List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Leontine Ruiters
Huub Oosterhuis
Hubertus Gerardus Josephus Henricus Oosterhuis is a Dutch theologian and poet. He is mainly known for his contribution to Christian music and liturgy in the Dutch language, used in both Protestant and Roman Catholic churches, although a few songs have been censored in some dioceses. He is the author of over 60 books and at the time of over 700 hymns, songs, Psalms, and prayers.
Diederik van Vleuten
Kim van Kooten
Kim van Kooten is a Dutch actress and screenwriter. In international cinema, she is best known for the 2003 Dutch/US co-production Phileine Says Sorry, filmed partly in New York City, in which she plays the lead. She is the author of the script of the very successful Dutch movie Alles is Liefde, and won a Golden Calf for Best Actress in Phileine Says Sorry (2003), and for Best Scenario with Met grote blijdschap (2001).
Dirk Jan Struik
Dirk Jan Struik was a Dutch-born American mathematician, historian of mathematics and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the U.S.
Catherine of Guelders
Catherine of Guelders, was regent of the Duchy of Guelders between 1477 and 1492. First for her brother during his absence, and then for her nephew.
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, known as the Leipziger Tischbein was a German portrait painter from the Tischbein family of artists.
Wendela Bicker
Wendela Bicker was the wife of Johan de Witt. She was one of the richest young female commoners of her time and she married one of the most influential republican politicians in the Netherlands. She was in the public eye during her lifetime and entered history books thereafter. This is facilitated by the letters and the housekeeping books she left behind. The narrative about her life reflects how the role of women in the Netherlands in the 17th century was and is understood.
Thijs Römer
Thijs Römer is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2000. He divorced actress Katja Schuurman in February 2015.