List of Famous people born in Drenthe, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Addy Engels is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who competed between 2000 and 2011. After retiring, Engels joined the Team DSM team as a sports director. At the end of 2015 it was announced that he would make the switch to LottoNL–Jumbo.

Katja Stam is a Dutch beach volleyball player. She competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Jellejetta "Jetta" Klijnsma is a Dutch politician serving as the King's Commissioner of Drenthe since 2017. She is a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Marijn de Vries is a Dutch journalist and former racing cyclist. De Vries took up bicycle racing in 2008 whilst working as a reporter for the Dutch TV programme Holland Sport. She subsequently attempted to turn professional as part of a radio documentary she made, leading to her joining Leontien van Moorsel's Leontien.nl team in 2010. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's team time trial in Florence.

Berden de Vries is a Dutch former racing cyclist and speed skater. In 2008 he earned a bronze medal at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships at Changchun, behind fellow Dutchmen Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij. He rode at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.

Don Pepijn Schipper, better known by his stage name Don Diablo, is a Dutch DJ, record producer, musician and songwriter of electronic dance music from Coevorden. He is known for his electronic style of production and vocalizing in most of his songs. He is one of the pioneers of the future house genre and was ranked sixth in the Top 100 DJs – 2020 list by DJ Mag. He was also ranked number one Producer of the Year for 2018 by 1001Tracklists. In 2016, he was ranked the number one Future House Artist of the Year on Beatport.

Janneke Ensing is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. During her career, Ensing focused on cycling to a greater extent, resulting in two runner up places at Gent-Wevelgem as well as second in the Dutch National Championships of 2016 and second in the 2017 Santos Women's Tour.

Jan de Jonge is a retired football striker and is currently working as the manager of De Treffers. As a player, he served three clubs in the Netherlands: FC Groningen, SC Heerenveen and FC Emmen.