List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Willem Marinus Dudok
Willem Marinus Dudok was a Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam. He became City Architect for the town of Hilversum in 1928 where he was best known for the brick Hilversum Town Hall, completed in 1931. Not only did he design the building, but also the interior including the carpets, furniture and even the mayor's meeting hammer. He also designed and built about 75 houses, public buildings and entire neighborhoods.
Maarten Feteris
Harry van der Laan
Harry van der Laan is a retired Dutch football striker. He made his professional debut in the 1988–89 season for FC Den Haag. Later on he played for Feyenoord, ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht'90, SC Cambuur, FC Den Bosch, and Viterbese Calcio (Italy).
Maarten van der Weijden
Maarten van der Weijden is a Dutch long distance and marathon swimmer born in Alkmaar. In 2019 van der Weijden swam the elfstedentocht for charity. He raised more than €6.1 million.
Pieter van Musschenbroek
Pieter van Musschenbroek was a Dutch scientist. He was a professor in Duisburg, Utrecht, and Leiden, where he held positions in mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and astronomy. He is credited with the invention of the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar. He performed pioneering work on the buckling of compressed struts. Musschenbroek was also one of the first scientists (1729) to provide detailed descriptions of testing machines for tension, compression, and flexure testing. An early example of a problem in dynamic plasticity was described in the 1739 paper.
Jan Lammers
Johannes Antonius "Jan" Lammers is a racing driver and team principal from the Netherlands.
Thomas de Keyser
Thomas de Keyser was a Dutch portrait painter, a dealer in Belgium bluestone and stone mason. He was the most in-demand portrait painter in the Netherlands until the 1630s, when Rembrandt eclipsed him in popularity. Rembrandt was influenced by his work, and many of de Keyser's paintings were later falsely attributed to Rembrandt.
Jacob Willemsz de Wet
Jacob Willemszoon de Wet or Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose works were largely influenced by Rembrandt.
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde
Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde was a Dutch Golden Age painter, active in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and The Hague, who is best known today for his cityscapes.
Bram Moolenaar
Bram Moolenaar is a Dutch computer programmer and an active member of the open-source software community. He is the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor that is very popular among programmers and power users. Since July 2006, Moolenaar has been employed by Google, working in the Zürich office. He is able to spend part of his time maintaining Vim.