Editing Deventer (section)

=== Public thinking & public service ===
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* [[Lebuinus]] (??-ca.775) the Apostle of the [[Frisians]] and patron of Deventer
* [[Saint Radboud]] (before 850 – 917) [[Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580)|Bishop of Utrecht]] 899 to 917
* [[Geert Groote]] (1340–1384) a Dutch Roman Catholic deacon, founder of the [[Brethren of the Common Life]]<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Groot,_Gerhard |volume= 12 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Gerlac Peterssen]] (ca.1377 – 1411) a Dutch mystic <ref>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Gerlac_Peterssen |volume= 11 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Alexander Hegius von Heek]] (ca.1435–1498) a German humanist who settled in Deventer <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Hegius,_Alexander |volume= 13 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]] (1562-1621) a Dutch composer and organist at the [[Oude Kerk, Amsterdam|Oude Kerk]] in Amsterdam was born in Deventer
* [[Jacobus Revius]] (1586–1658) a Dutch poet, Calvinist theologian and church historian
* [[Samuel Holland (surveyor)|Samuel Holland]] (1728–1801) a [[Royal Engineer]] and Surveyor General of [[British North America]]
* [[Abraham Josias Sluysken]] (1736-1799) last Governor of the [[Dutch Cape Colony]] 
* [[Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck]] (1761–1825) a Dutch jurist, ambassador, politician and [[Grand Pensionary]] of the [[Batavian Republic]]
* [[Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam]] (1771-1848) [[Dutch nobility|nobleman]], officer and politician
* [[Louis Gerlach Pareau]] (1800–1866) a theologian and academic, co-founded [[Groningen theology]]
* [[Willem Jan Knoop]] (1811–1894) a Dutch lieutenant-general, military historian, and politician
* [[W. R. van Hoëvell]] (1812–1879) a minister in the [[Dutch East Indies]], politician and reformer
* [[Elisabeth van Dedem Lecky]] (1842–1912) a Dutch-Irish writer, historian and suffragist
* [[Martinus Theunis Steyn]] (1857–1916) a South African lawyer, politician and statesman <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Steyn,_Martinus_Theunis |volume= 25 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Han Hollander]] (1886–1943) the first Dutch radio sports journalist
* [[Etty Hillesum]] (1914–1943) wrote about the persecutions of the Jews during the [[Netherlands in World War II|German occupation]] 
* [[Bé Udink]] (1926–2016) a Dutch politician, government minister, diplomat and businessman
* [[Willem Scholten]] (1927–2005) a Dutch politician, government minister and economist
* [[Jomanda]] (born 1948) a controversial Dutch healing medium
* [[Guusje Ter Horst]] (born 1952) a retired Dutch politician and psychologist
*[[Caroline van der Plas]] leader of the BBB political party and member of the house of Netherlands representatives since 2021.