List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kim H. Veltman
Kim (Keimpe) Henry Veltman was a Dutch/Canadian historian of science and art, director of the Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (VMMI), consultant and author, known for his contributions in the fields of "linear perspective and the visual dimensions of science and art," new media, culture and society.
Etienne van Empel
Etienne van Empel is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Vini Zabù–Brado–KTM. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.
Rudie Kemna
Rudie Kemna is a former Dutch racing cyclist, currently a directeur sportif of Team Giant-Alpecin.
André van der Louw
Arie Andries "Andre" van der Louw was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist.
Ans Schut
Johanna ("Ans") Schut is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands.
Marcel Musters
Marcel Musters is a Dutch actor.
Maggie MacNeal
Maggie MacNeal is a Dutch singer. She was a member of Mouth & MacNeal, a pop duo from the Netherlands, who are best known for their million-selling recording of "How Do You Do" in 1972, which topped the Dutch chart and became a US top ten hit, and for representing the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third with the song "I See a Star", which went on to become a UK top ten hit.
Edith Schippers
Edith Ingeborg Schippers is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman serving as President of the DSM Company since 1 February 2019.
Alfred Peet
Alfred H. Peet was a Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California, in 1966. Peet is widely credited with starting the specialty coffee revolution in the US. Among coffee historians, Peet has been called "the Dutchman who taught America how to drink coffee." Peet taught his style of roasting beans to Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordon Bowker, who, with his blessing, took the technique to Seattle and founded Starbucks in 1971. Peet later distanced himself, however, from the Starbucks trio as they experimented with ultra-dark roasts. "Baldwin never learned anything from me," Peet was later quoted as saying.
Olga Zuiderhoek
Olga Zuiderhoek is a Dutch actress. She graduated in 1970 from the Amsterdam Theater School. After having been associated with the cooperative association Het Werkteater for many years, she worked for the theater companies De Mexican Hond and Orkater and played mainly in new plays by homegrown, sometimes written for her.