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

Johannes Anton Rädecker

First Name Johannes
Last Name Rädecker
Born on June 17, 1887
Died on January 19, 1960 (aged 72)
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Roel de Wit

First Name Roel
Born on March 31, 1927
Died on June 3, 2012 (aged 85)

Roelof Josephus "Roel" de Wit was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and a conservationist.

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Linda Wagenmakers

First Name Linda
Last Name Wagenmakers
Born on November 30, 1975 (age 50)

Linda Wagenmakers is a Dutch singer and voice actress. She started her career at 21 playing Kim in the Dutch version of the musical Miss Saigon. She played in the RTL 4 drama series Westenwind, for which she also recorded the song "Laat me vrij om te gaan". Wagenmakers voiced the Dutch version of Mulan in the Disney animation movie. And was part of many television shows and events. She was part of the original cast of Rocky over the rainbow playing Maggs and in later versions Dorothy. She was part of Musicals in Ahoy in 2001 singing the role of Kim from Miss Saigon as well as Eponine from Les Miserables. She also represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 in Stockholm, with the song "No Goodbyes" involving a huge black and white dress designed by Jan Aarntzen She featured in a gospel national theater tour in The Spirit of Joy! She also played the lead role in the Dolly Dots musical Love me just a little bit more as Lisa, an awkward high school girl with a great voice caught in teenage drama. She released a Gospel Album called Full Circle played Sis in the musical Shhh...it happens She played Alex in The Witches of Eastwick working alongside of April Darby [The Bodyguard][and Joke de Kruijf The Phantom of the Opera. She played the witch Caramella at the national tour of Hansel and Gretl for Van Hoorne productions. And as the Lady of the Lake in the Monty Python musical Spamalot. She returned to the stage as Anastasia in the comedy Fifty shades, the parody for Senf productions. She also was the voice of Tiana, the first African-American Disney Princess for the animated movie Princess and the Frog Alongside her work on stage she started to devote time on coaching other artists vocally and mentally for Vocal Center, and finished the competition in 13th place after the voting. Wagenmakers played the role of Kim in the Dutch version of the musical Miss Saigon. She also sang in the show Musicals in Ahoy.

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Ben Heijn

First Name Ben
Last Name Heijn
Born on January 10, 1917
Died on February 11, 1995 (aged 78)
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Winston Bogarde

Winston Lloyd Bogarde is a Dutch retired professional footballer, and is the assistant manager of Jong Ajax. He was known for his physical strength, and played mostly as a central defender although he could occasionally play as full back.

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Klaas Rusticus

First Name Klaas
Last Name Rusticus
Born on October 25, 1942 (age 83)

Klaas Rusticus is a Dutch author and television and film director.

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Willem Hendrik Keesom

Wilhelmus Hendrikus Keesom
First Name Willem
Last Name Keesom
Born on June 21, 1876
Died on March 24, 1956 (aged 79)

Willem Hendrik Keesom was a Dutch physicist who, in 1926, invented a method to freeze liquid helium. He also developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interactions in 1921. Thus, dipole–dipole interactions are also known as Keesom interactions. He was previously a student of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, who had discovered superconductivity.

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Siebe Henstra

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Cees Priem

First Name Cees
Born on October 27, 1950 (age 75)

Cees Priem is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. After his cycling career, Priem became team manager of TVM. He competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

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Cesar Bogaert

First Name Cesar
Last Name Bogaert
Born on October 10, 1910
Died on January 13, 1988 (aged 77)
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