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Armin van Buuren
Dutch DJ and record producer (born 1976)
Abraham Kuyper
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1837-1920)
Joel Mokyr
American-Israeli economic historian
Marinus van der Lubbe
Dutch communist (1909–1934)
Nina Foch
American actress (1924–2008)
John of Leiden
Anabaptist leader, King of Munster (1509-1536)
Floris V, Count of Holland
Count of Holland from 1256 to 1296
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
wife of Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
Gerard van Swieten
Dutch-Austrian doctor (1700-1772)
Reinhart Dozy
Dutch orientalist (1820-1883)
Pieter van der Aa
Dutch cartographer (1659-1733)
Gottfried van Swieten
Dutch noble, diplomat, librettist and music patron (1733-1803)
Willem Johan Kolff
Dutch medical researcher (1911–2009)
Arie de Jong
volapükist from the Netherlands (1865-1957)
Willem Piso
Dutch physician and naturalist (1611–1678)
Maria Swanenburg
Dutch serial killer (1839–1915)
Tatyana Pavlovna Ehrenfest
Dutch mathematician (1905-1984)
House of Elzevir
predecessor of the Elsevier publishing house; family
Isaac Vossius
Dutch classical scholar
Jacobus Bontius
Dutch physician
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder
Dutch classical scholar and poet
Jan F. Esser
doctor, chess master, art collector (1877-1946)
Jan Zaanen
Dutch physicist (1957-2024)
David van Royen
Dutch botanist and physician (1727-1799)
Thom de Graaf
Dutch former politician and jurist
Dyro
Jordy van Egmond (; born 22 April 1992), known professionally as Dyro ( ), is a Dutch DJ and EDM producer. Since 2010 he has released original singles and remixes on labels such as Revealed Recordings, Musical Freedom, and Def Jam, and has also released official remixes for tracks such as "Right Now" by Rihanna and "Iron" by Nicky Romero and Calvin Harris. He collaborated with Tiësto on a single titled "Paradise" in 2013, and also that year he collaborated with Hardwell on the single "Never Say Goodbye". Featuring Bright Lights, it peaked at No. 23 on the UK Dance Chart. In 2014 Dyro ranked No
Laurens Theodorus Gronovius
Dutch naturalist (1730–1777)
Pieter van der Does
Dutch admiral (1562-1599)
Barbara Baarsma
Dutch economist and university teacher
Conrad Leemans
Dutch egyptologist and museum director (1809–1893)
Isa Hoes
Dutch actress
Sebald Rutgers
Dutch Marxist engineer (1879–1961)
Hans van der Laan
Dutch architect (1904–1991)
Pim van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout
Dutch diplomat and politician (1892–1986)
Jan Bake
Dutch philologist
Isaac van Hoornbeek
Grand Pensionary of Holland (1655-1727)
Marjolijn Verspoor
Dutch linguist
Saura Lightfoot-Leon
British actress
Elie Luzac
Dutch writer, jurist and lawyer (1721–1796)
Karina Content
Dutch writer and politician affiliated with the Labour Party (Netherlands)
Joep Leerssen
Dutch comparatist and cultural historian
Pieter Anton Tiele
Dutch historian (1834-1889)
Anthonie Rouwenhorst Mulder
(1848-1901)
Ernst Winar
Dutch actor (1894–1978)
Lucas Trelcatius
theologian from the Northern Netherlands
Coddaeus
theologian of the Northern Netherlands
Pieter Hennipman
Dutch economist (1911–1994)
Jacobus Poel
Dutch merchant
Ernst Kossmann
Dutch historian (1922-2003)
Gerard Vissering
Dutch banker (1865-1937)
Jan Smits
Dutch legal scholar
Irene de Jong
Durch classicist