This is a
list of famous Dutch people:
- Karel Appel, (1921-), painter
- Hendrick Avercamp, (1585-1634), painter
- Ludolf Bakhuysen, (1631-1708), painter
- Ambrosius Bosschaert, (1573-1612), painter
- Dick Bruna, (born 1927), graphical artist
- Aelbert Cuyp, (1620-1691), painter
- Theo van Doesburg[?], painter
- Willem Drost, (1630-1680), painter and printmaker
- M. C. Escher, (1898-1972), graphical artist
- Vincent van Gogh, (1853-1890), painter
- Jan van Goyen, (1596-1656), painter
- Frans Hals, (1580-1666), painter
- Han van Meegeren, (1889-1947), forger of paintings
- Piet Mondrian, (1872-1944), painter
- Rembrandt van Rijn, (1606-1669), painter
- Jan Steen, (1626-1679), painter
- Johannes Vermeer, (1632-1675), painter
- Julius Civilis[?], rebel
- Karel Doorman, (1889-1942), naval officer
- Maurits of Nassau, (1567-1625), general and politician
- Piet Hein, (1577-1629), naval officer
- Michiel de Ruyter, (1607-1676), naval officer
- Cornelis Tromp[?], naval officer
- Maarten Tromp, (born 1598), naval officer
- Dries van Agt, (born 1931), prime minister
- Jan Peter Balkenende, (born 1956), prime minister
- Barend Biesheuvel, (1920-2001), prime minister
- Jo Cals, (1914-1971), prime minister
- Hendrik Colijn[?], prime minister
- Willem Drees, (1886-1988), prime minister
- Pim Fortuyn, (1948-2002), Dutch politician
- Hans Janmaat
- Piet de Jong, (born 1915), prime minister
- Wim Kok, (born 1938), prime minister
- Marinus van der Lubbe, (1909-1934), ; see: Reichstag fire
- Ruud Lubbers, prime minister
- Joop den Uyl, (1919-1987), prime minister
- Jelle Zijlstra, (1918-2001), prime minister
- Herman Boerhaave, (1668-1738), physician
- Daniel Bernoulli, (1700-1782), mathematician and physicist
- Laurens Janszoon Coster, printer
- Eise Eisinga[?], (1744-1828), astronomer
- David Fabricius, (1564-1617), astronomer
- Christiaan Huygens, (1629-1695), mathematician and physicist
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek, (1632-1723), scientist
- Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, (1856-1894), mathematician
- Johannes van der Waals[?], physicist
- Peter Debye, (1884-1966), chemist
- Edsger Dijkstra, (1930-2002), computer scientist
- Anthony Fokker, (1890-1939), aviation engineer
- Gerardus 't Hooft[?], physicist
- J. H. van 't Hoff, chemist
- Gerard Kuiper, (1905-1973), astronomer
- Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, physicist
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, (1853-1926), physicist
- Jan Oort[?], (1900-1992), astronomer
- Jan Tinbergen, (1903-1994), economist
- Nico Tinbergen, (1907-1988), ecologist
- Martinus Veltman[?], physicist
- Pieter Zeeman, (1865-1943), physicist
- Raymond van Barneveld[?], darts player
- Marco van Basten, (born 1964), football player
- Fanny Blankers-Koen, (born 1918), athlete
- Inge de Bruijn, (born 1974), swimmer
- Johan Cruijff, (born 1947), football player
- Max Euwe, (1901-1981), chess player
- Anton Geesink, (born 1934), judoka
- Ruud Gullit, (born 1962), football player
- Pieter van den Hoogenband, (born 1978), swimmer
- Ellen van Langen, (born 1966), athlete
- Rie Mastenbroek, (born 1919), swimmer
- Tinus Osendarp, (1916-2002), athlete
- Jan Timman, (born 1951), chess player
See also: List of people by nationality, List of people in the Dutch Golden Age