List of Famous people born in North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ryan Babel
Ryan Guno Babel is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray, and the Netherlands national team. He can play as a striker or left winger.
Frank de Boer
Franciscus "Frank" de Boer is a Dutch football manager who is the current head coach of the Dutch national team. A former defender, De Boer spent most of his professional playing career with Ajax, winning five Eredivisie titles, two KNVB Cups, three Super Cups, one UEFA Cup, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. He later spent five years at Barcelona, where he won the 1998–99 La Liga title, before retiring after short spells at Galatasaray, Rangers, Al-Rayyan and Al-Shamal.
Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen is an American musician who is the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen; his younger brother, Eddie Van Halen; David Lee Roth; and Mark Stone under the name Mammoth before adding Michael Anthony in 1974 and changing their name to Van Halen. Warner Brothers signed the band in 1977, and its debut album was released in 1978. Prior to their disbandment in 2020, following Eddie's death, Van Halen released eleven more albums, and the brothers were the only two constant members of the band.
Badr Hari
Badr Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer from Amsterdam, fighting out of Morocco. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight world champion (2009–2010), and a K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009 finalist. Nicknamed The Golden Boy, he is regarded as one of the greatest professional kickboxers of all time.
Peter R. de Vries
Peter Rudolf de Vries is a Dutch investigative journalist and crime reporter. His television program Peter R. de Vries, misdaadverslaggever (1995−2012) covered high-profile cases and set a Dutch television viewing record. In 2005, he started his own political party which was disbanded soon after. On 6 July 2021, he was shot after leaving the television studio of RTL Boulevard in Amsterdam where he had appeared as a guest. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.
Karin Prien
Karin Prien is a German politician (CDU) and was a member of the Hamburg Parliament. Since 28 June 2017 she is Minister of Education, Science and Culture of Schleswig-Holstein in the Cabinet Günther.
Freddie Oversteegen
Freddie Nanda Dekker-Oversteegen was a Dutch communist resistance member during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II.
Jordi Cruyff
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.
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.
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).