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

René Daniëls

First Name René
Last Name Daniëls
Born on May 23, 1950 (age 75)

René Daniëls is a Dutch artist.

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Eric Pang

Eric Pang is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

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André Kuipers

First Name André
Last Name Kuipers
Born on October 5, 1958 (age 67)

André Kuipers is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later.

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Gisbertus Voetius

First Name Gisbertus
Born on March 3, 1589
Died on November 1, 1676 (aged 87)

Gisbertus Voetius was a Dutch Calvinist theologian.

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Hein Vergeer

First Name Hein
Last Name Vergeer
Born on May 2, 1961 (age 64)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Henricus Coenradus Nicolaas "Hein" Vergeer is a Dutch former speed skater who became both European and World Allround Champion in both 1985 and 1986 . Hein Vergeer was a dominant allround skater, but after recovering from an injury, he was never able to reach that same level again. Because of this, he was unable to fulfil his wish of winning an Olympic medal – at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Vergeer competed in the 500 m, the 1,000 m, and the 1,500 m, but his best result was a mere fifteenth place. He had also competed in those same three distances at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo four years earlier, but did not do much better than with a tenth place as his best result. Unfortunately for Vergeer, his best years were in between those two Winter Olympics.

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Yvonne Dold-Samplonius

First Name Yvonne
Born on May 20, 1937
Died on June 16, 2014 (aged 77)

Yvonne Dold-Samplonius was a Dutch mathematician and historian who specialized in the history of Islamic mathematics during the Middle age. She was particularly interested in the mathematical methods used by Islamic architects and builders of the Middle Ages for measurements of volumes and measurements of religious buildings or in the design of muqarnas.

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Gerd Leers

First Name Gerd
Born on July 12, 1951 (age 74)

Gerardus Bernardus Maria "Gerd" Leers is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He is the acting Mayor of Brunssum since 1 January 2018.

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Hans Kramers

Hendrik Anthonie Kramers
First Name Hans
Last Name Kramers
Died on April 24, 1952

Hendrik Anthony "Hans" Kramers was a Dutch physicist who worked with Niels Bohr to understand how electromagnetic waves interact with matter and made important contributions to quantum mechanics and statistical physics.

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Catharina Lodders

Catharina Johanna Lodders, now Catharina Evans is a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1962 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands.

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Elma de Vries

First Name Elma
Born on March 20, 1983 (age 43)

Elma de Vries is a Dutch marathon speed skater and inline speed skater. She is the older sister of marathon speed skater Bob de Vries.

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