List of Famous people born in North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ko Rentmeester
Jacobus Willem Rentmeester, nicknamed "Co" or "Ko", is a Dutch rower. He later became a photojournalist and covered the Vietnam War among other newsworthy events.
Sandra Voetelink
Sandra Voetelink is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1988 and 1994. In 1992, she won a national title in the 1500 m and finished second in the 500 m and 1000 m. She competed in these three events at the 1992 Winter Olympics with the best achievement of 16th place in the 1000 m.
Angela Schijf
Angela Schijf is a Dutch actress. On 3 July 2002 she married the Belgian actor Tom Van Landuyt; together, they have 3 daughters. She is best known for playing Eva van Dongen in the Dutch tv-series Flikken Maastricht. She also performs the show Kreutzersonate als het verlangen maar stopt in theatres around the Netherlands and Belgium with her husband and 2 musicians.
Hans Kamp
Johan Anthony Willem "Hans" Kamp is a Dutch philosopher and linguist, responsible for introducing discourse representation theory (DRT) in 1981.
Tjalling Koopmans
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.
Dick Maas
Dirk Herman Willem Maas (Dick) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer.
Willem Frederik Röell
Benja Bruijning
Benja Bruijning is a Dutch actor.
Cleo Campert
Milly Scott
Marion Henriëtte Louise Molly, known professionally as Milly Scott, is a Dutch singer and actress of Surinamese origin, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. She is recognised as the first black singer ever to take part in the Eurovision Song Contest.