Editing Delft (section)

=== Public thinking and service ===
*[[Christian van Adrichem]] (1533–1585), Catholic priest and theological writer<ref>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Christian_Kruik_van_Adrichem |volume=01 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn]] (1556–1623), one of the first Dutchmen in Japan
*[[Hugo Grotius]] (1583–1645), humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian and jurist who laid the foundations for [[international law]]
*[[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] (1584–1647), sovereign [[prince of Orange]] and [[stadtholder]] of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders & Overijssel from 1625 to 1647
*[[Philippus Baldaeus]] (1632–1671), minister in [[Jaffna]]
*[[Diederik Durven]] (1676–1740), [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] from 1729 to 1732
*[[Abraham van der Weijden]] (1743–1773), ship's captain, initiated of [[Freemasonry in South Africa]]
*[[Gerrit Paape]] (1752–1803), painter of earthenware and stoneware, poet, journalist, novelist, judge, columnist and finally a ministerial civil servant
*[[Aegidius van Braam]] (1758–1822), naval [[vice-admiral]]
*[[Agneta Matthes]] (1847–1909), entrepreneur, manufactured yeast using the [[History of the cooperative movement|cooperative movement]] and housed workers at [[Agnetapark]]
*[[Henk Zeevalking]] (1922–2005), politician and jurist
*[[Piet Bukman]] (1934–2022), politician and diplomat
*[[Klaas de Vries (Labour Party)|Klaas de Vries]] (born 1943), politician and jurist
*[[Atzo Nicolaï]] (1960–2020), politician
*[[Marja van Bijsterveldt]] (born 1961), politician, Mayor of Delft since 2016
*[[Alexander Pechtold]] (born 1965), politician and art historian