Editing Harlingen, Netherlands (section)

== Notable people ==
* [[Simon Frisius]] (c.1570–75 – c.1628/29) a Dutch engraver. 
* [[Maarten Gerritszoon Vries]] (1589–1647) Dutch cartographer and explorer
* [[Sebastiaen Jansen Krol]] (1595–1674) [[Director of New Netherland]] 1632/1633 
* [[Jacob Adriaensz Backer]] (1609–1651) a [[Dutch Golden Age painter]]
* [[Tako Hajo Jelgersma]] (1702–1795) a Dutch painter
* [[Jacobus Deketh]] (1726–1764) a captain in the [[Frisian Admiralty]]
* [[Joannes de Mol]] (1726–1782) a Dutch minister, Patriot and porcelain manufacturer
* [[Hermanna Molkenboer-Trip]] (1851–1911) a Dutch industrialist
* [[Court Lambertus van Beyma]] (1753–1820) a public notary and auctioneer, delegate of the [[States of Friesland]]
* [[Nicolaas Baur]] (1767–1820) was a Dutch marine artist
* [[Johannes Kayser]] (1842–1917) a Dutch architect, primarily of churches
* [[J.J.L. Duyvendak]] (1889–1954) a Dutch Sinologist and professor of Chinese 
* [[Simon Vestdijk]] (1898–1971) a Dutch writer, nominated 15 times for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
* [[Peter J Sterkenburg]] (1955–2000) a Dutch [[autodidact]] painter of maritime scenes
* [[Jan Ykema]]  (born 1963) a former ice speed skater, [[1988 Winter Olympics]] silver medalist
* [[Abe de Vries]] (born 1965) a Frisian poet, essayist, literary critic, journalist, editor, translator and photographer
* [[Joost Vandebrug]] (born 1982) a Dutch photographer, video director and documentary film director <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8890655/  IMDb Database] retrieved 28 July 2019</ref>