Curaçaoans in the Netherlands (} are migrants from
Curaçao
Curaçao, officially the Country of Curaçao, is a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located in the southern Caribbean Sea (specifically the Dutch Caribbean region), about north of Venezuela.
Curaçao includ ...
to the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
and their descendants. Until 2010, Curaçao and the other
Dutch islands in the Caribbean were called the
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles (, ; ), also known as the Dutch Antilles, was a constituent Caribbean country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands consisting of the islands of Saba (island), Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten in the Lesser Antilles, ...
. As of 2014, figures from
Statistics Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands, founded in 1899, is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. In Dutch it is known as the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (''Central Agency for Statistics''), often a ...
showed 142,953 people of Dutch Antillean origin in the Netherlands, which the vast majority are from Curaçao.
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
has the largest Curaçaoan community with about 23,000 people of Curaçaoan descent. Large Curaçaoan community can also be found in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...
,
Tilburg
Tilburg () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands, in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant. With a population of 22 ...
,
Almere
Almere () is a Planned community, planned List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Flevoland, Netherlands across the IJmeer fro ...
and
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
.
Notable people
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Patrick van Aanholt, football player
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Ozzie Albies
Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro "Ozzie" Albies (born January 7, 1997) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball second baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Albies signed with the Braves organization in 2013 and made his MLB debut wit ...
, baseball player
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Vurnon Anita
Vurnon San Benito Anita (born 4 April 1989) is a Curaçaoan professional association football, footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or full-back (association football), full-back for club FC Volendam, Volendam. Born in Curaçao and rai ...
, football player
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Jandino Asporaat, comedian
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Liemarvin Bonevacia, sprinter
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Enith Brigitha, swimmer
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Izaline Calister, singer
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Daisy Dee, singer, actress and TV host
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, politician
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Didi Gregorius
Mariekson Julius "Didi" Gregorius (born February 18, 1990) is a Curaçao, Curaçaoan-Netherlands, Dutch professional baseball shortstop for the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Basebal ...
, baseball player
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Rangelo Janga
Rangelo Maria Janga (born 16 April 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Eindhoven. Born in the Netherlands, he plays for the Curaçao national team.
Club career
On 20 July 2018, Janga signed for Astana.
On 17 Fe ...
, football player
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Kenley Jansen
Kenley Geronimo Jansen (born September 30, 1987) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and Boston Red ...
, baseball player
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Andruw Jones
Andruw Rudolf Jones (; born April 23, 1977) is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Atlanta Braves. Jones also played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tex ...
, baseball player
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Kempi, rapper
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D'Angelo Marshall
D'Angelo Marshall (born 20 September 1990) is a Curaçaoans in the Netherlands, Curaçaoan-Dutch Kickboxing, kickboxer, currently signed with Glory (kickboxing), Glory.
He won the 2013 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III, the 2015 SUPERKOMBAT Speci ...
, kickboxer
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Churandy Martina
Churandy Thomas Martina (born 3 July 1984) is a retired Dutch sprinter. He originally placed second in the 200 metres at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was later disqualified due to a lane violation. Martina secured four and two individual top-f ...
, sprinter
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Hensley Meulens, baseball player
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Cynthia Ortega
Cynthia Apolonia Ortega-Martijn (born 9 February 1956 in Willemstad, Curaçao) is a former Netherlands, Dutch politician. As a member of the ChristianUnion (ChristenUnie) she was an MP from 30 November 2006 to 19 September 2012. She focused on ...
, politician
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Jordann Pikeur, kickboxer
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Endy Semeleer, kickboxer
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Sherman Smith (musician) Sherman Smith is well-known singer from Curaçao. His music has been in a number of international music chart
A record chart, in the music industry, also called a music chart, is a ranking of Sound recording and reproduction, recorded music a ...
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Jurriën Timber
Jurriën David Norman Timber (; born 17 June 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Arsenal and the Netherlands national team.
Timber joined Ajax's youth academy in 2014, from Feyenoord. He made his first- ...
, football player
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Quinten Timber, football player
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Gregory van der Wiel, football player
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Jetro Willems
Jetro Danovich Sexer Willems (born 30 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a left wing-back or left-back.
Willems represented the Netherlands national team at UEFA Euro 2012; he played in the Netherlands' opening match o ...
, football player
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Errol Zimmerman
Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan- Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion. Z ...
, kickboxer
References
Ethnic groups in the Netherlands
Curaçao diaspora
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