List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands

Floris V, Count of Holland

First Name Floris
Last Name Holland
Died on June 27, 1296

Floris V reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler. He is credited with a mostly peaceful reign, modernizing administration, policies beneficial to trade, generally acting in the interests of his peasants at the expense of nobility, and reclaiming land from the sea. His dramatic murder, engineered by King Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders, made him a hero in Holland.

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Lucas Boreel

First Name Lucas
Last Name Boreel
Born on September 1, 1780
Died on January 23, 1854 (aged 73)
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Hendrik Pierson

First Name Hendrik
Last Name Pierson
Born on June 10, 1834
Died on August 7, 1923 (aged 89)

Hendrik Pierson was a Dutch Lutheran minister and member of the Réveil religious revival movement. He was president of the Ottho Gerhard Heldringstichting, an asylum for reformed prostitutes, from 1877 to 1914. He was one of the leaders of the campaign to abolish state regulation of prostitution, and in 1898 became president of the International Abolitionist Federation..

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Simon van den Bergh

First Name Simon
Last Name Bergh
Born on October 26, 1819
Died on April 6, 1907 (aged 87)

Simon van den Bergh was a Dutch businessperson. He founded a margarine factory in the Netherlands that became world-famous.

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Cor van Gogh

Cornelis Vincent van Gogh
First Name Cor
Last Name Gogh
Born on May 17, 1867
Died on April 14, 1900 (aged 32)
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Reinbert de Leeuw

First Name Reinbert
Born on September 8, 1938
Died on February 14, 2020 (aged 81)

Reinbert de Leeuw was a Dutch conductor, pianist and composer.

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Anna van Egmont

First Name Anna
Last Name Egmont
Born on January 1, 1533
Died on March 24, 1558 (aged 25)

Anna van Egmont, mainly known as Anna van Buren, was a Dutch heiress who became the first wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.

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Daniël Mackay

First Name Daniël
Last Name Mackay
Born on March 17, 1878
Died on March 21, 1962 (aged 84)
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René Froger

First Name René
Last Name Froger
Born on November 5, 1960 (age 65)

René Froger, is a Dutch singer.

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Frederik van den Bergh

First Name Frederik
Born on August 18, 1559
Died on September 3, 1618 (aged 59)

Frederik van den Bergh was a soldier in the Eighty Years' War. His titles included Lord of Boxmeer.

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