List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands

Joseph Cuypers

First Name Joseph
Last Name Cuypers
Born on June 10, 1861
Died on January 20, 1949 (aged 87)

Josephus Theodorus Joannes Cuypers was a Dutch architect; primarily known for his Catholic churches.

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Samuel Goudsmit

First Name Samuel
Last Name Goudsmit
Born on July 11, 1902
Died on December 4, 1978 (aged 76)

Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.

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Pieter Boddaert

First Name Pieter
Last Name Boddaert
Born on May 26, 1730
Died on May 6, 1795 (aged 64)

Pieter Boddaert was a Dutch physician and naturalist.

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Pieter Post

First Name Pieter
Last Name Post
Died on May 8, 1669

Pieter Jansz Post was a Dutch Golden Age architect, painter and printmaker.

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Robert Gesink

First Name Robert
Last Name Gesink
Born on May 31, 1986 (age 39)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Robert Gesink is a Dutch professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma. His major victories include the 2012 Tour of California, the 2011 Tour of Oman and the 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Gesink also won the Giro dell'Emilia twice and offered some good performances on Grand Tours and one-week stage races, thanks in part to his climbing and time trialing abilities.

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Adriaan Blaauw

First Name Adriaan
Born on April 12, 1914
Died on December 1, 2010 (aged 96)

Adriaan Blaauw was a Dutch astronomer.

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Petrus Jacobus Kipp

First Name Petrus
Last Name Kipp
Born on March 5, 1808
Died on February 3, 1864 (aged 55)

Petrus Jacobus Kipp was a Dutch apothecary, chemist and instrument maker. He became known as the inventor of the Kipp apparatus, chemistry equipment for the development of gases.

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Willem Vrolik

First Name Willem
Last Name Vrolik
Born on April 29, 1801
Died on December 22, 1863 (aged 62)

Willem Vrolik was a Dutch anatomist and pathologist who was a native of Amsterdam. He was a pioneer in the field of vertebrate teratology.

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Sicco Mansholt

First Name Sicco
Born on September 13, 1908
Died on June 30, 1995 (aged 86)

Sicco Leendert Mansholt was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and farmer who served as the President of the European Commission from 1 March 1972 until 5 January 1973.

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

First Name Peter
Last Name Nieuwenhuizen
Born on October 26, 1938 (age 87)

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen is a Dutch physicist. He is now a distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University in the United States. Van Nieuwenhuizen is best known for his discovery of supergravity with Sergio Ferrara and Daniel Z. Freedman.

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