Editing Enkhuizen (section)

== Notable residents ==
[[File:Jacob Mossel 1704-1761.jpg|140px|thumb|Jacob Mossel, ca.1755]]
[[File:Stef Blok 2015 (1).jpg|140px|thumb|Stef Blok, 2015]]
[[File:Wijda Mazereeuw 1975.jpg|140px|thumb|Wijda Mazereeuw, 1975]]
=== Public thought and public service ===
* [[Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer]] (ca.1534–1606) [[Nautical chart|nautical cartographer]]
* [[Franciscus Maelson]] (1538–1601) Dutch physician and statesman
* [[Dirck Gerritsz Pomp]] (1544–ca.1608) sailor, the first known Dutch visitor to China and Japan
* [[Jan Huyghen van Linschoten]] (1563–1611) merchant, trader and historian
* [[Joris Carolus]] (ca.1566–ca.1636) Dutch cartographer and explorer
* [[Johannes Antonides van der Linden]] (1609–1664) Dutch physician, botanist and author
* [[Hermann Witsius]] (1636–1708) Dutch theologian
* [[Cornelis Jan Simonsz]] (ca.1661–ca.1727) [[Governor of Dutch Ceylon]] 1703/1707
* [[Jacob Mossel]] (1704– 1761) sailor and [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] 1750/1761 
* [[Jan Baas]] (born 1950) Dutch politician and Mayor of Enkhuizen
* [[Gerrit Zalm]] (born 1952) banker, former [[List of Ministers of Finance of the Netherlands|Minister of Finance]]
* [[Stef Blok]] (born 1964) Dutch politician and [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] 
=== The arts ===
* [[Pieter Symonsz Potter]] (1597–1652) [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter
* [[Willem Bartsius]] (1612–1657) [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter. 
* [[Jacob Steendam]] (1615– ca.1672) Dutch poet and minister.<ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle= Steendam, Jacob |volume = V |page = 661 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Paulus Potter]] (1625–1654) painter
* [[Pieter Gallis]] (1633–1697) [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter
* [[Dirck Ferreris]] (1639–1693) [[Dutch Golden Age]] painter
* [[Jos Lussenburg]] (1889–1975) Dutch painter and musician
* [[Matthijs Verschoor]] (born 1955) Dutch classical pianist and academic

=== Science and business ===
* [[Jan Verbruggen]] (1712–1781) Dutch master gun-founder and an artist 
* [[David de Gorter]] (1717–1783) Dutch physician, botanist and academic 
* [[Gerbrand Bakker (physician)|Gerbrand Bakker]] (1771–1828) physician, professor at the University of Groningen
* [[Harm Bart]] (born 1942) Dutch mathematician, economist and academic
=== Sport ===
* [[Corry Vreeken]] (1928-2025) Dutch chess Women's Grandmaster
* [[Nel Zwier]] (1936–2001) Dutch high jumper, competed at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Eljo Kuiler]] (born 1946) former diver, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Wijda Mazereeuw]] (born 1953) Dutch swimmer, competed in the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] & [[1976 Summer Olympics]]