Public thinking & public service •
Frederick Nassau de Zuylestein (1624–1672) illegitimate son of
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange who gave him
Castle Zuylestein in 1640 •
Godert de Ginkell, 1st Earl of Athlone (1644 in Amerongen – 1703) a Dutch general in the service of England •
William Nassau de Zuylestein, 1st Earl of Rochford (1649 in
Castle Zuylestein – 1708) a Dutch soldier and diplomat in the service of his cousin
William III of England •
Rogier Verbeek (1845 in Doorn – 1926) a Dutch geologist and natural scientist •
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (1859 – 1941 in
Huis Doorn) the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, lived in Doorn 1919–1941 • Princess
Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887–1947) married
Wilhelm II (1859–1941) in Doorn •
Louis Beel (1902 in Roermond – 1977) a Dutch politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1946/8 and 1958/1959 •
Ria Beckers (1938 in Driebergen – 2006) Dutch politician, co-founder of the
GreenLeft party •
Herman Wijffels (born 1942 in Turkeye) a retired Dutch politician and businessman. •
Ben Verwaayen (born 1952 in Driebergen) Dutch businessman, CEO of
Alcatel-Lucent 2008/13. •
Aart Jan de Geus (born 1955 in Doorn) a retired Dutch politician and businessman •
Dick Benschop (born 1957 in Driebergen) a retired Dutch politician and businessman •
Olaf Stuger (born 1969 in Driebergen) a Dutch politician and
Member of the European Parliament •
Tjalling Halbertsma (born 1969 in Doorn) a lawyer and anthropologist
The arts •
Christian Mali (1832 in Darthuizen) – 1906) a German painter and art professor •
Anton van Wouw (1862 in Driebergen - 1945) sculptor, the father of South African sculpture •
Aldo van Eyck (1918 in Driebergen – 1999) an architect, protagonist of
Structuralism. •
Peter Bree (1949 in Driebergen) a Dutch oboist and radio presenter •
Gijs Scholten van Aschat (born 1959 in Doorn) a Dutch actor •
Job ter Burg (born 1972 in Maarn) a Dutch film editor •
Nicky Romero (born 1989 in Amerongen) a Dutch musician, DJ, record producer and remixer
Sport •
Jan de Beaufort (1880 in Doorn – 1946) a Dutch fencer, competed at three Olympic Games •
Jops Reeman (1886 in Amerongen – 1959) a Dutch football player who won bronze in the
1908 Summer Olympics •
Gratia Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1912 in Doorn – 2012) a Dutch alpine skier, competed at the
1936 Winter Olympics •
Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934 in Maarsbergen – 1964) a Dutch nobleman and motorsport driver •
Nienke Kingma (born 1982 in Driebergen) is a rower, silver medallist in the
2008 Summer Olympics and bronze medallist at the
2012 Summer Olympics •
Claudia Belderbos (born 1985 in Doorn) a Dutch rower who won bronze at the
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