List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Hannie Schaft
Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft was a Dutch communist resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as 'the girl with the red hair'. Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".
Rudi Carrell
Rudi Carrell was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, he was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in Germany.
Jasper Cillessen
Jacobus Antonius Peter Johannes "Jasper" Cillessen is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Spanish club Valencia and the Netherlands national team.
Willem Arondeus
Willem Arondeus was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi German effort to identify Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. Arondeus was caught and executed soon after his arrest. Yad Vashem recognized Arondeus as Righteous Among the Nations.
Gregory van der Wiel
Gregory Kurtley van der Wiel is a Dutch footballer who plays as a right-back.
Wladimir Balentien
Wladimir Ramon Balentien, nicknamed "Coco", is a Curaçaoan-Dutch professional baseball outfielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners and Cincinnati Reds and for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of the NPB.
Boyan Slat
Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur. A former aerospace engineering student, he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.
Dick Advocaat
Dirk Nicolaas Advocaat is a Dutch former football player and current head coach of Feyenoord.
Glennis Grace
Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta, better known by her stage name Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer from Amsterdam. In 2005 Grace represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th season of America's Got Talent and made it to the finals.
Freddy Heineken
Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. He served as chairman of the board of directors and CEO from 1971 until 1989. After his retirement as chairman and CEO, Heineken continued to sit on the board of directors until his death and served as chairman of the supervisory board from 1989 till 1995. At the time of his death, Heineken was one of the richest people in the Netherlands, with a net worth of 9.5 billion guilders.