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

Klaas Henderikus Willem Knot is a Dutch economist and central banker, who is the current President of the Dutch central bank De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). In this capacity he also serves as a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, and of the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund. Knot also holds a position as Professor in Monetary Stability at the University of Amsterdam and honorary professor at the University of Groningen.

Jan Boven is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1996, and remained with the same team, Rabobank, until 2008.

Jhr. Dirk Jan de Geer was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 8 March 1926 until 10 August 1929 and from 10 August 1939 until 3 September 1940.

Laurens ten Dam is a retired Dutch road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2003 and 2019 for the Rabobank GS3, BankGiroLoterij, Unibet.com, LottoNL–Jumbo, Team Sunweb and CCC Team squads.

Martijn Keizer is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the Rabobank Continental Team, Vacansoleil–DCM, Veranclassic–Doltcini, and LottoNL–Jumbo teams.

Tom-Jelte Slagter is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2020, for the Belkin Pro Cycling, Cannondale–Drapac, Team Dimension Data and B&B Hotels–Vital Concept teams.

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman was an experimental Dutch artist, typographer and printer. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–45) and was shot by the Gestapo in the closing days of the war.

Dirk Uipko Stikker was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Liberal State Party (LSP), co-founder of the defunct Freedom Party (PvdV) and of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and businessman. He served as the Secretary General of NATO from 21 April 1961 until 1 August 1964.