Editing Leidschendam-Voorburg (section)

=== Public thinking & public service ===
* [[Jan van Valckenborgh]] (ca.1575 in Voorburg − 1624) a military engineer who built fortresses
* [[Barbera van Meerten-Schilperoort]] (1778 in Geestbrug – 1853) a Dutch women's rights activist
* [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]] (1801 in Voorburg – 1876) a Dutch politician and historian <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Groen_van_Prinsterer,_Guillaume  |volume= 12 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Jacobus Aarden]] (1914-1997) lived much of his life and died in Voorburg. A member of the municipal council of Voorburg for 20 years, member of [[House of Representatives (Netherlands)|House of Representatives]]
* [[Willem Scholten]] (1927 – 2005 in Leidschendam) a politician, held several ministerial offices
* [[Jan Broekman]] (born 1931 in Voorburg) a philosopher, [[Legal science|legal]] and [[social scientist]], lives in Belgium
* [[Theo van Boven]] (born 1934 in Voorburg) a jurist and [[professor emeritus]] in [[international law]]
* [[Jan de Leeuw]] (born 1945 in Voorburg) a Dutch statistician, [[psychometrician]] and academic
* [[Johannes Willibrordus Maria Hendriks]] (born 1954 in Leidschendam) the Auxiliary Bishop-elect of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam|Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam]] since 2011
* [[Maxime Verhagen]] (born 1956) a retired Dutch politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]] 2010/2012, lives in Voorburg
* Father [[Roderick Vonhögen]] (born 1968 in Leidschendam) a Roman Catholic priest, podcaster and [[new media]] producer
* [[Carla Dik-Faber]] (born 1971 in Voorburg) a Dutch art historian and politician