Editing Middelburg, Zeeland (section)

=== Science and business ===
* [[Zacharias Janssen]] (1585 – c. 1632), a Dutch spectacle-maker, lived mostly in Middelburg.
* [[Alexander Daniell]] (1599–1668), the sole proprietor of the [[Manor of Alverton]], Cornwall 1630/1668 
* [[Pieter van Abeele]] (1608–1684), a medallist, perfected the technique of pressing hollow medals
* [[Jan Goedart]] (1617–1668), a Dutch naturalist, entomologist and painter
* [[Steven Blankaart]] (1650–1704), a Dutch physician, [[iatrochemist]], and [[entomologist]]
* [[Pieter Boddaert]] (1730–1795), a Dutch physician and naturalist
* [[Franz Zacharias Ermerins]] (1808–1871), a Dutch physician and medical editor
* [[Jan Adrianus Herklots]] (1820–1872), a Dutch zoologist, researched [[carcinology]] and the [[echinoderms]]
* [[Cecil Hoare]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (1892–1984), a British [[protozoologist]] and [[parasitologist]] 
* [[Lili Bleeker]] (1897–1985), a Dutch entrepreneur and physicist, designed and made optical instruments
* [[Cees Maas]] (born 1947), former [[chief financial officer]] of the [[ING Group]]
* [[Maarten Buysman]] (1856 –1919), a Dutch horticulturalist and botanist who founded a botanical garden in Middelburg.