List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Vurnon Anita
Vurnon San Benito Anita is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back for RKC Waalwijk. He has also represented Netherlands at international level.
Pim Mulier
Willem Johan Herman Mulier, known as Pim Mulier was one of the leading figures in sporting history of the Netherlands.
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas "Nico" Bloembergen was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona and at Leiden University in 1973.
Dirk Hartog
Dirk Hartog was a 17th-century Dutch sailor and explorer. Dirk Hartog's expedition was the second European group to land in Australia and the first to leave behind an artefact to record his visit, the Hartog plate. His name is sometimes alternatively spelled Dirck Hartog or Dierick Hartochszch. Ernest Giles referred to him as Theodoric Hartog. Hartog is named after the Western Australian island, Dirk Hartog Island.
Co Westerik
Jacobus "Co" Westerik was a Dutch visual artist.
Rik Smits
Rik Smits, nicknamed "The Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) The 7-foot-4-inch (2.24 m) center was drafted by the Pacers out of Marist College with the second overall pick in the 1988 NBA draft. An NBA All-Star in 1998, Smits reached the NBA Finals in 2000.
Dick Diamonde
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs, better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, is a retired Dutch Australian bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of 1960s rock group The Easybeats. Diamonde, with the group, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
Garry Mendes Rodrigues
Garry Mendes Rodrigues is a Dutch-born Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Club Al-Ittihad.
Eberhard van der Laan
Eberhard Edzard van der Laan was a Dutch politician who served as Minister for Housing, Communities and Integration from 2008 to 2010 and Mayor of Amsterdam from 2010 until his death in 2017. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Rinus VeeKay
Rinus van Kalmthout is a Dutch racing driver, professionally known as Rinus VeeKay. He currently drives the No. 21 Dallara-Chevrolet for Ed Carpenter Racing in the IndyCar Series, where he has won one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.