Editing Laren, North Holland (section)

==Notable residents==
=== The arts ===
* {{Ill|Johan Briedé|nl}} (1885–1980) artist, illustrated [[H. G. Wells]]' books
* [[M.C. Escher|Maurits Cornelis Escher]] (1898–1972), graphic artist, illustrator and printmaker, lived in [[Rosa Spier Huis]] from 1970 
* [[Barthold Fles]] (1902–1989) a Dutch-American literary agent, author and translator; lived in [[Rosa Spier Huis]] from 1986
* [[Maarten Krabbé]] (1908 in Laren – 2005) a Dutch painter and art educator
* [[Hannie Lips]] (1924 – 2012 in Laren) a broadcaster and TV announcer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513709/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref> 
* [[Anton Mauve]] (1838–1888), painter, [[Hague School]] & [[Laren School]], lived in Laren 1886/1888
* [[Johnny de Mol]] (born 1979 in Laren) a Dutch actor and presenter<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596394/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref>
* [[Albert Neuhuys]] (1844–1914), painter [[Laren School]]
* [[Roberto Vander]] (born 1950 in Laren) a Dutch-Chilean actor and singer<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0888728/  IMDb Database] retrieved 31 January 2020</ref>
* [[Saar de Swart]] (1861–1951) a Dutch sculptor
* Vincent Willem van Gogh ( art collector) 

=== Public service ===
* [[Jan van den Brink]] (1915 in Laren – 2006) a Dutch politician and businessman
* [[Gerard Croiset]] (1909 in Laren – 1980) a Dutch [[parapsychologist]], [[psychometrist]] and [[psychic]]
* [[Paul Joan George Kapteyn]] (born 1928 in Laren) a judge at the [[European Court of Justice]]
* [[Pim van Lommel]] (born 1943 in Laren) a Dutch cardiologist, author and researcher into [[near-death studies]]
* [[Maria Montessori]] (1870–1952) an Italian physician and education reformer, lived in Laren 1936/1939
* [[Roelof Nelissen]] (1931–2019) a Dutch politician and businessman; lived in Laren
* [[Mona Louise Parsons]] (1901–1976) a Canadian actress, nurse and member of an informal [[Dutch resistance]] network
* [[Elbert Roest]] (born 1954) a Dutch historian, politician, former teacher and former mayor of Laren
* [[Henk Zanoli]] (1923 in Laren – 2015) a lawyer and member of the [[Dutch resistance]] in WWII

=== Sport ===
* [[Willemien Aardenburg]] (born 1966 in Laren) a former Dutch field hockey player, team bronze medallist the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Thomas Boerma]] (born 1981 in Laren) a field hockey player, competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jacobine Veenhoven]] (born 1984 in Laren) a Dutch female rower, team bronze medallist at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Marcel van der Westen]] (born 1976 in Laren) a retired Dutch hurdler