List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Maan Sassen
Emmanuel Marie Joseph Antony "Maan" Sassen was a Dutch politician, who served as European Commissioner for Competition in the Rey Commission from 1967 to 1971.
Albertus Geldermans
Albertus "Ab" Geldermans is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif. He was professional from 1959 to 1966 and rode seven editions of the Tour de France. In 1962 he finished fifth overall and wore the yellow jersey for two days. In 1960 Geldermans won Liège–Bastogne–Liège and won the Deutschland Tour. In 1962 he was Dutch road race champion. Afterwards he became directeur sportif of the Dutch national cycling team that competed in the 1967 Tour de France and directed Jan Janssen to victory in the 1967 Tour de France.
Peter van de Kamp
Piet van de Kamp, known as Peter van de Kamp in the United States, was a Dutch astronomer who lived in the United States most of his life. He was professor of astronomy at Swarthmore College and director of the college's Sproul Observatory from 1937 until 1972. He specialized in astrometry, studying parallax and proper motions of stars. He came to public attention in the 1960s when he announced that Barnard's star had a planetary system based on observed "wobbles" in of its motion, but this is now known to be false. On November 14, 2018 the Red Dots project announced that Barnard's star hosts an exoplanet at least 3.2 times as massive as Earth.
Bob de Jong
Bob Johannes Carolus de Jong is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in long distances: five and ten kilometers.
Rob Harmeling
Rob Harmeling is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage, and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place. He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.
Jack Mikkers
Willem van de Velde the Younger
Willem van de Velde the Younger was a Dutch marine painter, the son of Willem van de Velde the Elder, who also specialised in maritime art.
Nelly van Doesburg
Nelly van Doesburg was a Dutch avant-garde (dada) musician, dancer and artist. As a painter, she used the pseudonym Cupera.
Tonny de Jong
Tonny de Jong is a former Dutch speed skater, who was raised in Heerenveen and now lives in Calgary with Canadian speed skater Mark Knoll, whom she married in 2003.
Kai Reus
Kai Reus, is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for Roompot–Oranje Peloton.