Editing Smallingerland (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:Fedde Schurer.jpg|140px|thumb|Fedde Schurer, 1930's]]
[[File:Alie Boorsma 1982.jpg|140px|thumb|Alie Boorsma, 1982]]
* Professor [[Pieter Klazes Pel]] (1852 in Smallingerland – 1919) a Dutch physician and professor of [[internal medicine]]
* [[Pier Pander]] (1864 in Drachten – 1919) a Dutch sculptor and designer of medals
* [[Herman Theodoor Colenbrander]] (1871 in Drachten – 1945) a Dutch historian and academic
* [[S.H. de Roos]] (1877 in Drachten - 1962) a Dutch type designer, book cover designer and artist. 
* [[Fedde Schurer]] (1898 in Drachten – 1968) a Dutch schoolteacher, journalist, language activist and politician
* [[Hendrik Kloosterman]] (1900 in Rottevalle – 1968) a Dutch mathematician, worked on [[number theory]]
* [[Cisca Wijmenga]] (born 1964 in Drachten) a Dutch professor of Human Genetics
* [[Zanger Rinus]] (born 1969 in Drachten) a Dutch singer
* [[Erik Bosgraaf]] (born 1980 in Drachten) a Dutch recorder player and musicologist
* [[Tim Douwsma]] (born 1987 in Drachten) a Dutch singer <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2768666/   IMDb Database] retrieved 10 September 2019</ref>
* [[Iris Kroes]] (born 1992 in Drachten) a Dutch singer-songwriter and harpist
* [[Maurice de Jong]] (born 1973) a Dutch composer and musician

=== Sport ===
* [[Jan Lammers (athlete)|Jan Lammers]] (1926 in Drachten – 2011) a Dutch sprinter, competed at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jeen van den Berg]] (1928 in De Veenhoop – 2014) a Dutch long track speed skater, competed at the [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] and [[1960 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alie Boorsma]] (born 1959 in Drachten) a retired speed skater, competed at the [[1984 Winter Olympics]]