List of people from Utrecht

This is a list of notable people from the city of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Arts and entertainment

• Louis Andriessen - composer
• Bong-Ra - musician
• Dick Bruna - writer, illustrator (Miffy children's books)
• Gerald Clayton - jazz pianist
• Gerti Daub - beauty pageant winner
• Hubert de Blanck - pianist, composer, founder of the Cuban National Conservatory of Music
• Hendrick de Keyser - architect and sculptor
• Melchior d'Hondecoeter - painter
• Sharon Doorson - musician
• EliZe - singer
• Ronald Giphart - author
• Arthur Japin - novelist
• Fred Kaps - magician, illusionist
• Sylvia Kristel - actress and model
• Fedde le Grand - musician (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit)
• Robert Long - singer
• Erhard Reuwich - fifteenth-century artist and illustrator
• Gerrit Rietveld - designer, architect (De Stijl movement)
• Wim Sonneveld - comedian, singer
• Dirk van der Burg - painter, watercolourist
• Theo van Doesburg - painter, artist (De Stijl movement)
• Herman van Veen - comedian, singer
• Henk Westbroek - singer, DJ, local politician, bar owner

Clergy

• Pope Adrian VI - head of the Catholic Church

Industry

• Jeroen van der Veer - former CEO of Shell
• Paul Fentener van Vlissingen - former CEO of SHV Holdings

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 and explorer

Politics

• Joba van den Berg - Christian Democratic Appeal MP
• Arjan El Fassed - GreenLeft MP
• Anton Reinhard Falck - politician and lawyer
• Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen - GreenLeft MP

Science

• C.H.D. Buys Ballot - meteorologist, Buys Ballot law
• Gerard 't Hooft - Nobel prize in Physics 1999

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
• Jacques Brinkman - field hockey player
• Det de Beus - field hockey player
• Germaine de Randamie – kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Fedor den Hertog - cyclist
• Rob Druppers - middle distance runner
• Anton Geesink - judo champion
• Zakaria Labyad - football player
• Martha Laurijsen - rower
• Hans Parrel - water polo player
• Wesley Sneijder - football player
• Patricia Stokkers - swimmer
• Carole Thate - field hockey player
• Jochem Uytdehaage - ice speed skater
• Marco van Basten - coach and former football player
• Hans van Breukelen - former football player
• Diana van der Plaats - swimmer
• Marieke van Drogenbroek - rower
• Willem van Hanegem - football player
• John van Loen - football player
• Dafne Schippers - track and field
• Wim van Spingelen - water polo player
• Gerald Vanenburg - football player
• Gerrit Wormgoor - water polo player
• Jan Wouters - football player

Other

• Maria van Pallaes (1587–1664), philanthropist

Fictional

• Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in.