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

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch-American abstract expressionist artist. He was born in Rotterdam and moved to the United States in 1926, becoming an American citizen in 1962. In 1943, he married painter Elaine Fried.

Victor Eugène Louis de Stuers was a Dutch art historian, lawyer, civil servant and politician. He was highly active in the cultural field – he is widely regarded as the father of historic preservation in the Netherlands, played a notable part in keeping Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring in the Netherlands and chose the architect Pierre Cuypers to design the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

Jacobus Gronovius a.k.a. Jacob Gronow was a Dutch classical scholar.

Hendrik Samuel Houthakker was a prominent American economist.

Youssef El Jebli is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an Center Forward for Al-Batin.

Jos Valentijn is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who specialized in the 500 m and 1000 m distances.