Editing Leiden (section)

=== Sport ===
[[File:Alfons Groenendijk (2017).jpg|140px|thumb|Alfons Groenendijk, 2017]]
[[File:Kjeld Nuis (2018).jpg|140px|thumb|Kjeld Nuis, 2018]]
[[File:Buurtpoesbledder.jpg|140px|thumb|Buurtpoes Bledder]]

* [[Willem Slijkhuis]] (1923–2003), Dutch middle-distance runner, won two bronze medals in the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Sandra Le Poole]] (born 1959), retired field hockey player, team gold medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ronald Florijn]] (born 1961), former rower, twice team gold medallist, at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] and [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Carina Benninga]] (born 1962) & [[Taco van den Honert]] (born 1966), former Dutch field hockey players, team gold medallist at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] and team bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Alfons Groenendijk]] (born 1964), former footballer with 413 club caps and current manager
* [[Gerritjan Eggenkamp]] (born 1975), Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Rodney Glunder]] (born 1975), retired kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and boxer
* [[Tim de Cler]] (born 1978), Dutch former footballer with 361 club caps
* [[Erik van den Doel]] (born 1979), Dutch chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]]
* [[Merel Witteveen]] (born 1985), sailor, team silver medallist at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Biurakn Hakhverdian]] (born 1985) & [[Iefke van Belkum]] (born 1986)), Dutch water polo players, team gold medallists at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Gegard Mousasi]] (born 1985), professional mixed martial artist and former kickboxer of Armenian descent.
* [[Laurine van Riessen]] (born 1987), long track speed skater and track cyclist, bronze medallist at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Kjeld Nuis]] (born 1989), Dutch speed skater, world record holder and gold medallist at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] over 1000 metre and 1500 metre
* [[Chantal de Ridder]] (born 1989), Dutch football striker, 46 caps with the [[Netherlands women's national football team]]
* [[Esmee Visser]] (born 1996), long-distance speed skater, gold medallist in the [[2018 Winter Olympics]] in the women's 5000 metres