
• Rick VandenHurk (born 1985), baseball player
• Arnold Vanderlyde (born 1963), boxer
• Jim Van der Meer (born 1980), Dutch-Canadian ice hockey player
• Bart Veldkamp (born 1967), speed skater
• Kees Verkerk (born 1942), speed skater
• Martin Verkerk (born 1978), tennis player
• Jos Verstappen (born 1972), F1 Grand Prix racing driver
• Bert van Vlaanderen (born 1964), long-distance runner
• Gregory van der Wiel (born 1988), football player
• Harm Wiersma (born 1953), checkers player
• Hans Wouda (born 1941), water polo player
• Marcel Wouda (born 1972), swimmer
• Joop Zoetemelk (born 1946), cyclist

Other

• Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923–2002), Commercial Mastermind of the Heineken Imperium. Grandson of the founder of Heineken.
• Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
• Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890–2005), oldest person in world from May 2004 to 30 August 2005^{[citation needed]}
• Corrie ten Boom, Christian activist during the Holocaust
• Evert Dudok, president of EADS Astrium Space Transportation
• Gretta Duisenberg, pro-Palestinian activist and the wife of Wim Duisenberg
• Jacob Eelkens, first commander of the first Dutch fort in America (fort Nassau)
• Frans van der Hoff (born 1939), co-founder of Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade certification initiative
• Joran van der Sloot, alleged murderer
• Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), see: Reichstag fire
• Mata Hari, spy
• Anton Philips, co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics
• Gerard Philips (1858–1942), co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics
• Roel Pieper (born 1956–), businessman and professor
• Jan Sloot inventor
• Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), governor of the New Netherland
• Wouter Harryvan (born 1973) World watermelon seed spitting champion
• Jak Peter Van Doesburg (born 1991) vintage motorcycle builder and painter

See also

• De Grootste Nederlander (The Greatest Dutchman)
• List of Dutch Americans
• List of Dutch Britons
• List of Dutch Israelis
• List of Dutch Jews
• List of Dutch supercentenarians
• List of Dutch Turks
• List of Dutch vegetarians
• List of Moroccan Dutch people
• List of people from the Dutch Golden Age