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Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)
Herman Boerhaave
Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)
Rodolphus Agricola
Dutch humanist (1443-1485)
Geert Groote
Dutch humanist and mystic (1340-1384)
Gerardus Vossius
Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)
Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert
Dutch writer, philosopher, translator, politician and theologian (1522-1590)
Caspar Barlaeus
Dutch polymath (1584-1648)
Macropedius
Georgius Macropedius (born Joris van Lanckvelt; 23 April 1487 – 23 July 1558) was a Dutch humanist, schoolmaster and "the greatest Latin playwright of the 16th century."
Daniel Heinsius
Dutch scholar and poet (1580-1655)
Johannes Goropius Becanus
Dutch linguist
Hadrianus Junius
Dutch physician and naturalist (1511-1575)
Wessel Gansfort
Dutch theologian (1419-1489)
Janus Dousa
Dutch historian and noble (1545-1604)
Johannes Murmellius
Dutch writer
Florens Radewyns
Dutch priest and scholar
Johannes van den Driesche
Flemish Protestant clergyman and scholar
Erycius Puteanus
humanist, philologist (1574–1646)
Johannes Acronius Frisius
Dutch doctor and mathematician (1520-1564)
Aernout van Buchel
Dutch antiquarian and humanist (1565–1641)
Justus Velsius
Dutch humanist
Petrus Cunaeus
pen name of the Dutch Christian scholar Peter van der Kun
Lawrence Torrentinus
Dutch-Italian humanist and famous typographer and printer for Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence
Dominicus Arumaeus
Dutch lawyer (1579-1637)
Jeroen van Busleyden
Belgian humanist
Dominicus Baudius
Dutch historian and poet
Gerard Geldenhouwer
Dutch historian (1482-1542)
Theodorus Schrevelius
Dutch writer (1572-1649), owner/creator of the album amicorum of Theodorus Schrevelius (1572–1649)
Honius
Honius, born Colen Henrik Hoen ( 1440, in The Hague – 1524, in The Hague) was a Dutch jurist and humanist, known for his views on the Eucharist.