List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
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Hans Hoogervorst
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.
Diane Valkenburg
Diane Valkenburg is a Dutch former speed skater who specialised in middle distances and was born in Bergschenhoek.
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.
Victor Marijnen
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.
Gijsbert van Tienhoven
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.
Rini Coolen
Rini Coolen is a Dutch retired football defender and manager. He was last interim head coach of Norwegian Eliteserien team Rosenborg.
Johannes Schenck
Johannes Schenck was a Dutch musician and composer.
Danny Buijs
Danny Buijs is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Eredivisie side FC Groningen.
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.