Editing 's-Hertogenbosch (section)

=== Public thinking and public service ===
[[File:Portret Macropedius, Philips Galle.jpg|140px|thumb|Macropedius, 1572]]
[[File:Jan de Quay 1962 (1).jpg|140px|thumb|Jan de Quay, 1962]]
* [[Erasmus]] (1484–1497), priest and humanist scholar
* [[Macropedius]] (1487–1558), a Dutch humanist, schoolmaster and Latin playwright
* [[John Slotanus]] (died 1560), a Dutch Roman Catholic polemical writer.<ref>{{cite CE1913|wstitle= John Slotanus |volume= 14 |last=  Callan |first= Charles J. |short=1}}</ref>
* [[Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre]] (1591–1652), an ecclesiastical writer and abbot
* [[Johan Bax van Herenthals]] (1637–1678), the governor of the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] 1676/1678
* [[Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande]] (1704–1775), governor of [[Essequibo (colony)|Essequibo]] and [[Demerara]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/06/14/features/laurens-storm-van-%e2%80%99s-gravesande-guyana%e2%80%99s-greatest-governor/|title=Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande: Guyana's greatest governor?|author=David A. Granger|author-link=David A. Granger|website=Stabroek News|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref>
* [[Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois]] (1843–1937), a Dutch jonkheer, politician and Mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch
* [[Joseph Sweens]] (1858–1950), an [[Catholic Church|RC]] missionary bishop in [[Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza|South Nyanza]] in [[German East Africa]]
* [[Christiaan Cornelissen]] (1864–1942), a Dutch syndicalist writer, economist and trade unionist
* [[Henk Sneevliet]] (1883–1942), a Dutch Communist, active in both the Netherlands and the [[Dutch East Indies]]
* [[Frans Teulings]] (1891–1966), a Dutch politician and economist
* [[Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen]] (1899–1982), a Dutch judge and a politician
* [[Jan de Quay]] (1901–1985), a politician and psychologist; [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] 1959/1963
* [[Bert Röling]] (1906–1985), a Dutch jurist and founding father of [[polemology]], the study of war
* [[Louis van de Laar]] (1921–2004), a Dutch politician and historian
* [[Bram Stemerdink]] (born 1936), a retired Dutch politician and army officer
* [[Don Burgers]] (1932–2006), a Dutch politician, mayor of 's-Hertogenbosch from 1989 to 1996
* [[Marco Kroon]] (born 1970), soldier with the [[Korps Commandotroepen]]
* [[Matthijs van Miltenburg]] (born 1972), a politician, municipal councillor 2010/2014 and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] 2014/2019