List of Dutch people

This is a list of famous Dutch people:

Table of contents

1 Art

1.1 Architecture
1.2 Movies
1.3 Music
1.4 Visual Arts
1.5 Writing

2 Military
3 Exploration
4 Other
5 Philosophy
6 Politics

6.6 Before 20th Century
6.7 20th Century

7 Royal Family
8 Science and technology

8.8 Before 20th Century
8.9 20th Century

9 Sport

Art

Architecture

Hendrik Petrus Berlage, (1856-1934), architect
Willem Marinus Dudok, (1884-1974), architect
Aldo van Eyck, (1918-1999), architect
Rem Koolhaas, (born 1944), architect
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud, (1890-1963), architect
Gerrit Rietveld, (1888-1964), architect

Movies

Jan de Bont, cameraman, director

Rutger Hauer, (born 1944), actor
Jeroen Krabb�, (born dec. 5th, 1944), actor, director
Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), actress
Monique van der Ven, actress
Paul Verhoeven, (born 1938), director

Music

Jan Akkerman, guitar player

Elly Ameling, singer classical music

Louis Andriessen, (1939-), composer
Willem Breuker, (born 1944), jazz musician
Herman Brood, (1946-2001), rock musician and artist
Christina Deutekom, singer classical music
Alphons Diepenbrock, composer
Candy Dulfer, saxophone player
Golden Earring, rock band
Otto Ketting, composer
Herman Krebbers, violinist
Theo Olof, violinist
Willem Pijper, composer
Daniel Wayenberg, pianist
Edo de Waart, director
Jaap van Zweden, violonist, director

Visual Arts

Bernard Accama, (d.1756), painter
Karel Appel, (1921-), painter
Hendrick Avercamp, (1585-1634), painter
Ludolf Bakhuysen, (1631-1708), painter
Ambrosius Bosschaert, (1573-1612), painter
Dick Bruna, (born 1927), graphical artist
Aelbert Cuyp, (1620-1691), painter
Theo van Doesburg, painter
Willem Drost, (1630-1680), painter and printmaker
M. C. Escher, (1898-1972), graphical artist
Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890), painter
Jan van Goyen, (1596-1656), painter
Frans Hals, (1580-1666), painter
Willem de Kooning, (1904-1997), painter
Han van Meegeren, (1889-1947), forger of paintings
Piet Mondrian, (1872-1944), painter
Rembrandt van Rijn, (1606-1669), painter
Jan Steen, (1626-1679), painter
Johannes Vermeer, (1632-1675), painter

Writing

Remco Campert, novellist, poet

Geert Groote
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, (1581-1647)
Hella Haasse, novelist
Willem Frederik Hermans, novelist
Constantijn Huygens
Harry Mulisch, (born 1927), novelist
Multatuli, novelist
Cees Nooteboom, novelist
Gerard Reve, novelist
Joost van den Vondel (Nov. 17, 1587 - Feb. 5, 1674), poet, playwriter

Military

Julius Civilis, rebel

Karel Doorman, (1889-1942), naval officer
Maurits of Nassau, (1567-1625), general and politician
Piet Hein, (1577-1629), naval officer
Michiel de Ruyter, (1607-1676), naval officer
Cornelis Tromp, naval officer
Maarten Tromp, (born 1598), naval officer

Exploration

Willem Barents, (1550?-1597), Dutch explorer
Cornelis Houtman, explorer
Frederick de Houtman, explorer
Abel Tasman, (1603-1659), explorer
Dirk Hartog, explorer

Other

Anne Frank, jewish girl Amsterdam, nazivictim
Pope Adrian VI, (1522-1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
Wim Duisenberg, banker, president European Central Bank
Hugo de Groot, jurist
Mata Hari, spy
Peter Stuyvesant, (1592-1672), governor of the New Netherlands
Hendrikje van Andel, (born 1890), oldest woman in Europe

Philosophy

Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677), philosopher
Erasmus, writer, polemist, humanist Protestant Reformation

Politics

Before 20th Century

Johan van Oldebarneveldt, statesman
William I of Orange, (1533-1584), stadtholder
William III of Orange, (1650-1702), stadtholder (and king of England)
Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, (1798-1872), prime minister
Johan de Wit, statesman

20th Century

Dries van Agt, (born 1931), prime minister
Jan Peter Balkenende, (born 1956), prime minister
Barend Biesheuvel, (1920-2001), prime minister
Jo Cals, (1914-1971), prime minister
Hendrik Colijn, prime minister
Willem Drees, (1886-1988), prime minister
Pim Fortuyn, (1948-2002), Dutch politician
Hans Janmaat, rightwing nationalist party leader
Piet de Jong, (born 1915), prime minister
Wim Kok, (born 1938), prime minister
Marinus van der Lubbe, (1909-1934), ; see: Reichstag fire
Ruud Lubbers, prime minister, UNHCR High Commissioner
Joseph Luns, minister of foreign affairs, NATO secr. general
Joop den Uyl, (1919-1987), prime minister
Jelle Zijlstra, (1918-2001), prime minister

Royal Family

Science and technology

Before 20th Century

Herman Boerhaave, (1668-1738), physician
Daniel Bernoulli, (1700-1782), mathematician and physicist
Laurens Janszoon Coster, printer
Eise Eisinga, (1744-1828), astronomer
David Fabricius, (1564-1617), astronomer
Christiaan Huygens, (1629-1695), mathematician and physicist
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, (1632-1723), scientist
Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, (1856-1894), mathematician
Johannes van der Waals, physicist

20th Century

Peter Debye, (1884-1966), chemist
Edsger Dijkstra, (1930-2002), computer scientist
Anthony Fokker, (1890-1939), aviation engineer
Gerardus 't Hooft, physicist
J. H. van 't Hoff, chemist
Gerard Kuiper, (1905-1973), astronomer
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, physicist
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, (1853-1926), physicist
Jan Oort, (1900-1992), astronomer
Jan Tinbergen, (1903-1994), economist
Nico Tinbergen, (1907-1988), ecologist
Martinus Veltman, physicist
Pieter Zeeman, (1865-1943), physicist

Sport

Raymond van Barneveld, darts player

Marco van Basten, (born 1964), football player
Fanny Blankers-Koen, (born 1918), athlete
Inge de Bruijn, (born 1974), swimmer
Johan Cruijff, (born 1947), football player
Sjoukje Dijkstra, skater
Max Euwe, (1901-1981), chess player
Anton Geesink, (born 1934), judoka
Yvonne van Gennip, speed skater
Anky van Grunsven, dressage
Ruud Gullit, (born 1962), football player
Pieter van den Hoogenband, (born 1978), swimmer
Jan Jansen, cyclist
Ada Kok, swimmer
Ellen van Langen, (born 1966), athlete
Arie Luyendyk, (born 1953), race car driver
Rie Mastenbroek, (born 1919), swimmer
Leontien van Moorsel, cyclist
Tinus Osendarp, (1916-2002), athlete
Rintje Ritsma, speed skater
Gianni Romme, speed skater
Wim Ruska, judoka
Ard Schenk, speed skater
Jan Timman, (born 1951), chess player
Jochem Uytenhage, speed skater
Kees Verkerk, speed skater
Harm Wiersma, checkers player
Joop Zoetemelk, cyclist

See also: List of people by nationality, List of people in the Dutch Golden Age