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

Jordi Cruyff

Johan Jordi Cruijff

Johan Jordi Cruijff is a Dutch football coach and former player. Cruyff is the son of former player and manager Johan Cruyff. He is currently the head coach of Chinese Super League club Shenzhen FC.

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Duncan Laurence

Duncan de Moor
First Name Duncan
Last Name Laurence
Born on April 11, 1994 (age 32)

Duncan de Moor, known professionally as Duncan Laurence, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He began his music career in 2014 and became a semi-finalist in the fifth season of The Voice of Holland. Laurence represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Arcade" and went on to win the competition, giving the Netherlands its first Eurovision win since 1975.

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar

Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar

Dirk Jan Klaas "Klaas-Jan" Huntelaar, nicknamed The Hunter, is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Schalke 04.

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Geert Wilders

First Name Geert
Born on September 6, 1963 (age 62)

Geert Wilders is a Dutch businessman and politician. He has been Leader of the Party for Freedom since he founded it in 2006. Wilders is the parliamentary leader of his party in the House of Representatives. In the 2010 formation of the Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "tolerance agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam and the EU; his views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and abroad, and since 2004 he has been protected at all times by armed bodyguards.

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Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

Prins Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand der Nederlanden, Prins van Oranje-Nassau, Jonkheer van Amsberg

Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands, having acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication in 2013.

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Daley Blind

Daley Blind is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder, left-back or centre-back for Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is the son of former Ajax defender and former Netherlands national team manager Danny Blind.

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Germaine de Randamie

First Name Germaine
Last Name Randamie
Born on April 24, 1984 (age 41)
Height 175 cm | 5'9

Germaine Martha de Randamie is a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. Undefeated in sanctioned kickboxing bouts, she competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and was the first UFC Women's Featherweight Champion. Prior to joining the UFC, de Randamie competed in the Strikeforce featherweight division. As of October 19, 2020, she is #1 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings and #7 in UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.

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Jan Ingenhousz

First Name Jan
Last Name Ingenhousz
Died on September 7, 1799

Jan Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz FRS was a Dutch physiologist, biologist and chemist.

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Wesley Sneijder

First Name Wesley
Last Name Sneijder
Born on June 9, 1984 (age 41)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Wesley Sneijder is a Dutch retired professional footballer. He was named UEFA midfielder of the season and one of the three best midfielders in the world for 2010 by FIFA. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he started his professional career playing for Ajax, with whom he won four trophies and was awarded the Johan Cruyff Trophy in 2004. He was sold to Real Madrid for €27 million in 2007, winning La Liga in his first season with the club, and transferred to Inter Milan for €15 million in 2009. At Inter, he won Serie A, the UEFA Champions League, the FIFA Club World Cup, and two Coppa Italia. After being sold to Galatasaray for €7.5 million in 2013, he helped the club win the Süper Lig in his first season, following with the capture of the Turkish Super Cup, after a 1–0 win against rivals Fenerbahçe. After an unsuccessful stint with Nice, he concluded his footballing career at Qatar Stars League team Al Gharafa.

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Didi Gregorius

Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius, OON, is a Dutch professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds (2012), Arizona Diamondbacks (2013–14), New York Yankees (2015–2019) and Philadelphia Phillies (2020).

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