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

Nicolaes Tulp was a Dutch surgeon and mayor of Amsterdam. Tulp was well known for his upstanding moral character and as the subject of Rembrandt's famous painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.

Jacoba Johanna (Coba) Ritsema, was a portrait painter from the Netherlands.

Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist. He served as first United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1 January 1951 until 8 July 1956.

Jean Charles Coquerel was a French navy surgeon, algologist, and entomologist.

Victor Reinier Nieuwenhuijzen is a Dutch actor and screenwriter. Reinier is a son of Kees Nieuwenhuijzen and a cousin of Annet Nieuwenhuyzen. From his first marriage (1991–2007), he has a son and a daughter. From his current partnership, a daughter.

Marjan Ridder is a retired female badminton player of the Netherlands.

Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.