Editing Middelburg, Zeeland (section)

=== Public thinking and public service ===
* [[Paul of Middelburg]] (1446–1534), a Flemish scientist and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fossombrone|Bishop of Fossombrone]]<ref>{{cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Paul_of_Middelburg |volume= 11 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Philippe van Lansberge]] (1561–1632), a Dutch Calvinist Minister, astronomer and mathematician
* [[John Forbes (Alford minister)|John Forbes]] (c. 1568–1634) founded a Church of Scotland
* [[Isaac Beeckman]] (1588–1637), a Dutch philosopher and scientist
* Sir [[Balthazar Gerbier]] (1592–1663), an Anglo-Dutch courtier, diplomat, art advisor, miniaturist and architectural designer
* [[Paulus van de Perre]] (c. 1598 – 1653 in London), a Dutch politician and diplomat, negotiated with [[Oliver Cromwell]]
* [[Adam Boreel]] (1602–1665), a Dutch theologian and Hebrew scholar
* [[Margaretha Sandra]] (1629–1674), a Dutch military heroine in the siege of [[Aardenburg]] in 1672 
* [[Frederik van Leenhof]] (1647–1715), a controversial Dutch pastor and philosopher 
* [[Adrian Beverland]] (1650 — 1716 in London), a Dutch humanist scholar, banished in 1679 and settled in England
* [[Cornelius van Bynkershoek]] (1673–1743), a Dutch jurist and legal theorist <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bynkershoek,_Cornelius_Van  |volume= 04 |short=x}}</ref>  
* [[Stephanus Versluys]] (1694–1736), the 21st [[List of governors of Dutch Ceylon|Governor of Dutch Ceylon]]
* [[Reynier de Klerck]] (1710–1780), [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] 1778/1780
* [[Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel]] (1736–1800) was [[Grand Pensionary]] of Zeeland
* [[Piet Meertens]] (1899–1985), a Dutch scholar of literature, dialects, and ethnology
* [[Etty Hillesum]] (1914 – 1943 in Auschwitz), the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries
* [[Hendricus Leopold]] (1918–2008), a Dutch diplomat, first [[Ambassador of the Netherlands to Suriname]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=leopold+middelburg+suriname&coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011198949:mpeg21:a0218&resultsidentifier=ddd:011198949:mpeg21:a0218&rowid=1 |title=Drs. Leopold onze man in Paramaribo|website=De Telegraaf via Delpher.nl|date=11 November 1975|language=nl|access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref> Recipient of The [[Honorary Order of the Palm]]
* [[Albert de Vries]] (born 1955), a Dutch politician, alderman of Middelburg 2002/2012
* [[Han Polman]] (born 1963), a Dutch politician, King's Commissioner of Zeeland since 2013
* [[Harald Bergmann]] (born 1965), a Dutch politician, Mayor of Middelburg since 2012
[[File:Cecil Arthur Hoare c1930.jpg|140px|thumb|Cecil Arthur Hoare c. 1930]]
[[File:Jan Poortvliet 1978c.jpg|140px|thumb|Jan Poortvliet, 1978]]