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

Ronald Kroon was a Dutch freestyle swimmer who won two bronze medals at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics with the best achievement of 8th place in the 4×100 meters medley relay. Between 1960 and 1964 he was four times national champion and set 12 national records in the 100 m freestyle event. He was the first Dutch athlete to swim 100 meters within 55 seconds.

Roberto Vander is a Dutch-Chilean actor and singer.

Madiea Ghafoor is a former Dutch female athlete who participated in sprinting and track and field. She mainly competed in the women's 400m sprint, but has also participated in 60m, 100m, 200m and 300m events. She was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is currently detained in Germany, convicted to an 8.5 year jail term for smuggling 50 kilograms of drugs into the country.

Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer was a Dutch resistance fighter who brought Jewish children and adults into safety before and during the Second World War. Together with other people involved in the pre-war Kindertransport, she saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children, fleeing anti-Semitism. She was honored as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem. After the war she served on the Amsterdam city council.

Lorenzo Ebecilio is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is currently a free agent.

Kenny Joelle Tete is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right back for Premier League club Fulham and the Netherlands national team.

Henk ten Cate is a Dutch football manager and former professional player who last worked as the head coach of Saudi Professional League club Al-Ittihad.

Önder Doğan, better known by his stage name Murda, is a Dutch-Turkish rapper and songwriter. He is known for his collaboration with fellow rapper Ezhel on various songs.

Johannes Jacobus Neeskens is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. As a player, he was an important member of the Dutch national team that finished as runners-up in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups and is considered to be one of the greatest Dutch midfielders of all time. In 2004, he was named one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceremony, while in 2017 he has been included in the FourFourTwo list of the 100 all-time greatest players, at the 64th position.

Wilhelmina Hendrika "Mien" Schopman-Klaver was a Dutch athlete who was a reserve for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She was born in Amsterdam.