List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Karien van Gennip
Catharina Elisabeth Godefrida "Karien" van Gennip is a Dutch businesswoman and politician who has served as Minister of Social Affairs and Employment in the Fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
Franciscus Donders
Franciscus (Franz) Cornelius Donders FRS FRSE was a Dutch ophthalmologist. During his career, he was a professor of physiology in Utrecht, and was internationally regarded as an authority on eye diseases, directing the Netherlands Hospital for Eye Patients. Along with Graefe and Helmholtz, he was one of the primary founders of scientific ophthalmology.
Wim van de Donk
Wilhelmus Bernhard Henricus Josephus "Wim" van de Donk is a Dutch former politician and former academic, who served as the King's Commissioner of North Brabant from 1 October 2009 to 1 October 2020. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal. He has been presiding Tilburg University since 19 November 2020.
Erben Wennemars
Egbert Rolf "Erben" Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, and set six world records during his career.
Everhardus Jacobus Ariëns
Everhardus Jacobus Ariëns was a Dutch pharmacologist and professor at the Catholic University of Nijmegen. He made important contributions to the function of receptors and the mathematical description of ligand–receptor interactions. Moreover, Everhardus Ariëns was the initiator for the collection of stereochemistry in drug development and spearheading the development of enantiopure drugs.
Rudie Liebrechts
Rutgerus (Rudie) Liebrechts is a former Dutch speed skater and racing cyclist.
Arend Hauer
Arend Hauer was a Dutch actor and drama teacher who appeared in several stage, television and radio dramas. He was the father of actor and environmentalist Rutger Hauer.
Joan Cornelis van der Hoop
Mr. Joan Cornelis van der Hoop was a Dutch lawyer, public prosecutor and minister and, at the time of the Dutch Republic, fulfilled important positions under king William I and - with the exception of the Batavian-French era - left his mark on the Dutch navy. A street is named after him in Amsterdam.
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer, usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. He is known as the founder of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.
Gerrit Schulte
Gerrit Schulte was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and world champion once, in 1948, when he beat Fausto Coppi in the final. He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the 1938 Tour de France. Since 1955, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy has been awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands.