Editing Venlo (section)

=== 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