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

Hub Schnackers

First Name Hub
Last Name Schnackers
Born on November 25, 1946 (age 79)
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Hans Hoogervorst

First Name Hans
Last Name Hoogervorst
Born on April 19, 1956 (age 70)

Johannes Franciscus "Hans" Hoogervorst is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and economist. He is the chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) since 1 July 2011.

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Diane Valkenburg

Diane Maria Valkenburg
First Name Diane
Last Name Valkenburg
Born on August 30, 1984 (age 41)
Height 172 cm | 5'8

Diane Valkenburg is a Dutch former speed skater who specialised in middle distances and was born in Bergschenhoek.

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Annie Borckink

Anna "Annie" Johanna Geertruida Maria Borckink is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. She won the gold medal in the women's 1500 metres event, with Dutch teammate Ria Visser winning the silver medal. For her performance, Borckink was named Dutch Sportswoman of the year. After retiring from skating she runs a sporting goods store in Dronten.

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Victor Marijnen

First Name Victor
Last Name Marijnen
Born on February 21, 1917
Died on April 5, 1975 (aged 58)

Victor Gerard Marie "Vic" Marijnen was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 24 July 1963 until 14 April 1965.

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Gijsbert van Tienhoven

First Name Gijsbert
Born on February 12, 1841
Died on October 10, 1914 (aged 73)

Gijsbert van Tienhoven was a liberal Dutch politician. He started his political career in the municipal council and executive of Amsterdam, and served as mayor of Amsterdam from 1880 to 1891. He spent one year in the House of Representatives and eleven years in the Senate before being appointed formateur after the 1891 general election. For three years, he served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs before his cabinet fell in 1894. He also served as Queen's Commissioner of North Holland for fourteen years, between 1897 and 1911.

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Rini Coolen

Rini Coolen is a Dutch retired football defender and manager. He was last interim head coach of Norwegian Eliteserien team Rosenborg.

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Johannes Schenck

First Name Johannes
Last Name Schenck
Born on June 3, 1660
Died on January 1, 1712 (aged 51)

Johannes Schenck was a Dutch musician and composer.

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Danny Buijs

Danny Buijs is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Eredivisie side FC Groningen.

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Justine Pelmelay

Justine Pelmelay is a singer who represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1989. Her entry, "Blijf zoals je bent" was placed fifteenth out of the 22 participating songs. Pelmelay made another attempt at Eurovision in 2005 with the song "What you see is what you get" but it did not qualify for the Dutch national final.

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