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Utrecht University alumni

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Wilhelm Röntgen

German physicist (1845–1923)

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

Nicolaas Bloembergen

Dutch-born American physicist

Willem Einthoven

Dutch physiologist

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

Martinus J. G. Veltman

Dutch theoretical physicist (1931–2021)

Tjalling Koopmans

Dutch American economist (1910–1985)

Bernardo Arévalo de León

President of Guatemala since 2024

Jacobus Kapteyn

Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922)

Dutch primatologist and ethologist (1948–2024)

Pieter Boddaert

Dutch physician and naturalist (1730-1795)

Dutch former political leader of GroenLinks and mayor of Amsterdam

C. H. D. Buys Ballot

Dutch physicist (*1817 – †1890)

Princess Irene of the Netherlands

Dutch princess; second child of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard (born 1939)

Regnier de Graaf

Dutch physician (1641-1673)

Dutch-American physicist and science historian (1918–2000)

Dirk Jan de Geer

Dutch politician (1870-1960)

Hendrik C. van de Hulst

Dutch astronomer (1918–2000)

Franciscus Donders

Dutch ophthalmologist (1818-1889)

Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1901-1985)

Dutch journalist, writer and historian

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

Swiss paleontologist (1672–1733)

Peter van de Kamp

Dutch astronomer (1901–1995)

Charles De Geer

Swedish entomologist, industrialist and civil servant (1720-1778)

Hermann Snellen

Dutch ophthalmologist (1834-1908)

Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck

Dutch politician (1873-1936)

Fred Ramdat Misier

President of Suriname (1926–2004)

Jan Heemskerk Azn.

Dutch politician (1818-1897)

Dutch politician, physicist and author

Balthasar van der Pol

Dutch physicist (1889-1959)

Scottish barrister, advocate and expert in ecocide

Hanke Bruins Slot

Dutch politician and military veteran

Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern

Dutch linguist and orientalist (1833-1917)

South African minister (1828-1917)

Cornelis de Jager

Dutch astronomer, university professor, pioneer of space science, science communicator and opponent of pseudoscience (1921–2021)

Frans Andriessen

Dutch politician and businessman (1929–2019)

Theo de Meester

Dutch politician (1851-1919)

Olof Rudbeck the Younger

Swedish biologist (1660-1740)

Nicholas Barbon

English economist, physician and financial speculator

Dutch politician (1838-1909)

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Dutch politician, mathematical physicist and string theorist

Adriaan van Maanen

Dutch astronomer (1884–1946)

Dutch art historian (born 1946)

Christine Marie Berkhout

Dutch mycologist and phytopathologist (1893-1932)

János Apáczai Csere

Hungarian teacher, philosopher, Calvinist theologist (1625-1659)

Gijsbert van Tienhoven

Dutch politician (1841-1914)

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

British statesman and nobleman from the Spencer family (1675-1722)

Christine Buisman

Dutch botanist (1900-1936)

Rumaitha Al Busaidi

Omani climate change activist

Hugh Williamson

American politician (1735-1819)

Dutch cardiologist

Douglas Rushkoff

American writer and media theorist

Thomas François Burgers

Transvaal politician (1834-1881)

Johan Willem Beyen

Dutch politician, diplomat and author (1897–1976)

Eva Vlaardingerbroek

Dutch political commentator and television personality

Dutch computer scientist (born 1958)

Theo van Lynden van Sandenburg

Dutch politician (1826-1885)

Dutch-German pseudohistian (1885-1981)

President of Union of Myanmar (1925-1994)

Pieter Burman the Elder

Dutch classical scholar (1668-1741)