List of Leiden University people

This is a list of people associated to Leiden University, including alumni as well as people who have taught or studied at Leiden University.

A

 * Piet Aalberse, politician
 * Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, theologian
 * John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
 * Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen
 * Nebahat Albayrak, politician
 * Johannes Alberti, theologian
 * Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, anatomist
 * Alexander, Prince of Orange
 * Josette Altmann Borbón, First Lady of Costa Rica 1994–1998
 * Tinde van Andel, ethnobotanist
 * Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk
 * Sophia Antoniadis, first female professor at Leiden
 * Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist
 * János Apáczai Csere, mathematician
 * Jacobus Arminius, theologian
 * Tobias Asser, Nobel laureate (Peace 1911) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Jimly Asshiddiqie, 1st Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
 * Touraj Atabaki, academic

B

 * Caspar Barlaeus, theologian
 * Johann Bartsch, physician
 * Beatrix, Former Queen of the Netherlands
 * Johann Peter Berg, German Protestant theologian, historian, and Orientalist
 * Alexander Johan Berman, theologian and literary critic
 * Joost Berman, lawyer, judge and poet
 * Kune Biezeveld, theologian
 * C. Jouco Bleeker, scholar of religion
 * Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel laureate (Physics 1981) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Thomas Blondeau, novelist
 * Leonard Blussé, historian
 * Herman Boerhaave, physician
 * Herman Bavinck, theologian
 * Bart Bok, astronomer
 * Frits Bolkestein, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister 2005–06
 * Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland, philosopher
 * Ben Bot, politician
 * Alexander Boswell, judge
 * Rolf Bremmer, academic
 * Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, politician
 * Thomas Browne, writer
 * Sebald Justinus Brugmans, botanist
 * Ian Buruma, writer
 * Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana 1969–72
 * Ditmir Bushati, Albanian politician
 * John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, U.K. Prime Minister 1762–63
 * Paulus Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1572–84
 * Boediono, Vice President of Indonesia

C

 * Archibald Cameron, Jacobite physician
 * Hendrik Casimir, physicist
 * Lisa Cheng, Chair Professor of Linguistics
 * Carolus Clusius, botanist
 * Jacques Cohen, embryologist
 * Job Cohen, politician
 * Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
 * Jodocus Crull, miscellaneous writer
 * Petrus Cunaeus, academic
 * Janus Henricus Donker Curtius, last Opperhoofd of the Dutch trading post in Japan (1852–1855)

D

 * Baron d'Holbach, philosopher
 * Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Netherlands Prime Minister 1918–25, 1929–33
 * Michiel Jan de Goeje, orientalist
 * Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz, physicist
 * Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 11th Secretary-General of NATO
 * Pieter de la Court, economist
 * René Descartes, philosopher and mathematician
 * Willem de Sitter, physicist
 * Gijs de Vries, politician
 * Jouke de Vries, academic
 * Hendrik de Wit, botanist
 * Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1653–72
 * Tim de Zeeuw, astronomer
 * Nicolaas Diederichs, President of South Africa 1975–78
 * René Diekstra, psychologist
 * Kanta Dihal, research scientist and author
 * Edsger W. Dijkstra, computer scientist
 * Djumhana Wiriaatmadja, Prime Minister of Pasundan 1949–1950
 * Volkert Doeksen, CEO
 * Ana Dolidze, lawyer
 * Janus Dousa, statesman
 * Otto Duintjer, philosopher

E

 * Paul Ehrenfest, physicist
 * Willem Einthoven, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1924) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate (Physics 1921) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Willem Anthony Engelbrecht, jurist and colonial administrator
 * Simon Episcopius, theologian
 * Paul Sophus Epstein, physicist

F

 * Enrico Fermi, Nobel laureate (Physics 1938) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Henry Fielding, novelist
 * Horst Fischer, lawyer
 * Paul Fleming, poet
 * Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau
 * Justin Fox (born 1964), American financial journalist, commentator, and writer
 * John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, jurist
 * Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
 * Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

G

 * Richard D. Gill, professor of mathematical statistics
 * Thomas Girdlestone, physician
 * Franciscus Gomarus, theologian
 * Samuel Goudsmit, physicist
 * Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, diplomat, statesman
 * Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek, patrician, politician
 * Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, politician, burgomaster of Amsterdam
 * Johann Georg Graevius, academic
 * Christian Greco, Egyptologist
 * Richard T. Griffiths, historian
 * Jane Grogan, immunologist and cancer researcher
 * Jacobus Gronovius, academic
 * Hugo Grotius, jurist

H

 * Hendrik Jacob Hamaker, jurist
 * Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Vice-President of Indonesia 1973–78
 * Mohammad Hatta, First Vice President of Indonesia
 * David Hartley (the Younger), politician
 * Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, writer, resistance fighter, RAF pilot
 * Daniel Heinsius, scholar
 * Tiberius Hemsterhuis, philologist
 * Paul Hermann, botanist and physician
 * Felienne Hermans, computer scientist
 * Johannes Hevelius, astronomer and jurist
 * Nina den Heyer, politician in Bonaire
 * Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice
 * George Howe (physician), Scottish physician active in London; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
 * Johannes Hudde, politician and mathematician
 * Johan Huizinga, historian
 * Christiaan Huygens, mathematician and physicist
 * Constantijn Huygens, Jr., statesman

I

 * Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician

J

 * Maarten Jansen, academic
 * Marius Jeuken, theoretical biologist
 * Ernst de Jonge, lawyer, Olympic rower, resistance fighter
 * Stefanie Joosten, actress and model
 * Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

K

 * Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Nobel laureate (Physics 1913) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern, linguist
 * Ko Kwat Tiong, lawyer, politician, Indonesian nationalist and civil servant
 * Theodorus Klompe, geologist
 * Pieter Kooijmans, judge of the International Court of Justice
 * Ton Koopman, conductor
 * Tjalling Charles Koopmans, Nobel laureate (Economics 1975) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Maarten Kossmann, linguist who specializes in Berber languages.
 * Hugo Krabbe, jurist and legal philosopher
 * Hendrik Anthony Kramers, physicist
 * Dirk Willem van Krevelen, chemical engineer and scientist
 * Abraham Kuijper, theologian and politician (Prime Minister 1901–05)
 * Aert H. Kuipers, linguist
 * Erik Kwakkel, codicologist

L

 * Jona Lendering, historian
 * Hendrik Lenstra, mathematician
 * Arend Lijphart, political scientist
 * Justus Lipsius, philologist
 * J. H. A. Lokin, jurist
 * Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) Nobel prize medal.svg

M

 * Peter Mair, political scientist
 * Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
 * Paul-Henri Marron, French Reformed pastor
 * Alireza Mashaghi, physicist
 * Eric Mazur, physicist
 * Richard Mead, physician
 * Jeroen Mettes, essayist and poet
 * Victor Muller, CEO

N

 * William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz

O

 * Jan Hendrik Oort, astronomer
 * Ivo Opstelten, politician
 * Cornelis Ouwehand, anthropologist

P

 * Nathan Paget, Puritan physician
 * Peter Simon Pallas, zoologist
 * Antonie Pannekoek, astronomer and political theorist
 * Senarath Paranavithana, archaeologist and epigraphist
 * Thomas Parker, minister and scholar
 * Alexander Pechtold, Dutch politician
 * Perizonius, scholar
 * Phoa Liong Gie, Indonesian jurist, politician and newspaper owner
 * Frank N. Pieke, cultural anthropologist
 * Nicolaas Gerard Pierson, Netherlands Prime Minister 1897–1901
 * Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud, academic
 * Archibald Pitcairne, physician
 * Ronald Plasterk, scientist and politician
 * Prijono, politician

R

 * Hans Ras, academic
 * Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, botanist
 * Caspar Reuvens, archaeologist
 * John Robinson, Pilgrim Fathers pastor
 * Wil Roebroeks, archaeologist
 * Olaus Rudbeck, scientist and university rector
 * David Ruhnken, scholar
 * Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister 2010–24

S

 * Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia
 * Joseph Justus Scaliger, theologian and scholar
 * Henry G. Schermers, jurist
 * Edith Schippers, politician
 * Sander Schimmelpenninck, opinion writer & -commentator, and television presenter
 * Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1805–6
 * Gerard Schouw, politician
 * William Sherard, botanist
 * Boudewijn Sirks, academic
 * Jan Six, politician
 * Willebrord Snell, astronomer
 * Rudolph Snellius, mathematician and linguist
 * Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, orientalist
 * Achmad Soebardjo, diplomat
 * Soenario, politician
 * Noto Soeroto, poet, journalist and activist
 * Soetan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia 1945–47
 * Andreas Sparman, 17th-century Swedish court physician and author
 * Myles Standish, military leader
 * Jan Steen, painter
 * Miep Stegmann, first woman psychiatrist in Belgium
 * Simon Stevin, engineer, scientist
 * Martinus Theunis Steyn, lawyer, Orange Free State president
 * Pieter Steyn, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1749–72
 * Dirk Jan Struik, mathematician
 * Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist
 * Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1937) Nobel prize medal.svg

T

 * Morris Tabaksblat, CEO
 * Igor Tamm, Nobel laureate (Physics 1958) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Paul-Peter Tak, immunologist
 * Julius Terpstra, politician
 * Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Netherlands Prime Minister 1871–72
 * Jan Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Economics 1969) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Nikolaas Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1973) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Isaac Titsingh, surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador (Law 1765)
 * Jaana Toivari-Viitala, egyptologist and chair of the Finnish Egyptology Society
 * Nicolaes Tulp, surgeon and politician

U

 * Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck, linguist and anthropologist

V

 * Coenraad van Beuningen, diplomat
 * Ronald Venetiaan, president Suriname
 * Armin van Buuren, musician
 * Ludolph van Ceulen, mathematician
 * Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Netherlands Prime Minister 1877–79
 * Marcel R.M. van den Brink, oncologist and medical researcher
 * Johannes van den Driesche, theologian
 * Adriaen van der Donck, lawyer
 * Lousewies van der Laan, politician
 * Max van der Stoel, politician
 * Bram van der Stok, aviator
 * Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Nobel laureate (Physics 1910) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Thomas van Erpe, orientalist
 * Melanie Schultz van Haegen, politician
 * Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Nobel laureate (Peace 1954) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Netherlands Prime Minister 1813–14
 * Egbert van Kampen, mathematician
 * Pieter van Musschenbroek, scientist
 * Rembrandt van Rijn, painter
 * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1901) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Cornelis van Vollenhoven, academic
 * Pieter van Vollenhoven, royalty
 * Ronald Venetiaan, Surinam President
 * Maxime Verhagen, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister
 * Paul Verhoeven, film director
 * Marjolijn Verspoor, linguist
 * Gisbertus Voetius, theologian
 * Thomas von der Dunk, historian
 * Gerhard Johann Vossius, theologian

W

 * Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948
 * John Wilkes, politician
 * William I, Prince of Orange, royalty
 * Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, King of the Netherlands
 * Willem Witteveen, legal scholar and politician
 * William III of England, King of England 1689–1702
 * James Windet, 17th-century English medical doctor

Z

 * Pieter Zeeman, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) Nobel prize medal.svg
 * Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, academic
 * Ben Zonneveld, botanist
 * Han Zuilhof, chemist