List of Famous people born in North Brabant, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest OON, known professionally as Tiësto, is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Breda, North Brabant. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by Mix magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was voted by DJ Mag readers as the "best DJ of the last 20 years". He is also regarded as the "Godfather of EDM" by many sources.
Hardwell
Robbert van de Corput, known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ, record producer, and remixer from Breda, North Brabant. Hardwell was voted the world's number one DJ on DJ Mag in 2013 and again in 2014. He was ranked at number twelve in the top 100 DJs 2019 poll by DJ Mag. Hardwell is best known for his sets at music festivals, including Ultra Music Festival, Sunburn and Tomorrowland.
Benito van de Pas
Benito van de Pas is a Dutch professional darts player who plays in events of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC).
Oussama Idrissi
Oussama Idrissi is a Dutch-Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a winger for AFC Ajax in the Dutch Eredivisie, on loan from La Liga side Sevilla and for the Morocco national team. Born in the Netherlands to parents from Morocco, he has represented the Netherlands at various youth levels, before declaring his allegiance to Morocco.
Anneke van Giersbergen
Anna Maria van Giersbergen, known artistically as Anneke van Giersbergen, is a Dutch singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist who became known worldwide as the lead singer and songwriter for the Dutch band The Gathering, between 1994 and 2007. She also has a solo career. The project was originally called Agua de Annique, but now goes by her own name.
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts is a Dutch semi-retired kickboxer. Known for his devastating high kicks, which earned him the nickname "The Dutch Lumberjack", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time.
Aykut Demir
Aykut Demir is a Turkish professional footballer who plays for Boluspor.
Martinus J. G. Veltman
Martinus Justinus Godefriedus "Tini" Veltman was a Dutch theoretical physicist. He shared the 1999 Nobel Prize in physics with his former PhD student Gerardus 't Hooft for their work on particle theory.
Lenny Kuhr
Helena Hubertina Johanna "Lenny" Kuhr is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
Sam Lammers
Sam Lammers is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Serie A club Atalanta.