List of Dutch people

Art

Architecture

• Jacobus Oud[?]
• Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch 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

Royal Family

• 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