List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Michael van Praag
Michael van Praag is a Dutch football administrator and former referee. He was the President of the Royal Dutch Football Association since 27 August 2008 to December 2019 and a Vice President of the UEFA since 30 June 2015. Van Praag previously served as Chairman of AFC Ajax from 1989 until 2003.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, systems scientist, science essayist, and pioneer in computing science. A theoretical physicist by training, he worked as a programmer at the Mathematisch Centrum (Amsterdam) from 1952 to 1962. A university professor for much of his life, Dijkstra held the Schlumberger Centennial Chair in Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin from 1984 until his retirement in 1999. He was a professor of mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology (1962–1984) and a research fellow at the Burroughs Corporation (1973–1984). In 1972, he became the first non-American, non-British, and continental European winner of the Turing Award.
Michel Cornelisse
Michel Cornelisse is a Dutch former cyclist.
Henri-Charles Arnauld de Pomponne
Abbot Henri Charles Arnauld de Pomponne was a French ecclesiastic and diplomat.
Dieric Bouts
Dieric Bouts was an Early Netherlandish painter.
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany.
Amy Pieters
Amy Pieters is a Dutch professional road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx. She was a member of the Dutch team that finished sixth at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit.
Laurens Geels
Nico van Kampen
Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen was a Dutch theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
Joannes Gijsen
Joannes Baptist Matthijs Gijsen was a Dutch bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. After being Bishop (emeritus) of Roermond, Limburg, the Netherlands, he became Bishop (emeritus) of the Diocese of Reykjavík (Iceland). His episcopal motto is Parate viam Domini.