Editing De Bilt (section)

== Notable people ==

[[File:Gouda-Sint-Janskerk-Glas61 - Nicolaas van Nieulandt 1559.jpg|140px|thumb|Nicolaas van Nieulandt, 1559]]
[[File:Erik van der Wurff (1979).jpg|140px|thumb|Erik van der Wurff, 1979]]
[[File:Bas Haring 03.JPG|140px|thumb|Bas Haring, 2013]]
[[File:Hans van Breukelen 2011.jpg|140px|thumb|Hans van Breukelen, 2011]]
* [[Nicolaas van Nieuwland]] (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of [[Egmond Abbey]] 1562 to 1569. 
* [[Joan Gideon Loten]] (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the [[Dutch East India Company]], the 29th [[Governor of Zeylan]]
* The [[Vanderbilt family]], prominent in the USA during the [[Gilded Age]], has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'.
* [[Johan Beyen]] (1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the [[European Economic Community]]
* [[Auke Bloembergen]] (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands]] 1979 to 1993
* [[Els Borst]] (1932 – 2014 in Bilthoven) a Dutch politician, academic and physician
* [[Ad Donker]] (1933 in Bilthoven – 2002) a pioneering publisher of social critical works in South Africa
* [[Anne Sjerp Troelstra]] (1939 in Maartensdijk – 2019) a maths professor the [[Institute for Logic, Language and Computation]] at the University of Amsterdam. 
* [[Madelon Hooykaas]] (born 1942 in Maartensdijk) a video artist, photographer and film maker
* [[Madelon Vriesendorp]] (born 1945 in Bilthoven) an artist, co-founded of the [[Office of Metropolitan Architecture]]
* [[Erik van der Wurff]] (1945 in De Bilt – 2014) a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943375/  IMDb Database] retrieved 26 October 2019 </ref>
* [[Frederik de Groot]] (born 1946 in Bilthoven) a Dutch actor and TV spokesman for [[ING Direct Canada]]<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343190/  IMDb Database] retrieved 26 October 2019 </ref>
* [[Thomas von der Dunk]] (born 1961) a cultural historian, writer and columnist; raised in Bilthoven
* [[Albert Schram]] (born 1964 in De Bilt) the Vice Chancellor of the [[Papua New Guinea University of Technology]]
* [[Bas Haring]] (born 1968 in De Bilt) a writer of popular science and children's literature and TV presenter
* [[Jetske van den Elsen]] (born 1972 in De Bilt) a Dutch female television presenter<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1587853/  IMDb Database] retrieved 26 October 2019 </ref>
=== Sport ===
* [[John Blankenstein]] (1949 in De Bilt – 2006) a football referee and gay rights activist
* [[Ingrid van der Elst]] (born 1955 in Bilthoven) a former sportswoman in cricket and field hockey
* [[Hans van Breukelen]] (born 1956) a former football goalkeeper with 511 club caps, grew up in De Bilt
* [[Martijntje Quik]] (born 1973 in De Bilt) a former coxswain, silver medallist at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Joost Broerse]] (born 1979 in De Bilt) a Dutch former footballer with 448 club caps
* [[Lisa Westerhof]] (born 1981 in De Bilt) a sailor, competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics]] 
* [[Thierry Brinkman]] (born 1995 in Bilthoven) a Dutch field hockey player