List of Famous people born in Kingdom of the Netherlands

Robert Anker

Rengert Robert Anker
First Name Robert
Last Name Anker
Born on April 26, 1946
Died on January 20, 2017 (aged 70)

Rengert Robert Anker was a Dutch writer. In 1993 he won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for his novel De terugkeer van kapitein Rob, and in 2002 the Libris Prize for Een soort Engeland.

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Walter II, Lord of Egmond

First Name Walter
Last Name Egmond
Born on November 30, 1282
Died on September 3, 1321 (aged 38)

Walter II, Lord of Egmond was Lord of Egmond.

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Willem Hendrik van Heemstra

First Name Willem
Last Name Heemstra
Born on October 18, 1779
Died on December 30, 1826 (aged 47)
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Patricia Paay

Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij
First Name Patricia
Last Name Paay
Born on April 7, 1949 (age 77)

Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij, best known as Patricia Paay, is a Dutch singer, radio host, glamour model and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for her musical career, which spans over four decades. She is also regularly featured on Dutch television and in Dutch tabloid media. Singer Yvonne Keeley is her sister.

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Willem Mengelberg

First Name Willem
Last Name Mengelberg
Born on March 28, 1871
Died on March 22, 1951 (aged 79)

Joseph Willem Mengelberg was a Dutch conductor, famous for his performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

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René of Châlon

First Name René
Last Name Châlon
Born on February 5, 1519
Died on July 15, 1544 (aged 25)

René of Chalon, also known as Renatus of Chalon, was a Prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht and Gelre.

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Rob Ridder

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Pierre Cuypers

Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers
First Name Pierre
Last Name Cuypers
Died on March 3, 1921

Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. More representative for his oeuvre, however, are numerous churches, of which he designed more than 100. Moreover, he restored many monuments.

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Cornelis Bicker

First Name Cornelis
Last Name Bicker
Born on October 25, 1592
Died on September 15, 1654 (aged 61)

Cornelis Bicker, heer (lord) Van Swieten and of Kasteel Swieten, was a regent of the Dutch Republic and a governor of the Dutch West India Company. He was also a sugar merchant, hoogheemraad of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and a counsellor of the States of Holland and West Friesland for Amsterdam at The Hague.

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Alphert Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

First Name Alphert
Born on April 6, 1880
Died on April 30, 1943 (aged 63)
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