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

Martijn Verschoor

First Name Martijn
Born on May 4, 1985 (age 40)
Height 179 cm | 5'10

Martijn Verschoor is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist, who competed for Team Novo Nordisk between 2010 and 2017. At the age of thirteen, Verschoor was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. A graduate of Hanze University, Verschoor was born, raised, and resides in Bovensmilde, Drenthe, Netherlands.

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Aelius Everardus Vorstius

First Name Aelius
Died on October 22, 1624

Aelius Everhardus Vorstius was a Dutch physician, botanist and university professor at Leyden University from 1598 to 1624.

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Gerrit Bol

First Name Gerrit
Born on May 29, 1906
Died on November 1, 1989 (aged 83)

Gerrit Bol was a Dutch mathematician, who specialized in geometry. He is known for introducing Bol loops in 1937, and Bol’s conjecture on sextactic points.

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Jacob Willemsz de Wet

First Name Jacob
Last Name Wet
Born on January 1, 1610
Died on August 1, 1675 (aged 65)

Jacob Willemszoon de Wet or Jacob Willemsz. de Wet the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age painter, whose works were largely influenced by Rembrandt.

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Piet Kraak

First Name Piet
Last Name Kraak
Born on February 14, 1921
Died on April 27, 1984 (aged 63)

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Kraak was a Dutch football goalkeeper and manager.

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Isaac Massa

First Name Isaac
Last Name Massa
Born on October 7, 1586
Died on January 1, 1643 (aged 56)

Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa was a Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat, the envoy to Muscovy. He wrote memoirs related to the Time of Troubles and created some of the earliest maps of Eastern Europe and Siberia. Due to Massa's experience in and knowledge of Muscovy, he was valued by the Dutch States-General as a counterweight to growing English influence in Muscovy in the early seventeenth century. The Isaac Massa Foundation was established in his honor in Groningen. It aims to stimulate scientific and cultural contacts between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.

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Arie Jan Haagen-Smit

First Name Arie
Last Name Haagen-Smit
Born on December 22, 1900
Died on March 17, 1977 (aged 76)

Arie Jan Haagen-Smit was a Dutch chemist. He is best known for linking the smog in Southern California to automobiles and is therefore known by many as the "father" of air pollution control. After serving as an original board member of the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, formed in 1960 to combat the smog, Dr. Haagen-Smit became the California Air Resources Board's first chairman in 1968. Shortly before his death, of lung cancer, the Air Resources Board's El Monte Laboratory was named after him.

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Willem Marinus Dudok

First Name Willem
Last Name Dudok
Born on July 6, 1884
Died on April 6, 1974 (aged 89)

Willem Marinus Dudok was a Dutch modernist architect. He was born in Amsterdam. He became City Architect for the town of Hilversum in 1928 where he was best known for the brick Hilversum Town Hall, completed in 1931. Not only did he design the building, but also the interior including the carpets, furniture and even the mayor's meeting hammer. He also designed and built about 75 houses, public buildings and entire neighborhoods.

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Iris Tabeling

Iris Tabeling is a Dutch female badminton player. She is a women's doubles and mixed doubles specialist.

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Jan Janssen

First Name Jan
Last Name Janssen
Born on May 19, 1940 (age 85)
Height 174 cm | 5'9

Johannes Adrianus "Jan" Janssen is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962–1972). He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, the first Dutch rider to win either. He rode the Tour de France eight times and finished all but the first time. He won seven stages and wore the yellow jersey for two days. He was easily spotted in the peloton because of his blond hair and his glasses.

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