This is a list of people associated to Leiden University, including alumni as well as people who have taught or studied at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...

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* Piet Aalberse, politician *

Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd ( ar, نصر حامد أبو زيد, ; also Abu Zaid or Abu Zeid; July 10, 1943 – July 5, 2010) was an Egyptian Quranic thinker, author, academic and one of the leading liberal theologians in Islam. He is famous for his proj ...

, theologian * John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States *

Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen The monarchy of the Netherlands is a constitutional monarchy. As such, the role and position of the monarch are governed by the Constitution of the Netherlands. Consequently, a large portion of it is devoted to the monarch. Roughly a third of ...

* Nebahat Albayrak, politician *

Johannes Alberti Johannes Alberti (March 6, 1698 in Assen – 13 August 1762, Leiden), was a Dutch theologian. Early life Alberti was the son of a flour miller. He did not regularly attend school due to the distance between his parents' house and the local ...

, theologian * Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, anatomist * Alexander, Prince of Orange * Josette Altmann Borbón, First Lady of Costa Rica 1994–1998 * Tinde van Andel, ethnobotanist * Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk * Sophia Antoniadis, first female professor at Leiden * Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist *

János Apáczai Csere János Apáczai Csere (10 June 1625 – 31 December 1659) was a Transylvanian Hungarian polyglot, pedagogist, philosopher and theologian, famous for his work ''The Hungarian Encyclopedia'', the first textbook to be written in Hungarian.. The ...

, mathematician * Jacobus Arminius, theologian * Tobias Asser, Nobel laureate (Peace 1911) Nobel prize medal

* Jimly Asshiddiqie, 1st Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia *

Touraj Atabaki Touraj Atabaki ( fa, تورج اتابکی, born February 23, 1950) is Emeritus Professor by special appointment of Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia at the Leiden University. He was the Senior Research Fellow at the International ...

, academic

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Caspar Barlaeus Caspar Barlaeus (February 12, 1584 – January 14, 1648) was a Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist, a theologian, poet, and historian. Life Born Caspar (Kaspar) van Baerle in Antwerp, Barlaeus' parents fled the city when it was occupied by Spa ...

, theologian *

Johann Bartsch Johann Bartsch (1709–1738) was a German physician. Bartsch was born in Königsberg, and graduated in the Netherlands at Leiden University in 1737. His ''Thesis de Calore Corporis Humani hygraulico'' is the only work he published. He was muc ...

, physician * Beatrix, Former Queen of the Netherlands * Johann Peter Berg, German Protestant theologian, historian, and Orientalist *

Alexander Johan Berman Ds. Alexander Johan Berman (17 September 1828 in Zierikzee–14 February 1886 in Amsterdam) was the Dutch Reformed minister of Watergang. As an author, he wrote literary criticism, and, in his younger years, poetry. He published an anthology with ...

, theologian and literary critic *

Joost Berman Joost Berman (9 January 1793 – 18 March 1855) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, politician, poet, nonfiction writer, and editor. Life Joost Berman was born in Ouwerkerk as the son of Maarten Berman (1769–1832) en Geertruida der Weduwen (1772?–184 ...

, lawyer, judge and poet * Kune Biezeveld, theologian *

C. Jouco Bleeker Claas Jouco Bleeker (1898–1983) was a Dutch scholar of religion. Born in Beneden Knijpe, Netherlands, Bleeker received his doctorate from the University of Leiden in 1929 and was Professor of the History of Religions and the Phenomenology of R ...

, scholar of religion *

Nicolaas Bloembergen Nicolaas Bloembergen (March 11, 1920 – September 5, 2017) was a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a p ...

, Nobel laureate (Physics 1981) Nobel prize medal

Thomas Blondeau Thomas Blondeau (June 21, 1978 in Poperinge – October 20, 2013 in Poperinge) was a Flemish writer, poet and journalist. He studied literature at the University of Leuven and the University of Leiden. He wrote for newspapers including Mare, Den ...

, novelist * Herman Boerhaave, physician *

Herman Bavinck Herman Bavinck (13 December 1854 – 29 July 1921) was a Dutch Calvinist theologian and churchman. He was a significant scholar in the Calvinist tradition, alongside Abraham Kuyper and B. B. Warfield. Biography Background Bavinck was bor ...

, theologian *

Bart Bok Bartholomeus Jan "Bart" Bok (April 28, 1906 – August 5, 1983) was a Dutch-American astronomer, teacher, and lecturer. He is best known for his work on the structure and evolution of the Milky Way galaxy, and for the discovery of Bok globules, ...

, astronomer * Frits Bolkestein, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister 2005–06 *

Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland (9 June 1854, Groningen – 11 February 1922, Leiden), also known as G.J.P.J. Bolland, was a Dutch autodidact, linguist, philosopher, biblical scholar, and lecturer. An excellent orator, he gave extremely ...

, philosopher *

Ben Bot Bernard Rudolf "Ben" Bot (; born 21 November 1937) is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 3 December 2003 until 22 February 2007 in the Cabinets Balkene ...

, politician * Alexander Boswell, judge *

Rolf Bremmer Rolf Hendrik Bremmer (born 13 August 1950, Zwolle) is a Dutch academic. He is professor of Old and Middle English, and extraordinary professor of Old Frisian, at Leiden University. Biography Rolf Bremmer's father, also named Rolf Hendrik Bremme ...

, academic * Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, politician *

Thomas Browne Sir Thomas Browne (; 19 October 160519 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curi ...

, writer * Sebald Justinus Brugmans, botanist *

Ian Buruma Ian Buruma (born December 28, 1951) is a Dutch writer and editor who lives and works in the United States. In 2017, he became editor of ''The New York Review of Books'', but left the position in September 2018. Much of his writing has focused on ...

, writer * Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana 1969–72 *

Ditmir Bushati Ditmir Bushati (born 24 March 1977) is an Albanian politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2019. He previously chaired the Parliamentary Committee for European Integration. Early life and education Bushati ...

, Albanian politician * John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, U.K. Prime Minister 1762–63 *

Paulus Buys Paulus Buys, '' heer van Zevenhoven and'' (from 1592) ''Capelle ter Vliet'' (1531, in Amersfoort – 4 May 1594, at Manor house, IJsselstein ) was Grand Pensionary of Holland between 1572 and 1584. Life Buys was born in a wealthy family in Amers ...

, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1572–84 * Boediono, Vice President of Indonesia

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* Archibald Cameron, Jacobite physician * Hendrik Casimir, physicist * Lisa Cheng, Chair Professor of Linguistics * Carolus Clusius, botanist *

Jacques Cohen Jacques Cohen (born December 26, 1951) is a Dutch Embryology, embryologist based in New York, U.S. He is currently Director at Reprogenetics LLC, Laboratory Director at ART Institute of Washington at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ...

, embryologist *

Job Cohen Marius Job Cohen (; born 18 October 1947) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist who served as Mayor of Amsterdam from 2001 to 2010 and Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2010 to 2012. Cohen studied Law at the University of Groningen obt ...

, politician * Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands * Jodocus Crull, miscellaneous writer *

Petrus Cunaeus Petrus Cunaeus (1586, in Vlissingen – 2 December 1638, in Leiden) was the pen name of the Dutch Christian scholar Peter van der Kun. His book ''The Hebrew Republic'' is considered "the most powerful statement of republican theory in the earl ...

, academic *

Janus Henricus Donker Curtius Jan Hendrik Donker Curtius (21 April 1813 – 27 November 1879) was the last ''Opperhoofd'' of the Dutch trading post in Japan (1852-1855), located at Dejima an artificial island in the harbor of Nagasaki. To negotiate with the Japanese governm ...

, last ''Opperhoofd'' of the Dutch trading post in Japan (1852–1855)

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Baron d'Holbach Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d'Holbach (; 8 December 1723 – 21 January 1789), was a French-German philosopher, encyclopedist, writer, and prominent figure in the French Enlightenment. He was born Paul Heinrich Dietrich in Edesheim, near Land ...

, philosopher * Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Netherlands Prime Minister 1918–25, 1929–33 * Michiel Jan de Goeje, orientalist *

Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz Geertruida Luberta de Haas-Lorentz (20 November 1885 – 1973) was a Dutch physicist and the first to perform fluctuational analysis of electrons as Brownian particles. Consequently she is considered to be the first woman to work in electrical no ...

, physicist * Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 11th Secretary-General of NATO * Pieter de la Court, economist * René Descartes, philosopher and mathematician * Willem de Sitter, physicist *

Gijs de Vries Gijsbert Marius "Gijs" de Vries (born 22 February 1956) is a retired Dutch-American politician and diplomat who served as State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations from 1998 to 2002 and European Union Counter-terrorism Coordinato ...

, politician *

Jouke de Vries Professor Jouke de Vries (born 26 September 1960 in Dearsum) is chairman of the Executive Board of the University of Groningen (RUG) in The Netherlands. Before that he was Dean of the University of Groningen/Campus Fryslân in Leeuwarden. De Vri ...

, academic *

Hendrik de Wit Hendrik (Henk) Cornelis Dirk de Wit (24 October 1909 – 16 March 1999) was a Dutch systematic botanist who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the Aroid genera '' Cryptocoryne'' and '' Lagenandra''. He grew up in the Waterland, a ...

, botanist * Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1653–72 *

Tim de Zeeuw Pieter Timotheus "Tim" de Zeeuw (born 12 May 1956 in Sleen) is a Dutch astronomer specializing in the formation, structure and dynamics of galaxies. From 2007 to 2017 he was the director general of European Southern Observatory. He is married to ...

, astronomer *

Nicolaas Diederichs Nicolaas Johannes "Nico" Diederichs (17 November 1903, Ladybrand – 21 August 1978) served as the third state president of South Africa from 1975 to 1978. Education and career After completing school, he attended Grey University College betw ...

, President of South Africa 1975–78 * René Diekstra, psychologist * Kanta Dihal, research scientist and author *

Edsger W. Dijkstra Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( ; ; 11 May 1930 – 6 August 2002) was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, systems scientist, and science essayist. He received the 1972 Turing Award for fundamental contributions to developing progra ...

, computer scientist *

Djumhana Wiriaatmadja Djumhana Wiriaatmadja ( EYD: Jumhana Wiriaatmaja, 23 February 1904 – 20 January 1975) was a Sundanese aristocrat, regent, politician, and diplomat. Born in Cianjur, Djumhana entered law after finished studying in the Rechthogeschool. He began ...

, Prime Minister of Pasundan 1949–1950 * Volkert Doeksen, CEO *

Ana Dolidze Anna Dolidze (; born 26 October 1979) is a Georgian attorney, professor of international law and government official. A speaker and writer on international lawand human rights in Caucasus and Central Eurasia, she was appointed as the chief legal ...

, lawyer *

Janus Dousa Janus Dousa (Latinized from Jan van der Does), Lord of Noordwyck (6 December 1545 – 8 October 1604), was a Dutch statesman, jurist, historian, poet and philologist, and the first Librarian of Leiden University Library. Biography He was born in ...

, statesman * Otto Duintjer, philosopher

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* Paul Ehrenfest, physicist * Willem Einthoven, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1924) Nobel prize medal

* Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate (Physics 1921) Nobel prize medal

* Willem Anthony Engelbrecht, jurist and colonial administrator * Simon Episcopius, theologian * Paul Sophus Epstein, physicist

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Enrico Fermi Enrico Fermi (; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian (later naturalized American) physicist and the creator of the world's first nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1. He has been called the "architect of the nuclear age" and ...

, Nobel laureate (Physics 1938) Nobel prize medal

* Henry Fielding, novelist * Horst Fischer, lawyer * Paul Fleming, poet * Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau *

Justin Fox Justin Fox (born January 28, 1964) is an American financial journalist, commentator, and writer born in Morristown, New Jersey. He is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist and former editorial director of the Harvard Business Review GroupJohn Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, jurist *

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau (full names: Willem Frederik Karel; 28 February 1797, in Berlin – 8 September 1881, in Wassenaar), was the second son of William I of the Netherlands and his wife, Wilhelmine of Pru ...

* Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

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Richard D. Gill Richard David Gill (born 1951) is a British-Dutch mathematician. He has held academic positions in the Netherlands. As a probability theorist and statistician, Gill has researched counting processes. He is also known for his consulting and adv ...

, professor of mathematical statistics * Thomas Girdlestone, physician *

Franciscus Gomarus Franciscus Gomarus (François Gomaer; 30 January 1563 – 11 January 1641) was a Dutch theologian, a strict Calvinist and an opponent of the teaching of Jacobus Arminius (and his followers), whose theological disputes were addressed at the Synod ...

, theologian * Samuel Goudsmit, physicist *

Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff Jhr. Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff (7 August 1872 – 24 April 1957) was a Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies and a Dutch minister for foreign affairs. Family Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff was a descendant of the De Graeff-fami ...

, diplomat, statesman *

Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek (27 February 1711 in Amsterdam – 10 November 1752) was a member of the De Graeff – Family from the Dutch Golden Age. De Graeff was "known for his wealth and notorious for his stinginess." House at Heren ...

, patrician, politician * Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, politician, burgomaster of Amsterdam * Johann Georg Graevius, academic *

Christian Greco Christian Greco ( Arzignano, VI, 1975) is an Italian Egyptologist. Since 2014 he is the Director of Museo Egizio, Torino. Biography Born in Arzignano near Vicenza in a family of Sicilian origins, Christian Greco graduated in 1994 with top mark ...

, Egyptologist *

Richard T. Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (7 April 1948 in Isleworth, Middlesex, UK) is an English-Dutch historian. Early life Griffiths studied economic history and Russian studies at University College, Swansea and graduated with first class honours in 1970. ...

, historian * Jane Grogan, immunologist and cancer researcher *

Jacobus Gronovius Jacobus Gronovius a.k.a. Jacob Gronow (10 October 1645 – 21 October 1716) was a Dutch classical scholar. He was born in Deventer, the son of the German classical scholar Johann Friedrich Gronovius and Aleyda ten Nuyl, and father of the bo ...

, academic *

Hugo Grotius Hugo Grotius (; 10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot () and Hugo de Groot (), was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, poet and playwright. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born in Delft ...

, jurist

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Hendrik Jacob Hamaker Hendrik Jacob Hamaker (16 September 1844 in Hilversum – 2 March 1911 in Utrecht) was a Dutch jurist and scholar. After studies at Leiden University, he practiced law there. Beginning in 1877, he taught civil law at the University of Utrecht, a ...

, jurist *

Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX Hamengkubuwono IX or HB IX (12 April 1912 – 2 October 1988) was an Indonesian statesman and royal who was the second vice president of Indonesia, the ninth sultan of Yogyakarta, and the first governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Hamen ...

, Vice-President of Indonesia 1973–78 * Mohammad Hatta, First Vice President of Indonesia *

David Hartley (the Younger) David Hartley the Younger (1732 – 19 December 1813) was a statesman, a scientific inventor and the son of the philosopher David Hartley (philosopher), David Hartley. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull (UK Parliament ...

, politician * Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, writer,

resistance fighter A resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives ...

, RAF pilot * Daniel Heinsius, scholar * Tiberius Hemsterhuis, philologist * Paul Hermann, botanist and physician * Felienne Hermans, computer scientist * Johannes Hevelius, astronomer and jurist * Nina den Heyer, politician in

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

* Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice *

George Howe (physician) George Howe (1654/5 – 1710) was a Scottish physician, active in London. Early life George Howe was the eldest son of John Howe (1630–1705), by his wife Katherine (–1697), daughter of George Hughes. He entered the University of Glasgow ...

, Scottish physician active in London; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians * Johannes Hudde, politician and mathematician * Johan Huizinga, historian *

Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens, Lord of Zeelhem, ( , , ; also spelled Huyghens; la, Hugenius; 14 April 1629 – 8 July 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor, who is regarded as one of the greatest scientists of ...

, mathematician and physicist *

Constantijn Huygens, Jr. Constantijn Huygens Jr., Lord of Zuilichem (10 March 1628 – October 1697), was a Dutch statesman and poet, mostly known for his work on scientific instruments (sometimes together with his younger brother Christiaan Huygens). But, he was also a ...

, statesman

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* Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician

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Maarten Jansen Maarten Evert Reinoud Gerard Nicolaas Jansen (born 4 October 1952 in Zeist) is a Dutch academic and professor of Mesoamerican archaeology and history. As of 2007 Jansen holds the position of Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University, ...

, academic * Marius Jeuken, theoretical biologist *

Ernst de Jonge Ernst Willem de Jonge (22 May 1914 – 3 September 1944) was a lawyer and Rowing (sport), Olympic rower who volunteered to serve in the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. He was captured in May 1942, interrogated and moved through seve ...

, lawyer, Olympic rower,

* Stefanie Joosten, actress and model * Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

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* Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Nobel laureate (Physics 1913) Nobel prize medal

Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern (6 April 1833 – 4 July 1917) was a Dutch linguist and Orientalist. In the literature, he is usually referred to as H. Kern or Hendrik Kern; a few other scholars bear the same surname. Life Hendrik Kern was born to ...

, linguist *

Ko Kwat Tiong Ko Kwat Tiong Sia (1896–1970), known as Mr. Ko Kwat Tiong and later Mohamad Saleh, was a prominent Indonesian politician, lawyer, civil servant and university lecturer. He was elected to the Volksraad (the colonial legislature) in 1935 as a repre ...

, lawyer, politician, Indonesian nationalist and civil servant * Theodorus Klompe, geologist * Pieter Kooijmans, judge of the International Court of Justice * Ton Koopman, conductor * Tjalling Charles Koopmans, Nobel laureate (Economics 1975) Nobel prize medal

Maarten Kossmann Maarten Kossmann (born 5 February 1966 in Zuidlaren, Netherlands) is a Dutch linguist who specializes in Berber languages. He is currently professor of Berber studies at Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Univers ...

, linguist who specializes in

Berber languages The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...

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Hugo Krabbe Hugo Krabbe (3 February 1857 – 4 February 1936) was a Dutch legal philosopher and writer on public international law. Known for his contributions to the theory of sovereignty and the state, he is regarded as a precursor of Hans Kelsen. Like Ke ...

, jurist and legal philosopher * Hendrik Anthony Kramers, physicist * Dirk Willem van Krevelen, chemical engineer and scientist * Abraham Kuijper, theologian and politician (Prime Minister 1901–05) *

Aert H. Kuipers Aert Hendrik Kuipers (10 November 1919, Oostkapelle or Middelburg – 1 December 2012) was a Dutch linguistics professor who, from his pioneering fieldwork among First Nations people of British Columbia during the 1950s, compiled the first deta ...

, linguist *

Erik Kwakkel Erik Kwakkel (born 28 May 1970, Meppel) is a Dutch scholar who specializes in medieval manuscripts, paleography, and codicology Codicology (; from French ''codicologie;'' from Latin , genitive , "notebook, book" and Greek , '' -logia'') is the ...

, codicologist

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* Jona Lendering, historian * Hendrik Lenstra, mathematician * Justus Lipsius, philologist * J. H. A. Lokin, jurist * Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) Nobel prize medal

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Peter Mair Peter Mair (3 March 1951 – 15 August 2011) was an Irish political scientist. He was professor of Comparative Politics at the European University Institute in Florence. Career Peter Mair was born in Rosses Point, County Sligo, Ireland, and st ...

, political scientist * Princess Margriet of the Netherlands *

Paul-Henri Marron Paul-Henri Marron was the first Reformed tradition, Reformed pastor in Paris following the French Revolution. Born in the Netherlands to a Huguenot family, Marron first came to Paris as the chaplain of the Dutch embassy. Protestants in France ha ...

, French

Reformed Reform is beneficial change Reform may also refer to: Media * ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang * Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group * ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine *''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...

pastor * Alireza Mashaghi, physicist *

Eric Mazur Eric Mazur (born November 14, 1954) is a physicist and educator at Harvard University, and an entrepreneur in technology start-ups for the educational and technology markets. Mazur's research is in experimental ultrafast optics, condensed matter p ...

, physicist * Richard Mead, physician *

Jeroen Mettes Jeroen Mettes (24 March 1978 – 21 September 2006) was a Dutch poet, essayist and blogger. Life Jeroen Mettes was born in Eindhoven and grew up in Valkenswaard. He studied philosophy in Utrecht, and literary studies at Leiden University, where h ...

, essayist and poet * Victor Muller, CEO

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William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz William Frederick ( nl, Willem Frederik; Arnhem 7 August 1613 – Leeuwarden 31 October 1664), Count (from 1654 Imperial Prince) of Nassau-Dietz, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe. Biography Family life William Frederick was the se ...

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* Jan Hendrik Oort, astronomer *

Ivo Opstelten Ivo Willem Opstelten (born 31 January 1944) is a retired Dutch politician and jurist. He is a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD). Opstelten applied at Leiden University in May 1963 majoring in Law and obtaining an Bach ...

, politician * Cornelis Ouwehand, anthropologist

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Nathan Paget Nathan Paget (1615–1679) was an England, English physician, active during the English Civil War, under the Commonwealth of England, Commonwealth and the Protectorate, and after Restoration (1660), the Restoration. Despite being a mainstay of a ...

, Puritan physician * Peter Simon Pallas, zoologist * Antonie Pannekoek, astronomer and political theorist *

Senarath Paranavithana Senarath Paranavitana ( Sinhala:සෙනරත් පරණවිතාන) (26 December 1896 – 4 October 1972) was a pioneering archeologist and epigraphist of Sri Lanka. His works dominated Sri Lankan archaeology and history in the middl ...

, archaeologist and epigraphist * Thomas Parker, minister and scholar * Alexander Pechtold, Dutch politician *

Perizonius Perizonius (or Accinctus) was the name of Jakob Voorbroek (26 October 1651 – 6 April 1715), a Dutch classical scholar, who was born at Appingedam in Groningen. He was the son of Anton Perizonius (1626–1672), the author of a once well-kno ...

, scholar * Phoa Liong Gie, Indonesian jurist, politician and newspaper owner * Frank N. Pieke, cultural anthropologist *

Nicolaas Gerard Pierson Nicolaas Gerard Pierson (7 February 1839 – 24 December 1909) was a Dutch economist and Liberal statesman who served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the Netherlands from 1897 until 1901. Pierson was a professor e ...

, Netherlands Prime Minister 1897–1901 * Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud, academic * Archibald Pitcairne, physician *

Ronald Plasterk Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (; born 12 April 1957) is a Dutch scientist, entrepreneur and retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has earned a PhD degree in biology, specialised in molecular genetics. Being a former Minister of the Du ...

, scientist and politician *

Prijono Prijono (20 July 1907 – 6 March 1969Vickers, Adrian. A History of Modern Indonesia'. Cambridge .a. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2007. pp. 146-147) was an Indonesian politician and academic. Prijono was a leading figure of the Murba Party and the I ...

, politician

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* Hans Ras, academic * Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, botanist * Caspar Reuvens, archaeologist *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

, Pilgrim Fathers pastor *

Wil Roebroeks Wil Roebroeks (born 5 May 1955) is the professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology at Leiden University in the Netherlands. He is widely considered to be the pre-eminent Dutch archaeologist. In 2001 he became a member of the influential Royal Netherland ...

, archaeologist * Olaus Rudbeck, scientist and university rector * David Ruhnken, scholar * Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister

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* Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia * Joseph Justus Scaliger, theologian and scholar *

Henry G. Schermers Henricus Gerhard "Hein" Schermers (27 September 1928, Vaassen – 31 August 2006, Leiden) was a Dutch legal scholar who worked in public international law, mainly in the fields of the law of international organizations, the law of the Eu ...

, jurist *

Edith Schippers Edith Ingeborg Schippers (born 25 August 1964) is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businesswoman serving as President of the DSM Company since 1 February 2019. Schippers, a political consultan ...

, politician * Sander Schimmelpenninck, opinion writer & -commentator, and television presenter * Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1805–6 *

Gerard Schouw Adrianus Gerardus (Gerard) Schouw (born 30 December 1965 in Monster, South Holland) is a Dutch corporate director and former politician. As a member of Democrats 66 (D66) he was an MP from 17 June 2010 till 31 July 2015. He focused on matters of ...

, politician * William Sherard, botanist * Boudewijn Sirks, academic * Jan Six, politician * Willebrord Snell, astronomer * Rudolph Snellius, mathematician and linguist * Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, orientalist *

Achmad Soebardjo Achmad Soebardjo Djojoadisoerjo (23 March 1896 – 15 December 1978) was a diplomat, one of Indonesia's founding fathers, and an Indonesian national hero. He was the first Foreign Minister of Indonesia. In 1933, he received the degree '' Meester ...

, diplomat * Soenario, politician *

Soetan Sjahrir Sutan Sjahrir (5 March 1909 – 9 April 1966) was an Indonesian politician, and revolutionary independence leader, who served as the first Prime Minister of Indonesia, from 1945 until 1947. Previously, he was a key Indonesian nationalist organiz ...

, Prime Minister of Indonesia 1945–47 *

Andreas Sparman Andreas Sparman or Andreas Palmcron (1609 – November 30, 1658) was a Swedish people, Swedish doctor. He was the personal physician to Queen Christina and King Charles X Gustav of Sweden. He is most known for his book, ''Sundhetzens Speghel'', a ...

, 17th-century Swedish court physician and author *

Myles Standish Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656) was an English military officer and colonizer. He was hired as military adviser for Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts, United States by the Pilgrims. Standish accompanied the Pilgrims on ...

, military leader * Jan Steen, painter * Miep Stegmann, first woman psychiatrist in Belgium *

Simon Stevin Simon Stevin (; 1548–1620), sometimes called Stevinus, was a Flemish mathematician, scientist and music theorist. He made various contributions in many areas of science and engineering, both theoretical and practical. He also translated vario ...

, engineer, scientist * Martinus Theunis Steyn, lawyer, Orange Free State president *

Pieter Steyn Pieter Steyn (October 6, 1706 in Haarlem – November 5, 1772) was Grand Pensionary of Holland from June 18, 1749 to November 5, 1772. He was the son of Johanna Patijn and Adriaan Steyn, burgomaster of Haarlem and studied Law in Leiden ...

, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1749–72 * Dirk Jan Struik, mathematician * Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist * Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1937) Nobel prize medal

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Morris Tabaksblat Morris Tabaksblat (19 September 1937, in Rotterdam – 20 October 2011, in Wassenaar), was a Dutch captain of industry. He was the CEO of Unilever and chairman of the Tabaksblat committee which drafted the Tabaksblat code. Education Tabaksblat ...

, CEO * Igor Tamm, Nobel laureate (Physics 1958) Nobel prize medal

Paul-Peter Tak Paul-Peter Tak M.D. PhD FMedSci is an immunologist and academic specialising in the fields of internal medicine, rheumatology and immunology. Tak has been the President & CEO of Candel Therapeutics since September 2020. Life and career Ta ...

, immunologist *

Julius Terpstra Julius Huibert Terpstra (born 21 February 1989) is a Dutch politician, who served as a member of the House of Representatives in the years 2020–21. He is a member of the political party Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA). He had served as in the ...

, politician * Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Netherlands Prime Minister 1871–72 * Jan Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Economics 1969) Nobel prize medal

* Nikolaas Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1973) Nobel prize medal

* Isaac Titsingh, surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador (Law 1765) *

Jaana Toivari-Viitala Jaana Toivari-Viitala (16 May 1964 - 12 May 2017) was a Finnish egyptologist and museum curator who was Chair of the Finnish Egyptology Society and Head of the Department of Egyptology at the University of Helsinki. Biography Toivari-Viitala ...

, egyptologist and chair of the Finnish Egyptology Society * Nicolaes Tulp, surgeon and politician

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Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (18 October 1866, in Voorburg, the Netherlands – 12 August 1951, in Lugano, Switzerland) was a Dutch linguist and anthropologist with a wide variety of research interests. His published work included books and art ...

, linguist and anthropologist

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Coenraad van Beuningen Coenraad van Beuningen (1622 – 26 October 1693) was the Dutch Republic's most experienced diplomat, burgomaster of Amsterdam in 1669, 1672, 1680, 1681, 1683 and 1684, and from 1681 a Dutch East India Company director. He probably was bipolar, ...

, diplomat *

Armin van Buuren Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...

, musician * Ludolph van Ceulen, mathematician * Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Netherlands Prime Minister 1877–79 * Marcel R.M. van den Brink, oncologist and medical researcher *

Johannes van den Driesche Johannes van den Driesche r Drusius(28 June 1550February 1616) was a Flemish Protestant divine, distinguished specially as an Orientalist, Christian Hebraist and exegete. Life He was born at Oudenarde, in Flanders. Intended for the church, h ...

, theologian * Adriaen van der Donck, lawyer *

Lousewies van der Laan Louse Wies Sija Anne Lilly Berthe "Lousewies" van der Laan (born 18 February 1966) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. Life before politics In her youth, Van der Laan lived in Belgium, Germany, ...

, politician * Max van der Stoel, politician *

Bram van der Stok Bram van der Stok, (13 October 1915 – 8 February 1993), also known as Bob van der Stok, was a World War II fighter pilot and flying ace, and is the most decorated aviator in Dutch history. In March 1944, he broke out of Stalag Luft III – ...

, aviator * Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Nobel laureate (Physics 1910) Nobel prize medal

Thomas van Erpe Thomas van Erpe, also known as Thomas Erpenius (September 11, 1584November 13, 1624), Dutch Orientalist, was born at Gorinchem, in Holland. He was the first European to publish an accurate book of Arabic grammar. After completing his early educa ...

, orientalist *

Melanie Schultz van Haegen Melanie Henriëtte Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (born 28 June 1970) is a retired Dutch politician and businesswoman. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), she served as Minister of Infrastructure and the Environ ...

, politician *

Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart (19 March 1901 – 8 July 1956) was a Dutch politician, diplomat and journalist. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), he was Minister of Justice from 1944 to 1945 under Prime Minister Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy. He l ...

, Nobel laureate (Peace 1954) Nobel prize medal

* Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Netherlands Prime Minister 1813–14 *

Egbert van Kampen Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups. Life Van Kampen was born to Dutch parents in Belgium, where ...

, mathematician * Pieter van Musschenbroek, scientist * Rembrandt van Rijn, painter * Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1901) Nobel prize medal

* Cornelis van Vollenhoven, academic * Pieter van Vollenhoven, royalty *

Ronald Venetiaan Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan (born 18 June 1936) is a former politician who served as the 6th President of Suriname. Biography Venetiaan was born in Paramaribo. In 1955, Venetiaan left Suriname to study mathematics and physics at the University of Lei ...

, Surinam President *

Maxime Verhagen Maxime Jacques Marcel Verhagen (; born 14 September 1956) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and historian. Verhagen studied Contemporary history at the Leiden University obtaining a Master of Arts degre ...

, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister * Paul Verhoeven, film director *

Marjolijn Verspoor Marjolijn Verspoor (born 1952) is a Dutch linguist. She is a professor of English language and English as a second language at the University of Groningen, Netherlands. She is known for her work on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and the applicati ...

, linguist * Gisbertus Voetius, theologian *

Thomas von der Dunk Thomas von der Dunk (born 2 July 1961, in Soestdijk) is a Dutch cultural historian, writer, and columnist who has written for ''de Volkskrant'' and ''HP/De Tijd''. Von der Dunk was raised in Bilthoven, and from 1979 to 1988 studied art history at ...

, historian * Gerhard Johann Vossius, theologian

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* Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948 * John Wilkes, politician *

William I, Prince of Orange William the Silent (24 April 153310 July 1584), also known as William the Taciturn (translated from nl, Willem de Zwijger), or, more commonly in the Netherlands, William of Orange ( nl, Willem van Oranje), was the main leader of the Dutch Rev ...

, royalty * Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, King of the Netherlands * Willem Witteveen, legal scholar and politician * William III of England, King of England 1689–1702

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Pieter Zeeman Pieter Zeeman (; 25 May 1865 – 9 October 1943) was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect. Childhood and youth Pieter Zeeman was born in Zonnemaire, a small town ...

, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) Nobel prize medal

* Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, academic *

Ben Zonneveld Ben Zonneveld (''Bernardus Joannes Maria Zonneveld''; born 1940) is a Dutch plant scientist and botanist known for his work on the genetics of Tulips and Daffodils, and their infrageneric classification. Career Dr Zonneld received his Ph.D. i ...

, botanist *

Han Zuilhof Han Zuilhof (born 1965) holds the Chair of Organic Chemistry at Wageningen University. His interests focus on surface-bound (bio-)organic chemistry and bionanotechnology. He obtained an MSc in Chemistry and MA in Philosophy from Leiden Univers ...

, chemist

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