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

Herman Haga was a Dutch physicist.

Germ de Jong was a Dutch painter. De Jong studied art at Quellinus, a school for the poor. In 1918 de Jong’s gets his first solo-exhibition, all his works are sold in ten days. When de Jong’s also won the Willink van Collen award for young artists his reputation was made. De Jong moved to Paris, where he became acquainted to Picasso, Mondriaan, Jos Crion, Conrad Kickert and Simon Carmiggelt. Among de Jong’s paintings were many colourful still lifes, focusing mostly on colourful depictions of flowers. His work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen was a former Archbishop of Utrecht and Roman Catholic Primate of the Netherlands. He was born in Leeuwarden, in the Dutch province of Friesland.

Baron Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was the governor of the Cape of Good Hope from 11 August 1771 to 14 February 1785. Plettenberg was presiding governor after Ryk Tulbagh's death. On 18 May 1774 he was permanently appointed as governor.