Editing Venlo (section)

==Notable residents==
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[[File:Geert Wilders op Prinsjesdag 2014 (cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Geert Wilders, 2014]]
[[File:Anthonis Mor - Portrait of Hubert Goltzius - WGA16187.jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Hubert Goltzius, 1574]]
[[File:Chantal pers94772 (1).jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Chantal Janzen, 2016]]
[[File:Chriet Titulaer (1984).jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Chriet Titulaer, 1984]]
[[File:Carla Beurskens 1982.jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Carla Beurskens, 1982]]
[[File:Rick Hoogendorp.jpg|upright|thumb|140px|Rick Hoogendorp, 2006]]
=== Public thinking & public service ===
* [[Gertruid Bolwater]] (died 1511), legendary Dutch folklore heroine, the ''Defender of Venlo''
* [[Erycius Puteanus]] (1574–1646), humanist and [[philologist]].<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= Erycius Puteanus |volume= 12 |last=Simar |first=  Th. |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Colin Halkett|General Sir Colin Halkett]] (1774–1856), a British Army officer & Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle= Halkett, Colin |volume= 24 |last= Chichester |first=  Henry Manners |author-link= |pages=49-51 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Henri Alexis Brialmont]] (1821–1903), Dutch-born Belgian military engineer.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle= Brialmont, Henri Alexis |volume= 4 |page=515 |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Johan van Lom]] (1465–1538 or 1539), politician and philanthropist
* [[Willem Hubert Nolens]] (1860–1931), politician and Roman Catholic priest
* [[Charles van Rooy]] (1912–1996), politician, Mayor of Venlo 1952–1957
* [[Teun van Dijck]] (born 1963), politician and saxophonist, restaurateur and civil servant
* [[Geert Wilders]] (born 1963), politician, parliament member since 1998, leader of the [[Party for Freedom|PVV]]
* [[Jolande Sap]] (born 1963), politician and former educator and civil servant

=== Arts ===
* [[Hubert Goltzius]] (1526–1583), Renaissance painter, engraver and printer
* [[Gerrit Gerritsz Cuyp]] (c. 1565–1644), [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter and master glazier
* [[Jan van Cleve (III)]] (1646–1716), Flemish painter of altarpieces and allegorical scenes
* [[Josephus Andreas Fodor]] (1751–1828), violinist and composer of the Classical era
* [[Carel Anton Fodor]] (1768–1846), pianist, conductor and composer 
* [[André van den Heuvel]] (1927 in Tegelen – 2016), actor
* [[Paul Cox (director)|Paul Cox]] (1940–2016), Dutch-Australian filmmaker and director
* [[Marie-Thérèse Schins]] (born 1943), German-Dutch journalist, painter and writer
* [[Ben Verbong]] (born 1949 in Tegelen), film director and screenwriter
* [[Geert Lap]] (1951–2017), [[ceramist]] and clay minimalist
* [[Huub Stapel]] (born 1954 in Tegelen), actor
* [[Ted Noten]] (born 1956 in Tegelen), conceptual artist
* [[Frank Scheffer]] (born 1956), cinematographer and producer of documentary film
* [[James Intveld]] (born 1959), American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and film director
* [[Will Sanders]] (born 1965), classical horn player, conductor and music school professor
* [[Pieter Kuijpers]] (born 1968 in Tegelen), film director, producer and screenwriter
* [[Glenn Corneille]] (1970–2005), jazz pianist
* [[Saskia Linssen]] (born 1970), model and actress, Playboy Playmate of the Month, June 1991
* [[Ronald Goedemondt]] (born 1975 in Tegelen), comedian
* [[Chantal Janzen]] (born 1979 in Tegelen), actress, singer and TV presenter
* [[Boris Titulaer]] (born 1980), soul singer-songwriter, winner of the second season of the Dutch talent show ''[[Idols (Dutch TV series)|Idols]]''
* [[Lotte Verbeek]] (born 1982), actress, model and dancer

=== Science & business ===
* [[Matthieu Gerard Jaques Marie Kerbosch]] (1880–1973), pharmacist and botanist
* [[Cor Herkströter]] (born 1937), former chairman of [[Royal Dutch Shell]] and the [[ING Group]] 
* [[Chriet Titulaer]] (1943–2017), astronomer and TV personality
* [[Jo van Nunen]] (1945–2010), engineer and professor of logistics
* [[Ernst Homburg]] (born 1952), chemist and historian
* [[Evert Dudok]] (born 1959), President of EADS [[Astrium]] Space Transportation

=== Sport ===
* [[Bart Carlier]] (1929–2017), football player with over 340 club caps
* [[Jan Klaassens]] (1931–1983), football player with 707 club caps and 57 national caps
* [[Jeu Sprengers]] (1938 in Tegelen – 2008), chairman of the [[Royal Dutch Football Association]] (KNVB) 2002 to 2008
* [[Harry Heijnen]] (1940–2015), football player with over 400 club caps
* [[Theo van Vroonhoven]] (born 1940), field hockey player, competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]], the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]] and the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Carla Beurskens]] (born 1952 in Tegelen), prominent long-distance runner
* [[Jan Versleijen]] (born 1955), professional football coach, last managed in South Africa
* [[Paul van der Sterren]] (born 1956), chess grandmaster
* [[Jos Luhukay]] (born 1963), football coach and former player
* [[Stan Valckx]] (born 1963 in Arcen en Velden), former professional footballer with 435 club caps
* [[David Strijbos]] (born 1967), former [[motocross]] [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|F.I.M.]] world champion
* [[Inge Leurs]] (born 1975), former cricketer
* [[Rick Hoogendorp]] (born 1975), former football striker with 439 club caps 
* [[Bernard Hofstede]] (born 1980 in Tegelen), footballer with 380 club caps
* [[Sjors Verdellen]] (born 1981 in Tegelen), former professional footballer with 394 club caps
* [[Jens Janse]] (born 1986), footballer with 220 club caps
* [[Angela Steenbakkers]] (born 1994), handballer with the [[Netherlands women's national handball team|Dutch national team]]
* [[Thierry Vermeulen]] (born 2002), racing driver