List of Dutch people
This is a list of famous Dutch people:
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
- Rutger Hauer, (born 1944), actor
- Paul Verhoeven, (1901-1975), director
Music
- Louis Andriessen, (1939-), composer
- Herman Brood, (1946-2001), rock musician and artist
- Alphons Diepenbrock, composer
- Willem Pijper, composer
Visual Arts
- 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
- 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
- Geert Groote
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, (1581-1647)
- Constantijn Huygens
- Harry Mulisch, (born 1927), Dutch novelist
- Multatuli
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
- Abel Tasman, (1603-1659), explorer
Other
- Pope Adrian VI, (1522-1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
- Hugo de Groot, jurist
- Mata Hari, spy
- Peter Stuyvesant, (1592-1672), governor of the New Netherlands
Philosophy
- Baruch Spinoza, (1632-1677), philosopher
- Erasmus, 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
- 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
- Joop den Uyl, (1919-1987), prime minister
- Jelle Zijlstra, (1918-2001), prime minister
- Beatrix of the Netherlands, (born 1938)
- Prince Claus, (1926-2002)
- Prince Bernhard
- Princess Irene, (born 1939)
- Juliana of the Netherlands
- William I of the Netherlands
- Queen Wilhelmina, (1880-1962), Queen
- Princess Margriet, (born 1943)
- Princess Christina, (born 1947)
- Crown Prince Willem-Alexander
- Princess Maxima, (born 1971)
- Prince Johan-Friso
- Prince Constantijn, (born 1969)
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
- Max Euwe, (1901-1981), chess player
- Anton Geesink, (born 1934), judoka
- Ruud Gullit, (born 1962), football player
- Pieter van den Hoogenband, (born 1978), swimmer
- Ellen van Langen, (born 1966), athlete
- Rie Mastenbroek, (born 1919), swimmer
- Tinus Osendarp, (1916-2002), athlete
- Jan Timman, (born 1951), chess player
See also: List of people by nationality, List of people in the Dutch Golden Age