List of people from Utrecht
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A list of notable people from Utrecht (city).
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[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Louis Andriessen - composer
- Hubert de Blanck - pianist, composer, founder of the Cuban National Conservatory Of Music
- Dick Bruna - writer, illustrator (Miffy)
- Theo van Doesburg - painter, artist (De Stijl movement)
- Melchior d'Hondecoeter - painter
- Sylvia Kristel - actress and model
- Hendrick de Keyser - architect and sculptor
- Arthur Japin - novelist
- Gerrit Rietveld - designer, architect (De Stijl movement)
- Erhard Reuwich - fifteenth-century artist and illustrator
- Herman van Veen - comedian, singer
- Wim Sonneveld - comedian, singer
- Henk Westbroek - singer, DJ, local politician, bar owner
- Ronald Giphart - author
- Robert Long - singer
- Fred Kaps - magician, illusionist
- Fedde le Grand - musician (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit)
- Bong-Ra - musician
- EliZe - singer
- Gerald Clayton - jazz pianist
- Bas Oskam - hardstyle DJ (Noisecontrollers)
- Arjan Terpstra - hardstyle DJ (Noisecontrollers)
[edit] Clergy
- Pope Adrian VI - head of the Catholic Church
[edit] Industry
- Jeroen van der Veer - former CEO of Shell
[edit] Military
- Karel Doorman - Rear Admiral - Commander of ABDA fleet during Battle of the Java Sea
- Trijn van Leemput - local heroine of the Eighty Years' War
- Olivier van Noort - mariner /explorer
[edit] Politics
- Arjan El Fassed - member of the House of Representatives (GreenLeft)
- Anton Reinhard Falck - politician and lawyer
[edit] Science
- C.H.D. Buys Ballot - meteorologist, Buys Ballot law
- Gerard 't Hooft - Nobel prize in Physics 1999
[edit] Sports
- Johan Aantjes - water polo player and coach
- John Achterberg - former footballer and Goalkeeping coach
- Ibrahim Afellay - football player
- Ismail Aissati - football player
- Tessa Appeldoorn - rower
- Marco van Basten - coach and former football player
- Det de Beus - field hockey player
- Jacques Brinkman - field hockey player
- Hans van Breukelen - former football player
- Marieke van Drogenbroek - rower
- Rob Druppers - middle distance runner
- Anton Geesink - judo champion
- Willem van Hanegem - football player
- Fedor den Hertog - cyclist
- Zakaria Labyad - football player
- Martha Laurijsen - rower
- John van Loen - football player
- Hans Parrel - water polo player
- Diana van der Plaats - swimmer
- Wesley Sneijder - football player
- Wim van Spingelen - water polo player
- Patricia Stokkers - swimmer
- Carole Thate - field hockey player
- Jochem Uytdehaage - ice speed skater
- Gerald Vanenburg - football player
- Gerrit Wormgoor - water polo player
- Jan Wouters - football player
[edit] Fictional
- Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His notable inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in. His name will live forever.
