List of people from Groningen

This is a chronological list of notable people from Groningen, who were either born and raised there, were long-term residents, or otherwise have a strong association with the area.

Before 1750

Wessel Gansfort (1419–1489), theologian and early humanist
Volcher Coiter (1534–1576), anatomist, founder of comparative osteology and first to identify cerebrospinal meningitis
Christiaan Coevershoff (1595–1659), Dutch Golden Age painter
Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604–1665), admiral
Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck (1605–1661), businessman and coloniser^[1]
Albert Eckhout (c.1610–1665), portrait and still life painter
Roche Braziliano (c.1630–c.1671), pirate
Joris Andringa (1635–1676), naval officer
Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685–1766), philologist and critic
Albert Schultens (1686–1750), philologist
Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782), mathematician and physicist
Johannes Antiquus (1702–1750), painter
Albertus Antonius Hinsz (1704–1785), organ-builder
Bernard II van Risamburgh (c.1710—c.1767), cabinetmaker
Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1780 until 1797
Elisabeth Wassenbergh (1729–1781), painter
Etta Palm d'Aelders (1743–1799), early feminist and spy
Leopold von Goeckingk (1748–1828), German lyric poet, journalist and Prussian official.
Johann August Just (c.1750–c.1791), pianist, violinist, and composer
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603–1659), explorer, seafarer, merchant for the Dutch East India Company

1750–1870

John Goodricke (1764–1786), astronomer, observed the variable star Algol
Albert Dominicus Trip van Zoudtlandt (1776—1835), lieutenant-general at the Battle of Waterloo
Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp (1786–1865), classical scholar and critic.
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899), first validated supercentenarian and last living veteran of Napoleon's Grande Armée
Coos Cremers (1806-1882), politician, member of the Senate from 1850 to 1877
Schelto van Heemstra, Baron Heemstra (1807–1864), politician, Prime minister from 1861 to 1862.
Jozef Israëls (1824–1911), painter of the Hague School
Joseph Ascher (1829–1869), composer and pianist
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915), marine art painter
Samuel van Houten (1837–1930), politician, cabinet minister, founder of the Liberal Party
Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837–1924), politician, leader of the Christian Historical Union
Otto Eerelman (1839–1926), painter, known for his depictions of dogs and horses
Klaas Plantinga (1846–1922), distiller, founded the Plantinga distillery
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926), Nobel laureate physicist who pioneered superconductivity
Gerard Bolland (1854–1922), autodidact, linguist, philosopher, biblical scholar and lecturer
René de Marees van Swinderen (1860–1955), diplomat and politician
Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (1863–1950), painter
Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), painter and artist
Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Dutch Prime Minister (1926–29, 1939–40)

1870–1900

Jantina Tammes (1871–1947), botanist and geneticist, first professor of genetics in the Netherlands.
Johan Huizinga (1872–1945), historian
Jaap Eden (1873–1925), only male athlete to have won world championships in both speed skating and cycling
Bert Nienhuis (1873–1960), ceramist, designer, and jewelry designer
Gerrit David Gratama (1874–1965), artist, writer, and director of the Frans Hals Museum
Jan Gratama (1877–1947), architect
Albert Hahn (1877–1918), political cartoonist, poster artist, and book cover designer
C. U. Ariëns Kappers (1877–1946), neurologist and anatomist
Herman de Vries de Heekelingen (1880–1942), scholar and author, professor of palaeography at the University of Nijmegen
Julia Culp (1880–1970), mezzo-soprano
Dirk Janssen (1881–1986), gymnast in the 1908 Summer Olympics who was 105 at the time of his death, making him the longest-lived Olympic competitor
Jonny Heykens (1884–1945), composer of light classical music
Wilhelm Baehrens (1885–1929), classical scholar
Jan Janssen (1885–1953), gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
Tonnis van der Heeg (1886-1958), trade unionist and political activist
Pieter Korteweg (1888–1970), philatelist
Alida Jantina Pott (1888–1931), artist
Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1888–1978), last colonial Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies
Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), ethnomusicologist
Michel Velleman (1895–1943), Jewish magician
Hendrik de Vries (1896–1989), poet and painter, early surrealist
Paul Schuitema (1897–1973), graphic artist

1900–1930

Ulbo de Sitter (1902–1980), geologist at Leiden University, founder of school of structural geology
Jan Wolthuis (1903–1983), lawyer and collaborator, active in far-right politics after WWII
Hans Dirk de Vries Reilingh (1908–2001), geographer and professor
Elie Aron Cohen (1909–1993), doctor, Auschwitz survivor
Theodoor Overbeek (1911–2007), professor of physical chemistry at Utrecht University
Pieter Meindert Schreuder (1912–1945), resistance leader
Lucas Hoving (1912–2000), modern dancer, choreographer and teacher
Jacob B. Bakema (1914–1981), modernist architect
Anno Smith (1915–1990), artist, ceramist, painter, sculptor, and art teacher
Jan C. Uiterwijk (1915–2005), entrepreneur and shipping line owner
Andries Jan Pieters (1916–1952), collaborator, executed for war crimes
Evert Musch (1918–2007), painter and professor at Academie Minerva
Dirk Boonstra (1920–1944), active in the WWII resistance movement, caught and executed
Poppe Damave (1921–1988), painter
Selma Engel-Wijnberg (1922–2018), Jewish Holocaust survivor
Henk Visser (1923–2006), arms and armory collector
Jan Drenth (born 1925), chemist, was professor of structural chemistry at the University of Groningen
Cor Edskes (1925–2015), authority on the history of organ music and building
Wim Crouwel (born 1928), graphic designer, type designer and typographer.
Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), astronomer named and optically identified a quasar
Jan Borgman (born 1929), astronomer and university administrator
Dirk Bolt (born 1930), architect and town planner in Australia

1930–1950

Ida Vos (1931–2006), writer and poet
Arie van Deursen (1931–2011), early modern period historian
Nico Habermann (1932–1993), computer scientist
Gerrit Krol (1934−2013), author, essayist and writer
Ad van Luyn (born 1935), Roman Catholic bishop
Bert de Vries (born 1938), politician
Andries van Dam (born 1938), professor of computer science at Brown University
Wim T. Schippers (born 1942), artist, comedian, television director and voice actor
Driek van Wissen (1943–2010), poet
Chas Gerretsen (born 1943), war photographer, photo journalist
Martha Vonk-van Kalker (1943–2022), Senator
Joanna Gash (born 1944), Australian politician
Corrie Winkel (born 1944), backstroke swimmer and silver medalist 1964 Summer Olympics
Jan Sloot (1945–1999), inventor, claimed to have invented a revolutionary data compression technique
Andy Anstett (born 1946), Dutch-born Canadian politician
Wubbo Ockels (1946–2014), physicist and astronaut of the European Space Agency
Alphons Orie (born 1947), lawyer specialising in criminal law
Alfred Lagarde (1948–1998), voice actor
Diederik Grit (1949–2012), translator and translation scholar
Sierd Cloetingh (born 1950), professor of earth sciences at Utrecht University

1950–present

Pete Hoekstra (born 1953), United States ambassador to the Netherlands
Ellen van Wolde (born 1954), biblical scholar
Hanneke Kappen (born 1954), singer, radio and TV presenter
Rob Nanninga (1955–2014), skeptic, writer, board member of Stichting Skepsis
Bert Meijer (born 1955), organic chemist
Gerard de Korte (born 1955), Roman Catholic bishop
Joep Franssens (born 1955), composer
Jan van der Kooi (born 1957), painter of figurative art
Anita Buma (born 1958), pioneer Antarctic researcher
Tjibbe Veldkamp (born 1962), author of children's books
Wilma Mansveld (born 1962), politician
Aernout Mik (born 1962), artist
Peter Hofstee (born 1962), physicist and computer scientist
Hans van den Hende (born 1964), Roman Catholic bishop
Gerard Kemkers (born 1967), speed skating bronze medalist at 1988 Winter Olympics
Didy Veldman (born 1967), choreographer
J. Maarten Troost (born 1969), travel writer
Stephan Veen (born 1970), field hockey player in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics
Sharon Dijksma (born 1971), politician
Diederik Samsom (born 1971), politician
Michiel van Veen (born 1971), politician
Attje Kuiken (born 1977), politician and former civil servant
Rudmer Heerema (born 1978), politician
Rutger Smith (born 1981), track and field athlete
Henk Nijboer (born 1983), politician
Sophie Polkamp (born 1984), field hockey athlete, two-time Olympic champion
Kim Feenstra (born 1985), model
Marijn Nijman (born 1985), former international cricketer
Manja Smits (born 1985), politician
Bauke Mollema (born 1986), cyclist
Lorena Klijn (born 1987), kickboxer
Tom-Jelte Slagter (born 1989), professional road racing cyclist
Lois Abbingh (1992), handball player
Jur P. van den Berg (born 1981), computer engineer
Jorden van Foreest (born 1999), chess grandmaster

References

^ Tammo Tillema. "Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck, een listig en vasthoudend man". De verhalen van Groningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2022.

[1] Tammo Tillema. "Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck, een listig en vasthoudend man". De verhalen van Groningen (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 February 2022.

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Before 1750

1750–1870

1870–1900

1900–1930

1930–1950

1950–present

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