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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
Hugo Grotius
Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)
Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau
prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647)
Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn
Dutch sailor
Suzanne Manet
pianist, wife of Édouard Manet for whom she frequently modeled (1829–1906)
Martinus van Marum
scientist from the Northern Netherlands (1750-1837)
Anthonie Heinsius
Grand Pensionary of Holland (1641-1720)
Countess Anna of Nassau
Countess of Nassau (1563-1588)
Christian Kruik van Adrichem
writer
Cornelis Kalkman
Dutch botanist (1928–1998)
Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda
Dutch biologist (1788-1867)
Philippe-Charles Schmerling
Belgian-Dutch scientist
Martin van den Hove
Dutch mathematician
Agneta Matthes
Dutch entrepreneur (1847-1909)
Wiebe Bijker
Dutch academic
Pieter van Ruijven
Dutch art patron and collector (1624-1678)
Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno
Dutch engineer (1888-1975)
Jo van Ammers-Küller
Dutch writer (1884–1966)
Betsy Perk
Dutch playwright, writer and journalist (1833–1906)
Theo van Lint
Dutch Armenologist and professor (born 1957)
Rogi Wieg
Dutch author, poet, visual artist and musician (1962-2015)
Arend Dickmann
Dutch admiral in the Polish navy (1572-1627)
Hugo Koch
Dutch inventor and cryptologist
Peter Schrijver
Dutch linguist
Bernard Romans
Dutch-American navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer (1741-1784)
Wilhelmus Luxemburg
Professor of Mathematics (1929–2018)
Cornelis Musius
catholic priest, humanist and poet (1500-1572)
Diederik Durven
Dutch colonial governor (1676-1740)
Christopher Delphicus zu Dohna
Swedish diplomat (1628-1668)
Marly van der Velden
Dutch actress
Philippus Baldaeus
Dutch Christian missionary (1632-1672)
Ricky Koole
actress (born 1972)
Jan Koster
Dutch linguist and professor emeritus at the University of Groningen
Maria Duyst van Renswoude
17th-century heiress and founder of Fundatie van Renswoude
Adolphus Vorstius
Dutch botanist (1597-1663)
Gertrude van der Oosten
Dutch mystic
Marie Jonas de la Motte
Dutch art model (1627-1683)
Giacomo Giovanni Biliverti
goldsmith (1550-1603)
Frank Pieter Israel
Dutch astronomer
Dirk Graswinckel
Dutch lawyer, writer, poet and translator (1600-1666)
Johan van der Burg
Dutch colonial governor
Maria Thins
Mother-in-law of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
Mariska Hulscher
Dutch presenter and columnist
Pierre Malotaux
Dutch organisational theorist (1923-2016)
Gerardus Johannes Geers
Dutch linguist (1891–1965)
Sasbout Vosmeer
Dutch Apostolic Vicar
Marjo van der Knaap
Dutch professor of pediatric neurology
Nicolas Verburg
Dutch governor of Formosa
Patti Valkenburg
Dutch media theorist
Jodocus van Lodenstein
Dutch minister and poet (1620–1677)
Jitse Groen
entrepreneur from the Netherlands
Hugo Blotius
Dutch scholar and librarian
Nicolaas Kruik
Dutch cartographer and meteorologist (1678–1754)
Ionica Smeets
Dutch blogger, journalist, mathematician, university professor and television presenter
Pieter van Bleiswijk
Dutch politician (1724–1790)
Constance van Eeden
Dutch-Canadian mathematical statistician
Ton Lutz
Dutch actor and artistic leader (1919-2009)