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

Maarten Krabbé was a Dutch painter and art educator.

Tim Krabbé is a Dutch journalist, novelist and chess player.

Alfred Labouchere was a Dutch fencer. He competed at the 1908 and 1928 Summer Olympics.

John Carel "Johnny" de Mol is a Dutch actor and presenter. He is the son of John de Mol Jr. and Willeke Alberti.

Cornelis de Graeff, also Cornelis de Graeff van (Zuid-)Polsbroek was the most illustrious member of the De Graeff family. He was a mayor of Amsterdam from the Dutch Golden Age and a powerful Amsterdam regent after the sudden death of stadholder William II of Orange. Like his father Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, he opposed the house of Orange, and was the moderate successor to the republican Andries Bicker. In the mid 17th century he controlled the city's finances and politics and, in close cooperation with his brother Andries de Graeff and their nephew Johan de Witt, the Netherlands political system.

Basil Al-Khatib is a Syrian movie and TV director, from a Palestinian origin. He was born on 6 May 1962 in Hilversum, the Netherlands. He has lived with his family in Damascus, Syria since 1963. His father is the Palestinian poet Yousif Al-Khatib.

Frederik Willem van Eeden was a late 19th-century and early 20th-century Dutch writer and psychiatrist. He was a leading member of the Tachtigers and the Significs Group, and had top billing among the editors of De Nieuwe Gids during its celebrated first few years of publication, starting in 1885.

Tjeerd P. Oosterhuis aka TJ Oosterhuis ís a Dutch musician, songwriter and producer known internationally for his chart topping work with Madcon, Kelly Rowland and Estelle. His production of Freaky Like Me for Madcon was a #1 hit Norway. It went 4x platinum there and received a gold certification in Germany.