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

Mario van Baarle

First Name Mario
Last Name Baarle
Born on October 24, 1965 (age 60)

Mario van Baarle is a track cyclist from the Netherlands. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th.

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Joseph Cuypers

First Name Joseph
Last Name Cuypers
Born on June 10, 1861
Died on January 20, 1949 (aged 87)

Josephus Theodorus Joannes Cuypers was a Dutch architect; primarily known for his Catholic churches.

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Martijn Lakemeier

Martijn Lakemeier is a Dutch actor.

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Tygo Gernandt

Tygo Gernandt is a Dutch actor. He has played in several Dutch movies, among them Van God Los, Eilandgasten, Schnitzelparadijs and De Dominee.

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Martin Koolhoven

Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone (2016), which was his first film in English. It was released in 2017, after it premiered in the competition of the Venice Film Festival in 2016.

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Monique Knol

First Name Monique
Born on March 31, 1964 (age 62)
Height 168 cm | 5'6

Monique Knol is a former racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won a medal in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the road race, taking a bronze in the same event four years later in Barcelona, Spain. She later retired from competitive cycling.

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Jan Dibbets

First Name Jan
Last Name Dibbets

Jan Dibbets is an Amsterdam-based Dutch conceptual artist. His work is influenced by mathematics and works mainly with photography.

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Piet Borst

First Name Piet
Last Name Borst
Born on July 5, 1934 (age 91)

Piet Borst is emeritus professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Amsterdam (UVA), and until 1999 Director of Research and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Netherlands Cancer Institute and the Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis (NKI-AVL). He continued to work at the NKI-AVL as a staff member and group leader until 2016.

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Theo Bos

First Name Theo
Last Name Bos
Born on August 22, 1983 (age 42)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Theo Bos is a Dutch track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling. A former road bicycle racing competitor, he is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos.

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David Claessen

First Name David
Last Name Claessen
Born on March 6, 1959 (age 67)

David Claessen is a Dutch cinematographer and director.

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