List of Famous people born in North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Trijntje Keever
Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever, nicknamed De Groote Meid, is alleged to be the tallest female person in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam feet or 2.49 metres tall at the time of her death at age seventeen.
Edsilia Rombley
Edsilia Francisca Rombley is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show Soundmixshow, later winning the European Soundmix Show as well the following year.
Thekla Reuten
Thekla Simona Gelsomina Reuten is a Dutch actress.
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, also commonly referred to as Dr. H.F. Verwoerd, was a South African politician, a scholar of applied psychology and sociology, and chief editor of "Die Transvaler" news paper. Verwoerd played an instrumental role in socially engineering apartheid, the country's system of institutionalized racial segregation and white supremacy, and implementing its policies as Minister of Native Affairs (1950–1958) and then as prime minister (1958–1966). Furthermore, Verwoerd played a vital role in helping the far-right National Party come to power in 1948, serving as their political strategist and propagandist, becoming party leader upon his premiership. He was the Union of South Africa's last prime minister, from 1958 to 1961, when he proclaimed the founding of the Republic of South Africa, remaining its prime minister until his assassination in 1966.
Anneliese van der Pol
Anneliese Louise van der Pol is a Dutch-American actress and singer. Following her early career in musical theatre, she is best known for her role as Chelsea Daniels on That's So Raven, a role she reprises on its sequel Raven's Home. Van der Pol also has a career as a singer and has recorded several songs for The Walt Disney Company. She made her Broadway debut in 2007, and appeared Off-Broadway in 2009. She has also acted in the 2010 vampire spoof film Vampires Suck directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer.
Corine Rottschäfer
Corine Spier-Rottschäfer was a Dutch model and beauty queen who won the 1959 Miss World contest, representing the Netherlands. She was the first woman from her country to win the title. The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom.
Mohammed Bouyeri
Mohammed Bouyeri is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted murderer serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld (Vught) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. A member of the Hofstad Network, he was incarcerated in 2004.
Jordy Clasie
Jordy Clasie is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar and for the Dutch national team.
Matt Haarms
Matt Haarms is a Dutch college basketball player for the BYU Cougars of the West Coast Conference (WCC). He previously played for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Andries Jonker
Andries Jonker is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Eerste Divisie club Telstar.