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    List of Dutch people

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    Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

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    Arts

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    See also: List of Dutch women artists

    Architecture

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    Main article: List of Dutch architects
    • 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

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    • 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

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    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 (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
    • Tony Wall (born 1988), guitarist
    • 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

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    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
    • 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

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    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 (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

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

    Fashion models

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    • 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

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    See also: Category:Fictional Dutch people
    • Hans Brinker
    • Abraham Van Helsing
    • Peter Van Houten

    Historians

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    • 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

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    • Ton Elias
    • Henk Hofland
    • Arendo Joustra
    • Almar Latour
    • Geert Mak
    • Mart Smeets
    • Eva Vlaardingerbroek

    Military

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    • 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

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    • 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

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    Main article: List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands

    Before 20th century

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    • 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

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    • 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 (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)
    • Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), President of Austria (since 2017)

    Royal Family

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    • 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

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    Before 20th century

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    • 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

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    • 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
    • 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 (1929–2022), astronomer
    • Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
    • 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

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    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
    • Femke Bol (born 2000), athlete[1]
    • 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)[2]
    • 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[3]
    • Avital Selinger (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist
    • Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
    • Judijke Simons (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)[2]
    • 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

    Other

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    • 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[4]
    • Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Christian activist during the Holocaust
    • Aaron Abbas (18th century), Jewish editor and printer[5]
    • 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
    • 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

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    • De Grootste Nederlander (The Greatest Dutchman)
    • List of Dutch Americans
    • List of Dutch Britons
    • List of Dutch Indos
    • List of Dutch Israelis
    • List of Dutch Jews
    • List of Dutch people of Lebanese descent
    • List of Dutch people of Moroccan descent
    • List of Dutch people of Turkish descent
    • List of Dutch sportspeople
    • List of Dutch supercentenarians
    • List of Dutch vegetarians
    • List of Frisians
    • List of people from Amsterdam
    • List of people from the Dutch Golden Age

    References

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    2. ^ a b Schaffer, Kay; Smith, Sidonie (2000). Books.google.com. ISBN 9780813528205. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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    4. ^ "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.
    5. ^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Milwitzky, William (1901). "ABBAS (ABAS), AARON". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 37.
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