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

Ben van der Burg is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1987 and 1992. He won a silver medal at the World All-Round Speed Skating Championships for Men in 1990. The same year he won three national titles, in the 1500 and 5000 m and allround.

Wesley Kreder is a Dutch road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.

Martinus Anthonius Johannes Maria "Martin" Hersman is a retired speed skater from the Netherlands who was active between 1992 and 2003. He competed at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics in 1000 and 1500 m; his best achievement was sixth place in the 1500 m event in 1998.

Jacobus Dirk (Koos) Hertogs was a convicted Dutch serial killer. He was convicted for a total of three murders.

Bram Moolenaar is a Dutch computer programmer and an active member of the open-source software community. He is the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim, a vi-derivative text editor that is very popular among programmers and power users. Since July 2006, Moolenaar has been employed by Google, working in the Zürich office. He is able to spend part of his time maintaining Vim.

Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder was a Dutch classical scholar and poet, son of Daniel Heinsius.

Arie Andries "Andre" van der Louw was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist.