Editing Heerlen (section)

=== Public service & public thinking ===
* [[M. Sattonius Iucundus]] (third century), Roman politician
* [[Theoderich van Are]] (1087–1126) the first count of Are (Germany) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eventjesuit.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3219 |title=Gemeente Heerlen |access-date=27 May 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041128222455/http://eventjesuit.nl/smartsite.dws?id=3219 |archive-date=28 November 2004 }}</ref>
* [[Jacob Derk Carel van Heeckeren]] (1730–1795) a politician from a Dutch noble family 
* [[Christian Quix]] (1773–1844) a Roman Catholic priest and director of the Aachen city library 
* [[Jan Gerard Kemmerling]] (1776–1818), [[Mayors of Heerlen|Mayor of Heerlen]]
* [[Egidius Slanghen]] (1820–1882), politician and historian
* [[Joseph Savelberg]] (1827–1907), Roman Catholic priest
* [[Henri Sarolea]] (1844–1900), a Dutch railway entrepreneur and contractor
* [[Frans de Wever]] (1869–1940), general practitioner
* [[Frederik van Iterson]] (1877-1957) a Dutch mechanical engineering professor, developed the [[power station]] [[Stack effect|natural draught]] [[cooling tower]] 
* [[Marcel van Grunsven]] (1896–1969), Mayor of Heerlen from 1926 to 1961
* [[Maximilian von Fürstenberg]] (1904–1988) a [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] of the Roman Catholic Church
* [[Pierre Schunck]] (1906–1993) family owned [[Schunck]] department store and worked in the [[Dutch resistance]]
* [[Theo Bemelmans]] (born 1943), a Dutch computer scientist and academic
* [[Klaas de Vries (politician)|Klaas de Vries]] (born 1943), a retired Dutch politician and jurist
* [[Maud de Boer-Buquicchio]] (born 1944) a Dutch jurist and [[United Nations special rapporteur]]
* [[Jo Ritzen]] (born 1945), a retired Dutch politician economist
* [[Jo Coenen]] (born 1949) a Dutch architect and urban planner
* [[Loek Hermans]] (born 1951), a retired Dutch politician and businessman <ref>[http://www.l1.nl/L1NWS/_rp_links4_elementId/1_2398420 L1 - nieuws en sport uit Limburg] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717182423/http://www.l1.nl/L1NWS/_rp_links4_elementId/1_2398420 |date=17 July 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Wiel Arets]] (born 1955), a Dutch architect and industrial designer
* [[Ellen 't Hoen]] (born 1960) an international medical activist and academic
* [[Frans Timmermans]] (born 1961), politician, [[Vice-President of the European Commission]]
* [[Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert]] (born 1973), a Dutch politician, Minister of Defence 2012-2017
* [[Gijs Tuinman]] (born 1979) [[Royal Netherlands Army]] officer, recipient of the [[Military Order of William]]