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

Henk Lubberding is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1977 to 1992.

Ilse Vaessen is a Dutch female badminton player. Her international career has been hindered by a severe knee injury. She now is the manager of the "topbadminton" department of the Dutch Badminton Association "Badminton Nederland". She still plays at the highest level club team competition in doubles for her club BV Almere in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Teunis ("Teun") Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 10th at the individual sprint, 6th at the team sprint and 11th at the 1 km time trial, while he was eliminated in the first repechage round of the keirin competition. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the men's keirin.

Emile Jansen is a Dutch television, film and theatre actor.

Koen Bouwman is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.