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

Franciscus van Schooten was a Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes.

Jantje Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Liesbeth" Spies is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. She is the Mayor of Alphen aan den Rijn since 15 December 2014.

Jacob Kohnstamm is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as State Secretary for the Interior from 1994 to 1998. He is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66), which he chaired from 1982 to 1986.

Maximilianus "Max" van der Stoel was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) and activist who served as High Commissioner on National Minorities of the OSCE from 1 January 1993 until 1 July 2001.

Robert Piet Houwer is a Dutch film producer. Houwer frequently collaborated with Paul Verhoeven and produced most of his Dutch films. However, they shared a very antagonistic relationship that came to a definitive end in 1983. Houwer never quite enjoyed the artistic and commercial successes he had during the Verhoeven years. In fact, three films which he produced are considered among the worst in Dutch cinema: De gulle Minnaar (1990), De Zeemeerman (1996) and Het woeden der gehele wereld (2006).

Leo Beenhakker is a Dutch international football coach. He has had an extensive and successful career both at club and international level. He led both Ajax and Feyenoord to Dutch championships and also had domestic success with Real Madrid. At international level, he led Trinidad and Tobago to the 2006 FIFA World Cup and Poland to UEFA Euro 2008, both firsts for each nation. His role in Spanish football has earned him the nickname Don Leo, largely due to his fondness of cigars and dry humour.

Carel Jan Jozef Marie Stolker is a Dutch administrator and the rector magnificus and president of Leiden University as of February 2013. He is the successor of Paul F. van der Heijden. Stolker is a professor of private law and former dean of the Leiden University Law School (2005–2011).

George Hendrik Breitner was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He painted en plein air, and became interested in photography as a means of documenting street life and atmospheric effects – rainy weather in particular – as reference materials for his paintings.

Winnifred "Winnie" Sorgdrager is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.