Leiden University alumni

French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)

Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of Western art. It is estimated that Rembrandt's surviving works amount to about three hundred paintings, three hundred etchings, and several hundred drawings.

President of the United States from 1825 to 1829

Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)

Dutch physicist (1853–1928)

Secretary General of NATO since 2024 and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2010–2024)

King of the Netherlands (born 1967)

Dutch physicist (1865–1943)

Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013 (born 1938)

Dutch physicist (1837–1923)

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)

Dutch computer scientist (1930–2002)

Dutch-born American physicist

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

Dutch-American political activist and author

German zoologist and botanist (1741–1811)

Queen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980 (1909-2004)

astronomer setting up the cartography of the Moon

Scottish geologist, physician, chemical manufacturer, naturalist, and experimental agriculturalist; (1726-1797)

Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)

Dutch Zoologist, ethologist (1907-1988)

Dutch film director (born 1938)

Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)

English polymath and author (1605–1682)

Dutch botanist (1848-1935)

Flemish mathematician, physicist and engineer (1548–1620)

Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)

British nobleman, art collector, and Prime Minister of Great Britain (1713-1792)

Dutch politician

Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)

Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931)

Irish philosopher (1670-1722)

Anglo-Dutch writer and physician (1670-1733)

Surinamese politician (1936–2025)

Grand Pensionary of Holland (1625–1672)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1837-1920)

chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

Dutch statesman (1798-1872)

Dutch entomologist and beekeeper

Dutch naturalist (1692–1761)

Dutch theologian, inspirator of Arminianism, champion of tolerance (1560-1609)

Catholic cardinal

Dutch-American physicist (1902–1978)

Dutch physiologist (1730–1799)

Dutch physicist (1900–1988)

Dutch astronomer (1920–2002)

Dutch astronomer and Marxist theorist (1873-1960)

Dutch diplomat (1745 - 1812)

German mathematician and philosopher (*1651 – †1708)

English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)

Dutch politician and diplomat (1911–2002)

Dutch politician (1933–2025)

Dutch physicist (1894–1952)

German orientalist and scholar (1836–1930)

Dutch-American astronomer (1906–1983)

Dutch writer, poet and composer (1596-1687)

Dutch politician (born 1975)

German-Dutch botanist (1796-1862)

Dutch physician (1641-1673)