List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Reiner Bontius
Burchard de Volder
Burchard de Volder was a Dutch physician.
Gerrit Dou
Gerrit Dou, also known as Gerard Douw or Dow, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose small, highly polished paintings are typical of the Leiden fijnschilders. He specialised in genre scenes and is noted for his trompe-l'œil "niche" paintings and candlelit night-scenes with strong chiaroscuro. He was a student of Rembrandt.
Nicolaas Henneman
Jan Swammerdam
Jan Swammerdam was a Dutch biologist and microscopist. His work on insects demonstrated that the various phases during the life of an insect—egg, larva, pupa, and adult—are different forms of the same animal. As part of his anatomical research, he carried out experiments on muscle contraction. In 1658, he was the first to observe and describe red blood cells. He was one of the first people to use the microscope in dissections, and his techniques remained useful for hundreds of years.
Eduard Frankfort
Eduard Salomon Frankfort was a Dutch Jewish painter during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Karl Adalbert von Beyer
Meindert Hobbema
Meindert Hobbema, was a Dutch Golden Age painter of landscapes, specializing in views of woodland, although his most famous painting, The Avenue at Middelharnis, shows a different type of scene.
Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden
Nikolaus Gerhaert, also known as Nikolaus Gerhaert van Leyden, was a Dutch sculptor, although aside from his sculptures, few details are known of his life. He worked in both stone and wood.
Jacob van Campen
Jacob van Campen, was a Dutch artist and architect of the Golden Age.