List of Dutch people

Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

Architecture

 * 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)

Film

 * 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 (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


 * Appie Mussa (born 1998), actor and tiktoker

Music

 * Thomas Acda (born 1967), singer, actor
 * Sharon Den Adel (born 1974), singer of Within Temptation
 * Jan Akkerman (born 1946), guitar player
 * 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 Teeuwe (born 1975), singer
 * Herman van Veen (born 1945), singer, theater performer
 * Jeroen van Veen (born 1969), classical pianist and composer
 * 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 (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


 * Joost Klein (born 1997), singer and rapper

Visual arts

 * 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), 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

Writers

 * 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)

Exploration

 * 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), 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 Spice Islands
 * Frederick de Houtman (1571–1627), brother to Cornelis, charted several constellations 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

Fashion models

 * 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)
 * 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)

Fictional characters

 * Hans Brinker
 * Abraham Van Helsing
 * Peter Van Houten
 * Max Carter

Historians

 * 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)

Journalists

 * Henk Hofland
 * Arendo Joustra
 * Almar Latour
 * Geert Mak
 * Mart Smeets
 * Eva Vlaardingerbroek

Military

 * 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

Philosophy

 * 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)
 * Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher
 * Cornelis Petrus Tiele (1830–1902), theologian and historian of religion

Before 20th century

 * 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 Orange (1650–1702), stadtholder and king of England
 * Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872), prime minister

20th and 21st centuries

 * 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, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
 * Wouter Bos (born 1963), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
 * Ben Bot (born 1937), 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), Minister of Finance, President of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
 * Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), politician, candidate for Prime Minister, assassinated during the 2002 election
 * Cornelis van Geelkerken (1901–1979), National-Socialist, co-founder of the NSB
 * Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926–1929, 1939–1940)
 * Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948), Minister of Foreign Affairs, 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), 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), Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary General of NATO (1971–1984)
 * Victor Marijnen (1917–1975), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1963–1965)
 * Anton Mussert (1894–1946), National-Socialist, founder of the NSB
 * Pieter Oud (1886–1966), Founder of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy
 * Alexander Pechtold (born 1965), Minister for Government Reform and Kingdom Relations
 * Jan Pronk (born 1940), Minister for Development Cooperation, 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, 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), Minister for Integration & Immigration
 * Hans Wiegel (born 1941), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Queen's Commissioner of Friesland
 * Geert Wilders (born 1963), prominent critic of Islam
 * Gerrit Zalm (born 1952), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
 * Jelle Zijlstra (1918–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1966–1967)

Royal Family

 * 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
 * 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)

Before 20th century

 * 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, 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

20th century

 * 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
 * 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
 * Carel van Schaik (born 1953), primatologist
 * Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), astronomer
 * Willem de Sitter (1872–1934), mathematician, physicist and astronomer
 * Hendrik Tennekes (born 1936), aerodynamics professor
 * Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), economist
 * 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

Sports

 * 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), 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
 * 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 (born 1942), 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 (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 (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 (born 1938), 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 doubles
 * 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)
 * Daniël de Ridder (born 1984), football player, forward winger/attacking midfielder (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
 * Aryeh "Arie" Selinger (born 1937), volleyball player & coach
 * Avital Selinger (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist
 * Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
 * Judijke Simons (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
 * 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 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

Other

 * 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
 * Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), Christian activist during the Holocaust
 * Aaron Abbas (18th century), Jewish editor and printer
 * 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)
 * 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
 * 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 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) 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 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