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

Mariska Veres

First Name Mariska
Last Name Veres
Born on October 1, 1947
Died on December 2, 2006 (aged 59)

Maria Elisabeth Ender, better known as Mariska Veres, was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Described as being similar to a young Cher, she was known for her sultry voice, eccentric performances, and her striking appearance which featured kohl-rimmed eyes, high cheekbones, and long jet black hair, which was actually a wig.

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Elisabeth Andersen

First Name Elisabeth
Born on January 1, 1920
Died on October 3, 2018 (aged 98)

Anna Elisabeth de Bruijn, better known by the stage name of Elisabeth Andersen, was a Dutch actress, primarily in theatre. She was a three-time recipient of the Theo d'Or.

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Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern

First Name Edward,
Last Name Simmern
Born on October 5, 1625
Died on March 13, 1663 (aged 37)

Edward, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, was the sixth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, the "Winter King" of Bohemia, by his consort, the Scottish princess Elizabeth Stuart.

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Jan Frederik Gronovius

First Name Jan
Last Name Gronovius
Died on July 10, 1762

Jan Frederik Gronovius was a Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus.

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Jaap Veldhuyzen van Zanten

First Name Jaap
Born on February 5, 1927
Died on March 27, 1977 (aged 50)

Jacob Louis Veldhuyzen van Zanten was a Dutch aircraft captain and flight instructor. As captain of the KLM Boeing 747, he died in the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest accident in aviation history.

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Margaret of Bavaria

First Name Margaret
Last Name Bavaria
Born on January 1, 1363
Died on January 23, 1423 (aged 60)

Margaret of Bavaria was the duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless. She was the regent of the Burgundian Low Countries during the absence of her spouse in 1404–1419 and the regent in French Burgundy during the absence of her son in 1419–1423. She became most known for her successful defense of the Duchy of Burgundy against Count John IV of Armagnac in 1419.

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Princess Wilhelmine Luise of Nassau-Weilburg

First Name Princess
Last Name Nassau-Weilburg
Born on September 28, 1765
Died on October 10, 1837 (aged 72)

Wilhelmine Louise, Princess Reuss of Greiz, born as Princess Wilhelmine Luise of Nassau-Weilburg was a German princess. She was a Princess-consort of Reuss of Greiz from 1800 until 1817, and was a daughter of Prince Charles Christian, Duke of Nassau-Weilburg and Carolina of Orange-Nassau, daughter of William IV, Prince of Orange.

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Daan van Golden

First Name Daan
Died on January 10, 2017 (aged 47)

Daniël (Daan) van Golden was a Dutch artist, who has been active as a painter, photographer, collagist, installation artist, wall painter and graphic artist. He is known for his meticulous paintings of motives and details of everyday life and every day images.

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San Holo

Sander van Dijck
First Name San
Last Name Holo
Born on November 26, 1990 (age 35)

Sander van Dijck, better known by his stage name San Holo, is a Dutch DJ, musician and record producer from Zoetermeer. He gained international recognition for his remix of Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode", which currently has over 250 million views on YouTube. He has released music on several record labels including Spinnin' Records, OWSLA, Barong Family, and Monstercat. He also founded Bitbird, a label which has released several of his singles including "Still Looking" and "Light" and his debut album Album1. San Holo's first EP, Cosmos, was released via Heroic on 18 September 2014 and was in the Top 100 Electronic category of iTunes. San Holo's first album, Album1, was released via Bitbird on 21 September 2018 and debuted at #7 on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

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Jan Veth

First Name Jan
Last Name Veth
Died on July 1, 1925

Jan Pieter Veth was a Dutch painter, poet, art critic and university lecturer. He is especially noted as a portrait painter. Amongst his sitters were Max Liebermann, Lambertus Zijl, Frank van der Goes, Antoon Derkinderen and other contemporaries including various fellow painters.

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