List of Famous people born in North Brabant, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jeroen van Koningsbrugge
Jeroen van Koningsbrugge is a Dutch actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1999. He was a member of the television programme De Lama's and together with his friend Dennis van de Ven he makes a satirical television programme called Neonletters and Draadstaal. Together with van de Ven he has a band Jurk.
Henk Visch
Pieter Tiddens
Quinten van Dalm
Quinten Xerxes van Dalm is a former Dutch badminton player, and later represented Denmark. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event partnered with Dennis Lens. He was part of the Netherlands national team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2000 European Championships in Glasgow. He had collected 11 times national title, 8 in the men's doubles event and 3 times in the mixed doubles event. His brother, Edwin, also a Dutch badminton player. He married a former Danish badminton player, Mette Sørensen, and now lived in Brønderslev, Denmark.
Leontien van Moorsel
Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record for women from 2003 until 2015.
Nico Verhoeven
Nicolaas ("Nico") Cornelis Maria Verhoeven is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, in the individual road race where he didn't finish the race. Verhoeven won the first stage in the 1987 Tour de France.
Kees Akerboom, Jr.
Kees Akerboom Jr. is a retired Dutch basketball player. Kees is the son of Kees Akerboom Sr., a former successful professional basketball player as well. During the majority of his career, Akerboom played with Den Bosch, which he won three DBL championships with. He also played for the Netherlands national basketball team during his career.
Theo van de Sande
Theodorus Amandus Maria van de Sande is a Dutch cinematographer.
Johan van der Velde
Johan van der Velde is a former Dutch cyclist. In the 1980 Tour de France, he won the young rider classification, also placing 12th in the general classification that year. He had been a racing cyclist for only a year. In the 1981 Tour de France, he took first place on the second and 21st stages, finishing 12th overall for the second year. He rode with TI–Raleigh in the Tour de France from 1979 to 1983 and the Panasonic team where he won Stage 5 and wore the Yellow Jersey for two days in the 1986 Tour de France.
John Kerstens
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria "John" Kerstens is a Dutch politician and former trade union leader. As a member of the Labour Party he was an MP between 20 September 2012 and 23 March 2017.