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

Fedja van Huêt

Fedja van Huêt is a Dutch stage and film actor.

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Peter Klashorst

Peter Klashorst is a Dutch painter, sculptor, and photographer.

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Peter Post

First Name Peter
Last Name Post
Born on November 12, 1933
Died on January 14, 2011 (aged 77)

Peter Post was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and won 65. Because of this success he was known as “De Keizer van de Zesdaagse” or “The Emperor of the Six Days”. In road racing his main achievements were winning the 1964 Paris–Roubaix and becoming national road race champion in 1963. He was on the podium three times at the La Flèche Wallonne but never won. Post’s other nickname was “de Lange” or “Big Man” because he was tall for a cyclist. After retiring from racing he had success as a Directeur sportif. Peter Post died in Amstelveen on 14 January 2011.

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Willem Oltmans

Willem Leonard Oltmans
First Name Willem
Last Name Oltmans
Born on June 10, 1925
Died on September 30, 2004 (aged 79)

Willem Leonard Oltmans was a Dutch investigative journalist and author active in international politics.

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Joep van Lieshout

Joep van Lieshout, is a Dutch artist and sculptor born in Ravenstein, Netherlands, and founder of Atelier Van Lieshout (AVL).

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Samuel Goudsmit

First Name Samuel
Last Name Goudsmit
Born on July 11, 1902
Died on December 4, 1978 (aged 76)

Samuel Abraham Goudsmit was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck in 1925.

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Gerard van Swieten

First Name Gerard
Last Name Swieten
Born on May 7, 1700
Died on June 18, 1772 (aged 72)

Gerard van Swieten was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education. He was the father of Gottfried van Swieten, patron of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven.

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Joop Bakker

First Name Joop
Last Name Bakker
Born on May 21, 1921
Died on October 3, 2003 (aged 82)

Johannes Age "Joop" Bakker was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.

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Harry op de Laak

First Name Harry
Last Name Laak
Born on June 1, 1925
Died on January 16, 2012 (aged 86)
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Piet Wolters

Pieter Abel Wolters
First Name Piet
Last Name Wolters
Born on August 10, 1920
Died on August 19, 2010 (aged 90)
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