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

Olga Zuiderhoek is a Dutch actress. She graduated in 1970 from the Amsterdam Theater School. After having been associated with the cooperative association Het Werkteater for many years, she worked for the theater companies De Mexican Hond and Orkater and played mainly in new plays by homegrown, sometimes written for her.

Marc de Maar is a Curaçaoan former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018.

Linda de Vries is a Dutch former speed skater. She finished third in the Women's 1500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships and twice fourth at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships.

Hendrik Jan "Erik" Regtop is a retired Dutch professional footballer. During his playing career, Regtop played professionally in the Netherlands, England, Switzerland, France and Austria, making nearly 400 league appearances in his career. Regtop is currently active as a football manager, and manages Austrian side Rot-Weiß Rankweil.

Bert-Jan Lindeman is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka Assos. His older brother Adrie is also a cyclist, who last rode for the Koga team in the Netherlands.