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Carl Ludwig Blume
German-Dutch botanist (1796-1862)
Regnier de Graaf
Dutch physician (1641-1673)
Hendrik Casimir
Dutch physicist (1909–2000)
Nehemiah Grew
English plant anatomist and physiologist (1641-1712)
Adriaan Blaauw
Dutch astronomer (1914–2010)
Albert Girard
French mathematician (1595-1632)
Johannes Fabricius
German astronomer
Robert van Gulik
Dutch orientalist, diplomat and writer (1910–1967)
Nicolaas Johannes Diederichs
South African politician (1903-1978)
Maxime Verhagen
Dutch former politician
Hamengkubuwono IX
Sultan of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, first Governor of the Special region of Yogyakarta and 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (1912-1988)
Ian Buruma
Dutch writer and academic
Sutan Sjahrir
Prime Minister of Indonesia (1909–1966)
Nicolaas Beets
Dutch theologian, professor, writer and poet, also known as Hildebrand (1814-1903)
Evelyn Wever-Croes
4th Prime Minister of Aruba (born 1966)
Petrus Camper
Dutch scientist (1722-1789)
Franciscus Sylvius
Dutch physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands
Louis de Jaucourt
French philosopher (1704-1779)
Reinhart Dozy
Dutch orientalist (1820-1883)
Gerard van Swieten
Dutch-Austrian doctor (1700-1772)
Wander Johannes de Haas
Dutch physicist (1878–1960)
Frederik Ruysch
Dutch botanist and anatomist (1638-1731)
Ewald Georg von Kleist
German physicist and bishop (1700-1748)
Maarten Schmidt
Dutch astronomer (1929–2022)
Christiaan Snouck
Dutch orientalist (1857–1936)
Hendrik van Gent
Dutch astronomer (1900-1947)
David Gregory
Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1659-1708)
Job Cohen
Dutch politician
Gerardus Vossius
Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)
Barthold Heinrich Brockes
German poet
Lorenz Heister
German botanist and doctor (1683-1758)
Hans van Baalen
Dutch politician and MEP (1960-2021)
Jan Burgers
Dutch physicist (1895-1981)
Willem Jacob Luyten
Dutch-American astronomer (1899–1994)
Prince Alexander, Prince of Orange
Dutch Royal Heir (1851-1884)
Dirk Brouwer
Dutch-American astronomer
Dirk Coster
Dutch physicist (1889–1950)
Caspar Barlaeus
Dutch polymath (1584-1648)
Hermann Snellen
Dutch ophthalmologist (1834-1908)
Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
Dutch politician (1873-1936)
Willem Bilderdijk
Dutch historian, linguist, poet and lawyer (1756-1831)
Adriaan Daniel Fokker
Dutch physicist (1887–1972)
Theo Heemskerk
Dutch politician (1852-1932)
Isaac Beeckman
Dutch philosopher and scientist
Willem Johan Kolff
Dutch medical researcher (1911–2009)
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Dutch politician (1846–1935)
Wilhem de Haan
Dutch zoologist (1801–1855)
Sophie in 't Veld
Dutch politician
Molara Ogundipe
Nigerian writer
Ronald Plasterk
Dutch politician and scientist (born 1957)
John Pringle
Scottish physician
Max van der Stoel
Dutch politician (1924-2011)
Charles Townshend
British politician; (1725-1767)
Willem 's Gravesande
Dutch physicist
Johann Amman
Swiss-Russian botanist (1707-1741)
Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
Dutch politician (1822-1895)
Ali Sastroamidjojo
8th and 10th Prime Minister of Indonesia (1903–1975)
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern
Dutch linguist and orientalist (1833-1917)
Nicolaes Witsen
Mayor of Amsterdam (1641-1717)
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Dutch professor and royal (born 1939)