List of Famous people born in Gelderland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Sanne van Paassen
Sanne van Paassen is a Dutch former professional cyclo-cross racing cyclist. In 2011, she won the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup, after winning the Cyclo-cross Pilsen. She won several silver and bronze medals at the national and European cyclo-cross championships. She won 19 cyclo-cross races in her career.
Ruud Bosch
Ruud Bosch is a former Dutch male badminton player. He was a doubles specialist. He became a member of the Netherlands national badminton team in 2004, then in 2006, he won a silver medal at the European Badminton Mixed Team Championships. After quitting the Men's Doubles combination with Dutch partner Koen Ridder after eight years in August 2014, Bosch moved to Taiwan to form a new combination with Tien Tzu-Chieh in Men's Doubles and Shuai Pei-ling in Mixed Doubles. After two years in Taiwan, he returned to Europe to play again in the German Bundesliga for his German club Union Lüdinghausen. He won the Dutch National Badminton Championships seven times, four times in Men's Doubles and three times in Mixed Doubles. In December 2018, Bosch was appointed as head coach of the Netherlands.
Laura Turpijn
Laura Turpijn is a Dutch mountain biker. She is a multiple Dutch champion in this discipline and has represented the Netherlands several times in the European and World championships.
Etienne van Empel
Etienne van Empel is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù–Brado–KTM. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
René van Zuuk
René van Zuuk is a Dutch architect.
Adri van Houwelingen
Adriaan ("Adri") van Houwelingen is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1978 to 1987. He won the 18th stage at the 1982 Tour de France and the 1983 Ronde van Nederland. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Michiel Elijzen
Michiel Elijzen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who retired from competition after the 2010 season to become a sporting director for Omega Pharma–Lotto, the team for which he last rode competitively. He now works as a directeur sportif for the Sunweb Group B.V. teams: UCI WorldTeam Team DSM, UCI Women's WorldTeam Team DSM, and UCI Continental team Development Team Sunweb.
Rik van IJzendoorn
Rik van IJzendoorn is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist and cyclocross racer, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team Team Novo Nordisk. He competed at the 2017 Milan–San Remo where he finished 190th.
Yvonne Brunen
Yvonne Anna Margaretha Brunen was a Dutch professional cyclist from Nunspeet, the Netherlands. She turned professional in 1993. She competed in two events at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Gayle Mahulette
Gayle Mahulette is a Dutch badminton player. Born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, Mahulette is a Moluccan descent. She won the Dutch National Badminton Championships in 2014, 2017 and 2018.