List of Famous people born in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Esmee Visser
Esmee Visser is a Dutch speed skater who specialises in long distances.
Alexine Tinne
Alexandrine "Alexine" Pieternella Françoise Tinne was a Dutch explorer in Africa who was the first European woman to attempt to cross the Sahara. She was an early photographer.
Dorus de Vries
Dorus de Vries is a Dutch former footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
Henk Sneevliet
Hendricus Josephus Franciscus Marie (Henk) Sneevliet, known as Henk Sneevliet or by the pseudonym "Maring", was a Dutch Communist, who was active in both the Netherlands and the Dutch East-Indies. As a functionary of the Communist International, Sneevliet guided the formation of the Communist Party of China in 1921. In his native country, he was the founder, chairman and only Representative for the Revolutionary Socialist (Workers') Party, RSP/RSAP. He took part in the Communist resistance against the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, for which he was executed by the Germans in April 1942.
Volkert van der Graaf
Volkert van der Graaf is a Dutch environmentalist and animal rights activist who was convicted for assassinating politician Pim Fortuyn, the leader of the right-wing Pim Fortuyn List (LPF), on 6 May 2002. This occurred during the political campaign for the Dutch general elections of 2002.
Dick Annegarn
Dick Annegarn is a Dutch rock singer-songwriter who sings mostly in French, and occasionally in Dutch and English.
Frans Post
Frans Janszoon Post was a painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was the first European artist to paint landscapes of the Americas, during and after the period of Dutch Brazil In 1636 he traveled to Dutch Brazil in northeast of South America at the invitation of the governor Johan Maurits van Nassau-Siegen. His works were widely collected in The Netherlands, Europe, and Brazil, with the works showing an idealized vision of Dutch colonial rule.
Theo van Gogh
Theodorus van Gogh was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh, and Theo's unfailing financial and emotional support allowed his brother to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo died at the age of 33, six months after his brother died at the age of 37.
Erland van Lidth
Erland Philip Peter Van Lidth De Jeude was a Dutch-American actor, opera singer, and amateur wrestler.
Florentine Rost van Tonningen
Florentine Sophie Rost van Tonningen was the wife of Meinoud Rost van Tonningen, the second leader of the National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands (NSB) and President of the National Bank during the German occupation (1941–1945). Because she continued to support and propagate the ideals of Nazism after World War II and the death of her husband, she became known in the Netherlands as the "Black Widow".