List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ömer Bayram
Ömer Bayram is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a left back for Galatasaray.
Ismael Londt
Ismael Londt is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer signed to the ONE Championship.
Corry Brokken
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Net als toen", representing the Netherlands. Throughout her career, she scored a number of hits, sang in the popular Sleeswijk Revue with Snip en Snap, and had her own television show. She was also the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 1976, which was held in The Hague, Netherlands, following the victory of Teach-In the year before. She ended her career as a singer in 1973 to study law, after which she became a lawyer and ultimately a judge.
Eythora Thorsdottir
Eythora Elisabet Thorsdottir is a Dutch gymnast born to Icelandic parents. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she finished ninth in the individual all-around, the highest placing ever for a gymnast from the Netherlands. At the 2017 European Championships, she won a silver medal on balance beam and a bronze medal on floor exercise.
Esmee Visser
Esmee Visser is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in long distances.
Irfan Bachdim
Irfan Haarys Bachdim is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or attacking midfielder for Liga 1 club PSS Sleman and the Indonesia national team.
Alexine Tinne
Alexandrine "Alexine" Pieternella Françoise Tinne was a Dutch explorer in Africa who was the first European woman to attempt to cross the Sahara. She was an early photographer.
Dorus de Vries
Dorus de Vries is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Henk Sneevliet
Hendricus Josephus Franciscus Marie (Henk) Sneevliet, known as Henk Sneevliet or by the pseudonym "Maring", was a Dutch Communist, who was active in both the Netherlands and the Dutch East-Indies. As a functionary of the Communist International, Sneevliet guided the formation of the Communist Party of China in 1921. In his native country, he was the founder, chairman and only Representative for the Revolutionary Socialist (Workers') Party, RSP/RSAP. He took part in the Communist resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, for which he was executed by the Germans in April 1942.
Volkert van der Graaf
Volkert van der Graaf is a Dutch environmentalist and animal rights activist who was convicted for assassinating politician Pim Fortuyn, the leader of the right-wing Pim Fortuyn List (LPF), on 6 May 2002. This occurred during the political campaign for the Dutch general elections of 2002.