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

Johannes Burman, was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman.

Jens Mouris is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist.

Jetse Bol is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH. As a young boy, Bol was a talented speed skater but later switched to cycling.

Frans Banninck Cocq (1605–1655) was a burgemeester (mayor) of Amsterdam in the mid-17th century. He is best known as the central figure in Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch.

Isaac Abrahamszoon Massa was a Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat, the envoy to Muscovy. He wrote memoirs related to the Time of Troubles and created some of the earliest maps of Eastern Europe and Siberia. Due to Massa's experience in and knowledge of Muscovy, he was valued by the Dutch States-General as a counterweight to growing English influence in Muscovy in the early seventeenth century. The Isaac Massa Foundation was established in his honor in Groningen. It aims to stimulate scientific and cultural contacts between the Russian Federation and the Netherlands.

Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus or N.W. Posthumus was a Dutch economic historian, political scientist, and professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Willem Hendrik Gispen was a Dutch industrial designer, best known for his Giso lamps and serially produced functionalist steel-tube furniture.

Alexander Pastoor, is a Dutch football manager and former player, who currently is the manager of Austrian side SCR Altach.

Bram de Groot is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team Rabobank.