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

Yoeri Havik

Yoeri Havik is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team BEAT Cycling.

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David Jacob van Lennep

First Name David
Last Name Lennep
Born on July 15, 1774
Died on February 10, 1853 (aged 78)
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Dennis Lens

Dennis Paul Andrew Lens is a former Dutch badminton player. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event partnered with Quinten van Dalm. Lens won the boys' singles bronze at the 1995 European Junior Championships in Nitra, and was part of the Netherlands national team that won the mixed team bronze at the 2000 European Championships in Glasgow. He had collected 10 times national titles, 9 in the men's doubles event and once in the mixed doubles event.

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Jan Verkolje

First Name Jan
Last Name Verkolje
Born on February 9, 1650
Died on May 8, 1693 (aged 43)

Jan Verkolje or Johannes Verkolje was a Dutch painter, draughtsman and engraver. He is mainly known for his portraits and genre pieces of elegant couples in interiors and, to a lesser extent, for his religious and mythological compositions. He was a gifted mezzotint artist. Trained in Amsterdam, Verkolje spent his active professional career in Delft where he had access to powerful patrons.

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Johannes Schenck

First Name Johannes
Last Name Schenck
Born on June 3, 1660
Died on January 1, 1712 (aged 51)

Johannes Schenck was a Dutch musician and composer.

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Gerrit Zalm

Gerrit Zalm is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessperson.

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Nicolaas Laurens Burman

First Name Nicolaas
Died on September 11, 1793

Nicolaas Laurens Burman was a Dutch botanist.

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C. B. van Niel

First Name C.
Last Name Niel
Born on November 4, 1897
Died on March 10, 1985 (aged 87)

Cornelis Bernardus van Niel was a Dutch-American microbiologist. He introduced the study of general microbiology to the United States and made key discoveries explaining the chemistry of photosynthesis.

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Jan Saenredam

First Name Jan
Last Name Saenredam
Born on January 1, 1565
Died on April 6, 1607 (aged 42)

Jan Pieterszoon Saenredam was a Dutch Northern Mannerist painter, printmaker in engraving, and cartographer, and father of the painter of church interiors, Pieter Jansz Saenredam. He is noted for the many allegorical images he created from classical mythology and the Bible.

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Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem

First Name Nicolaes
Died on February 18, 1683

Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem was a highly esteemed and prolific Dutch Golden Age painter of pastoral landscapes, populated with mythological or biblical figures, but also of a number of allegories and genre pieces.

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