Editing Heemstede (section)

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Henry Bone 001.jpg|upright|thumb|Portrait of Thomas Hope in Turkish Costume, 1805]]
[[File:Floortje Dessing.jpg|upright|thumb|Floortje Dessing, 2010]]
* [[Adriaan Pauw]] (1585–1653) bought the town in 1621, [[Grand Pensionary]] of Holland 1631 to 1636
* [[Jan Hope]] (1737–1784) a Dutch banker, summered in his [[Groenendaal Park]] 1767 to 1784
* [[Christiaan van Pol]] (1752–1813) a flower painter and teacher
* [[Thomas Hope (banker, born 1769)|Thomas Hope]] (1769–1830/1831) a Dutch and British merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Hope,_Thomas |volume= 13 |short=x}}</ref>
* [[Ivan Smirnov (aviator)|Ivan Smirnov]] (1895–1956) a Russian WWI flying ace and naturalized Dutch aviator, lived in Heemstede 1936–1947
* [[Johan Limpers]] (1915–1944) Dutch sculptor and WWII resistance fighter
* [[Jan Knappert]] (1927–2005) an Esperantist and expert on the [[Swahili language]]
* [[Pieter Kooijmans]] (1933–2013) Dutch politician, jurist and diplomat
* [[Jan Gmelich Meijling]] (1936–2012) a Dutch politician and naval officer
* [[Els Moor]] (1937–2016) was a Dutch-born Surinamese educator, editor and book publisher<ref name="knaw">{{cite web|url=http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Moor |title=Moor, Elisabeth Henriette Pauline (1937-2016) |website=Digital Women Lexicon of the [[Huygens Institute]]|access-date=24 March 2021|language=nl}}</ref>
* [[Astrid Schulz]] (born 1939) a Dutch model and actress, [[Playboy Playmate]] of the Month in September 1964
* [[Gijs Kuenen]] (born 1940) a Dutch microbiologist and academic
* [[Mieke Bal]] (born 1946) a Dutch cultural theorist, video artist and academic
* [[Joost Swarte]] (born 1947) a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer
* [[Dick Maas]] (born 1951) a Dutch film director, screenwriter and film producer<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0530975/  IMDb Database] retrieved 03 February 2020 </ref>
* [[Floortje Dessing]] (born 1970) a Dutch radio and TV presenter, producer and travel writer<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1985719/  IMDb Database] retrieved 03 February 2020 </ref>
* [[Thierry Baudet]] (born 1983) Dutch politician and leader of the [[Forum voor Democratie|Forum for Democracy]]
* [[:nl:Julian Ras|Julian Ras]] (Dutch Wikipedia) (born 2001) a Dutch actor<ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4626817/  IMDb Database] retrieved 03 February 2020 </ref>

[[File:Roepie Kruize 1969b.jpg|upright|thumb|Roepie Kruize, 1969]]
=== Sport ===
* [[Joop van Dort]] (1889–1967) a footballer, team bronze medallist at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Roepie Kruize]] (1925–1992) field hockey player and coach, team bronze medallist at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]] and team silver medallist at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Johan Neeskens]] (born 1951) a Dutch former footballer with 480 club caps and manager
* [[Annemieke Fokke]] (born 1967) a Dutch field hockey player, team bronze medallist at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Jeroen Bleekemolen]] (born 1981) a Dutch professional racing driver
* [[Frank Korpershoek]] (born 1984) a Dutch professional footballer, 351 caps with [[SC Telstar]]
* [[Vincent Regeling]] (born 1997) a Dutch professional footballer