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Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

Arts

Architecture

Lieven de Key (1560-1627), renaissance architect
Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621), sculptor & architect
Jacob van Campen (1596-1657), Dutch Golden Age architect
Pieter Post (1608-1669), Dutch Golden Age architect
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)

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
Philip Dorn (born 1901),actor
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 (1952-2012), actress
Dick Maas (born 1951), director
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
Cyrus Frisch (born 1969), director
Robert Jan Westdijk (born 1964), director
Zara Whites (born 1968), porn actress
Michaël Dudok de Wit (born 1953), animator, director (Father and Daughter)
Paul Driessen (born 1940), animator, director
Wiebe van der Vliet (born 1970), film editor

Music

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
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

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
Helena Klakocar (1958-), cartoonist
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter
Andrea Kruis (1962-), illustrator
Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), forger of paintings
Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), painter
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), painter
Willem de Rooij (1969-), contemporary artist
Geertgen tot Sint Jans (active 1465–1495), painter
Jan Steen (1626–1679), painter
Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1628 - 1682), landscape 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

A. C. Baantjer (1923-2010), 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)
Philip Slier (1923-1943)
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

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
Robert Jacob Gordon (1743 - 1795), extensively traveled South Africa in the service of the Dutch East India Company.
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

Fictional characters

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

Gaius Julius Civilis (?-?), Batavian military commander, leader of the Batavian rebellion
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

Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609), philosopher & theologian
Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637)
Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964)
Herman Dooyeweerd, philosopher Vrije Universiteit
Desiderius Erasmus, writer, polemicist, humanist Protestant Reformation
René Descartes (1596-1650), French-born philosopher, lived in Leiden from 1628 until 1649
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), also lawyer, playwright, & poet
Pieter de la Court (1618-1685), economist & political theorist
Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743), jurist & legal theorist
François Hemsterhuis (1721–1790)
Johannes Jacobus Poortman (1896–1970)
Baruch de Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), philosopher, political economist & satirist
Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830–1902), theologian and historian of religion

Politics

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
Carolus Clusius (1526-1609), doctor & botanist
Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), mathematician
Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370–1440), printer
Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1633), inventor & engineer
Hans Lippershey (1570-1619), inventor & scientific instrument maker, associated with the invention of the first telescope
Zacharias Janssen (b.1580-88, d.pre-1632 to 1638), scientific instrument maker from Middelburg, associated with the invention of the first optical telescope
Jan Leeghwater (1575-1650), hydraulic engineer & mill builder
Franciscus Sylvius (1614-1672), physician & anatomist
Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673), physician & anatomist, who made key discoveries in reproductive biology
Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), botanist & anatomist
Nicolaes Witsen (1641-1717), statesman, shipbuilder, geographer & cartographer
Nicolaes Tulp (1593-1674), physician, surgeon & mayor of Amsterdam
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736), German-Polish physicist & engineer, lived most of his life in the Dutch Republic
Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692-1761), Dutch scientist, scientific instrument maker & inventor of Leyden jar
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
Menno van Coehoorn (1641-1704), military 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
Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864), chemist, inventor of the Kipp apparatus
Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801-1887), chemist, inventor, known for the Dutch process chocolate

20th century

Wiebe Bijker (born 1951), social scientist
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 1920), physicist
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (1881–1966), mathematician
Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918-2012), mathematician
Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000), physicist
Paul J. Crutzen (born 1933), atmospheric chemist
David van Dantzig (1900–1959), mathematician
Paul Ehrenfest (1880-1933), physicist
Bernard D. H. Tellegen (1900-1990), electrical engineer, inventor, known for Tellegen's theorem in circuit theory
George Uhlenbeck (1900-1988), theoretical physicist
Samuel Goudsmit (1902-1978), physicist
Dirk Brouwer (1902-1966), astronomer
Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920-2002), astronomer
Tom Gehrels (1925-2011), astronomer
Willem Johan Kolff (1911-2009), physician & inventor
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
Hendrik Anthony Kramers (1894-1952), 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
Andre Geim (1958-), Russian-born British-Dutch physicist
Konstantin Novoselov (1974-) Russian-born British physicist, undertook his Ph.D. studies at the University of Nijmegen before moving to the University of Manchester.

Supermodels

Azra Akın (born 1981)
Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980)
Daphne Groeneveld (born 1994)
Bette Franke (born 1989)
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)
Nimue Smit (born 1992)
Iekeliene Stange (born 1984)
Lara Stone (born 1983) - supermodel
Yfke Sturm (born 1981)
Mark Vanderloo (born 1968)
Tamara Slijkhuis (born 1991)

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
Loek van Mil (born 1984), baseball player
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)^[1]
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^[2]
Avital Selinger, Olympic silver
Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
Judijke Simons, Olympic champion gymanst (team combined exercises)^[1]
Emil Sitoci (born 1985), pro wrestler
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.
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165-1197), King of Germany (1190-1197), Holy Roman Emperor (1191-1197), King of Sicily (1194-1197)
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]}
Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929), first Dutch female to complete a university degree and the first female physician.
Anne Frank (1929-1945), diarist & teen writer
Corrie ten Boom, Christian activist during the Holocaust
Evert Dudok, president of EADS Astrium Space Transportation
Bastiaan du Pré, Medical researcher and Cupcake enthusiast
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, convicted murderer
Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), see: Reichstag fire
George Maduro (1916-1945), Dutch Resistance member. The miniature city of Madurodam is named after him, as well as the Maduroplein area in Scheveningen, in The Hague.
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

References

^ ^a ^b Books.google.com. Books.google.com. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
^ "Pqasb.pqarchiver.com". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 11 May 1984. Retrieved 26 October 2012.

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 == See also ==