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

Arenda Grimberg

Arenda Grimberg is a Dutch racing cyclist born in Almelo. She participates in both road cycling as cyclo-cross. In 2002, she became Dutch national champion in road racing. She represented her nation at the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 UCI Road World Championships.

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Sipke Jan Bousema

First Name Sipke
Born on August 15, 1976 (age 49)

Sipke Jan Bousema is a Dutch presenter and actor. Bousema made his television debut in January 1999 at Teleac/NOT as the presenter for Schooltv Weekjournaal.

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Rangga Dewamoela

First Name Rangga
Last Name Dewamoela
Born on January 6, 1988 (age 38)
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Henriette Heichel

Henriette Pauline Strobel
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Jan Wils

First Name Jan
Last Name Wils
Born on May 25, 1953 (age 73)
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Yoeri Havik

Yoeri Havik is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team BEAT Cycling.

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Jan Hendrik Oort

First Name Jan
Last Name Oort
Born on April 28, 1900
Died on November 5, 1992 (aged 92)

Jan Hendrik Oort was a Dutch astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Milky Way and who was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. His New York Times obituary called him "one of the century's foremost explorers of the universe"; the European Space Agency website describes him as "one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century" and states that he "revolutionised astronomy through his ground-breaking discoveries." In 1955, Oort's name appeared in Life magazine's list of the 100 most famous living people. He has been described as "putting the Netherlands in the forefront of postwar astronomy."

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Max Dresden

First Name Max
Last Name Dresden
Born on April 23, 1918
Died on October 29, 1997 (aged 79)

Max Dresden was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist and historian of physics. He is known for his research in "statistical mechanics, superconductivity, quantum field theory, and elementary particle physics."

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Waldemar Torenstra

Waldemar Govinda Torenstra is a Dutch actor. For several years he worked as an actor at the Noord Nederlands Toneel, a touring theater company in the Netherlands.

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Théophile de Bock

Théophile Emile Achille de Bock
First Name Théophile
Born on January 14, 1851
Died on November 22, 1904 (aged 53)

Théophile Emile Achille de Bock was a Dutch painter belonging to the Hague School. Although many denigrate De Bock's work as too gray and too sketchy, Hague School champions love his work. Even Van Gogh was convinced of De Bocks "artistic temperament", although he eventually found his choice of subject too limited and tried to get De Bock to paint figure studies. But De Bock stuck to the subject he was good at, the Dutch landscapes.

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