List of Dutch people

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Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

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Arts[]

See also: List of Dutch women artists

Architecture[]

Main article: List of Dutch architects

Film[]

  • Willeke van Ammelrooy (born 1944), actress
  • Antoinette Beumer (born 1962), film director
  • Marjolein Beumer (born 1966), actress, screenwriter
  • Jan de Bont (born 1943), cinematographer
  • Erik-Jan de Boer (born 1967), animation director
  • Rene Daalder (1944–2019), director
  • Mike van Diem (born 1959), screenwriter and director
  • Bracha van Doesburgh (born 1981), actress
  • Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor
  • Paul Driessen (born 1940), animator, director
  • Bobbi Eden (born 1980), porn actress
  • Cyrus Frisch (born 1969), director
  • (born 1938) voice actor, voice director of Dutch Disney Movies
  • Laura Gemser (born 1950), actress
  • Rijk de Gooyer (1925–2011), actor
  • (born 1934), actor, voice actor, director
  • Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), actor
  • Johannes Heesters (1903–2011), actor
  • Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) (born 1967), composer
  • Carice van Houten (born 1976), actress
  • Michiel Huisman (born 1981), actor
  • Famke Janssen (born 1965), actress
  • Martin Koolhoven (born 1969), screenwriter and director
  • John Kraaijkamp, Sr. (1925–2011), actor
  • Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944), actor
  • Sylvia Kristel (1952–2012), actress
  • Rik Launspach (born 1958), actor and writer
  • (born 1959), actress, voice actress
  • Dick Maas (born 1951), screenwriter and 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
  • Wiebe van der Vliet (born 1970), film editor
  • Yorick van Wageningen (born 1964), actor
  • Alex van Warmerdam (born 1952), actor, screenwriter and director
  • Zara Whites (born 1968), former pornographic film actress
  • Michaël Dudok de Wit (born 1953), animator, director

Music[]

Main articles: List of Dutch musicians and List of Dutch composers
  • Thomas Acda (born 1967), singer, actor
  • Sharon Den Adel (born 1974), singer of Within Temptation
  • Jan Akkerman (born 1946), guitar player
  • Amber (born 1969), singer
  • Elly Ameling (born 1933), classical music singer
  • Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), composer
  • Dick Annegarn (born 1952), singer, musician
  • Bart Berman (born 1938), pianist, composer
  • Marco Borsato (born 1966), singer
  • Willem Breuker (1944–2010), jazz musician
  • Herman Brood (1946–2001), rock musician and artist
  • Frans Brüggen (1934–2014), conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist
  • Theo Bruins (1929–1993), pianist, composer
  • Armin van Buuren (born 1976), trance DJ
  • Ferry Corsten (born 1973), trance DJ
  • Esmée Denters (born 1988), singer, made famous through YouTube
  • Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), singer, classical music
  • Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921), composer
  • Anita Doth (born 1971), singer
  • Candy Dulfer (born 1969), saxophone player
  • Margriet Ehlen (born 1943), composer
  • Caro Emerald (born 1981), singer
  • Tess Gaerthé (born 1991), actress and singer
  • Martin Garrix (born 1996), House DJ
  • Afrojack (born 1987), House DJ
  • Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), composer
  • Boudewijn de Groot (born 1944), singer, actor
  • Jack Jersey (1941–1997), producer, composer, singer
  • Guus Meeuwis (born 1972), composer, singer
  • Stephen van Haestregt (born 1972), drummer of Within Temptation
  • Bernard Haitink (born 1929), conductor Concertgebouworkest
  • Alex Van Halen (born 1953), drummer of Van Halen
  • Eddie Van Halen (1955–2020), guitarist of Van Halen
  • Hardwell (born 1988), house DJ
  • Barry Hay (born 1948), singer of Golden Earring
  • André Hazes (1951–2004), singer
  • Oliver Heldens (born 1995), DJ
  • Koen Heldens (born 1986) mixing engineer
  • Ilse Huizinga (born 1966), jazz singer
  • Dominique van Hulst (born 1981), singer, popularly known as Do
  • Janine Jansen (born 1978), violinist
  • Ruud Jolie (born 1976), guitarist of Within Temptation
  • Gerard Joling (born 1960), singer
  • Tom Holkenborg (born 1967), film composer, electronic musician, remixer, composer
  • Isabelle van Keulen (born 1966), classical violinist and violist, educator
  • Tim Kliphuis (born 1974), jazz violinist
  • Peter Koelewijn (born 1940), founder of Dutch rock & roll
  • Astrid Kruisselbrink (born 1972), composer
  • Natalie La Rose (born 1988), singer, dancer and model
  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960), composer and musician
  • Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977), violinist, author, pedagogue, founder of GAIA Chamber Music Festival
  • Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951), conductor
  • Rogier van Otterloo (1941–1988), composer
  • Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978), composer
  • Jetty Paerl (1921–2013), singer (De vogels van Holland)
  • Willem Pijper (1894–1947), composer
  • Abbie de Quant (born 1946), flautist
  • André Rieu (born 1949), violinist, conductor, and composer
  • Nicky Romero (born 1989), house DJ
  • Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), composer
  • Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), singer
  • Eva Simons (born 1984), singer-songwriter
  • Simone Simons (born 1985), vocalist of Epica
  • Peter Slaghuis (1960–1991), disc jockey
  • Ray Slijngaard (born 1971), singer and disc jockey
  • Jaap Spaanderman (1896–1985), pianist, cellist, conductor
  • Martijn Spierenburg (born 1975), keyboardist of Within Temptation
  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), composer and organist
  • Anouk Teeuwe (born 1975), singer
  • Herman van Veen (born 1945), singer, theater performer
  • Jeroen van Veen (born 1969), classical pianist and composer
  • Jeroen van Veen (born 1974), bassist of Within Temptation
  • Roel van Velzen (born 1978), singer
  • Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), composer
  • Matthijs Verschoor (born 1955), classical pianist
  • Tijs Verwest (born 1969), DJ (better known as DJ Tiësto)
  • Klaas de Vries (born 1944), composer
  • Edo de Waart (born 1941), conductor
  • Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941), composer
  • Tony Wall (born 1988), guitarist
  • Robert Westerholt (born 1975), guitarist of Within Temptation
  • Jaap van Zweden (born 1960), violinist and conductor

Visual arts[]

Main article: List of Dutch painters
See also: List of Dutch women photographers
  • Pieter van Abeele (1622–1677), medallist
  • Bernard Accama (1697–1756), painter
  • Karel Appel (1921–2006), painter
  • Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), painter
  • Ludolf Backhuysen (1631–1708), painter
  • John Baselmans (born 1954), painter and illustrator
  • Helen Berman (born 1936), painter
  • Charles Bolsius (1907–1983), painters and print maker
  • Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), painter
  • Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1612), painter
  • Jan de Bray (1627–1697), painter
  • Dick Bruna (1927–2017), graphical artist
  • Paul Citroen (1896–1983), painter
  • Anton Corbijn (born 1955), photographer
  • Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), painter
  • Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), painter
  • Willem Drost (1630–1680), painter and print maker
  • Ger van Elk (1941–2014), sculptor
  • M. C. Escher (1898–1972), graphical artist
  • Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), painter
  • Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), painter
  • Mieke Groot (born 1949), glass artist
  • Frans Hals (1580–1666), painter
  • Milou Hermus (1947–2021), painter
  • Jan van Herwijnen (1889–1965), painter
  • Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), painter
  • Helena Klakocar (born 1958), cartoonist
  • Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter
  • Andrea Kruis (born 1962), illustrator
  • Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman (1881–1976), art historian
  • Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), forger of paintings
  • Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (1836–1885), photographer
  • Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), painter
  • Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), painter
  • Willem de Rooij (born 1969), contemporary artist
  • Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1628–1682), landscape painter
  • Geertgen tot Sint Jans (active 1465–1495), painter
  • Jan Steen (1626–1679), painter
  • Marten Toonder (1912–2007), comic creator
  • Thierry Veltman (born 1939), painter and sculptor
  • Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), painter
  • Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht (1912–2013), painter
  • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882–1945), typographer and illustrator
  • Jacob de Wit (1695–1754), painter
  • (1999–2021), owner of "Hellmo"©

Writers[]

Main articles: List of Dutch writers and List of Dutch poets
See also: List of Dutch women writers
  • A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010), writer of detective fiction
  • Paul Biegel (1925–2006), writer of children's books
  • Remco Campert (born 1929), novelist and poet
  • Jacob Cats (1577–1660), poet
  • Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), novelist
  • Geert Groote (1340–1384)
  • Arnon Grünberg (born 1971)
  • Hella Haasse (1918–2011), novelist
  • Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), novelist and playwright
  • Herman Heijermans (1864–1924)
  • Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), novelist
  • Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647)
  • Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687)
  • Gerrit Krol (1934–2013), novelist, poet
  • Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944)
  • Geert Mak (born 1946), writer of historical books
  • Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), novelist
  • Multatuli (1820–1887), novelist
  • Nescio (1882–1961)
  • Cees Nooteboom (born 1933), novelist
  • Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), journalist
  • Gerard Reve (1923–2006), novelist
  • Tjalie Robinson (1911–1974)
  • Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995), children's writer
  • Philip Slier (1923–1943)
  • Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), poet and playwright
  • Anne de Vries (1904–1964), novelist
  • Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), novelist
  • 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 (1601–1663), Central America
  • Adriaen Block (1567–1627), New Netherland
  • Hendrik Brouwer (1580–1643), discovered the Roaring Forties
  • Olivier Brunel (c. 1540–1585), tried to find a passage around Siberia to China
  • Jan Carstenszoon (1600–1700), 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 (1500–1606), reached Japan via Street of Magellan and Moluccas
  • Matthijs Quast (died 1641), Japan, Bonin Islands, and legendary islands East of Japan
  • Jan Rijp (c. 1570–c. 1613), saved remainder of Willem Barentsz's 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 and Tonga
  • François Thijssen (died 1638?), charted 1,000 miles of the Australian South Coast in 1627
  • Alexine Tinne (1839–1869), Sahara desert crossing
  • (1999–2017), founded Ripon, United Kingdom
  • Willem de Vlamingh (1640–c. 1698), Western Australia
  • Sebald de Weert (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands

Fashion models[]

Fictional characters[]

See also: Category:Fictional Dutch people

Historians[]

  • Henrica van Erp (c. 1480–1548)
  • 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 1947)

Journalists[]

  • Henk Hofland
  • Arendo Joustra
  • Almar Latour
  • Geert Mak
  • Mart Smeets

Military[]

  • Gaius Julius Civilis, Batavian military commander, leader of the Batavian rebellion
  • Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), governor general of the Dutch East Indies
  • Karel Doorman (1889–1942), naval officer
  • Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577–1629), naval officer
  • Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), general and stadtholder
  • J. B. van Heutsz (1851–1924), governor general of the Dutch East Indies
  • Hendrick Lucifer (1583–1627), naval officer turned pirate
  • 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
  • Witte Corneliszoon de With (1599–1658), naval officer
  • Cornelis de Witt (1623–1672), naval officer and statesman

Philosophy[]

  • Jacobus Arminius (1560–1609), philosopher and theologian
  • Isaac Beeckman (1588–1637)
  • Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964)
  • Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673–1743), jurist and legal theorist
  • Pieter de la Court (1618–1685), economist and political theorist
  • Herman Dooyeweerd (1894–1977), philosopher, Vrije Universiteit
  • Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536), writer, polemicist, humanist, Protestant Reformation
  • Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), also lawyer, playwright, and poet
  • François Hemsterhuis (1721–1790)
  • Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), philosopher, political economist and satirist
  • Johannes Jacobus Poortman (1896–1970)
  • Baruch 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
  • Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677), administrator and colonizer of Cape Town
  • 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 (1932–2014), 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 (2004–2009)
  • Hans Janmaat (1934–2002), right-wing nationalist
  • Piet de Jong (1915–2016), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)
  • Wim Kok (1938–2018), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
  • Neelie Kroes (born 1941), Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, European Commissioner for Competition (2004–2014)
  • Abraham Kuyper (1837–1920), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901–1905)
  • Ruud Lubbers (1939–2018), 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)
  • Piet de Ruiter (1939–2014), member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands between 1971 and 1976
  • Mark Rutte (born 1967), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (since 2010)
  • 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 critic of Islam
  • Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
  • Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966–1967)

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 (1947–2019)
  • Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (born 1967), King
  • Máxima of the Netherlands (born 1971), Queen consort
  • Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau (1968–2013)
  • Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (born 1969)
  • Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (born 2003)
  • Princess Alexia of the Netherlands (born 2005)
  • (born 2004)
  • Princess Ariane of the Netherlands (born 2007)

Science and technology[]

Before 20th century[]

  • Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738), physician
  • C.H.D. Buys Ballot (1817–1890), chemist and meteorologist
  • Ludolph van Ceulen (1540–1610), mathematician
  • Carolus Clusius (1526–1609), doctor and botanist
  • Menno van Coehoorn (1641–1704), military engineer
  • Laurens Janszoon Coster (1370–1440), printer
  • Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1633), inventor and engineer
  • Eise Eisinga (1744–1828), astronomer who built a scale of the solar system in his house
  • David Fabricius (1564–1617), astronomer
  • Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), German-Polish physicist and engineer, lived most of his life in the Dutch Republic
  • Regnier de Graaf (1641–1673), physician and anatomist, who made key discoveries in reproductive biology
  • Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852–1911), chemist
  • Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801–1887), chemist, inventor, known for the Dutch process chocolate
  • 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.
  • Zacharias Janssen (1580–88 – pre-1632 to 1638), scientific instrument maker from Middelburg, associated with the invention of the first optical telescope
  • Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808–1864), chemist, inventor of the Kipp apparatus
  • Jan Leeghwater (1575–1650), hydraulic engineer and mill builder
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), scientist
  • Hans Lippershey (1570–1619), inventor and scientific instrument maker, associated with the invention of the first telescope
  • Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761), Dutch scientist, scientific instrument maker and inventor of Leyden jar
  • Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731), botanist and anatomist
  • Frans van Schooten (1615–1660), mathematician
  • Willebrord Snell (1580–1626), astronomer and mathematician
  • Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (1856–1894), mathematician
  • Simon Stevin (1548–1620), mathematician and engineer
  • Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), scientist
  • Franciscus Sylvius (1614–1672), physician and anatomist
  • Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674), physician, surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam
  • Gustav de Vries (1866–1934), mathematician
  • Hugo de Vries (1848–1937), geneticist
  • Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923), physicist
  • Nicolaes Witsen (1641–1717), statesman, shipbuilder, geographer and cartographer
  • Hendrik Zwaardemaker (1857–1930), scientist

20th century[]

  • Wiebe Bijker (born 1951), social scientist
  • Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920–2017), 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
  • Chaim Elata (born 1929), Israeli professor of mechanical engineering, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity
  • George Uhlenbeck (1900–1988), theoretical physicist
  • Samuel Goudsmit (1902–1978), Dutch-American physicist
  • Dirk Brouwer (1902–1966), astronomer
  • Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920–2002), astronomer
  • Tom Gehrels (1925–2011), astronomer
  • Willem Johan Kolff (1911–2009), physician and 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 and anatomist
  • Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930), physician and 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
  • Arend Lijphart (born 1936), political scientist
  • Simon van der Meer (1925–2011), physicist
  • Bram Moolenaar (born 1961), computer programmer, author of text-editor Vim
  • Wubbo Ockels (1946–2014), astronaut
  • Jan Oort (1900–1992), astronomer
  • Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960), astronomer
  • Guido van Rossum (born 1956), computer programmer, inventor of the Python programming language
  • Carel van Schaik (born 1953), primatologist
  • Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), astronomer
  • Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
  • Hendrik Tennekes (born 1936), aerodynamics professor
  • Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), economist
  • Nico Tinbergen (1907–1988), ecologist
  • Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931–2021), 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 (born 1958), Russian-born British-Dutch physicist
  • Konstantin Novoselov (born 1974), Russian-born British physicist, undertook his PhD studies at the University of Nijmegen before moving to the University of Manchester

Sports[]

Main article: List of Dutch sportspeople
  • Estella Agsteribbe (1909–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
  • Christijan Albers (born 1979), Formula 1 driver
  • 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
  • Xander Bogaerts (born 1992), MLB player for the Boston Red Sox
  • Carina Benninga (born 1962), field hockey player, Olympic champion, bronze
  • Dennis Bergkamp (born 1969), manager and retired football player
  • Juliette Bergmann (born 1958), IFBB pro bodybuilder
  • Jorrit Bergsma (born 1985), speed skater
  • Det de Beus (1958–2013), field hockey goalkeeper
  • Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), athlete
  • Jan Blokhuijsen (born 1989), speed skater
  • Rens Blom (born 1977), 2005 world champion pole vaulter
  • 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
  • Roel Buikema (born 1976), football player
  • Ton Buunk (born 1952), water polo player
  • Johan Cruijff (1947–2016), 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
  • Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), road and track cyclist, four-time world champion
  • Sjoukje Dijkstra (born 1942), figure skater
  • Robert Doornbos (born 1981), Formula One driver
  • Francisco Elson (born 1976), NBA player for Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs
  • Jacco Eltingh (born 1970), tennis player
  • Max Euwe (1901–1981), chess player
  • Didi Gregorius (born 1990), MLB player for New York Yankees
  • Louis van Gaal (born 1951), football player and manager
  • Dan Gadzuric (born 1978), NBA player for Milwaukee Bucks
  • Anton Geesink (1934–2010), judoka
  • Yuri van Gelder (born 1983), gymnast
  • Yvonne van Gennip (born 1964), speed skater
  • Stefan Groothuis (born 1981), speed skater
  • Anky van Grunsven (born 1968), dressage
  • Ruud Gullit (born 1962), football player and coach
  • Paul Haarhuis (born 1966), tennis player
  • Eddy Hamel (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
  • 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
  • Bob de Jong (born 1976), speed skater
  • Niek Kimmann (born 1996), champion BMX rider
  • Jelle Klaasen (born 1984), darts player
  • Bep van Klaveren (1907–1992), boxer
  • Patrick Kluivert (born 1976), football player
  • Sjinkie Knegt (born 1989), short-track speed skater
  • Ronald Koeman (born 1963), football player and manager
  • (born 1994), professional Starcraft II player
  • Ada Kok (born 1947), swimmer
  • Richard Krajicek (born 1971), tennis player
  • Sven Kramer (born 1986), speed skater
  • 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
  • Joost Luiten (born 1986), golfer
  • Rie Mastenbroek (1919–2003), swimmer
  • Loek van Mil (1984–2019), baseball player
  • Lion van Minden (1880–1944), Olympic fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
  • Leontien van Moorsel (born 1970), cyclist
  • Bob Mulder (born 1974), football player
  • Boyito Mulder (born 1991), figure skater
  • Dustley Mulder (born 1985), football player
  • Eefke Mulder (born 1977), field hockey player
  • Erwin Mulder (born 1989), football player
  • Jan Mulder (born 1945), football player
  • Lau Mulder (1927–2006), field hockey player
  • Michel Mulder (born 1986), speed skater
  • Ronald Mulder (born 1986), speed skater
  • Teun Mulder (born 1981), cyclist
  • Youri Mulder (born 1969), football player
  • Bennie Muller (born 1938), football player
  • 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)
  • Simon Okker (1881–1944), Olympic fencer killed in Auschwitz
  • 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
  • Mathieu van der Poel (born 1995), professional cyclist, wins everything
  • Robin van Persie (born 1983), football player
  • Annie Polak (1906–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)[1]
  • Daniël de Ridder (born 1984), football player, forward winger/attacking midfielder (Wigan Athletic and U21 national team)
  • Frank Rijkaard (born 1962), football player and manager
  • Lucia Rijker (born 1967), boxer and kickboxer
  • Dorian van Rijsselberghe (born 1988), windsurfer
  • Rintje Ritsma (born 1970), speed skater
  • Arjen Robben (born 1984), football player
  • Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), football player, striker for Ajax
  • Gianni Romme (born 1973), speed skater
  • Wim Ruska (1940–2015), judoka
  • Bas Rutten (born 1965), mixed martial artist
  • Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), football player
  • Ard Schenk (born 1944), speed skater
  • Dafne Schippers (born 1992), athlete
  • Clarence Seedorf (born 1976), football player
  • Aryeh "Arie" Selinger (born 1937), volleyball player & coach[2]
  • Avital Selinger (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist
  • Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
  • Judijke Simons (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)[1]
  • Emil Sitoci (born 1985), pro wrestler
  • Jan Smeekens (born 1985), speed skater
  • 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
  • Sjaak Swart (born 1938), footballer
  • Bernard D. H. Tellegen (1900–1990), electrical engineer, inventor, known for Tellegen's theorem in circuit theory
  • 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 Vandermeer (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
  • Max Verstappen (born 1997), F1 Grand Prix racing driver
  • Koen Verweij (born 1990), speed skater
  • 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
  • Epke Zonderland (born 1986), gymnast

Other[]

  • Willem Doorn (1836–1908), for 33 years vicar of Nobel Street Church in The Hague
  • 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 the world from 29 May 2004 to 30 August 2005[3]
  • Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Christian activist during the Holocaust
  • Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, (1788–1899) officially first ever validated supercentenarian
  • Evert Dudok (born 1959), president of EADS Astrium Space Transportation
  • Gretta Duisenberg (born 1942), pro-Palestinian activist and the wife of Wim Duisenberg
  • Esmée van Eeghen (1918–1944), Dutch resistance member
  • Jacob Eelkens, first commander of the first Dutch fort in America (Fort Nassau)
  • Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972), television presenter
  • Ferry Piekart (born 1974), writer on children's games
  • Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist in World War II Amsterdam
  • Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research
  • Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923–2002), commercial mastermind of the Heineken Imperium; grandson of the founder of Heineken
  • Mata Hari (1876–1917), spy
  • Frans van der Hoff (born 1939), co-founder of Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade certification initiative
  • Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929), first Dutch female to complete a university degree and the first female physician
  • Frederik Lauesen (born 1972), television presenter
  • 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
  • Maria van Pallaes (1587–1664), philanthropist in Utrecht
  • Anton Philips (1874–1951), 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 (1945–1999), inventor
  • Joran van der Sloot (born 1987), convicted murderer
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), governor of the New Netherland

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). Books.google.com. ISBN 9780813528205. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Pqasb.pqarchiver.com". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. 11 May 1984. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, 115; Held Title of the World's Oldest Person for 15 Months". Los Angeles Times. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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