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

Marleen Sahupala, known professionally as Marlayne or Marlayne Sahupala, is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She is known for representing the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "One Good Reason".

Theo de Rooij is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij was a professional rider from 1980 to 1990. He started his career in Belgian teams and the last eight years of his careers he served teams managed by Peter Post. He currently lives in Holten.

Sharon van Essen is a former Dutch cyclist from Utrecht, the Netherlands. She turned professional in 2000 with the Farm Frites-Hartol team.

Jan Kounen is a Netherlands-born French film director and producer.

John van den Brom is a Dutch former professional footballer and manager of Belgian First Division A side Genk. As a player, he played for Vitesse, Ajax, De Graafschap and Istanbulspor. After his playing career, Van den Brom became a manager. He worked as a head coach for AGOVV Apeldoorn (2007–2010), ADO Den Haag (2010–2011), Vitesse (2011–2012) and Anderlecht (2012–2014). After managing AZ for five years, he moved to take charge of FC Utrecht from the 2019–20 season.

Otwin Evert Theodoor (Otwin) van Dijk is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. A member of the Labour Party, his political career started in the municipality council of Duiven. From 2005 to 2012 he served as alderman in Doetinchem. From 20 September 2012 to 6 July 2016 he was a member of the national parliament. Upon his resignation he was replaced by Harm Brouwer. On 8 July he was installed as mayor of the municipality of Oude IJsselstreek, a neighbouring municipality of Doetinchem.

Youness Mokhtar is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for ADO Den Haag. Born in the Netherlands, Mokhtar has represented both his native country and Morocco internationally at youth level.

Ruben Jille is a Dutch badminton player, specializing in doubles play. The righthanded Jille, started playing badminton at a small local club in Houten, the place where he grew up. He chose to join the national team in 2014. In 2016, he was semi-finalist at the Dutch Open partnered with Jacco Arends in the men's doubles event. In 2017, this partnership won its first international title at the Spanish International.