Editing List of Dutch people

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'''Dutch people''' who are famous or notable include:

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== Arts ==
{{see also|List of Dutch women artists}}

=== Architecture ===
{{main article|List of Dutch architects}}
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*[[Jaap Bakema]] (1914–1981)
*[[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]] (1856–1934)
*[[Jo van den Broek]] (1898–1978)
*[[Jacob van Campen]] (1596–1657), [[Dutch Golden Age]] architect
*[[Pierre Cuypers]] (1827–1921)
*[[Willem Marinus Dudok]] (1884–1974)
*[[Aldo van Eyck]] (1918–1999)
*[[Lieven de Key]] (1560–1627), renaissance architect
*[[Hendrick de Keyser]] (1565–1621), sculptor and architect
*[[Rem Koolhaas]] (born 1944)
*[[Jacobus Oud]] (1890–1963)
*[[Satyendra Pakhale]] (born 1967)
*[[Pieter Post]] (1608–1669), Dutch Golden Age architect
*[[Gerrit Rietveld]] (1888–1964)
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=== Film ===
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*[[Willeke van Ammelrooy]] (born 1944), actress
*[[Antoinette Beumer]] (born 1962), film director
*[[Marjolein Beumer]] (born 1966), actress, screenwriter
*[[Jan de Bont]] (born 1943), cinematographer
*[[Erik-Jan de Boer]] (born 1967), animation director
*[[Rene Daalder]] (1944–2019), director
*[[Mike van Diem]] (born 1959), screenwriter and director
*[[Bracha van Doesburgh]] (born 1981), actress
*[[Philip Dorn]] (1901–1975), actor
*[[Paul Driessen (animator)|Paul Driessen]] (born 1940), animator, director
*[[Bobbi Eden]] (born 1980), porn actress
*[[Cyrus Frisch]] (born 1969), director
*[[Laura Gemser]] (born 1950), actress
*[[Rijk de Gooyer]] (1925–2011), actor
*[[Rutger Hauer]] (1944–2019), actor
*[[Johannes Heesters]] (1903–2011), actor
*[[Tom Holkenborg]] (Junkie XL) (born 1967), composer
*[[Carice van Houten]] (born 1976), actress
*[[Michiel Huisman]] (born 1981), actor
*[[Famke Janssen]] (born 1964), actress
*[[Martin Koolhoven]] (born 1969), screenwriter and director
*[[John Kraaijkamp, Sr.]] (1925–2011), actor
*[[Jeroen Krabbé]] (born 1944), actor
*[[Sylvia Kristel]] (1952–2012), actress
*[[Rik Launspach]] (born 1958), actor and writer
*[[Dick Maas]] (born 1951), screenwriter and director
*[[Anneliese van der Pol]] (born 1984), actress
*[[Renée Soutendijk]] (born 1957), actress
*[[Johanna ter Steege]] (born 1961), actress
*[[Monique van de Ven]] (born 1952), actress
*[[Paul Verhoeven]] (born 1938), director
*[[Wiebe van der Vliet]] (born 1970), film editor
*[[Yorick van Wageningen]] (born 1964), actor
*[[Alex van Warmerdam]] (born 1952), actor, screenwriter and director
*[[Zara Whites]] (born 1968), former pornographic film actress
*[[Michaël Dudok de Wit]] (born 1953), animator, director
*[[Emmanuel Ohene Boafo]] (born 1993), actor
*[[Michael Sanderson]] (born 1983), Filmmaker and director
*[[Mimi Mariani]] (1928–1971), actress
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=== Music ===
{{main article|List of Dutch musicians|List of Dutch composers}}
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*[[Thomas Acda]] (born 1967), singer, actor
*[[Sharon Den Adel]] (born 1974), singer of Within Temptation
*[[Jan Akkerman]] (born 1946), guitar player
*[[Amber (performer)|Amber]] (born 1969), singer
*[[Elly Ameling]] (born 1933), classical music singer
*[[Louis Andriessen]] (1939–2021), composer
*[[Dick Annegarn]] (born 1952), singer, musician
*[[Bart Berman]] (born 1938), pianist, composer
*[[Marco Borsato]] (born 1966), singer
*[[Willem Breuker]] (1944–2010), [[jazz]] musician
*[[Herman Brood]] (1946–2001), rock musician and artist
*[[Frans Brüggen]] (1934–2014), conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist
*[[Theo Bruins]] (1929–1993), pianist, composer
*[[Armin van Buuren]] (born 1976), trance DJ
*[[Ferry Corsten]] (born 1973), trance DJ
*[[Esmée Denters]] (born 1988), singer, made famous through YouTube
*[[Cristina Deutekom]] (1931–2014), singer, classical music
*[[Alphons Diepenbrock]] (1862–1921), composer
*[[Anita Doth]] (born 1971), singer
*[[Candy Dulfer]] (born 1969), saxophone player
*[[Margriet Ehlen]] (born 1943), composer
*[[Caro Emerald]] (born 1981), singer
*[[Tess Gaerthé]] (born 1991), actress and singer
*[[Martin Garrix]] (born 1996), House DJ
*[[Afrojack]] (born 1987), House DJ
*[[Jan van Gilse]] (1881–1944), composer
*[[Boudewijn de Groot]] (born 1944), singer, actor
*[[Jack Jersey]] (1941–1997), producer, composer, singer
*[[Guus Meeuwis]] (born 1972), composer, singer
*[[Stephen van Haestregt]] (born 1972), drummer of Within Temptation
*[[Bernard Haitink]] (1929–2021), conductor [[Concertgebouworkest]]
*[[Alex Van Halen]] (born 1953), drummer of Van Halen
*[[Eddie Van Halen]] (1955–2020), guitarist of Van Halen 
*[[Hardwell]] (born 1988), house DJ
*[[Barry Hay]] (born 1948), singer of [[Golden Earring]]
*[[André Hazes]] (1951–2004), singer
*[[Oliver Heldens]] (born 1995), DJ
*[[Koen Heldens]] (born 1986) mixing engineer 
*[[Ilse Huizinga]] (born 1966), jazz singer
*[[Dominique van Hulst]] (born 1981), singer, popularly known as Do
*[[Janine Jansen]] (born 1978), violinist
*[[Ruud Jolie]] (born 1976), guitarist of Within Temptation
*[[Gerard Joling]] (born 1960), singer
*[[Tom Holkenborg]] (born 1967), film composer, electronic musician, remixer, composer
*[[Isabelle van Keulen]] (born 1966), classical violinist and violist, educator
*[[Tim Kliphuis]] (born 1974), jazz violinist
*[[Peter Koelewijn]] (born 1940), founder of Dutch rock & roll
*[[Astrid Kruisselbrink]] (born 1972), composer
*[[Natalie La Rose]] (born 1988), singer, dancer and model
*[[Arjen Anthony Lucassen]] (born 1960), composer and musician
*[[Joris de Man]] (born 1972), composer
*[[Gwendolyn Masin]] (born 1977), violinist, author, pedagogue, founder of GAIA Chamber Music Festival
*[[Willem Mengelberg]] (1871–1951), conductor
*[[Rogier van Otterloo]] (1941–1988), composer
*[[Willem van Otterloo]] (1907–1978), composer
*[[Jetty Paerl]] (1921–2013), singer ([[De vogels van Holland]])
*[[Willem Pijper]] (1894–1947), composer
*[[Abbie de Quant]] (born 1946), flautist
*[[André Rieu]] (born 1949), violinist, conductor, and composer
*[[Nicky Romero]] (born 1989), house DJ
*[[Julius Röntgen]] (1855–1932), composer
*[[Ramses Shaffy]] (1933–2009), singer
*[[Eva Simons]] (born 1984), singer-songwriter
*[[Simone Simons]] (born 1985), vocalist of Epica
*[[Peter Slaghuis]] (1960–1991), disc jockey
*[[Ray Slijngaard]] (born 1971), singer and disc jockey
*[[Jaap Spaanderman]] (1896–1985), pianist, cellist, conductor
*[[Martijn Spierenburg]] (born 1975), keyboardist of Within Temptation
*[[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]] (1562–1621), composer and organist
*[[Anouk (singer)|Anouk Teeuwe]] (born 1975), singer
*[[Herman van Veen]] (born 1945), singer, theater performer
*[[Jeroen van Veen (pianist)|Jeroen van Veen]] (born 1969), classical pianist and composer
*[[Jeroen van Veen (bassist)|Jeroen van Veen]] (born 1974), bassist of Within Temptation
*[[Roel van Velzen]] (born 1978), singer
*[[Matthijs Vermeulen]] (1888–1967), composer
*[[Matthijs Verschoor]] (born 1955), classical pianist
*[[Tijs Verwest]] (born 1969), DJ (better known as DJ Tiësto)
*[[Klaas de Vries (composer)|Klaas de Vries]] (born 1944), composer
*[[Edo de Waart]] (born 1941), conductor
*[[Johan Wagenaar]] (1862–1941), composer
*[[Tony Wall]] (born 1988), guitarist
*[[Robert Westerholt]] (born 1975), guitarist of Within Temptation
*[[Jaap van Zweden]] (born 1960), violinist and conductor
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*[[Joost Klein]] (born 1997), singer and rapper

=== Visual arts ===
{{main article|List of Dutch painters}}
{{see also|List of Dutch women photographers}}
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*[[Pieter van Abeele]] (1622–1677), medallist
*[[Bernard Accama]] (1697–1756), painter
*[[Karel Appel]] (1921–2006), painter
*[[Hendrick Avercamp]] (1585–1634), painter
*[[Ludolf Backhuysen]] (1631–1708), painter
*[[John Baselmans]] (born 1954), painter and illustrator
*[[Helen Berman]] (born 1936), painter
*[[Charles Bolsius]] (1907–1983), painters and print maker
*[[Hieronymus Bosch]] (1450–1516), painter
*[[Ambrosius Bosschaert]] (1573–1612), painter
*[[Jan de Bray]] (1627–1697), painter
*[[Dick Bruna]] (1927–2017), graphical artist
*[[Paul Citroen]] (1896–1983), painter
*[[Anton Corbijn]] (born 1955), photographer
*[[Aelbert Cuyp]] (1620–1691), painter
*[[Theo van Doesburg]] (1883–1931), painter
*[[Willem Drost]] (1630–1680), painter and print maker
*[[Ger van Elk]] (1941–2014), sculptor
*[[M. C. Escher]] (1898–1972), graphical artist
*[[Vincent van Gogh]] (1853–1890), painter
*[[Jan van Goyen]] (1596–1656), painter
*[[Mieke Groot]] (born 1949), glass artist
*[[Frans Hals]] (1580–1666), painter
*[[Jacoba van Heemskerck]] (1876–1923), painter, stained glass designer and graphic artist
*[[Milou Hermus]] (1947–2021), painter
*[[Jan van Herwijnen]] (1889–1965), painter
*[[Pieter de Hooch]] (1629–1684), painter
*[[Helena Klakocar]] (born 1958), cartoonist
*[[Willem de Kooning]] (1904–1997), painter
*[[Andrea Kruis]] (born 1962), illustrator
*[[Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman]] (1881–1976), art historian
*[[Han van Meegeren]] (1889–1947), forger of paintings
*[[Jacobus Anthonie Meessen]] (1836–1885), photographer
*[[Piet Mondrian]] (1872–1944), painter
*[[Rien Poortvliet]] (1932–1995), painter and illustrator
*[[Rembrandt van Rijn]] (1606–1669), painter
*[[Willem de Rooij]] (born 1969), contemporary artist
*[[Jacob van Ruisdael]] (c. 1628–1682), landscape painter
*[[Geertgen tot Sint Jans]] (active 1465–1495), painter 
*[[Carolein Smit]] (born 1960), ceramic art sculptor
*[[Peter Spier]] (1927–2017), illustrator
*[[Jan Steen]] (1626–1679), painter
*[[Marten Toonder]] (1912–2007), comic creator
*[[Thierry Veltman]] (born 1939-2023), painter and sculptor
*[[Johannes Vermeer]] (1632–1675), painter
*[[Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht]] (1912–2013), painter
*[[Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman]] (1882–1945), typographer and illustrator
*[[Jacob de Wit]] (1695–1754), painter
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=== Writers ===
{{main article|List of Dutch writers|List of Dutch poets}}
{{see also|List of Dutch women writers}}
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*[[A. C. Baantjer]] (1923–2010), writer of detective fiction
*[[Paul Biegel]] (1925–2006), writer of children's books
*[[Remco Campert]] (1929–2022), novelist and poet
*[[Jacob Cats]] (1577–1660), poet
*[[Isabelle de Charrière]] (1740–1805), novelist
*[[Louis Couperus]] (1863–1923), novelist and poet
*[[Willy Corsari]] (1897–1998), novelist, actress and composer
*[[Johan Fabricius]] (1899–1981), novelist, journalist and painter
*[[Geert Groote]] (1340–1384)
*[[Arnon Grünberg]] (born 1971)
*[[Hella Haasse]] (1918–2011), novelist
*[[Jan de Hartog]] (1914–2002), novelist and playwright
*[[Herman Heijermans]] (1864–1924)
*[[Willem Frederik Hermans]] (1921–1995), novelist and physical geographer
*[[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]] (1581–1647)
*[[Constantijn Huygens]] (1596–1687)
*[[Gerrit Krol]] (1934–2013), novelist, poet
*[[Hendrik Willem van Loon]] (1882–1944)
*[[Geert Mak]] (born 1946), writer of history books
*[[Harry Mulisch]] (1927–2010), novelist
*[[Multatuli]] (1820–1887), novelist
*[[Nescio]] (1882–1961)
*[[Cees Nooteboom]] (born 1933), novelist
*[[Willem Oltmans]] (1925–2004), journalist
*[[Gerard Reve]] (1923–2006), novelist
*[[Tjalie Robinson]] (1911–1974)
*[[Annie M.G. Schmidt]] (1911–1995), children's writer
*[[Philip Slier]] (1923–1943)
*[[Joost van den Vondel]] (1587–1679), poet and playwright
*[[Anne de Vries]] (1904–1964), novelist
*[[Janwillem van de Wetering]] (1931–2008), novelist
*[[Willy Wielek-Berg]] (1919–2004) film critic, writer, columnist
*[[Jan Wolkers]] (1925–2007)
*[[Yael van der Wouden]] (born 1987), novelist
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== Exploration ==
{{Main article|List of Dutch naval heroes}}
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*[[Willem Barentsz]] (c. 1550–1597), several expeditions to [[Arctic]] waters; discovered [[Spitsbergen]]
*[[Abraham Blauvelt]] (1601–1663), Central America
*[[Adriaen Block]] (1567–1627), [[New Netherland]]
*[[Hendrik Brouwer]] (1580–1643), discovered the [[Roaring Forties]]
*[[Olivier Brunel]] (c. 1540–1585), tried to find a passage around Siberia to China
*[[Jan Carstenszoon]] (1600–1700), [[New Guinea]] coast, navigated the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] in 1623
*[[Robert Jacob Gordon]] (1743–1795), extensively traveled South Africa in the service of the [[Dutch East India Company]]
*[[Dirk Hartog]] (1580–1621), [[Dutch East India Company|VOC]] captain, charted mid-western coast of Australia
*[[Jacob van Heemskerk]] (1567–1607), captain of one of Barent's ships on his last fatal expedition
*[[Cornelis de Houtman]] (1565–1599), brother to Frederick, established Dutch trading route to the [[Maluku Islands|Spice Islands]] 
*[[Frederick de Houtman]] (1571–1627), brother to Cornelis, charted several [[constellation]]s in the southern skies, explored coast of Western Australia
*[[Willem Janszoon]] (c. 1570–1630), first European expedition to make landfall on the Australian continent 
*[[Jacob Le Maire]] (c. 1585–1616), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
*[[Cornelius Jacobsen Mey]], New Jersey (1614–1620)
*[[Olivier van Noort]] (1558–1627), 1598 circumnavigation
*[[Jacob Quaeckernaeck]] (1500–1606), reached Japan via Street of Magellan and Moluccas
*[[Matthijs Quast]] (died 1641), Japan, Bonin Islands, and legendary islands East of Japan
*[[Jan Rijp]] (c. 1570–c. 1613), saved remainder of [[Willem Barentsz]]'s crew in 1597
*[[Jakob Roggeveen]] (1659–1729), First European to reach [[Easter Island]] Easter 1722
*[[Willem Schouten]] (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation
*[[Simon van der Stel]] (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town
*[[Abel Tasman]] (1603–1659), extensive voyages around Australia and southwest Pacific, discovered a.o. [[Tasmania]], New Zealand and [[Tonga]]
*[[François Thijssen]] (died 1638?), charted 1,000 miles of the Australian South Coast in 1627
*[[Alexine Tinne]] (1839–1869), Sahara desert crossing
*[[Willem de Vlamingh]] (1640–c. 1698), Western Australia
*[[Sebald de Weert]] (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands
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== Fashion models ==
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*[[Azra Akın]] (born 1981)
*[[Wilhelmina Cooper]] (1940–1980)
*[[Kim Feenstra]] (born 1986)
*[[Bette Franke]] (born 1989)
*[[Daphne Groeneveld]] (born 1994)
*[[Daniella van Graas]] (born 1975)
*[[:nl:Tatjana Maul|Tatjana Maul]] (born 1988)
*[[Rianne ten Haken]] (born 1986)
*[[Marpessa Hennink]] (born 1964)
*[[Querelle Jansen]] (born 1985) 
*[[Kim Kötter]] (born 1982) 
*[[Doutzen Kroes]] (born 1985)
*[[Karen Mulder]] (born 1970) 
*[[Marcus Schenkenberg]] (born 1968)
*[[Iekeliene Stange]] (born 1984)
*[[Lara Stone]] (born 1983)
*[[Romee Strijd]] (born 1995)
*[[Yfke Sturm]] (born 1981)
*[[Mark Vanderloo]] (born 1968)
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== Fictional characters ==
{{see also|Category:Fictional Dutch people}}
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*[[Hans Brinker]]
*[[Abraham Van Helsing]]
*[[Peter Van Houten]]
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== Historians ==
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*[[Henrica van Erp]] (c. 1480–1548)
*[[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]] (1581–1647)
*[[Johan Huizinga]] (1872–1945)
*[[Loe de Jong]] (1914–2005)
*[[Jan Gerard Kerkherdere]] (1677–1738)
*[[Jan Romein]] (1893–1962)
*[[Petrus Scriverius]] (1576–1660)
*[[Boudewijn Sirks]] (born 1947)
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== Journalists ==
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*[[Ton Elias (journalist)|Ton Elias]]
*[[Henk Hofland]]
*[[Arendo Joustra]]
*[[Almar Latour]]
*[[Geert Mak]]
*[[Mart Smeets]]
*[[Eva Vlaardingerbroek]]

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== Military ==
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*[[Gaius Julius Civilis]], Batavian military commander, leader of the [[Batavian rebellion]] 
*[[Jan Pieterszoon Coen]] (1587–1629), [[governor general]] of the Dutch East Indies
*[[Karel Doorman]] (1889–1942), naval officer
*[[Piet Pieterszoon Hein]] (1577–1629), naval officer
*[[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] (1584–1647), general and [[stadtholder]]
*[[J. B. van Heutsz]] (1851–1924), [[governor general]] of the Dutch East Indies
*[[Hendrick Lucifer]] (1583–1627), naval officer turned pirate
*[[Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange]] (1567–1625), general and stadtholder
*[[Michiel de Ruyter]] (1607–1676), naval officer
*[[Cornelis Tromp]] (1629–1691), naval officer
*[[Maarten Tromp]] (1598–1653), naval officer
*[[Witte Corneliszoon de With]] (1599–1658), naval officer
*[[Cornelis de Witt]] (1623–1672), naval officer and statesman
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== Philosophy ==
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*[[Jacobus Arminius]] (1560–1609), philosopher and theologian
*[[Isaac Beeckman]] (1588–1637)
*[[Evert Willem Beth]] (1908–1964)
*[[Cornelius van Bynkershoek]] (1673–1743), jurist and legal theorist 
*[[Pieter de la Court]] (1618–1685), economist and political theorist
*[[Herman Dooyeweerd]] (1894–1977), philosopher, [[Vrije Universiteit]]
*[[Desiderius Erasmus]] (1466–1536), writer, polemicist, humanist, [[Protestant Reformation]]
*[[Hugo Grotius]] (1583–1645), also lawyer, playwright, and poet
*[[François Hemsterhuis]] (1721–1790)
*[[Bernard Mandeville]] (1670–1733), philosopher, political economist and satirist
*[[Johannes Jacobus Poortman]] (1896–1970)
*[[Johan van den Sande]], (1568-1638) lawyer and historian
*[[Baruch Spinoza]] (1632–1677), philosopher
*[[Cornelis Petrus Tiele]] (1830–1902), theologian and historian of religion
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== Politics ==
{{main article|List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands}}

=== Before 20th century ===
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*[[Pier Gerlofs Donia]] (1480–1520), [[warrior]] and [[freedom fighter]]
*[[William the Silent]] (1533–1584), stadtholder
*[[Johan van Oldenbarnevelt]] (1547–1619), statesman
*[[Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange]] (1567–1625), general and stadtholder
*[[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] (1584–1647), general and stadtholder
*[[Andries Bicker]] (1586–1652), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
*[[Cornelis de Graeff]] (1599–1664), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
*[[Andries de Graeff]] (1611–1678), regent of Amsterdam, statesman
*[[Jan van Riebeeck]] (1619–1677), administrator and colonizer of [[Cape Town]]
*[[Cornelis de Witt]] (1623–1672), statesman
*[[Johan de Witt]] (1625–1672), statesman
*[[William III of England|William III of Orange]] (1650–1702), stadtholder and king of England
*[[Johan Rudolf Thorbecke]] (1798–1872), prime minister
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===20th and 21st centuries===
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*[[Dries van Agt]] (1931–2024), [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (1977–1982)
*[[Jan Peter Balkenende]] (born 1956), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010)
*[[Louis Beel]] (1902–1977), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946–1948, 1958–1959)
*[[Barend Biesheuvel]] (1920–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971–1973)
*[[Els Borst]] (1932–2014), [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands|Deputy Prime Minister]], [[Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport|Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport]]
*[[Wouter Bos]] (born 1963), Deputy Prime Minister, [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Minister of Finance]]
*[[Ben Bot]] (born 1937), [[List of Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*[[Hans van den Broek]] (born 1936), Minister of Foreign Affairs, [[European Commissioner]] (1993–1999)
*[[Jo Cals]] (1914–1971), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1965–1966) 
*[[Hendrikus Colijn]] (1869–1944), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1925–1926, 1933–1939)
*[[Pieter Cort van der Linden]] (1846–1935), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1913–1918)
*[[Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis]] (1846–1919), first prominent Socialist
*[[Willem Drees]] (1886–1988), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)
*[[Wim Duisenberg]] (1935–2005), [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Minister of Finance]], [[President of the European Central Bank]] (1998–2003)
*[[Pim Fortuyn]] (1948–2002), politician, candidate for Prime Minister, assassinated during the [[Dutch general election, 2002|2002 election]] 
*[[Cornelis van Geelkerken]] (1901–1979), National-Socialist, co-founder of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands|NSB]]
*[[Dirk Jan de Geer]] (1870–1960), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926–1929, 1939–1940)
*[[Jaap de Hoop Scheffer]] (born 1948), [[List of Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], [[List of NATO Secretaries General|Secretary General of NATO]] (2004–2009)
*[[Hans Janmaat]] (1934–2002), right-wing nationalist
*[[Piet de Jong]] (1915–2016), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1967–1971)
*[[Wim Kok]] (1938–2018), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1994–2002)
*[[Neelie Kroes]] (born 1941), [[Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (Netherlands)|Minister of Transport, Public Works and Water Management]], [[European Commissioner for Competition]] (2004–2014)
*[[Abraham Kuyper]] (1837–1920), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901–1905)
*[[Ruud Lubbers]] (1939–2018), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–1994), [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (2001–2005)
*[[Joseph Luns]] (1911–2002), [[List of Dutch Ministers of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]], [[List of NATO Secretaries General|Secretary General of NATO]] (1971–1984)
*[[Victor Marijnen]] (1917–1975), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1963–1965)
*[[Anton Mussert]] (1894–1946), [[Nazism|National-Socialist]], founder of the [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands|NSB]]
*[[Pieter Oud]] (1886–1966), Founder of the [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
*[[Alexander Pechtold]] (born 1965), [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations|Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations]] 
*[[Jan Pronk]] (born 1940), [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Minister for Development Cooperation]], [[Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment|Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment]], Head of the [[United Nations Mission in Sudan]] (2004–2006)
*[[Jan de Quay]] (1901–1985), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1959–1963) 
*[[Johan Remkes]] (born 1951), Deputy Prime Minister, [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations|Minister of the Interior]]
*[[Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck]] (1873–1936), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1918–1925, 1929–1933)
*[[Piet de Ruiter]] (1939–2014), member of the [[House of Representatives of the Netherlands]] between 1971 and 1976 
*[[Mark Rutte]] (born 1967), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (since 2010)
*[[Pieter Jelles Troelstra]] (1860–1930), political activist for universal suffrage
*[[Joop den Uyl]] (1919–1987), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977)
*[[Rita Verdonk]] (born 1955), [[Ministry of Justice and Security|Minister for Integration & Immigration]] 
*[[Hans Wiegel]] (born 1941), Deputy Prime Minister, [[Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations|Minister of the Interior]], [[King's Commissioner|Queen's Commissioner]] of [[Friesland]]
*[[Geert Wilders]] (born 1963), prominent [[Criticism of Islam|critic of Islam]] 
*[[Gerrit Zalm]] (born 1952), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
*[[Jelle Zijlstra]] (1918–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966–1967)
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== Royal Family ==
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*[[William I of the Netherlands]] (1772–1843), King
*[[William II of the Netherlands]] (1792–1849), King
*[[William III of the Netherlands]] (1817–1890), King
*[[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] (1858–1934), Queen consort, Queen regent (1890–1898)
*[[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] (1880–1962), Queen
*[[Juliana of the Netherlands]] (1909–2004), Queen
*[[Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld]] (1911–2004), Prince-consort
*[[Beatrix of the Netherlands]] (born 1938), Queen 
*[[Claus von Amsberg|Prince Claus]] (1926–2002), Prince-consort
*[[Princess Irene of the Netherlands]] (born 1939)
*[[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]] (born 1943)
*[[Princess Christina of the Netherlands]] (1947–2019)
*[[Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] (born 1967), King
*[[Máxima of the Netherlands]] (born 1971), Queen consort
*[[Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau]] (1968–2013)
*[[Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands]] (born 1969)
*[[Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands]] (born 2003) 
*[[Princess Alexia of the Netherlands]] (born 2005)
*[[Princess Ariane of the Netherlands]] (born 2007)
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== Science and technology ==

=== Before 20th century ===
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*[[Herman Boerhaave]] (1668–1738), physician
*[[C.H.D. Buys Ballot]] (1817–1890), chemist and meteorologist
*[[Ludolph van Ceulen]] (1540–1610), mathematician
*[[Carolus Clusius]] (1526–1609), doctor and botanist
*[[Menno van Coehoorn]] (1641–1704), military engineer
*[[Laurens Janszoon Coster]] (1370–1440), printer
*[[Cornelius Drebbel]] (1572–1633), inventor and engineer
*[[Eise Eisinga]] (1744–1828), astronomer who built a scale of the [[Solar System]] in his house 
*[[David Fabricius]] (1564–1617), astronomer
*[[Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit]] (1686–1736), German-Polish physicist and engineer, lived most of his life in the [[Dutch Republic]]
*[[Regnier de Graaf]] (1641–1673), physician and anatomist, who made key discoveries in [[reproductive biology]]
*[[Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff]] (1852–1911), chemist
*[[Coenraad Johannes van Houten]] (1801–1887), chemist, inventor, known for the [[Dutch process chocolate]]
*[[Christiaan Huygens]] (1629–1695), mathematician and physicist
*[[Constantijn Huygens, Jr.]] (1628–1697; brother of Christiaan), scientific instrument maker, technological chronicler
*[[Jan Ingenhousz]] (1730–1799), physiologist, botanist and physicist. 
*[[Zacharias Janssen]] (1580–88 – pre-1632 to 1638), scientific instrument maker from [[Middelburg, Zeeland|Middelburg]], associated with the invention of the first [[optical telescope]]
*[[Petrus Jacobus Kipp]] (1808–1864), chemist, inventor of the [[Kipp apparatus]]
*[[Jan Leeghwater]] (1575–1650), hydraulic engineer and mill builder
*[[Anton van Leeuwenhoek]] (1632–1723), scientist
*[[Hans Lippershey]] (1570–1619), inventor and scientific instrument maker, associated with the invention of the first [[telescope]]
*[[Pieter van Musschenbroek]] (1692–1761), Dutch scientist, scientific instrument maker and inventor of [[Leyden jar]] 
*[[Frederik Ruysch]] (1638–1731), botanist and anatomist
*[[Marie du Saar]] (1860–1955), ophthalmologist
*[[Frans van Schooten]] (1615–1660), mathematician
*[[Willebrord Snell]] (1580–1626), astronomer and mathematician
*[[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] (1856–1894), mathematician
*[[Simon Stevin]] (1548–1620), mathematician and engineer
*[[Jan Swammerdam]] (1637–1680), scientist
*[[Franciscus Sylvius]] (1614–1672), physician and anatomist
*[[Nicolaes Tulp]] (1593–1674), physician, surgeon and mayor of [[Amsterdam]]
*[[Gustav de Vries]] (1866–1934), mathematician
*[[Hugo de Vries]] (1848–1937), geneticist
*[[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]] (1837–1923), physicist
*[[Nicolaes Witsen]] (1641–1717), statesman, shipbuilder, geographer and cartographer
*[[Hendrik Zwaardemaker]] (1857–1930), scientist
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===20th century===
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*[[Wiebe Bijker]] (born 1951), social scientist
*[[Nicolaas Bloembergen]] (1920–2017), physicist
*[[Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer]] (1881–1966), mathematician
*[[Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn]] (1918–2012), mathematician
*[[Hendrik Casimir]] (1909–2000), physicist
*[[Paul J. Crutzen]] (1933–2021), atmospheric chemist
*[[David van Dantzig]] (1900–1959), mathematician
*[[Paul Ehrenfest]] (1880–1933), physicist
*[[Chaim Elata]] (born 1929), Israeli professor of mechanical engineering, President of [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]], and Chairman of the [[Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity]]
*[[George Uhlenbeck]] (1900–1988), theoretical physicist
*[[Samuel Goudsmit]] (1902–1978), [[Dutch-American]] physicist
*[[Dirk Brouwer]] (1902–1966), astronomer
*[[Cornelis Johannes van Houten]] (1920–2002), astronomer
*[[Tom Gehrels]] (1925–2011), astronomer
*[[Willem Johan Kolff]] (1911–2009), physician and inventor
*[[Peter Debye]] (1884–1966), chemist
*[[Robbert Dijkgraaf]] (born 1960), physicist
*[[Edsger Dijkstra]] (1930–2002), computer scientist
*[[David Adriaan van Dorp]] (1915–1995), chemist
*[[Eugène Dubois]] (1858–1944), paleontologist and anatomist
*[[Christiaan Eijkman]] (1858–1930), physician and pathologist
*[[Willem Einthoven]] (1860–1927), physician
*[[Anthony Fokker]] (1890–1939), aviation engineer
*[[Valerie Frissen]] (born 1960), social scientist
*[[Richard D. Gill]] (born 1951), mathematician
*[[Arend Heyting]] (1898–1980), mathematician
*[[Gerardus 't Hooft]] (born 1946), physicist
*[[Heike Kamerlingh Onnes]] (1853–1926), physicist
*[[Jacobus Kapteyn]] (1851–1922), astronomer
*[[Willem Hendrik Keesom]] (1878–1956), physicist
*[[Hendrik Anthony Kramers]] (1894–1952), physicist
*[[Pieter Kok]] (born 1972), physicist
*[[Tjalling Koopmans]] (1910–1985), economist
*[[Gerard Kuiper]] (1905–1973), astronomer
*[[Hendrik Lorentz]] (1853–1928), physicist
*[[Arend Lijphart]] (born 1936), political scientist
*[[Simon van der Meer]] (1925–2011), physicist
*[[Bram Moolenaar]] (born 1961), computer programmer, author of text-editor [[Vim (text editor)|Vim]]
*[[Wubbo Ockels]] (1946–2014), astronaut
*[[Jan Oort]] (1900–1992), astronomer
*[[Anton Pannekoek]] (1873–1960), astronomer
*[[Guido van Rossum]] (born 1956), computer programmer, inventor of the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]]
*[[Carel van Schaik]] (born 1953), primatologist
*[[Maarten Schmidt]] (1929–2022), astronomer
*[[Willem de Sitter]] (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
*[[Hendrik Tennekes]] (1936–2021), aerodynamics professor
*[[Jan Tinbergen]] (1903–1994), economist
*[[Nikolaas Tinbergen|Nico Tinbergen]] (1907–1988), ecologist
*[[Martinus J. G. Veltman]] (1931–2021), physicist
*[[Frans de Waal]] (1948–2024), primatologist
*[[Bartel Leendert van der Waerden]] (1903–1996), mathematician
*[[Pieter Zeeman]] (1865–1943), physicist
*[[Frits Zernike]] (1888–1966), physicist
*[[Andre Geim]] (born 1958), Russian-born British-Dutch physicist
*[[Konstantin Novoselov]] (born 1974), Russian-born British physicist, undertook his PhD studies at the [[University of Nijmegen]] before moving to the [[University of Manchester]]
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== Sports ==
{{Main article|List of Dutch sportspeople}}
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*[[Estella Agsteribbe]] (1909–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
*[[Christijan Albers]] (born 1979), [[Formula 1]] driver
*[[Ryan Babel]] (born 1986), football player
*[[Raymond van Barneveld]] (born 1967), darts player
*[[Marco van Basten]] (born 1964), manager and retired football player
*[[Stan van Belkum]] (born 1961), water polo player 
*[[Xander Bogaerts]] (born 1992), [[MLB]] player for the [[Boston Red Sox]] 
*[[Carina Benninga]] (born 1962), field hockey player, Olympic champion, bronze
*[[Dennis Bergkamp]] (born 1969), manager and retired football player
*[[Juliette Bergmann]] (born 1958), [[International Federation of BodyBuilding and Fitness|IFBB]] pro bodybuilder
*[[Jorrit Bergsma]] (born 1985), speed skater
*[[Det de Beus]] (1958–2013), field hockey goalkeeper
*[[Fanny Blankers-Koen]] (1918–2004), athlete
*[[Jan Blokhuijsen]] (born 1989), speed skater
*[[Rens Blom]] (born 1977), 2005 world champion pole vaulter
*[[Femke Bol]] (born 2000), athlete<ref>"[https://worldathletics.org/athletes/netherlands/femke-bol-14707010 Femke Bol]", ''World Athletics''. Retrieved 16 January 2024.</ref>
*[[Frank de Boer]] (born 1970), retired football player
*[[Ronald de Boer]] (born 1970), retired football player
*[[Floris Jan Bovelander]] (born 1966), field hockey player
*[[Mart Bras]] (born 1950), water polo player
*[[Jacques Brinkman]] (born 1966), field hockey player
*[[Giovanni van Bronckhorst]] (born 1975), football player
*[[Inge de Bruijn]] (born 1974), swimmer
*[[Roel Buikema]] (born 1976), football player
*[[Ton Buunk]] (born 1952), water polo player
*[[Johan Cruijff]] (1947–2016), retired football player and former manager
*[[Edgar Davids]] (born 1973), football player
*[[Marc Delissen]] (born 1965), field hockey player
*[[Cees Jan Diepeveen]] (born 1956), field hockey player
*[[Ellen van Dijk]] (born 1987), road and track cyclist, four-time world champion
*[[Sjoukje Dijkstra]] (1942–2024), figure skater
*[[Robert Doornbos]] (born 1981), Formula One driver
* [[Eva Duldig]] (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
*[[Francisco Elson]] (born 1976), NBA player for [[Utah Jazz]] and [[San Antonio Spurs]]
*[[Jacco Eltingh]] (born 1970), tennis player
*[[Max Euwe]] (1901–1981), chess player 
*[[Didi Gregorius]] (born 1990), MLB player for [[New York Yankees]] 
*[[Louis van Gaal]] (born 1951), football player and manager
*[[Dan Gadzuric]] (born 1978), [[NBA]] player for [[Milwaukee Bucks]]
*[[Anton Geesink]] (1934–2010), judoka
*[[Yuri van Gelder]] (born 1983), gymnast
*[[Yvonne van Gennip]] (born 1964), speed skater
*[[Stefan Groothuis]] (born 1981), speed skater
*[[Anky van Grunsven]] (born 1968), dressage
*[[Ruud Gullit]] (born 1962), football player and coach
*[[Paul Haarhuis]] (born 1966), tennis player
*[[Eddy Hamel]] (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club [[AFC Ajax]] who was killed by the Nazis in [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]
*[[Willem van Hanegem]] (born 1944), football player and coach
*[[Wil Hartog]] (born 1948), Grand Prix motorcycle racer
*[[Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink]] (born 1972), football player
*[[John Heitinga]] (born 1983), football player
*[[Guus Hiddink]] (born 1946), manager and retired football player
*[[Ellen Hoog]] (born 1986), field hockey player
*[[Pieter van den Hoogenband]] (born 1978), swimmer
*[[Ernesto Hoost]] (born 1965), kickboxer
*[[Jan Janssen (cyclist)|Jan Janssen]] (born 1940), cyclist
*[[Bob de Jong]] (born 1976), speed skater
*[[Niek Kimmann]] (born 1996), champion [[BMX]] rider
*[[Jelle Klaasen]] (born 1984), darts player
*[[Bep van Klaveren]] (1907–1992), boxer
*[[Patrick Kluivert]] (born 1976), football player
*[[Sjinkie Knegt]] (born 1989), short-track speed skater
*[[Ronald Koeman]] (born 1963), football player and manager
*[[Ada Kok]] (born 1947), swimmer
*[[Richard Krajicek]] (born 1971), tennis player
*[[Sven Kramer]] (born 1986), speed skater
*[[Ties Kruize]] (born 1952), field hockey player 
*[[Dirk Kuyt]] (born 1980), football player
*[[Nico Landeweerd]] (born 1954), water polo player
*[[Ellen van Langen]] (born 1966), athlete
*[[Elka de Levie]] (1905–1979), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
*[[Arie Luyendyk]] (born 1953), race car driver
*[[Joost Luiten]] (born 1986), golfer
*[[Rie Mastenbroek]] (1919–2003), swimmer
*[[Loek van Mil]] (1984–2019), baseball player
*[[Lion van Minden]] (1880–1944), Olympic fencer, who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
*[[Leontien van Moorsel]] (born 1970), cyclist
*[[Bob Mulder]] (born 1974), football player
*[[Boyito Mulder]] (born 1991), figure skater
*[[Dustley Mulder]] (born 1985), football player
*[[Eefke Mulder]] (born 1977), field hockey player
*[[Erwin Mulder]] (born 1989), football player
*[[Jan Mulder (footballer)|Jan Mulder]] (born 1945), football player
*[[Lau Mulder]] (1927–2006), field hockey player
*[[Michel Mulder]] (born 1986), speed skater
*[[Ronald Mulder]] (born 1986), speed skater
*[[Teun Mulder]] (born 1981), cyclist
*[[Youri Mulder]] (born 1969), football player
*[[Bennie Muller]] (1938–2024), football player
*[[Ruud van Nistelrooy]] (born 1976), football player
*[[Teun de Nooijer]] (born 1976), field hockey player 
*[[Helena Nordheim]] (1903–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
*[[Simon Okker]] (1881–1944), Olympic fencer killed in Auschwitz
*[[Tom Okker]] (born 1944), tennis player, won 1973 French Open Men's Doubles (w/[[John Newcombe]]), 1976 US Open Men's Doubles (w/[[Marty Riessen]]), highest world ranking # 3 in singles, and # 1 in <nowiki>doubles</nowiki>
*[[Tinus Osendarp]] (1916–2002), athlete
*[[Alistair Overeem]] (born 1980), [[MMA]] fighter and former kickboxer
*[[Mathieu van der Poel]] (born 1995), professional cyclist
*[[Robin van Persie]] (born 1983), football player
*[[Annie Polak]] (1906–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)<ref name="google1">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMzYdZpk8qMC&q=Judijke+Simons&pg=PA61 |title=Books.google.com |isbn=9780813528205 |accessdate=2012-10-26|last1=Schaffer |first1=Kay |last2=Smith |first2=Sidonie |year=2000 }}</ref>
*[[Daniël de Ridder]] (born 1984), football player, forward winger/attacking midfielder ([[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] and U21 national team)
*[[Frank Rijkaard]] (born 1962), football player and manager
*[[Lucia Rijker]] (born 1967), boxer and kickboxer
*[[Dorian van Rijsselberghe]] (born 1988), windsurfer
*[[Rintje Ritsma]] (born 1970), speed skater
*[[Arjen Robben]] (born 1984), football player
*[[Johnny Roeg]] (1910–2003), football player, striker for Ajax
*[[Gianni Romme]] (born 1973), speed skater
*[[Wim Ruska]] (1940–2015), judoka
*[[Bas Rutten]] (born 1965), mixed martial artist
*[[Edwin van der Sar]] (born 1970), football player
*[[Ard Schenk]] (born 1944), speed skater
*[[Dafne Schippers]] (born 1992), athlete 
*[[Clarence Seedorf]] (born 1976), football player
*[[Arie Selinger|Aryeh "Arie" Selinger]] (born 1937), volleyball player & coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/662851951.html?dids=662851951:662851951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11%2C+1984&author=Jackie+MacMullan+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=WHAT+PRICE+THE+GOLD%3F%3B+COACH+ARNIE+SELINGER+HAS+DRIVEN+THE+US+WOMEN%27S+VOLLEYBALL+TEAM+HARD%2C%3B+PUTTING+IT+WITHIN+SPIKING+DISTANCE+OF+A+GOLD+MEDAL.+BUT+AT+WHAT+EXPENSE%3F&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724034257/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/662851951.html?dids=662851951:662851951&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+11,+1984&author=Jackie+MacMullan+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=WHAT+PRICE+THE+GOLD%3F;+COACH+ARNIE+SELINGER+HAS+DRIVEN+THE+US+WOMEN'S+VOLLEYBALL+TEAM+HARD,;+PUTTING+IT+WITHIN+SPIKING+DISTANCE+OF+A+GOLD+MEDAL.+BUT+AT+WHAT+EXPENSE%3F&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 July 2012 |title=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date=11 May 1984 |accessdate=2012-10-26}}</ref>
*[[Avital Selinger]] (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist
*[[Gerald Sibon]] (born 1974), football player
*[[Judijke Simons]] (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)<ref name="google1"/>
*[[Emil Sitoci]] (born 1985), pro wrestler
*[[Jan Smeekens]] (born 1985), speed skater
*[[Rutger Smith]] (born 1981), athlete 
*[[Rik Smits]] (born 1966), NBA player
*[[Wesley Sneijder]] (born 1984), football player
*[[Petra van Staveren]] (born 1966), swimmer
*[[Betty Stöve]] (born 1945), tennis player
*[[Sjaak Swart]] (born 1938), footballer
*[[Bernard D. H. Tellegen]] (1900–1990), electrical engineer, inventor, known for [[Tellegen's theorem]] in circuit theory
*[[Carole Thate]] (born 1971), field hockey player
*[[Jan Timman]] (born 1951), chess player
*[[Regilio Tuur]] (born 1967), boxer
*[[Jochem Uytdehaage]] (born 1976), speed skater
*[[Wilma van den Berg]] (born 1947), sprinter, competed at the [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] and [[1972 Summer Olympics]] (which she left in the middle, in sympathy with the Israelis after the [[Munich Massacre]])
*[[Rick VandenHurk]] (born 1985), baseball player
*[[Arnold Vanderlyde]] (born 1963), boxer
*[[Jim Vandermeer]] (born 1980), Dutch-Canadian ice hockey player 
*[[Bart Veldkamp]] (born 1967), speed skater
*[[Kees Verkerk]] (born 1942), speed skater
*[[Martin Verkerk]] (born 1978), tennis player
*[[Jos Verstappen]] (born 1972), F1 Grand Prix racing driver
*[[Max Verstappen]] (born 1997), F1 Grand Prix racing driver
*[[Koen Verweij]] (born 1990), speed skater
*[[Bert van Vlaanderen]] (born 1964), long-distance runner 
*[[Gregory van der Wiel]] (born 1988), football player
*[[Harm Wiersma]] (born 1953), checkers player
*[[Hans Wouda]] (born 1941), water polo player 
*[[Marcel Wouda]] (born 1972), swimmer
*[[Joop Zoetemelk]] (born 1946), cyclist
*[[Epke Zonderland]] (born 1986), gymnast
*[[Anish Giri]] (born 1994), chess player
*[[Virgil van Dijk]] (born 1991), football player
*[[Arne Slot]] (born 1987), football manager
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== Other ==
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*[[Willem Doorn]] (1836–1908), for 33 years vicar of Nobel Street Church in The Hague
*[[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] (1165–1197), [[King of Germany]] (1190–1197), [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (1191–1197), [[King of Sicily]] (1194–1197)
*[[Pope Adrian VI]] (1522–1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
*[[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper]] (1890–2005), oldest person in the world from 29 May 2004 to 30 August 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-aug-31-me-oldest31-story.html |title=Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, 115; Held Title of the World's Oldest Person for 15 Months |work=Los Angeles Times|date=31 August 2005 |access-date=2017-12-02}}</ref>
*[[Corrie ten Boom]] (1892–1983), Christian activist during the [[Holocaust]]
*[[Aaron Abbas]] (18th century), Jewish editor and printer<ref>{{Jewish Encyclopedia
|article=ABBAS (ABAS), AARON
|url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/166-abbas-abas-aaron
|first1= William|last1=Milwitzky
|volume=1|page=37}}</ref>
*[[Geert Adriaans Boomgaard]], (1788–1899) officially first ever validated [[supercentenarian]]
*[[Evert Dudok]] (born 1959), president of [[EADS Astrium Space Transportation]]
*[[Gretta Duisenberg]] (born 1942), pro-Palestinian activist and the wife of [[Wim Duisenberg]]
*[[Esmée van Eeghen]] (1918–1944), [[Dutch resistance]] member
*[[Jacob Eelkens]], first commander of the first Dutch fort in America ([[Fort Nassau (North River)|Fort Nassau]])
*[[Jetske van den Elsen]] (born 1972), television presenter
*[[Ferry Piekart]] (born 1974), writer on children's games
*[[Anne Frank]] (1929–1945), diarist in World War II Amsterdam
*[[Harry Gideonse]] (1901–1985), American President of [[Brooklyn College]], and Chancellor of the [[New School for Social Research]]
*[[Freddy Heineken|Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken]] (1923–2002), commercial mastermind of the Heineken Imperium; grandson of the founder of [[Heineken]]
*[[Mata Hari]] (1876–1917), spy
*[[Frans van der Hoff]] (born 1939), co-founder of [[Stichting Max Havelaar|Max Havelaar]], the first [[Fairtrade certification]] initiative
*[[Aletta Jacobs]] (1854–1929), first Dutch female to complete a university degree and the first female physician
*[[Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen]] (1776-1839) [[Mennonites in the Netherlands|Dutch Mennonite]] deacon
*[[Frederik Lauesen]] (born 1972), television presenter
*[[Marinus van der Lubbe]] (1909–1934), see: [[Reichstag fire]]
*[[George Maduro]] (1916–1945), [[Dutch Resistance]] member; the [[miniature city]] of [[Madurodam]] is named after him, as well as the Maduroplein area in [[Scheveningen]], in [[The Hague]]
*[[Adrienne van Melle-Hermans]] (1931–2007), peace activist
*[[Maria van Pallaes]] (1587–1664), philanthropist in Utrecht
*[[Anton Philips]] (1874–1951), co-founder of the [[Philips|Royal Philips Electronics]]
*[[Gerard Philips]] (1858–1942), co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics
*[[Roel Pieper]] (born 1956), businessman and professor
*[[Jan Sloot]] (1945–1999), inventor
*[[Joran van der Sloot]] (born 1987), convicted murderer
*[[Peter Stuyvesant]] (1592–1672), governor of the New Netherland
* [[Jason Walters]] (born 1985), sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges related to [[Islamic terrorism]]
{{colend}}

== See also ==
{{portal|Biography|Lists|Netherlands}}
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* {{lang|nl|[[De Grootste Nederlander]]}} (The Greatest Dutchman)
* [[List of Dutch Americans]]
* [[List of Dutch Britons]]
* [[List of Dutch Indos]]
* [[List of Dutch Israelis]]
* [[List of Dutch Jews]]
* [[List of Dutch people of Lebanese descent]]
* [[List of Dutch people of Moroccan descent]]
* [[List of Dutch people of Turkish descent]]
* [[List of Dutch sportspeople]]
* [[List of Dutch supercentenarians]]
* [[List of Dutch vegetarians]]
* [[List of Frisians]]
* [[List of people from Amsterdam]]
* [[List of people from the Dutch Golden Age]]
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

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