List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands

Henry VI

First Name Henry
Last Name VI
Born on November 1, 1165
Died on September 28, 1197 (aged 31)

Henry VI, a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Germany from 1169 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1191 until his death. From 1194 he was also King of Sicily.

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Daniella van Graas

Daniella van Graas is a Dutch fashion model, cover girl, and actress. She has appeared in movies, on television, and between 1997 and 2003 on the cover of several magazines. In 2012 she was featured in the Dutch television show The Prettiest Girl in Class.

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Bracha van Doesburgh

Bracha Semeyns de Vries van Doesburgh is a Dutch actress. She is well known for her film roles in Too Fat Too Furious, Het Schnitzelparadijs and Dick Maas's Moordwijven. On television, she portrayed Fatima in the prime time series S1NGLE.

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Rasmus Paludan

First Name Rasmus
Last Name Paludan
Born on January 2, 1982 (age 44)

Rasmus Paludan is a Danish-Swedish politician and former lawyer. He is the leader of the far-right political party Hard Line, which he founded in 2017. He is the older brother of poet Tine Paludan and writer Martin Paludan. Paludan himself has a migration background as his father is Swedish journalist Tomas Polvall and he has lived in Sweden at times, which according to himself gives him the right to Swedish citizenship.

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Jan Blankers

First Name Jan
Last Name Blankers
Born on April 23, 1904
Died on July 17, 1977 (aged 73)

Johan "Jan" Blankers was a Dutch athlete and coach. He competed in the triple jump at the 1928 Olympics, but failed to reach the final. He won the national title in this event in 1931 and 1932, but later tore an Achilles tendon, which resulted in his retirement and in a slight limping for the rest of his life.

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Mark Sifneos

First Name Mark
Last Name Sifneos
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Mark Sifneos is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss club Chiasso. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in India and Greece.

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Cornelis de Houtman

First Name Cornelis
Last Name Houtman
Born on April 2, 1565
Died on September 1, 1599 (aged 34)

Cornelis de Houtman, brother of Frederick de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to the East Indies, and who thus begun the Dutch spice trade. At the time, the Portuguese Empire held a monopoly on the spice trade, and the voyage was a symbolic victory for the Dutch, even though the voyage itself was a disaster. Houtman was also a spy, having worked against the Portuguese by bringing back to the Netherlands privileged nautical information obtained during his stay in Portugal.

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Noa Pothoven

First Name Noa
Last Name Pothoven
Born on December 18, 2001
Died on June 2, 2019 (aged 17)

Noa Pothoven was a Dutch mental health activist and author. Her death at the age of 17 sparked global controversy due to public statements she made about her wish to die, her activism concerning youth mental health care, and foreign media reports that incorrectly attributed her eventual death to active euthanasia. Many foreign news outlets wrongfully stated Pothoven was euthanised under the Dutch 2001 Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide Act.

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Michiel de Ruyter

First Name Michiel
Last Name Ruyter
Born on March 24, 1607
Died on April 29, 1676 (aged 69)

Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter was a Dutch admiral. Widely celebrated and regarded as one of the most skilled admirals in history, De Ruyter is arguably most famous for his achievements with the Dutch Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars. He fought the English and French forces and scored several critical victories, with the Raid on the Medway being the most famous among them.

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Feis Ecktuh

Faisal Mssyeh
First Name Feis
Born on January 25, 1986
Died on January 1, 2019 (aged 32)

Faisal Mssyeh, known professionally as Feis, was a Dutch rapper. He was a member of the Rotterdam rappers' crew Ecktuh Ecktuh.

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