List of people from Utrecht

This is a list of notable people from the city of Utrecht, Netherlands.

Arts and entertainment

 * Louis Andriessen - composer
 * Dick Bruna - writer, illustrator (Miffy children's books)
 * Gerald Clayton - jazz pianist
 * Gerti Daub - beauty pageant winner
 * Hubert de Blanck - pianist, composer, founder of the Cuban National Conservatory of Music
 * Hendrick de Keyser - architect and sculptor
 * Melchior d'Hondecoeter - painter
 * Sharon Doorson - musician
 * EliZe - singer
 * Ronald Giphart - author
 * Arthur Japin - novelist
 * Fred Kaps - magician, illusionist
 * Sylvia Kristel - actress and model
 * Fedde le Grand - musician (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit)
 * Robert Long - singer
 * Erhard Reuwich - fifteenth-century artist and illustrator
 * Gerrit Rietveld - designer, architect (De Stijl movement)
 * Wim Sonneveld - comedian, singer
 * Dirk van der Burg - painter, watercolourist
 * Theo van Doesburg - painter, artist (De Stijl movement)
 * Herman van Veen - comedian, singer
 * Henk Westbroek - singer, DJ, local politician, bar owner
 * Antonius Wyngaerde - composer

Clergy

 * Pope Adrian VI - head of the Catholic Church

Industry

 * Jeroen van der Veer - former CEO of Shell
 * Paul Fentener van Vlissingen - former CEO of SHV Holdings

Military

 * Karel Doorman - Rear Admiral; Commander of ABDA fleet during Battle of the Java Sea
 * Trijn van Leemput - local heroine of the Eighty Years' War
 * Olivier van Noort - mariner and explorer

Politics

 * Joba van den Berg - Christian Democratic Appeal MP
 * Arjan El Fassed - GreenLeft MP
 * Anton Reinhard Falck - politician and lawyer
 * Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen - GreenLeft MP

Royalty

 * Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, the current King of the Netherlands

Science

 * C.H.D. Buys Ballot - meteorologist, Buys Ballot law
 * Gerard 't Hooft - Nobel prize in Physics 1999

Sports

 * Johan Aantjes - water polo player and coach
 * John Achterberg - former footballer and goalkeeping coach
 * Ibrahim Afellay - football player
 * Ismail Aissati - football player
 * Tessa Appeldoorn - rower
 * Jacques Brinkman - field hockey player
 * Det de Beus - field hockey player
 * Germaine de Randamie – kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * Fedor den Hertog - cyclist
 * Rob Druppers - middle distance runner
 * Anton Geesink - judo champion
 * Zakaria Labyad - football player
 * Martha Laurijsen - rower
 * Hans Parrel - water polo player
 * Wesley Sneijder - football player
 * Patricia Stokkers - swimmer
 * Carole Thate - field hockey player
 * Jurriën Timber (born 2001), football player
 * Jochem Uytdehaage - ice speed skater
 * Marco van Basten - coach and former football player
 * Hans van Breukelen - former football player
 * Diana van der Plaats - swimmer
 * Marieke van Drogenbroek - rower
 * Willem van Hanegem - football player
 * John van Loen - football player
 * Dafne Schippers - track and field
 * Wim van Spingelen - water polo player
 * Gerald Vanenburg - football player
 * Jason Wilnis - kickboxer and mixed martial artist
 * Jahfarr Wilnis - kickboxer, brother of Jason Wilnis
 * Gerrit Wormgoor - water polo player
 * Jan Wouters - football player

Other

 * Maria van Pallaes (1587–1664), philanthropist

Fictional

 * Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in.