List of Dutch people

Architecture • Jaap Bakema (1914–1981) • Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934) • Jo van den Broek (1898–1978) • Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect • Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921) • Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974) • Aldo van Eyck (1918–1999) • Lieven de Key (1560–1627), renaissance architect • Hendrick de Keyser (1565–1621), sculptor and architect • Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) • Jacobus Oud (1890–1963) • Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967) • Pieter Post (1608–1669), Dutch Golden Age architect • Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964) 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 • Laura Gemser (born 1950), actress • Rijk de Gooyer (1925–2011), actor • 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 1964), 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 • 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 • Emmanuel Ohene Boafo (born 1993), actor • Michael Sanderson (born 1983), Filmmaker and director • Mimi Mariani (1928–1971), actress Music • 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 (1929–2021), 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 • Joris de Man (born 1972), composer • 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 • Robert Westerholt (born 1975), guitarist of Within Temptation • Jaap van Zweden (born 1960), violinist and conductor • Joost Klein (born 1997), singer and rapper Visual arts • 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 • Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923), painter, stained glass designer and graphic artist • 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 • Rien Poortvliet (1932–1995), painter and illustrator • 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 • Carolein Smit (born 1960), ceramic art sculptor • Peter Spier (1927–2017), illustrator • Jan Steen (1626–1679), painter • Marten Toonder (1912–2007), comic creator • Thierry Veltman (born 1939-2023), 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 Writers • A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010), writer of detective fiction • Paul Biegel (1925–2006), writer of children's books • Remco Campert (1929–2022), novelist and poet • Jacob Cats (1577–1660), poet • Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), novelist • Louis Couperus (1863–1923), novelist and poet • Willy Corsari (1897–1998), novelist, actress and composer • Johan Fabricius (1899–1981), novelist, journalist and painter • 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 and physical geographer • 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 history 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 • Willy Wielek-Berg (1919–2004) film critic, writer, columnist • Jan Wolkers (1925–2007) • Yael van der Wouden (born 1987), novelist == Exploration ==

• 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 • Willem de Vlamingh (1640–c. 1698), Western Australia • Sebald de Weert (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands == Fashion models ==

• Azra Akın (born 1981) • Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980) • Kim Feenstra (born 1986) • Bette Franke (born 1989) • Daphne Groeneveld (born 1994) • Daniella van Graas (born 1975) • Tatjana Maul (born 1988) • Rianne ten Haken (born 1986) • Marpessa Hennink (born 1964) • Querelle Jansen (born 1985) • Kim Kötter (born 1982) • Doutzen Kroes (born 1985) • Karen Mulder (born 1970) • Marcus Schenkenberg (born 1968) • Iekeliene Stange (born 1984) • Lara Stone (born 1983) • Romee Strijd (born 1995) • Yfke Sturm (born 1981) • Mark Vanderloo (born 1968) == Fictional characters ==

• Hans Brinker • Abraham Van Helsing • Peter Van Houten == Historians ==

• Henrica van Erp (c. 1480–1548) • Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647) • Johan Huizinga (1872–1945) • Loe de Jong (1914–2005) • Jan Gerard Kerkherdere (1677–1738) • Jan Romein (1893–1962) • Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660) • Boudewijn Sirks (born 1947) == Journalists ==

• Ton Elias • Henk Hofland • Arendo Joustra • Almar Latour • Geert Mak • Mart Smeets • Eva Vlaardingerbroek == 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) • Johan van den Sande, (1568-1638) lawyer and historian • Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher • 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 • 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 (1931–2024), 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 (2010–2024), Secretary General of NATO (since 2024) • 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) • Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria (since 2017) == 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) • 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 • Marie du Saar (1860–1955), ophthalmologist • 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 (1933–2021), 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 • Jaap Haartsen (born 1963), inventor of Bluetooth • 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 • Lou Ottens (1926-2021), inventor of the compact cassette • 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 (1929–2022), astronomer • Kees Schouhamer Immink (born 1946), engineer, development of CD, DVD and Blu-ray • Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer • Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944), Computer scientist, developer of Minix which inspired Linus Torvalds to write Linux • Hendrik Tennekes (1936–2021), aerodynamics professor • Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), economist • Nico Tinbergen (1907–1988), ecologist • Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931–2021), physicist • Frans de Waal (1948–2024), 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 ==

• 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 • Femke Bol (born 2000), athlete • 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 (1942–2024), figure skater • Robert Doornbos (born 1981), Formula One driver • Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author • 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 • 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 (1938–2024), 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 • Robin van Persie (born 1983), football player • Annie Polak (1906–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises) • 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 • Avital Selinger (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist • Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player • Judijke Simons (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises) • 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 • Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), sprinter, competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics (which she left in the middle, in sympathy with the Israelis after the Munich Massacre) • 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 • Anish Giri (born 1994), chess player • Virgil van Dijk (born 1991), football player • Arne Slot (born 1987), football manager • Reinier de Ridder (born 1990), ONE Championship and UFC fighter == 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 • Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Christian activist during the Holocaust • Aaron Abbas (18th century), Jewish editor and printer{{Jewish Encyclopedia • 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 • Caro van Eyck (1915-1979), stage and television actress • 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 • Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1776-1839) Dutch Mennonite deacon • 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 • Adrienne van Melle-Hermans (1931–2007), peace activist • 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 • Jason Walters (born 1985), sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges related to Islamic terrorism == See also ==