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

Jitse Groen is a Dutch billionaire businessman and the founder of Takeaway.com. He is the current chief executive of Takeaway.com, and, since 2020, he is also the chief executive of Just Eat following its merger with Takeaway.com.

Joannes "Jan" Kappeyne van de Coppello was a Dutch liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1877 to 1879.

John Coquillon (1930–1987) was a Dutch cinematographer.

Rachel van Cutsen is a right-handed Dutch professional badminton player. A native of Spijkenisse, she can play either in singles or in doubles matches. She was part of the Dutch national women's team that won silver at the 2006 Uber Cup.

Joke van Beusekom is a retired female badminton player from the Netherlands.

Sebastian Langeveld is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–Nippo.

Gottfried Freiherr van Swieten was a Dutch-born Austrian diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century. He was an enthusiastic amateur musician and is best remembered today as the patron of several great composers of the Classical era, including Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven.

Johannes Meursius was a Dutch classical scholar and antiquary.

Pieter van der Aa was a Dutch publisher best known for preparing maps and atlases, though he also printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated volumes. He also printed many maps that were often out of print, which he reissued. Some of his most popular maps were of the African continent, detailing locations such as Morocco and Madagascar. Many of his later works were printed for the general public in French and Dutch.