List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands
Terence Kongolo
Terence Kongolo is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Fulham. A product of the Feyenoord youth system, he made his Eredivisie debut for them during the 2011–12 season, remaining there until 2017, when he signed for Monaco.
Jos van Kemenade
Josephus Antonius van Kemenade was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and sociologist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 5 April 2002.
Epke Zonderland
Epke Jan Zonderland is a Dutch gymnast and 2012 Olympics gold medalist on the high bar. He has also won three World Championships titles on the high bar, at the 2013, 2014, and 2018 World Championships, the first man to achieve the feat on the apparatus. He is nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman.”
Doutzen Kroes
Doutzen Kroes is a Dutch model, actress, and philanthropist. She began her modelling career in 2003, in the Netherlands and was quickly sent by her agency to New York where she was cast by lingerie brand Victoria’s Secret. She was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 2008 until 2014. She has been a brand ambassador for L'Oréal Paris since 2006. Kroes has been one of the highest-paid models, with an estimated income of more than $5 million per year, since 2008. In 2014, she came in second on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8 million in one year. As of December 2015, she was ranked as one of the "New Supers" in the fashion industry and dubbed "Helen of Troy of advertising" by Models.com. In 2013, she became the first model to land four different solo international covers of Vogues September issue in a single year.
Maria van Oosterwijck
Maria van Oosterwijck, also spelled Oosterwyck, (1630–1693) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, specializing in richly detailed flower paintings and other still lifes.
Robbert de Greef
Robbert de Greef was a Dutch cyclist, who rode for Alecto Cycling Team. On 1 April 2019, de Greef suffered a cardiac arrest during the Omloop van de Braakman race. He died on 25 April 2019.
Tonny Vilhena
Tonny Emilio Trindade de Vilhena, more commonly known as simply Tonny Vilhena, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Russian Premier League side FC Krasnodar.
Kees de Vries
Kees de Vries is a German politician. Born in Nibbixwoud, he represents the CDU. Kees de Vries has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2013.
Danny Vera
Danny Polfliet, known professionally as Danny Vera, is a Dutch singer-songwriter and musician.
M. C. Escher
Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Despite wide popular interest, Escher was for long somewhat neglected in the art world, even in his native Netherlands. He was 70 before a retrospective exhibition was held. In the late twentieth century, he became more widely appreciated, and in the twenty-first century he has been celebrated in exhibitions across the world.