List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands

Joan Röell

First Name Joan
Last Name Röell
Born on July 21, 1844
Died on July 13, 1914 (aged 69)

Jhr. Joan Röell was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer and statesman. He was a member of a prominent Dutch noble family which produced many public administrators, and politicians.

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Jacob van Loo

First Name Jacob
Last Name Loo
Born on January 1, 1614
Died on November 26, 1670 (aged 56)

Jacob van Loo was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age, chiefly active in Amsterdam and, after 1660, in Paris. Van Loo is known for his conversational groupings; particularly his mythological and biblical scenes generally attributed to the genre of History painting. He was especially celebrated for the quality of his nudes to the extent that, during his lifetime, particularly his female figures were said to have been considered superior and more popular than those of his Amsterdam contemporary and competitor Rembrandt. In 1663, three years after fleeing to Paris, Jacob van Loo was accepted into the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.

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Willem Johan Kolff

First Name Willem
Last Name Kolff
Born on February 14, 1911
Died on February 11, 2009 (aged 97)

Willem Johan "Pim" Kolff was a pioneer of hemodialysis, artificial heart, as well as in the entire field of artificial organs. Willem is a member of the Kolff family, an old Dutch patrician family. He made his major discoveries in the field of dialysis for kidney failure during the Second World War. He emigrated in 1950 to the United States, where he obtained US citizenship in 1955, and received a number of awards and widespread recognition for his work.

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Rem Koolhaas

Remment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University. He is often cited as a representative of Deconstructivism and is the author of Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan.

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Elco Brinkman

Leendert Cornelis "Elco" Brinkman is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessperson.

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Arnold Houbraken

First Name Arnold
Last Name Houbraken
Born on March 28, 1660
Died on October 14, 1719 (aged 59)

Arnold Houbraken was a Dutch painter and writer from Dordrecht, now remembered mainly as a biographer of Dutch Golden Age painters.

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Chiem van Houweninge

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Jeffrey Sneijder

Jeffrey Sneijder is a Dutch former footballer who played as a winger.

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Jan Woltjer

First Name Jan
Last Name Woltjer
Died on July 27, 1917

Jan Woltjer was a professor of Classical languages and literature at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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Bénédicte Ficq

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