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

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert

First Name Jeanine
Born on April 7, 1973 (age 53)

Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert is a Dutch politician and diplomat serving as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq since 1 November 2018. She is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).

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Marvin Emnes

Marvin Renato Emnes

Marvin Renato Emnes is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger.

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Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza

First Name Hans
Last Name Thyssen-Bornemisza
Born on April 13, 1921
Died on April 26, 2002 (aged 81)

Hans Henrik Ágost Gábor, Baron Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, an industrialist and art collector, was a Dutch-born Swiss citizen with a Hungarian title and heir to a German fortune, a legal resident of Monaco for tax purposes, with a declared second residency in the United Kingdom, but in actuality a long-time resident of Spain, and son of a German father and a Hungarian and English American mother. His fifth and last wife, Carmen "Tita" Cervera, is a former Miss Spain titleholder.

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Thom Karremans

First Name Thom
Last Name Karremans
Born on December 29, 1948 (age 77)

Colonel Thomas Jakob Peter Karremans was the commander of Dutchbat troops in Srebrenica at the time of the Srebrenica massacre during Bosnian War. Dutchbat had been assigned to defend the Bosniak enclave made the U.N. "safe area", but it failed to prevent the Serbs from taking the city.

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Douwe Bob

Douwe Bob Posthuma, professionally known by only his first names Douwe Bob, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland. He specializes in folk and country music and he has released four albums. He represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

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Etty Hillesum

First Name Etty
Last Name Hillesum
Born on January 15, 1914
Died on November 30, 1943 (aged 29)

Esther "Etty" Hillesum was the Dutch author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943 she was deported and killed in Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Pierre Kartner

First Name Pierre
Last Name Kartner
Born on April 11, 1935 (age 91)

Petrus Antonius Laurentius "Pierre" Kartner is a Dutch musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who performs under the stage name Vader Abraham. He has written around 1600 songs.

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Hesdy Gerges

First Name Hesdy
Born on February 20, 1984 (age 42)
Height 200 cm | 6'7

Hesdy Gerges is an Egyptian-Dutch kickboxer, fighting out of the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He held the It's Showtime World Heavyweight title between 2010 and 2012. Gerges has competed in the K-1, It's Showtime, SUPERKOMBAT and GLORY promotions. He is currently signed to Bellator MMA as a mixed martial artist.

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Poncke Princen

First Name Poncke
Born on November 21, 1925
Died on February 22, 2002 (aged 76)

Johannes Cornelis Princen, better known as Poncke Princen, was a Dutch anti-Nazi fighter and colonial soldier. In 1948, he deserted, joined the pro-independence guerrillas in what was then the Dutch Indies. He lived the rest of his life in Indonesia, where he became a prominent human rights activist and political dissident under various dictatorial regimes in his adopted country and consequently spent considerable time in detention.

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Leandro Bacuna

Leandro Jones Johan Bacuna is a professional footballer who plays for Championship club Cardiff City as a midfielder and right back. Bacuna was capped 20 times at youth levels for the Netherlands and also represented the Netherlands Antilles at youth level. Bacuna represents the Curaçao national team, the successor side to the Netherlands Antilles, and won the 2017 Caribbean Cup with the side in July 2017.

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