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

Willem Witsen was a Dutch painter and photographer associated with the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.

Saskia Elisabeth Agatha Noorman-den Uyl is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).

Andrea Nuyt is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who won a silver medal at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Women in 2002. She also competed at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics in the 500 m and 1000 m. Her best achievement was fourth place in the 500 m in 2002.

Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than eighty novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into over thirty languages.

Jan de Bray, was a Dutch Golden Age painter. He lived and worked in Haarlem until the age of 60, when he went bankrupt and moved to Amsterdam.

Marjolein Beumer is a Dutch actress. She is the sister of actress Famke Janssen and director Antoinette Beumer. She is married to fellow performer Rik Launspach.

Adrianus "Ard" Schenk is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union, the most successful athlete there.