List of Famous people born in Overijssel, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Jorien ter Mors is a Dutch speed skater on both short track and long track. She was the Olympic champion in the 1500 metres and team pursuit at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Harry Decheiver is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Netherlands and Germany.

Jan Cornelis Terlouw is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physicist and author.

Erik Hulzebosch is a Dutch marathon speed skater, inline speed skater and part-time singer and blogger at his own website.

Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five “Monument” classics. He rode the Tour de France 12 times, finishing second twice and winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez on two occasions. Kuiper, Ercole Baldini and Paolo Bettini are the only riders to have won both the Olympic road race and the world professional road race.

Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert is a Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Laurens Jan Brinkhorst is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist.

Grietje "Greta" Smit is a Dutch former speed skater.

Dino Delano Bouterse is the son of the former President of Suriname, Dési Bouterse. The former head of the Suriname Anti-Terrorist Unit, he is currently serving a 16-year sentence in the United States after being convicted in Manhattan, New York, on charges of drug smuggling and trying to help Hezbollah set up a base in Suriname and Latin America.