List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kathinka Rebling

Kathinka Rebling was a German violinist and musicologist.

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Wim Ruska

First Name Wim
Born on August 29, 1940
Died on February 14, 2015 (aged 74)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Willem "Wim" Ruska was a judoka from the Netherlands. He is the only athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972.

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Cornelis de Witt

First Name Cornelis
Last Name Witt
Born on June 15, 1623
Died on August 20, 1672 (aged 49)

Cornelis de Witt was a Dutch politician.

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Wilhelmina van Bronckhorst

First Name Wilhelmina
Last Name Bronckhorst
Born on January 1, 1526
Died on January 1, 1601 (aged 75)
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Haitske Pijlman

First Name Haitske
Born on June 16, 1954 (age 71)

Haitske Pijlman is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1975 and 1980. She competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in the 500 and 1000 m and finished in 15th and 14th place, respectively. She won a bronze medal at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 1977.

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Gerrit Schimmelpenninck

First Name Gerrit
Born on February 25, 1794
Died on October 4, 1863 (aged 69)

Gerrit, Count Schimmelpenninck was a Dutch businessman and politician, whose views ranged from liberal to conservative. He was the son of Grand Pensionary Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck and a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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George van Egmond

First Name George
Last Name Egmond
Born on November 30, 1499
Died on September 26, 1559 (aged 59)

George or Joris van Egmont was a Christian religious authority and a bishop, who served as bishop of Utrecht from 1535 to 1559.

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Piet Zanstra

First Name Piet
Last Name Zanstra
Born on August 7, 1905
Died on May 23, 2003 (aged 97)

Piet Zanstra (1905-2003) was a Dutch architect who designed a number of important buildings in Amsterdam in the post-World War II period. He is best known, perhaps, for his Maupoleum, which was demolished in 1994, and for the Caransa Hotel, which still stands on the Rembrandtplein.

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Hans Boskamp

Johan Hendricus Gerardus Hoelscher
First Name Hans
Last Name Boskamp
Born on May 7, 1932
Died on March 21, 2011 (aged 78)

Hans Boskamp, born Johannes Hendricus Gerardus Hölscher, was a Dutch footballer and actor.

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Rintje Ritsma

First Name Rintje
Born on April 13, 1970 (age 56)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Robert Rintje Ritsma is a Dutch former long track speed skater. His nickname is the Beer van Lemmer, which translates to the Bear from Lemmer, analogous to Igor Zhelezovski's nickname "The Bear from Minsk", both of which are in reference to their imposing physical appearance.

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