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

Leontine van der Lienden

First Name Leontine
Born on April 4, 1959 (age 67)

Leontine van der Lienden is a Dutch cyclist. She competed in the women's road race at the 1984 Summer Olympics, finishing 28th. She was formerly married to fellow racing cyclist Jean-Paul van Poppel, and is the mother of cyclists Boy van Poppel and Danny van Poppel.

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Jan Mankes

First Name Jan
Last Name Mankes
Born on August 15, 1889
Died on April 23, 1920 (aged 30)

Jan Mankes was a Dutch painter. He produced around 200 paintings, 100 drawings and 50 prints before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 30. His restrained, detailed work ranged from self-portraits to landscapes and studies of birds and animals. His work is now exhibited in his native Netherlands in the Museum of Modern Art Arnhem, Museum Belvédère Heerenveen and Museum MORE Gorssel.

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Willeke van Ammelrooy

First Name Willeke
Last Name Ammelrooy
Born on April 5, 1944 (age 82)

Willy Geertje van Ammelrooij, known as Willeke van Ammelrooy, is a Dutch actress and director.

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Gerard Wiarda

Gerardus Johannes Wiarda
First Name Gerard
Last Name Wiarda
Born on September 4, 1906
Died on June 12, 1988 (aged 81)
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Henrietta d'Oultremont

First Name Henrietta
Born on February 28, 1792
Died on October 26, 1864 (aged 72)

Countess Henriëtte Adriana Maria Ludovica Flora d'Oultremont de Wégimont was the second, morganatic, wife of the first Dutch king, William I. Being the morganatic wife of the King, she was never a queen.

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George Arnold Escher

First Name George
Last Name Escher
Born on May 10, 1843
Died on June 14, 1939 (aged 96)

George Arnold Escher was a Dutch civil engineer and a foreign advisor to the Japanese government during the Meiji period.

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Ieke Moerdijk

Izak Moerdijk
First Name Ieke
Born on January 23, 1958 (age 68)

Izak (Ieke) Moerdijk is a Dutch mathematician who in 2012 won the Spinoza prize.

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Thérèse Schwartze

First Name Thérèse
Last Name Schwartze
Born on December 20, 1851
Died on December 23, 1918 (aged 67)

Thérèse Schwartze was a Dutch portrait painter.

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Gerrie Knetemann

First Name Gerrie
Born on March 6, 1951
Died on November 2, 2004 (aged 53)

Gerard Friedrich "Gerrie" Knetemann was a Dutch road bicycle racer who won the 1978 World Championship. He wore the Yellow Jersey early in each Tour de France for four consecutive years between 1977 and 1980.

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Sjoukje Dijkstra

First Name Sjoukje
Born on January 28, 1942 (age 84)
Height 169 cm | 5'7

Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a Dutch former competitive figure skater. She is the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time European champion (1960–1964), and the six-time Dutch national champion (1959–1964).

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