Editing Velsen (section)

=== Sport ===
[[File:Olga commandeur.jpg|140px|thumb|Olga Commandeur, 2008]]
* [[Adriaan de Groot]] (1914 in Santpoort – 2006) a Dutch chess master and psychologist
* [[Gerrit Voorting]] (1923 in Velsen – 2015) a Dutch road cyclist, silver medallist at the [[1948 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ilja Keizer]] (born 1944 in IJmuiden) a retired middle-distance runner, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Piet Huyg]] (1951–2019) a Dutch footballer, 349 club caps with [[HFC Haarlem]]
* [[Eltjo Schutter]] (born 1953 in Driehuis) a retired Dutch decathlete and gynaecologist, competed at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Olga Commandeur]] (born 1958 in Velsen) track and field athlete, competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ingrid Haringa]] (born 1964 in Velsen) a police officer, former speed skater and racing cyclist
* [[Stella de Heij]] (born 1968 in Driehuis) a former field hockey goalkeeper, team bronze medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[René Bot]] (born 1978 in Velsen) a retired footballer with 262 club caps with [[De Graafschap]]
* [[Ronny van Es]] (born 1978 in Velsen) a Dutch retired footballer with 380 club caps
* [[Linda Bolder]] (born 1988 in Velserbroek) a Dutch-born Israeli Olympic judoka
* [[Joël Veltman]] (born 1992 in IJmuiden) a Dutch professional footballer with 160 caps with [[AFC Ajax]] 
;and
* the Lords of [[Van Brederode]], from the 12thC. to the 17thC., a noble family from [[Brederode Castle]] near [[Santpoort]]