List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jan Elias Nicolaas Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
Jan Elias Nicolaas, Baron Schimmelpenninck van der Oye was a Dutch politician.
Gerrit Schulte
Gerrit Schulte was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and world champion once, in 1948, when he beat Fausto Coppi in the final. He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the 1938 Tour de France. Since 1955, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy has been awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands.
Gerard Soeteman
Gerard Soeteman is a Dutch screenwriter. He worked together with Paul Verhoeven on several films, such as Turkish Delight and Black Book. He also wrote the screenplay for The Assault, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.
Pieter Boddaert
Pieter Boddaert was a Dutch physician and naturalist.
Matthé Pronk
Matthé Pronk is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer.
Wieke Hoogzaad
Ludowieka ("Wieke") Victoria Hoogzaad is an athlete from the Netherlands, who is nicknamed Wiki de Viking. She competes in triathlon.
Janni Goslinga
Jan Vermeer van Haarlem
Jan Vermeer van Haarlem, or Jan van der Meer II was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem. A landscape painter primarily, he was baptized there on November 29, 1656.
Hendrik Haverman
Hendrik Johannes Haverman was a Dutch artist; known primarily for his portrait drawings.
Gerard Bilders
Albertus Gerardus "Gerard" Bilders was a Dutch landscape-painter, associated with some members of the Hague School, as Anton Mauve and Willem Maris.