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Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
.
Born in Amsterdam
The following were born or adopted in Amsterdam. Some became famous after they moved away.A
* Bertus Aafjes
Lambertus Jacobus Johannes "Bertus" Aafjes (May 12, 1914 – April 23, 1993) was a Dutch poet noteworthy for his poems about resistance to German occupation during World War II.
was born in Amsterdam, married and was the father of 3 daught ...
(1914–1993), writer
* Willem Jan Aalders
Willem () is a Dutch and West FrisianRienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 158. masculine given name. The name is Germanic, and can be seen as the Dutch equivalent of the name William in English, G ...
(1870–1945)
* Hans Aarsman (born 1951) photographer, author and academic lecturer
* Jan van Aartsen
Johannes "Jan" van Aartsen (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1992) was a Dutch politician of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
Van Aartsen applied at the Free Uni ...
(1909–1992) politician and jurist
* Mavis Acquah (1978)
* Co Adriaanse (1947), football trainer
* Leo Adriaenssen
Leo or Léo may refer to:
Acronyms
* Law enforcement officer
* Law enforcement organisation
* ''Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky
* Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
Arts an ...
(1945)
* Pieter Aertsen
Pieter Aertsen (1508 – 2 June 1575), called ''Lange Piet'' ("Tall Pete") because of his height, was a Dutch painter in the style of Northern Mannerism. He is credited with the invention of the monumental genre scene, which combines still lif ...
(1508–1575) painter in the style of Northern Mannerism
Northern Mannerism is the form of Mannerism found in the visual arts north of the Alps in the 16th and early 17th centuries. Styles largely derived from Italian Mannerism were found in the Netherlands and elsewhere from around the mid-century, e ...
.
* Stella Agsteribbe (1909–1943), gymnast
* Cris Agterberg
Christopher "Cris" Agterberg (22 April 1883 – 21 November 1948) was a Dutch artist and ceramist.
Life and work
Agterberg was born in Amsterdam as the son of Christopher Agterberg sr., plasterer, and Alida Gramberg. He studied at the Quellinu ...
(1883–1948) artist and ceramist.
* Achmed Ahahaoui (1983), football player
* Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman (born 24 December 1946) is a Dutch guitarist. He first found international commercial success with the band Focus, which he co-founded with Thijs van Leer. After leaving Focus, he continued as a solo musician, adding jazz fusion i ...
(born 1946) guitarist
* Willeke Alberti (born 1945) singer and actress
* Willy Alberti (1926-1985; real name: Carel Verbrugge), singer and actor
* Carel Alberts
Carel is a given name, and may refer to:
Arts
* Carel Blotkamp, Dutch artist and art historian
* Carel de Moor, Dutch etcher and painter
* Carel Fabritius, Dutch painter and one of Rembrandt's most gifted pupils
* Carel van Mander, Flemish painter ...
(1927–2006)
* Ernst van Altena (1933–1999) poet, writer and translator.
* Ferdinand van Altena (1936–2006)
* Manon Alving (1923), actor
* Martin van Amerongen (1941–2002) journalist, publisher, columnist and author
* Willeke van Ammelrooy (1944), actor
* Herman Agatho des Amorie van der Hoeven (1829–1897)
* Hans Andreus (1926–1977) poet and writer
* Edwin van Ankeren (1968), football player
* Caroline Ansink (born 1959) musician, music educator and composer.
* Jarchinio Antonia (1990), football player
* Mitch Apau (1990), football player
* Karel Appel
Christiaan Karel Appel (; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-gar ...
(1921–2006) painter, sculptor and poet.
* Armando (1929-2018) real name: HD van Doodeweerd; painter, sculptor and writer.
* Willem Arondeus
Willem Arondeus (22 August 1894 – 1 July 1943) was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Naz ...
,(1894–1943) artist, author and WW11 resistance member
* Maurits Aronson (1903–1989)
* Abraham Asscher (1880–1950)
* Lodewijk Asscher
Lodewijk Frans Asscher (; born 27 September 1974) is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
Asscher worked as a ...
(born 1974) politician and jurist
* Eli Asser
Eli most commonly refers to:
* Eli (name), a given name, nickname and surname
* Eli (biblical figure)
Eli or ELI may also refer to:
Film
* ''Eli'' (2015 film), a Tamil film
* ''Eli'' (2019 film), an American horror film
Music
* ''Eli'' (Jan ...
(1922-2019)
* Tobias Asser (1838–1913) lawyer and legal scholar.
* Raymond Atteveld (1966), football player and football trainer
* Swami Atulananda
Swami ( ; sometimes abbreviated sw.) in Hinduism is an honorific title given to a male or female ascetic who has chosen the path of renunciation (''sanyāsa''), or has been initiated into a religious monastic order of Vaishnavas. It is used eit ...
(1870–1966)
* Hendrick Avercamp
Hendrick Avercamp (January 27, 1585 (bapt.) – May 15, 1634 (buried)) was a Dutch painter during the Dutch Golden Age of painting. He was one of the earliest landscape painters of the 17th-century Dutch school, he specialized in painting th ...
(1585–1634), painter
* Lion Axwijk
Lion Axwijk (born 18 March 1984 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer.
Club career
He played for Eredivisie league club RKC Waalwijk during the 2005–2006 season but was loaned to Eerste Divisie club SC Veendam in January 2006. He j ...
(1984), football player
B
* Tine Baanders
Martina “Tine” Baanders (1890 – 1971) was a Dutch illustrator, graphic designer, typographer, lithographer, teacher and made items out of leather. She is known for ex-libris designs and protective book covers. She studied at the Instituut ...
(1890–1971) illustrator, graphic designer and teacher
* Herman Ambrosius Jan Baanders (1876–1953) architect, designer and entrepreneur
* Gonnie Baars (1947–2000)
* Ryan Babel (1986), football player
* Philip Johannes Bachiene
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who populariz ...
(1814–1881)
* Henk Bakker sr.
Henk is a Dutch people, Dutch male given name, originally a short form of Hendrik (given name), Hendrik. It influenced "Hank" which is used in English-speaking countries (mainly in the US) as a form of "Henry (given name), Henry". People named "He ...
(1940–2008), politicus
* Piet Bambergen
Piet may refer to:
People
* Piet (given name), a common name in the Netherlands and South Africa
* Henri Piet (1888–1915), French lightweight boxer
* Tony Piet (1906–1981), American Major League Baseball player
Schools
* Purushottam Institut ...
(1931–1996)
* Jan Bank (born 1940) historian and local politician
* Adnan Barakat (1982), football player
* Barbara Barend (1974)
* Frits Barend (1947), presentator
* Sonja Barend (born 1940) TV personality and former talk show host.
* Barend Barendse (1907–1981)
* Benno Barnard (1954)
* Robbert Baruch
Robbert Baruch (Amsterdam, 12 October 1967) is a Dutch lobbyist, public administrator and former PvdA politician in the Netherlands. From 2006 to 2009 he was the Deputy Mayor and Alderman on behalf of the PvdA in the Rotterdam borough of Feij ...
(1967), politicus
* Sarah Bavly (1900–1993), nutrition education pioneer in Israel
* Tabe Bas
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(1927–2009), actor
* Kiran Bechan (1982), football player
* Sheraldo Becker (1995), football player
* Willibrord van Beek (1949) retired politician and financial adviser.
* Mary Beekman
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
(1884–1957), actor
* Peter Beense
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a su ...
(1963)
* Hans Beijer (1948), actor
* Daniël Belinfante (1893–1945), componist
* Frieda Belinfante
Frieda Belinfante (May 10, 1904 in Amsterdam – March 5, 1995 age 91 when she died in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was a Portuguese Sephardic-Dutch cellist, philharmonic conductor, a prominent lesbian and a member of the Dutch resistance during World ...
(1904–1995) cellist, conductor, lesbian and resistance member
* Roy Beltman
Roy is a masculine given name and a family surname with varied origin.
In Anglo-Norman England, the name derived from the Norman ''roy'', meaning "king", while its Old French cognate, ''rey'' or ''roy'' (modern ''roi''), likewise gave rise to ...
(1946–2005)
* Tamarah Benima __NOTOC__
Tamara may refer to:
People
* Tamara (name), including a list of people with this name
* Tamara (Spanish singer) (born 1984)
* Tamara, stage name of Spanish singer Yurena (born 1969)
* Tamara, stage name of Macedonian singer Tamara ...
(1950)
* Hadjar Benmiloud
''Al-Aḥsāʾ'' ( ar, الْأَحْسَاء, ''al-ʾAhsā''), also known as al-Ḥasāʾ () or Hajar (), is a traditional oasis historical region in eastern Saudi Arabia whose name is used by the Al-Ahsa Governorate, which makes up much of tha ...
(1989)
* Tarek Ben Yakoub
Tariq ( ar, طارق) is an Arabic word and given name.
Etymology
The word is derived from the Arabic verb , ('), meaning "to strike", and into the agentive conjugated doer form , ('), meaning "striker". It became popular as a name after Tari ...
(1994)
* Carolien van den Berg (1953), actor
* Nick van den Berg
Nick van den Berg (born 24 May 1980) is a Dutch professional pool player. He was the runner up at the 2005 WPA World Eight-ball Championship, where he lost to Wu Chia-ching 11–5 in the final. He is a multiple time winner of events on the ...
(born 1980) professional pool player.
* Chris Berger
Christiaan David "Chris" Berger (27 April 1911 – 12 September 1965) was a Dutch athlete, competing in the sprints.
Career
Berger was a football player and changed to running after winning a 100 national title among footballers. In 1930 he ra ...
(1911–1965), athlete
* Elles Berger (1940)
* Hans van den Bergh (1932–2011)
* Harry van den Bergh
Harry Jacob van den Bergh (1 April 1942 – 20 March 2020) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
In 1977–1987 van den Bergh was a member of the lower house. Later he became a councilor in Amstelveen.
He was a graduate of the Uni ...
(1942) politician
* Herman van den Bergh (1897–1967)
* Robbert van den Bergh (1913–1997)
* Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (; born 10 May 1969) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. Originally a wide midfielder, Bergkamp was moved to main striker and then to second striker, where he remained throughout his playing ...
(1969), football player
* Vera Bergkamp (1971), politicus
* Lobke Berkhout (1980), sailor
* Gerrit Cornelis Berkouwer (1903–1996) theologian
* Hendrik Petrus Berlage
Hendrik Petrus Berlage (21 February 1856 – 12 August 1934) was a Dutch architect. He is considered one of the fathers of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
Life and work
Hendrik Petrus Berlage, son of Nicolaas Willem Berlage and An ...
(1856–1934) architect
* Helen Berman
Helen Berman ( he, הלן ברמן; born 6 April 1936) is a Dutch- Israeli visual artist. She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has ex ...
(1936; born as Hélène Julia Cohen)
* Ron Berteling
Ron Berteling (born 6 September 1957) is a Dutch retired ice hockey player and coach. He represented the Netherlands ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics, and served as captain of the Netherlands men's national ice hockey team from 1982 to 19 ...
(born 1957) retired ice hockey player and coach.
* Jan George Bertelman (1782–1854), componist
* Hanna Bervoets (1984), writer
* Ernst van der Beugel
Ernst van der Beugel (;In isolation, ''van'' is pronounced . 2 February 1918, Amsterdam – 29 September 2004, The Hague) was a Dutch economist, businessman, diplomat, and politician of the Labour Party.
Education
Van der Beugel graduated ...
(1918–2004) economist, businessman, diplomat and politician
* Bernard van Beurden
Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname.
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brave ...
(1933), componist
* Jan van Beveren (1948–2011) football goalkeeper and coach
* Jean Bevers (1852–1909) politician
* Agathe L. van Beverwijk
Agathe Louise van Beverwijk (18 September 1907 – 10 July 1963) was a Dutch mycologist and botanist. She spent most of her career at the Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, where she was director from 1958 until her death in 1963.
Biography
Ag ...
(1907–1958), mycologist
* Pepijn Bierenbroodspot Pepijn is the Dutch language, Dutch form of the masculine given name Pippin (name), Pippin. Before the 1960s the name was rarely used in the Netherlands, but it has become quite popular since the turn of the century. As a patronymic surname it appea ...
(1965)
* Ronny Bierman (1938–1984), actor
* Jan van den Biesen (1836–1897)
* Martine Bijl (1948–2019)
* Hendrik Bijleveld (1885–1954)
* Vincent Bijlo
Vincent ( la, Vincentius) is a male given name derived from the Roman name Vincentius, which is derived from the Latin word (''to conquer'').
People with the given name Artists
* Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor
*Vincent van Gogh ...
(1965)
* Wim Bijmoer
Wim is a masculine given name or a shortened form of Willem and other names and may refer to:
* Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944), Dutch footballer
* Wim Aantjes (1923–2015), Dutch politician
* Wim Arras (born 1964), Belgian cyclist
* Wim Blockmans ...
(1914–2000)
* Willem Bilderdijk
Willem Bilderdijk () (7 September 1756 – 18 December 1831) was a Dutch poet, historian, lawyer, and linguist.
Life
Willem Bilderdijk was born on 7 September 1756 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic.Joris van Eijnatten,Bilderdijk, W., ''Bio- en ...
(1756–1831), writer
* Diego Biseswar
Diego Marvin Biseswar (born 8 March 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Greek Super League club PAOK. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national team.
Early life
He was born in Amsterdam to ...
(1988), football player
* Gaby Blaaser (1986)
* Jan Blaaser (1922–1988)
* Riny Blaaser (1920–2009), actor
* Adriaan Blaauw
Adriaan Blaauw (12 April 1914 – 1 December 2010) was a Dutch astronomer.
Blaauw was born in Amsterdam to Cornelis Blaauw and Gesina Clasina Zwart, and studied at Leiden University and the University of Groningen, obtaining his doctorate at th ...
(1914–2010) astronomer.
* Wilhelmina Bladergroen Wilhelmina may refer to:
*Wilhelmina (given name), a given name and list of people with the name
People
* Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880–1962), Queen of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948
* Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick (1673� ...
(1908–1983)
* Ton Blanker (1960), football player
* Rinse Blanksma (1974)
* Michael Bleekemolen (born 1949) racing driver
* Cor Blekemolen
Cor Blekemolen "Blekie" (7 February 1894 – 28 November 1972) was a Dutch cyclist. After winning the world title at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1914 he turned professional and competed until 1935. He then became a coach with the ...
(1894–1972), cyclist
* Daley Blind (1990), football player
* Andries Blitz Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.
Given name
People with this name include
* Andries van Artvelt (1590–1652), Flemish painter
* Andries Beeckman (1628–1664), Dutch painter
* Andries Bekker ...
(1890–1942)
* Jordi Bloem
Jordi () is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish-, English- and German-speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
*Sant Jordi – patron sa ...
(1976)
* Adèle Bloemendaal
Adele (born 1988) is an English singer-songwriter.
Adele may also refer to:
People
* Adele (given name), a common female given name
* Jan Adele (1936–2000), Australian actor
* Adele, a character in the operetta '' Die Fledermaus''
Places
* A ...
(1933)
* Henk Blok (1967)
* Jan Blokker (1927–2010) journalist, writer and amateur historian.
* Meindert Boekel (1915–1989)
* Margreeth de Boer
Margaretha "Margreeth" de Boer (; born 16 April 1939) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Early life and education
Margaretha de Boer was born on 16 April 1939 in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at the Social ...
(born 1939) politician and Mayor of Leeuwarden. 2001-2004
* Piet de Boer
Piet de Boer (10 October 1919 – 8 February 1984) was a Dutch football forward who was part of the Netherlands squad in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Being able to shoot with either foot, de Boer played for KFC
KFC (Kentucky Frie ...
(1919–1984), football player
* Sacha de Boer (1967) photographer, presenter and former journalist.
* Saar Boerlage
Saar or SAAR has several meanings:
People Given name
*Saar Boubacar (born 1951), Senegalese professional football player
*Saar Ganor, Israeli archaeologist
*Saar Klein (born 1967), American film editor
Surname
* Ain Saar (born 1968), Esto ...
(1932)
* Femke Boersma Femke () is a Dutch feminine given name of West Frisian origin. Rare before 1960, its popularity peaked around 1980 and again around 2001. It is a diminutive of Femme or Fem, which rare forms increased in popularity in the 2010s.Gé Bohlander (1895–1940) & Willy Bohlander (1891–1939) water polo players
* Daniël Boissevain (1969), actor
* Walrave Boissevain (1876–1944), politicus
* Wilson Boldewijn (1975)
*
* Maup Caransa (1916–2009) businessman and real-estate developer
* David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo (1808–1890), Talmudist
* Mirano Carrilho (1975), football player
* Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954) billionaire businesswoman, owns 25% of Heineken N.V.
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*
* Cor Eberhard (1947) former politician.
*
* Henri Faas (1926–1990)
* Ina van Faassen (1928–2011) actress and comedian.
* Raymond Fafiani (1983), football player
* Rik Felderhof (1948)
* Gino Felixdaal (1990), football player
* Ruud Feltkamp (1989), actor
*
Frits Bolkestein
Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein (; born 4 April 1933) is a retired Dutch politician and businessman who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 199 ...
(born 1933) retired politician and businessman
* Jan Bomans (1885–1941), politicus
* Vic Bonke
Felix Ignatius Maria (Vic) Bonke (2 January 1940 - 14 February 2022) was a former Dutch politician who was a member of the Member of the House of Representatives for the Pim Fortuyn List from 2002 to 2003.
Bonke worked as a professor at Maastri ...
(born 1940) politician
* Rik van den Boog
Rik van den Boog (born in Amsterdam, 1 September 1959) is a Dutch manager and former football player. After several positions in Xerox, Libertel, Vodafone, Orange. After becoming a shareholder in The Entertainment Group (TEG), he became the General ...
(born 1959) football manager and former player.
* Lennart Booij (1970)
* Els Borst (1932–2014), government minister
* Piet Borst (born 1934) professor of clinical biochemistry and molecular biology
* Annie Bos (1886–1875), actor
* Bart Bosch (1963)
* Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper (1808–1876)
* Pieter Philip van Bosse
Pieter Philip van Bosse (16 December 1809 – 21 February 1879) was a Dutch liberal politician. Serving as minister of Finance in six cabinets throughout the middle of the 19th century, Van Bosse led many reforms that liberalised the Dutch ...
(1809–1879) politician
* Carlo Boszhard
Carlo Boszhard (born 26 June 1969) is a Dutch TV personality, singer, impersonator, and host. His brother is Ron Boszhard.
Early life
Carlo was born as the youngest son of the Boszhard family, he is the brother of Ron Boszhard.
He spent his c ...
(born 1969) TV personality, singer, impersonator and host.
* Ron Boszhard (born 1963) TV presenter.
* Jan Bouman (1706–1776)
* Mbark Boussoufa (1984), football player
* Bob Bonte
Bob Herbert Bonte (1 August 1929 – 3 September 1988) was a Dutch breaststroke swimmer. He competed at the 1948 Olympics 1948 Olympics may refer to:
*The 1948 Winter Olympics, which were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland
*The 1948 Summer Olympic ...
(1929–1988), swimmer
* Ferdinand Bordewijk
Ferdinand Bordewijk (10 October 1884 – 28 April 1965) was a Dutch author. His style, which is terse and symbolic, is considered to belong to New Objectivity and magic realism. He was awarded the P. C. Hooft Award in 1953 and the Constantijn ...
(1884–1965), writer
* Hans Boswinkel (1935–1999)
* Froukje de Both
Froukje de Both (born 20 April 1972) is a Dutch actress and radio and television presenter. She is known for playing the role of Mariët Zoomers in ''Goudkust'' from 1996 till 2000 and for the role of Agnetha in ''Costa!'' from 2001 till 2004. S ...
(1972), actor
* Ina Boudier-Bakker (1875–1966)
* Esaias Boursse (1631–1672) painter.
* Dries Boussatta (1972), football player
* Henk Bouwman
Henricus "Henk" Nicolaas Bouwman (30 June 1926 – 27 December 1995) was a Dutch field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, ...
(1926–1995)
* Mies Bouwman
Maria Antoinette "Mies" Bouwman (31 December 1929 – 26 February 2018) was a Dutch television presenter.
Career
Born in Amsterdam, she started her career on the very first broadcasting evening of the Dutch broadcasting association KRO (Catholi ...
(1929-2018) TV presenter.
* Mohammed Bouyeri
Mohammed Bouyeri ( ar, محمد بويري ; born 8 March 1978) is a Moroccan-Dutch convicted terrorist serving a life sentence without parole in the prison of Nieuw Vosseveld (Vught) for the assassination of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh. A ...
(born 1978) murdered Dutch film director Theo van Gogh.
* Marian Boyer (1954)
* Nouchka van Brakel (born 1940) film director
* Rick Brandsteder (1984)
* Ron Brandsteder Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
Ron or RON may also refer to:
Arts and media
* Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character
* Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character
*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in ''Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe A ...
(1950)
* Jan Brasser
Reindert Johannes "Jan" Brasser (20 November 1912, in Amsterdam – 30 August 1999, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially kn ...
(1912–1999), athlete
* Gerbrand Bredero
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (16 March 1585 – 23 August 1618) was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.
Life
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was born on 16 March 1585 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic, ...
(1585–1618), poet and playwright
* Esmée de la Bretonière (1973), actor
* Willem Breuker
Willem Breuker (4 November 1944 – 23 July 2010) was a Dutch bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
Career
During the mid 1960s, he played with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, co-founding the Insta ...
(1944–2010) composer, arranger, saxophonist and clarinetist.
* Mink Bridié (1999), TV personality
* Karim Bridji
Karim Bridji (born 16 August 1981) is an Algerian former professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.
Club career
Bridji started his playing career at the Ajax Amsterdam Academy where he was captain of the team. He played one season with t ...
(1981), football player
* Bernhard Egidius Konrad ten Brink (1841–1892) German philologist.
* Ellis van den Brink (1947), actor
* Robert ten Brink (born 1955) TV presenter.
* Isabelle Brinkman
Isabel is a female name of Spanish origin. Isabelle is a name that is similar, but it is of French origin. It originates as the medieval Spanish form of ''Elisabeth'' (ultimately Hebrew ''Elisheba, Elisheva''), Arising in the 12th century, it bec ...
(1972)
* (1886–1946)
* Jan Broekhuis (1901–1973)
* Jan Broeksz
Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to:
Acronyms
* Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN
* Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code
* Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group
* Japanese Article Num ...
(1906–1980)
* Cor Brom (1932–2008), football player and football trainer
* Ellie van den Brom (1949) retired speed skater
* Harry Bronk
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...
(1922–1996)
* Sasja Brouwers (1972)
* Frans Brüggen (1934–2014) conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
* Koert-Jan de Bruijn (1976)
* Tina de Bruin
Tina de Bruin (born 24 November 1975) is a Dutch actress. She played a role in several films, including '' Gooische Vrouwen'' (2011), '' Liefde Zonder Grenzen'' (2021) and '' Costa!!'' (2022). She also appeared in two seasons of the television s ...
(born 1975) actress
* Tonny Bruins Slot (1947), football trainer
* Klaas Bruinsma (1953–1991) drug lord.
* Joost Buitenweg (1967), actor
* Jack Bulterman (1909–1977)
* Johannes Burman
Johannes Burman (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780), was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name ''Pelargonium'' was introduced by Johannes Burman.
Johannes ...
(1706–1779) botanist and physician.
* Pieter Burman the Younger
Pieter Burman (23 October 1713 – 24 June 1778), also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann ( la, Petrus Burmannus) and distinguished from his uncle as (' or '), was a Dutch philologist.
Life
Born at Amsterdam, he was brought up by his uncle ...
(1713–1778), philologist.
* Ann Burton (1933–1989) jazz singer.
* Kees Buurman (1936–2007)
* Cor du Buy (1921–2011)
C
* Maup Caransa (1916–2009) businessman and real-estate developer
* David de Jahacob Lopez Cardozo (1808–1890), Talmudist
* Mirano Carrilho (1975), football player
* Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (born 1954) billionaire businesswoman, owns 25% of Heineken N.V.
* Henk ten Cate
Hendrik Willem ten Cate (born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch football manager and former professional player.
In the 2005–06 season, he was assistant to Frank Rijkaard at Barcelona when the team won the UEFA Champions League and La Liga titles. ...
(1954), football player and football trainer
* Leontien Ceulemans (1952)
* Mohammed Chaara (1980), actor
* Sarah Chronis (1986), actor
* Gerard George Clifford
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ...
(1779–1847)
* Frans Coenen
Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''.
Given name
* Frans van Aarssens (1572–1641), Dutch diplomat ...
(1866–1936), writer
* René van Collem (1961)
* Simon van Collem (1919–1989)
* Charles van Commenée (born 1958) athletics coach.
* Karina Content (born 1960) writer and politician
* Dirck Coornhert (1522–1590), writer, philosopher, politician, theologian and artist.
* Athanase Josué Coquerel (1820–1875) French Protestant theologian.
* Rita Corita
Rita may refer to:
People
* Rita (given name)
* Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984)
* Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962)
* Rita (Japanese singer)
* Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita
Places
* Djarrit, also known as Rita, a ...
(1917–1998)
* Paulien Cornelisse Paulien is a Dutch feminine given name cognate to Pauline. People with the name include:
* (born 1976), Dutch writer, columnist and cabaret performer
*Paulien van Deutekom (1981–2019), Dutch speed skater
*Paulien van Dooremalen (born 1985) Dutch ...
(1976)
* Hans Cornelissen (1956), actor
* Uri Coronel (1946-2016), sports director (AFC Ajax
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or simply Ajax, is a Dutch professional football club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. Historically, Ajax (named after the ...
)
* Isaäc da Costa (1798–1860) a Jewish poet.
* Cor Coster (1920–2008)
* Wessel Couzijn (1912–1984)
* Ben Cramer (1947; born as Kramer), singer and actor
* Jacqueline Cramer (born 1951) politician and biologist.
* Hans Croiset
Hans may refer to:
__NOTOC__ People
* Hans (name), a masculine given name
* Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician
** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans
** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...
(1935)
* Manja Croiset 1946 Dutch Author
* Vincent Croiset (1972), actor
* Estelle Cruijff (1978)
* Johan Cruijff
Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (, internationally known as Johan Cruyff; 25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football player and manager. As a player, he won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1971, 1973 and 1974. Cruyff was a p ...
(1947-2016), football player and football trainer
* Paul Crutzen
Paul Jozef Crutzen (; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch meteorologist and atmospheric chemist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995 for his work on atmospheric chemistry and specifically for his efforts in studying ...
(1933-2021) meteorologist and atmospheric chemist.
D
* Dyron Daal
Dyron Rudolph Daal (born 11 October 1983) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in the Netherlands, Daal represents Curaçao internationally.
Club career
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Daal is a product of the Ajax you ...
(1983), football player
* Tatum Dagelet (1975)
* Johannes van Dam (1946) journalist, writer on food
* Nicolette van Dam (born 1984) actress, model and TV host.
* Elly Dammers (1921–2009), athlete
* Rudi van Dantzig
Rudi van Dantzig (4 August 1933 – 19 January 2012) was a Dutch choreographer, company director, and writer. He was a pivotal figure in the rise to world renown of Dutch ballet in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Early life and traini ...
(1933–2012) choreographer, company director, and writer.
* Hans Daudt (1925–2008)
* Sanny Day (1921–2008)
* Louis Debij (1937)
* Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet
Sir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet (1679 – 18 March 1749) (Dutch: ''Mattijs Decker'') of Richmond Green in Surrey, was a Dutch-born English merchant and economist who served as a Member of Parliament for Bishop's Castle in Shropshire from 1719 t ...
(1679–1749) merchant and economist.
* Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820–1887), writer, pen name, Multatuli
Eduard Douwes Dekker (2 March 182019 February 1887), better known by his pen name Multatuli (from Latin ''multa tulī'', "I have suffered much"), was a Dutch writer best known for his satirical novel '' Max Havelaar'' (1860), which denounced the ...
.
* Thomas Dekker (1984), cyclist
* Lex van Delden
Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap (10 September 1919 – 1 July 1988) was a Dutch composer, and the father of actor Lex van Delden.
Early life and education
Born Alexander Zwaap in Amsterdam, the only child of Wolf Zwaap, a school-teacher ...
(1947–2010), actor
* Dikke Dennis (1965)
* Thierry Detant (1965), Olympic cyclist
* Joep van Deudekom (1960)
* Boy Deul
Boy Darryl Deul (born 30 August 1987) is a Dutch professional footballer of Curaçaoan heritage.
Club career
He has previously played for Bayern Munich II, FC Volendam, Willem II and SC Veendam. In 2014, he joined FC Emmen.
He moved abroad t ...
(1987), football player
* Frans van Deursen (1962)
* Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink
Ineke Dezentjé Hamming-Bluemink (born 15 September 1954) is a former Dutch politician. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) she was elected to the House of Representatives from 3 June 2003 to 9 November 2011. She f ...
(1954) former politician.
* Isaäc Nicolaas Theodoor Diepenhorst (1907–1976)
* Ko van Dijk Jr. (1916–1978)
* Gé van Dijk (1923–2005), football player
* Nova van Dijk (1976)
* Guus Dijkhuizen (1937–2013)
* Lore Dijkman (1984), actor
* Nico Dijkshoorn
Nicolaas "Nico" Dijkshoorn (born 15 May 1960) is a Dutch author, columnist
A columnist is a person who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magaz ...
(born 1960) author, columnist, blogger, poet and musician.
* Loek Dikker (born 1944) pianist, conductor and composer
* Michael Dingsdag (1982), football player
* Dio (1988)
* Charles Dissels (1984), football player
* Tijn Docter (1972), actor
* Bram de Does (1934-2015) graphic and type designer.
* Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919), politicus
* Luciano Dompig (1987), football player
* Mitchell Donald
Mitchell Glenn Donald (born 10 December 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He previously played for AFC Ajax, where he went through the youth program. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Suriname national team. ...
(1988), football player
* Peter van Dongen
Peter van Dongen (born 21 October 1966 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comic ...
(born 1966) cartoonist.
* Ryan Donk (1986), football player
* Piet Hein Donner
Jan Pieter Hendrik "Piet Hein" Donner (born 20 October 1948) is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2018.
Early life and ca ...
(1948), politicus
* Agaath Doorgeest (1914–1991), athlete
* Tamar van den Dop (1970)
* Steve van Dorpel
Steven ("Steve") van Dorpel (13 December 1965 in Amsterdam – 7 June 1989 in Paramaribo) was a Dutch footballer. During his career he played for FC Volendam.
He died at the age of 23, killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in ...
(1965–1989), football player
* Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820–1887), writer
* Sjoerd Dragtsma (1984), actor
* Nanette Drazic (1980)
* Willem Drees sr. (1886–1988) politician and Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
1948-1958.
* Anton Dreesmann (1923–2000)
* Richard Dreise (1969)
* Danny Drenth (1963)
* Dana van Dreven (1974) gabber
Gabber (; ) is a style of electronic dance music and a subgenre of hardcore techno, as well as the surrounding subculture. The music is more commonly referred to as Hardcore, which is characterised by fast beats, distorted & heavier kickdrums, ...
DJ and producer.
* Nick Driebergen (1987), swimmer
* Kees Driehuis (1951–2019), journalist and TV host
* Leo Driessen (1955)
* Aarnout Drost (1810–1834)
* Hendrik Lodewijk Drucker (1857–1917), politicus
* Wilhelmina Drucker (1847–1925) politician, writer and early feminist
* Pierre H. Dubois
Pierre H. Dubois (born Amsterdam, 2 July 1917 – died The Hague, 24 March 1999) was a Dutch writer and critic. He was awarded the Constantijn Huygens Prize in 1952, for ''Een houding in de tijd'', and again in 1985.
Works
* 1940 - '' A.C. Wil ...
(1917–1999) writer and critic.
* Willem Dudok (1884–1974) modernist
Modernism is both a philosophy, philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western world, Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new fo ...
architect.
* Hans Dulfer (born 1940) tenor saxophone jazz musician
* Inez van Dullemen (1925 -2021)
* Frans van Dusschoten
Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis (given name), Francis''.
Given name
* Frans van Aarssens (1572� ...
(1933–2005)
* Anthony Ernst Mary Duynstee (1920)
* Jeroen Duyster (1966), coxswain, Olympic gold medallist
* Linda van Dyck (1948; born as Linda de Hartogh), actor
E
* Cor Eberhard (1947) former politician.
* Boy Edgar
Boy Edgar, pseudonyms of ''George Willem Fred Edgar'' ( Amsterdam, 31 March 1915 – 8 April 1980), was a Dutch jazz conductor, pianist and trumpeter.Huygens ING – Amsterdam. Bronvermelding: Lex Lammen, 'Edgar, George Willem Fred (1915–19 ...
(1915–1980) jazz conductor, pianist and trumpeter.
* Jesse Edwards (2000), college basketball
In United States colleges, top-tier basketball is governed by collegiate athletic bodies including National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), the United States Collegiate Athleti ...
player for the Syracuse Orange
The Syracuse Orange are the athletic teams that represent Syracuse University. The school is a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference. Until 2013, Syracuse was a member of the Big East Conference.
The school's mascot is O ...
* Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (19 August 1621 – 29 September 1674) was a Dutch Golden Age painter and a favourite student of Rembrandt. He was also an etcher, an amateur poet, a collector and an adviser on art.
Biography
Gerbrand was born in A ...
(1621–1674) painter.
* Esmée van Eeghen (1918–1944), resistance fighter in World War II
* Klaas van der Eerden
Klaas is a Dutch male given and surname. It is the Dutch short form of Nicholas, a Greek name ultimately meaning ''victory of the people''. A traditionally common name in the Netherlands, its popularity declined some 20-fold since 1950.
(1975)
* Erick van Egeraat
Erick van Egeraat (; born 1956) is a Dutch architect and author. He heads the architectural practice based in Rotterdam with offices in Moscow, Budapest and Prague. He is best known for his projects of ING Group Headquarters in Budapest, Drents ...
(1956), architect
* Remco van Eijden
Remco van Eijden (born 12 September 1977) is a Dutch former darts player.
Career
Van Eijden previously played in the British Darts Organisation and he played in the 2008 BDO World Darts Championship, beating fellow Dutchman Mario Robbe in th ...
born (1977) former darts player.
* Joop Eijl (1896–1941)
* Maya Eksteen (1958)
* Soundos El Ahmadi (1981)
* Ger van Elk (1941-2014) created sculptures and painted photographs.
* Ferdi Elmas
Ferdi Elmas (born 13 February 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Club career
Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elmas played for Ajax for over nine years in his youth, having come through the ranks of the clu ...
(1985), football player
* Johan Elsensohn (1884–1966)
* Harry Elte (1880–1944) architect.
* Urby Emanuelson
Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch former professional footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Utrecht.
As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Emanuelson spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a ...
(1986), football player
* Caro Emerald (born 1981) pop and jazz singer
* Stephen Emmer (born 1958), composer, arranger, producer and musician.
* Herman Emmink (1927–2013)
* Joop van den Ende
Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer, co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment, Europe's largest live entertainment compa ...
(born 1942) theatrical producer
* Rick Engelkes
Rick may refer to:
People
*Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name
*Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality
*Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
(1959)
* Martin van Engelshoven-Huls (1964)
* Jan van Ens (1620–1652)
* Simon Episcopius
Simon Episcopius (8 January 1583 – 4 April 1643) was a Dutch theologian and Remonstrant who played a significant role at the Synod of Dort in 1618. His name is the Latinized form of his Dutch name Simon Bisschop.
Life
Born in Amsterdam, in 1600 ...
(1583–1643) a theologian and Remonstrant
The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that had split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his ...
.
* Angela Esajas (1978)
* Malcolm Esajas
Malcolm Esajas (born 13 July 1986) is a Dutch footballer who plays for JOS Watergraafsmeer in the Derde Divisie.
Club career
Esajas formerly played for MVV Maastricht and ADO Den Haag, who loaned him to RKC Waalwijk in the 2014-15 season. He ...
(1986), football player
* Rudolf Escher (1912–1980), composer and music theorist.
* Max Euwe
Machgielis "Max" Euwe (; May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as ...
(1901–1981), chess player and mathematician
* Bloeme Evers-Emden
Bloeme Evers-Emden (; 26 July 1926 – 18 July 2016) was a Dutch Jewish lecturer and child psychologist who extensively researched the phenomenon of "hidden children" during World War II and wrote four books on the subject in the 1990s. Her ...
(1926–2016), teacher, child psychologist and Holocaust survivor
F
* Henri Faas (1926–1990)
* Ina van Faassen (1928–2011) actress and comedian.
* Raymond Fafiani (1983), football player
* Rik Felderhof (1948)
* Gino Felixdaal (1990), football player
* Ruud Feltkamp (1989), actor
* Kees Fens
Kees Fens (18 October 1929 in Amsterdam – 14 June 2008) was a Dutch writer, essayist and literary critic.Hubert Fermin (1948), actor
* Ad Fernhout (1946)
* Dirk Filarski (1885–1964)
*
*
*
Barthold Fles
Barthold "Bart" Fles (February 7, 1902 – December 19, 1989) was a Dutch-American literary agent, author, translator, editor and publisher. Among his many clients were Elias Canetti, Raymond Loewy, Heinrich Mann, Joseph Roth, Felix Salten, Ign ...
(1902–1989), literary agent
* George Fles (1908–1939), translator and victim of Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...
's Great Purge
The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secreta ...
* Melvin Fleur (1982), football player
* Coen Flink (1932–2000)
* Joss Flühr (1940), actor
* Cornelis Fock
Cornelis is a Dutch form of the male given name Cornelius. Some common shortened versions of Cornelis in Dutch are Cees, Cor, Corné, Corneel, Crelis, Kees, Neel and Nelis.
Cornelis (Kees) and Johannes (Jan) used to be the most common given n ...
(1828–1910)
* Stella Fontaine (1889–1966)
* Jan Fontijn (1936)
* Theo Fransman (1928–2007)
* Lange Frans (1980) rapper and TV presenter.
* Herman Frijda (1887–1944)
* Nelly Frijda (1936), actor
* Johan Frinsel sr. (1927)
* Jan Froger ("Bolle Jan")
* René Froger (1960), singer
* Laura Fygi (born 1955) jazz and pop singer
G
* Louis van Gaal
Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (; born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spel ...
(1951), football trainer
* Tess Gaerthé
Tess Gaerthé (born 21 August 1991), better known as simply Tess, is a Dutch singer and former child star. Gaerthé rose to fame as the Dutch representative at the third Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. Singing " Stupid", she finished in 7t ...
(1991) singer and former child star.
* Bert Garthoff (1913–1997)
* Jimmy Geduld (1964), actor
* Jacob Geel
Jacob Geel (12 November 1789 – 11 November 1862) was a Dutch scholar, critic and librarian.
He was born in Amsterdam. In 1823 he was appointed as a librarian, and in 1833 as university librarian and honorary professor at Leiden University, whe ...
(1789–1862) scholar, critic and librarian.
* Jacobine Geel (1963)
* Jan Willem Gefken (1807–1887)
* Annemarie van Gelder (1955)
* Han van Gelder
Han may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Han Chinese, or Han People (): the name for the largest ethnic group in China, which also constitutes the world's largest ethnic group.
** Han Taiwanese (): the name for the ethnic group of the Taiwanese p ...
(1923–2012)
* Jack van Gelder
Jack van Gelder (; born 27 December 1950) is a Dutch sport commentator and television presenter. He presented many sports television programs of the broadcasting organization NOS, including '' NOS Studio Sportzomer'', '' NOS Studio Voetbal'' a ...
(born 1950) sport commentator and TV presenter
* Tygo Gernandt
Tygo Gernandt (born 7 April 1974 in Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch actor. He has played in several Dutch movies, among them '' Van God Los'', '' Eilandgasten'', '' Schnitzelparadijs'' and '' De Dominee''. He also played in the BBC TV ser ...
(1974), actor
* Winston Gerschtanowitz (1976) presenter and actor.
* Kick Geudeker (1901–1977), football player and sports journalist
* Thorvald de Geus (1964)
* Jan van Gilse (1843–1915), politicus
* Jaap Glasz (1935–2005)
* Michel Henry Godefroi (1830–1882)
* Frans Goedhart (1904–1990) journalist, politician and resistance member
* Sim Gokkes
Simon (Sim) Gokkes (21 March 1897, Amsterdam – 5 February 1943, Auschwitz) was a Dutch-Jewish composer.
Biography
As a child, Gokkes took his first singing lessons with Ben Geysel, an opera singer who ran the Rembrandt Theatre of Amsterdam. ...
(1897–1943), composer
* Jip Golsteijn (1945–2002)
* Niels Gomperts (1991), actor
* Leo van der Goot (1950)
* Mylène Gordinou (1972)
* Gordon (1968)
* Henk Gortzak (1908–1989)
* Carel Goseling (1891–1941) lawyer and politician
* Jasper Gottlieb
Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases,Kostov, R. I. 2010. Review on the mineralogical systematics of jasper and related rocks. – Archaeometry Workshop, 7, 3, 209-213PDF/ref ...
(1989), actor
* Marius Gottlieb
Marius may refer to:
People
*Gaius Marius (157 BC-86 BC), Roman statesman, seven times consul.
Arts and entertainment
* ''Marius'' (play), a 1929 play by Marcel Pagnol
* "Marius" (short story), a 1957 story by Poul Anderson
* ''Marius'' (193 ...
(1989), actor
* Jetta Goudal
Jetta Goudal (, born Julie Henriette Goudeket; July 12, 1891 – January 14, 1985) was a Dutch-American actress, successful in Hollywood films of the silent film era.
Early life
Goudal was born on July 12, 1891, the daughter of Geertruida ( ...
(1891–1985), actor
* Anneke Goudsmit
Anneke is a Dutch language, Dutch and Low German language, Low German female diminutive given name, meaning ''little Anna'' or ''little Anne'', i.e., ''Annie'', an alternate pet or endearing form of Anna (name), Anna. The given name and later surna ...
(1933), politicus
* Manfred de Graaf
''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of a Gothic fiction.
...
(1939), actor
* Thom de Graaf
Thomas Carolus "Thom" de Graaf (;''Thomas'' in isolation: . born 11 June 1957) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. He is the Vice-President of the Council of State since 1 November 2018.
De Graaf attended the C ...
(born 1957) politician and jurist
* Anton P. de Graaff (1928–2008), writer
* Cynthia de Graaff (1975)
* Glennis Grace
Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), known professionally as Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer. In 2005, she represented the Netherlands in the 50th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, and in 2018 she appeared on the 13th sea ...
(born 1978) singer
* Metta Gramberg
Metta may refer to:
Buddhism
* Maitrī (aka ''mettā''), a Buddhist concept of love and kindness
* Metta Institute, a Buddhist training institute
* Mettā Forest Monastery, Valley Center, California, USA; a Buddhist monastery
Other uses
* Metta ( ...
(1959), actor
* Frank de Grave
Franciscus Hendrikus Gerardus "Frank" de Grave (born 27 June 1955) is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. He is an Extraordinary Member of the Council of State since 3 September 2018.
De ...
(1955) politician and businessman
* Serginho Greene (1982), football player
* Aus Greidanus sr. (1950)
* Annemarie Grewel
Annemarie Grewel (13 June 1935 – 27 February 1998) was a Dutch senator, educator, and columnist. She was an openly lesbian politician. Grewel was usually the chairperson of Labour Party congresses. In 1982, she became a columnist for ''De Groen ...
(1935–1998) senator, educator and columnist.
* Fred Grim (1965), football player (goalkeeper)
* Germaine Groenier (1943–2007)
* Gijs Groenteman (1974)
* Hanneke Groenteman (born 1939) journalist, radio broadcaster and TV presenter
* Paul van Groningen (1955)
* Ferry de Groot (1948)
* Harry de Groot (1920–2004)
* Jan de Groot (1948)
* Jim de Groot (1972)
* Paul de Groot (1899–1986), politicus
* Frank Groothof (1947), actor
* Amy Groskamp-ten Have (1887–1956)
* Robert Jasper Grootveld (1932–2009) artist
* Hans Grosheide (1930), politicus
* Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit (; born Rudi Dil; 1 September 1962) is a Dutch footballer and subsequent manager who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s as a defender, midfielder or forward. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all ...
(1962), football player
* Henk Guth (1921–2002), artist
H
* Meijer de Haan
Meijer Isaac de Haan (Amsterdam, April 14, 1852 – Amsterdam, October 24, 1895) was a Dutch painter. In French the name was written Meyer de Haan.
Biography
He was born into a successful Jewish family of bread and matzo bakers who held to conse ...
(1852–1895) painter.
* Bobby Haarms (1934–2009), football player and football trainer
* Cox Habbema (born 1944-2016) film and TV actress.
* Eddy Habbema (1947)
* Aart Hendrik Willem Hacke
Aart is a Dutch short form of the given name Arnout (English Arnold).Aart
at the Had-je-me-maar (1856–1931; real name: Cornelis de Gelder) * Paul Haenen (born 1946) comedian and voice actor. *
* Boudewijn Ietswaart (1936-2010), graphic designer
* Piet Ikelaar (1896–1992), cyclist
* Jeanne Immink (1853–1929), mountaineer
* Rinus Israël (1942), football player and football trainer
* Binyomin Jacobs (1949) rabbi
* Martine Jacobs (1956), artist
* Dieter Jansen (1969)
* Dolf Jansen (born 1963) comedian
* Hans Jansen (1942) politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.
* Harrie Jansen (1947), cyclist
* Huub Jansen (1928–1985)
* Lou Jansen (1900–1943)
* Martinus Jansen (1905–1983)
* Wim Jansen (docent) (1948)
* Famke Janssen (1964), actor
* Cornelius Johnson (artist), Cornelis Janssens (1593–1661) English portrait painter.
* Julius Jaspers (1962)
* Daan Jippes (1945), cartoonist (comic books)
* Virgall Joemankhan (1968–1989), football player
* Jolle Albertus Jolles (1814–1882), politicus
* John Jones (actor), John Jones (1963), actor
* Jacques de Jong (1930–1991)
* Jasperina de Jong (1938)
* Jennifer de Jong (1976)
* Loe de Jong (1914–2005) historian
* Nigel de Jong (1984), football player
* Trudy de Jong (1948), actor
* Calvin Jong-A-Pin (1986), football player
* Jan Jongbloed (1940), football player (goalkeeper)
* Leen Jongewaard (1927–1996), actor and singer
* Wik Jongsma (1943–2008), actor
* Andries Jonker (1962), football coach
* Johnny Jordaan (1924–1989) singer of popular music
* Johan Kaart (1897–1976), actor
* Jaap Kaas (1898–1972)
* René Kahn (born 1954) Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychiatrist
* Edna Kalb (1959)
* Abraham van Karnebeek (1836–1925)
* Ton Kas (1959)
* Isaäc Keesing Jr. (1886–1966)
* Leo Keesing (1912–1997)
* Piet Keizer (1943), football player
* Sander Keller (1979), football player
* Jos van Kemenade (born 1937) politician
* Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (1793–1870) politician and lawyer
* Joan Melchior Kemper (1776–1824), politicus
* Wytske Kenemans (1980)
* Arie Keppler (1876–1941)
* Michiel Kerbosch (1947), actor
* Hendrik Kerstens (1956), photographer, visual artist
* Theodore Matthieu Ketelaar (1864–1936), politician
* Otto Ketting (1935–2012), componist
* Teun van de Keuken (1971), journalist, novelist
* Thomas de Keyser (ca.1596–1667) portrait painter.
* Dunya Khayame (1981), actor
* Wim Kieft (1962), football player
* Pelle Kil (1971), Olympic cyclist
* Sharon Kips (born 1983) singer
* Dominique Kivuvu (1987), football player
* Karel Klaver (1978), hockey player
* Joram van Klaveren (1979), politicus
* Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943) gymnastics coach and a diamond cutter.
* Aart Klein (1909–2001) photographer
* Hetty Kleinloog (1958)
* Simone Kleinsma (1958) musical theatre actress
* Monique Klemann (1965)
* Suzanne Klemann (1963)
* Sam Klepper (1960–2000)
* Michel de Klerk (1884–1923) architect.
* Mientje Kling (1894–1966) theatre and film actress and radio personality.
* Dolf Kloek (1916–2012), writer
* André Kloos (1922–1989)
* Oger Klos (1993), football player
* Jacques Klöters (1946)
* Patrick Kluivert (1976), football player
* Gerrie Knetemann (1951–2004), cyclist
* Rie Knipscheer (1911–2003) artist.
* Koen Koch (1945–2012)
* Milano Koenders (1986), football player
* Adriaen Koerbagh (1633–1669)
* Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrugge (1803–1875) minister and reformed theologian
* Dolph Kohnstamm (1937)
* Max Kohnstamm (1914–2010) historian and diplomat.
* Ada Kok (1947), swimmer
* Mimi Kok (1934-2014) film and television actress.
* Edward Koldewijn (1964), actor
* Han König (1911–1964)
* Philip de Koninck (1619–1688) landscape painter.
* Henk Koning (football player), Henk Koning (1934–2009), football player
* Sabine Koning (1973), actor
* Betje Koolhaas (1972), actor
* Frans Koppers (1932–2010), actor
* John Körmeling (1951)
* Herman Kortekaas (1930)
* Frits Korthals Altes (1931), politicus
* Pim Korver (1937–2012)
* Guuske Kotte (1947)
* Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923-2014) journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
* John Kraaijkamp sr., John Kraaijkamp (1925–2011) actor, comedian and singer.
* Johnny Kraaijkamp jr., Johnny Kraaijkamp (1954), actor
* Diederik Kraaijpoel (1928–2012)
* Jasper Krabbé (1970)
* Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944) actor and film director
* Martijn Krabbé (1968), presentator
* Mirko Krabbé (1960)
* Tim Krabbé (1943), writer
* Piet Kramer (1881–1961), architect
* Arnost Kraus (1973)
* Michel Kreek (1971), football player
* Lona Kroese (1987), swimmer
* Ruud Krol (1949), football player and football coach
* Ron Kroon (1942–2000), swimmer
* Karel Wendel Kruijswijk (1921)
* Willy Kruyt (1877–1943) Protestant minister and politician.
* Guus Kuijer (1942), writer
* André Kuipers (astronaute), André Kuipers (1958)
* Pernille La Lau (1971)
* Yvette Laclé (born 1955) local politician and a reformed prostitute and drug addict
* Maroesja Lacunes (1945)
* Frits Lambrechts (born 1937) actor, musician and cabaret artist.
* Jan Joris Lamers (1942)
* Michael Lamey (1979), football player
* Esmé Lammers (1958)
* Kim Lammers (1981), hockey player
* Denny Landzaat (1976), football player
* Lucie de Lange (1957; also known as Lucie Janine Michielsen)
* Arend Langenberg (1949–2012) voice-over, voice actor and radio presenter.
* Henk Lankhorst (1914–1976), politicus
* Nicolaas Lansdorp (1885–1968)
* L.A. Raeven (born 1971) arts duo
* Saskia Laroo (born 1959) jazz musician
* Petra Laseur (1939), actor
* Herman Lauxtermann (1929–1999)
* Chris Lebeau (1878–1945)
* Thijs van Leer (born 1948) musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer
* Jean Leering (1934–2005)
* Reinbert de Leeuw (1938–) conductor, pianist and composer.
* Nani Lehnhausen (1975), actor
* Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) politician and civil engineer.
* Gerard van der Lem (1952), football player and football coach
* Jacob van Lennep (1802–1868) poet and novelist.
* Jeremain Lens (1987), football player
* Trudy Libosan (1940)
* Jan Ligthart (1859–1916) teacher and philosopher.
* Wibo van de Linde (1938)
* Hiske van der Linden (1954), actor
* Patricia Linhard (1957), politicus
* Dana Lixenberg (born 1964) photographer and filmmaker.
* Guillaume Lo A Njoe (1937)
* David Jessurun Lobo (1884–1926)
* Frank Lodeizen (1931–2013)
* Rifka Lodeizen (1972), actor
* Theo Loevendie (born 1930) composer and clarinet player.
* Dick Loggere (1921), hockey player
* Joghem van Loghem (1914–2005) professor of internal medicine
* Lot Lohr (1963), actor
* Tyrone Loran (1981), football player
* Fajah Lourens (1981), actor
* Victor Löw (1962; born as Victor Arthur Löwenstein), actor
* Tom Löwenthal (1954)
* Huub van der Lubbe (1953), singer and actor
* Reinier Lucassen (1939)
* Eric Lucassen (1974), politicus
* Lucebert (1924–1994) artist and poet of the COBRA (art movement)
* Marjan Luif (1947)
* Gijs Luirink (1983), football player
* Oger Lusink (1947)
* Charly Luske (1978), singer and actor
* Marion Lutke (1958)
* Joris Luyendijk (1971), journalist
* Maarten Maartens (1858–1915), writer
* Nol Maassen (1922–2009) politician
* Calvin Mac-Intosch (1989), football player
* Sherjill MacDonald (1984), football player
* Angelo Martha (1982), football player
* Bentinho Massaro (born 1988/1989), online New Age guru and alleged cult founder
* Clous van Mechelen (1942; real name: Jack Phillip van Mechelen)
* Eduard Meijer (1878–1929), swimmer
* Ischa Meijer (1943–1995) journalist, TV & radio resenter, critic and author.
* Jan Meijer (1921–1993), athlete
* Johnny Meijer (1912–1992) accordionist who played classical, folk, and swing.
* Mario Melchiot (1976), football player
* Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863–1939) sculptor and teacher.
* Hursut Meric (1983), football player
* Jan Messchert van Vollenhoven (1812–1881)
* Edward Metgod (1959), football player (goalkeeper) and football trainer
* John Metgod (1958), football player and football trainer
* Frits Meuring (1882–1973), Olympic freestyle swimmer
* Lodewijk Meyer (1629–1681) physician, classical scholar, lexicographer and playwright.
* Rinus Michels (1928–2005), football player and football trainer
* John Mieremet (1960–2005) underworld figure associated with extortion and assassination.
*Lion van Minden (1880–1944), Olympic fencer who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
* Albert Mol (1917–2004), actor
* Frans Molenaar (1940–2015)
* Michael Mols (1970), football player
* Rik Moorman (1961), cyclist
* Ibad Muhamadu (1982), football player
* Paul Mulders (1981), football player
*Bennie Muller (born 1938), footballer player
* Robin Muller van Moppes (1984), football player
* Danny de Munk (born 1970) actor, singer, musical actor and former child star.
* Jan Coenraad Nachenius (1890–1987)
* Jan Nagel (born 1939) politician
* Karel Nagel (1934–1979)
* Piet Nak (1906–1996)
* Guusje Nederhorst (1969–2004) actress and singer.
* Aert van der Neer (ca.1603–1677) landscape painter.
* Eglon van der Neer (ca.1635–1703) painter.
* Gregory Nelson (1988), football player
* Helma Neppérus (born 1950) politician, former tax inspector and rower.
* Anouk van Nes (1971)
* Nada van Nie (1967)
* Daan Nieber (born 1980) journalist
* Ivo Niehe (born 1946) radio and TV presenter, TV producer and actor.
* Ed Nieman (1961)
* Rick Nieman (1965)
* Constant Nieuwenhuijs (1920–2005)
* Matthijs van Nieuwkerk (born 1960) journalist and TV presenter.
* Loudi Nijhoff (1900–1995), actor
* Rob de Nijs (1942), singer and actor
* Louis Noiret (1896–1968)
* Piet Nolting (1852–1923), politicus
* Beppie Nooij Jr. (1919–1979)
* Beppie Nooij Sr. (1893–1976)
* Reinier Nooms (1623–1688) maritime painter
* Bob Noorda (1927–2010) graphic designer, worked in Milan
* Saskia Noorman-den Uyl (1946) former politician
* Lea Nordheim (1903–1943), gymnast
* Joost Nuissl (1945)
*Simon Okker (1881–1944), Olympic fencer killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
* Tom Okker (born 1944), tennis player; world # 3
* Jacob Olie (1834–1905) photographer
* Sam Olij (1900–1975) Olympic heavyweight boxer
* Janus Ooms (1866–1924), rower
* Piet Ooms (1884–1961), swimmer
* Huub Oosterhuis (born 1933) theologian and poet.
* Tjeerd Oosterhuis (born 1971) musician, songwriter and producer
* Trijntje Oosterhuis (born 1973) singer and songwriter.
* André Ooijer (1974), football player
* Rogier van Otterloo (1941–1988) composer and conductor.
* Gonny van Oudenallen (born 1957) Creative Director, former politician
* Rob Oudkerk (born 1955) politician and general practitioner.
* Alistair Overeem (1980) MMA Fighter
* Max Pam (born 1946) Australian photographer.
* Ans Panhorst-Niesink (1918–2010), Olympics discus thrower
* David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam), David Pardo, 17th century rabbi
* Ted van der Parre (born 1955) former strongman
* Arie Passchier
* Robert Paul (1949), entertainer and imitator
* Pieter Pauw (1564–1617) botanist and anatomist.
* Vera Pauw (1963), football player and football coach
* Marcel Peeper (1965), football player
* Elja Pelgrom (1951–1995), actor
* Jaap Penraat (1918–2006) resistance fighter during the Second World War
* Martin Perels (1960–2005), actor (''Q & Q'')
* Lily Petersen (1913–2004)
* Ankie Peypers (1928–2008)
* Peter Piekos (1918–2000) voice actor.
* Cindy Pielstroom (1970)
* Johanna Pieneman (1889–1986) artist.
* Nicolaas Pierson (politicus), Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)
* Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934), football player (goalkeeper)
* Heleen Pimentel (1916–2008), actor
* Menachem Pinkhof (1920–1969)
* Benjamin Pinto (1980), football player
* Mitchell Piqué (1979), football player
* Henk Pleket (1937–2011), singer (de Havenzangers)
* Glynor Plet (1987), football player
* Hans Plomp (1944)
* Jack Plooij (1961)
* Eddy Poelmann (1950)
* Rydell Poepon (1987), football player
* Frans Pointl (1933), writer
* Andrea van Pol (1962)
* Clairy Polak (1956)
* Henri Polak (1868–1943) trade unionist and politician.
* Willem Polak (1915)
* Wim Polak (1924–1999) politician
* Johan Polet (1894–1971)
* Willem Gerrit van de Poll (1763–1836)
* René Ponk (1971), football player (goalkeeper)
* Sylvain Poons (1896–1985)
* Henk Poort (born 1956) actor and singer, mainly in operas and musicals.
* Ine Poppe (born 1960) artist, journalist and writer
* Peter Post (cyclist), Peter Post (1933–2011), cyclist
* Jan Postma (CPN), Jan Postma (1895–1944)
* Ella van Poucke (born 1994), cellist
* Beryl van Praag (1969)
* Chiel van Praag (1949), presentator
* Jaap van Praag (sport manager), Jaap van Praag (1910–1987)
* Marga van Praag (born 1946) journalist and TV presenter.
* Max van Praag (1913–1991), singer
* Michael van Praag (born 1947) football administrator and former referee.
* Benno Premsela (1920–1997) designer, visual artist and art collector.
* Gerard Prent (born 1954) a contemporary painter.
* Jacques Presser (1899–1970) historian, writer and poet.
* Anduele Pryor (1985), football player
* Jörgen Raymann (born 1966) cabaretier, stand-up comedian, actor and presenter.
* Halina Reijn (1975), actor
* Victor Reinier (born 1963) actor
* Patricia Remak (1965) politician
* Martijn Reuser (1975), football player
* Gerard Reve, Gerard (van het) Reve (1923–2006) writer
* Karel van het Reve (1921–1999) writer, translator and literary historian on Russian literature
* Daniël de Ridder (1984), football player
* Mark Rietman (born 1960) film actor
* Maceo Rigters (1984), football player
* Frank Rijkaard (1962), football player and football coach
*Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), footballer, striker for Ajax
* Dries Roelvink (1959), singer
* Edsilia Rombley (1978), singer
* Piet Römer (1928–2012), actor
* Thijs Römer (1978), actor
* Raymond de Roon (born 1952) politician
* Willem Rooseboom (1843–1920) Major General and politician.
* Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007) Nazi collaborator
* Felix Rottenberg (1957) politician
* Bryan Roy (1970), football player
* Heleen van Royen (born 1965) novelist and columnist.
* Wim Ruska (born 1940) an Olympic judoka medallist
* An Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990) writer of children's novels.
* Liane Saalborn (1923–1989; born as Zaalborn), actor
* Ben Sajet (1887–1986)
* Mady Saks (1941–2006)
* Jamile Samuel (1992), athlete
* Jeffrey Sarpong (1988), football player
* Nico Schaap (1946–2009), actor
* Alexander Schabracq (1957)
* Jan Schaefer (1940–1994) politician
* Ruben Schaken (1982), football player
* Dick Scheffer (1929–1986), actor
* Jules Schelvis (1921–2016), Jewish historian and Holocaust survivor
* Danny Schenkel (1978), football player
* Peggy Jane de Schepper (1971), actor
* Elsje Scherjon (1938), actor
* Johannes Leendert Scherpenisse (1888–1966)
* Wouter Schievink (born 1963), neurosurgeon
* Anton van Schijndel (1960) politician
* Bob van Schijndel (1945)
* Francis David Schimmelpenninck (1854–1924), politicus
* Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863) businessman and politician
* Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis (1821–1893)
* Luud Schimmelpennink (1935), politicus
* Don Pepjin Schipper (1980), Dutch EDM DJ
* Ivo Schöffer (1922–2012)
* Jan Schokking (1864–1941) politician and Christian minister.
* Wim Schokking (1900–1960) politician
* Bob Scholte (1902–1983), singer
* Rob Scholte (born 1958) contemporary artist.
* Gabe Scholten (1921–1997), athlete
* Judy Schomper (1956)
* Eegje Schoo (1944) politician
* Hendrik Jan Schoo (1945–2007) author, journalist and magazine editor.
* Thomas Schoorel (born 1989) tennis player.
* Cobi Schreijer (1922–2005)
* Wim Schuijt (1909–2009)
* Duifje Schuitenvoerder (1874–1942)
* Wil Schuurman (1943) politician
* Wim Schut (1920–2006)
* Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918) portrait painter.
* Charl Schwietert (1943)
* Will van Selst (1937–2009)
* Orlow Seunke (born 1952) director, screenwriter and producer.
* Gerson Sheotahul (1987), football player
* Hans Sibbel (1958; ook bekend als Lebbis)
* Willem Sibbelee (1918–1992)
* Jan Sierhuis (born 1928) painter
* Harry N. Sierman (1927–2007)
* Ton Sijbrands (born 1949) international draughts player
* Khalid Sinouh (born 1975) former professional football goalkeeper.
* Johan Sirag (1918–2000), actor
* Jan Six (historicus), Jan Six (1857–1926)
* Pieter Jacob Six (1894–1986)
* Cornelis Charles Six van Oterleek (1772–1833), politicus
* Sjaak (rapper), Sjaak (1985)
* Denzel Slager (1993), football player
* Carry Slee (1949)
* Philip Slier (1923–1943) typesetter
* Marjolein Sligte (1954), actor
* Harry Slinger (1949), singer
* Bert van Slooten (1960)
* Carel Philip Sluiter (1854–1933)
* Lies Sluijters (1924–2010), athlete
* Bob Smalhout (1927-2015) physician, professor and author.
* Elie Smalhout (1889–1939)
* Floortje Smit (born 1983) singer.
* Ger Smit (1933–2012)
* Lisa Smit (1993), actor
* Els Ingeborg Smits (1944–2011), actor
* A.L. Snijders (1937), writer
* Genaro Snijders (1989), football player
* Johannes Snippendaal (1616–1670)
* Johann Snoer (1868–1936), composer and harpist
* Paul van Soest (1947), actor
* Ap Sok (1907–2004)
* Ben Sombogaart (born 1947) film and TV director.
* Haya van Someren (1926–1980) politician
* Bob Spaak (1917–2011), sports journalist
* Karin Spaink (born 1957) journalist, writer and feminist.
* Maarten Spanjer (1952)
* Anna Speller (1984), actor
* Jan Spiering (1937–1994)
* Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher.
* Arno Splinter (1977), football player
* Ben Springer (1897–1960) draughts player
* Sophie van der Stap (1983), writer
* Michael Stein (1935–2009), journalist
* Thérèse Steinmetz (1933), singer and actor
* Floris Stempel (1877–1910) first chairman of football club Ajax Amsterdam.
* Ernst Stern (1926–2007) Romanian-German scenic designer
* Joop van Stigt (1934–2011), architect
* Maren Stoffels (1988)
* Co Stompé (born 1962) former professional darts player.
* Theodoor Jan Stomps (1885–1973)
* Benno Stokvis (1901–1977)
* Frans Stoppelman (1921-2007), photographer
* Tina Strobos (1920–2012), psychiatrist and World War II resistance hero
* Devika Strooker (1963), actor
* Jan Stulen (1942)
* Louis Stuyt (1914–2000) politician
* Ko Suurhoff (1905–1967), politicus
* Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), biologist and microscopist.
* Sjaak Swart (1938), football player
* Hans van Swol (1914–2010) tennis player.
* Joyce Sylvester (1965), politicus
* Zsolt Szabó (politicus), Zsolt Szabó (1961)
* Max Tailleur (1909–1990)
* Max Tak (1891–1967)
* Wally Tax (1948–2004) singer and songwriter.
* Ed van Teeseling (1924)
* Carry Tefsen (1938), actor
* Joseph Teixeira de Mattos (1892–1971) watercolor painter and pastellist
* Alfred Tepe (1840–1920), architect
* Henk Terlingen (1941–1994), presentator
* Eddy Terstall (born 1964) movie director and screenwriter.
* Amber Teterissa (1979), actor
* Brian Tevreden (footballer born 1981), Brian Tevreden (1981), football player
* Ed van Thijn (1934-2021) politician
* Theo Thijssen (1879–1943) writer, teacher and politician.
* Raymond Thiry (1959), actor
* Frits Thors (1909-2014) journalist and news anchor.
* Eric van Tijn (born 1956) music producer
* Jan Timman (1951), chess player
* Coby Timp (1930; born as Jacoba Toele), actor
* Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) politician
* Jeroen Tjepkema (1970)
* Willem den Toom (theoloog), Willem den Toom (1928–2007)
* Waldemar Torenstra (born 1974) actor
* Anton Toscani (1901–1984) Olympic 50 km race walker.
* Karim Touzani (1980), football player
* Vieze Fur, Freddie Tratlehner (1983, Vieze Fur), rapper
* Orlando Trustfull (1970), football player
* Quinty Trustfull (born 1971) actress, TV presenter and former model.
* Olivier Tuinier (1982), actor
* Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004) radio and TV sports journalist
* Peter Marius Tutein Nolthenius (1814–1896), politicus
* Fred Vaassen (1942) actor and director
* Jahrizino Valentijn (1984), football player
* Arsenio Valpoort (1992), football player
* Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944) sculptor
* Remco van der Veen (model), Remco van der Veen (1973)
* Nel Veerkamp (1928–2010)
* Ed Vijent (1963–2001), football player
* Marko Vejinović (1990), football player
* Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), painter, draughtsman and print artist.
* Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) marine painter.
* Jan van den Velden (1768–1854), politicus
* Nick van der Velden (1981), football player
* Aat Veldhoen (1934-2018) painter and graphic artist
* David Veldhoen (1957), painter
* Lau Veldt (1953), Olympic cyclist
* Gerdi Verbeet (1951) politician
* Emmy Verhey (born 1949) classical violinist.
* Paul Verhoeven (1938), film director
* Eduard Verkade (1878–1961)
* Nico Verlaan (1932) entrepreneur and politician
* Kenneth Vermeer (1986), football player (goalkeeper)
* Harry Vermeegen (1950)
* Wiet Verschure (1924–2009) city councillor
* Geoffrey Verwey (1982), football player
* Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966) former Prime Minister of South Africa
* Jo Vincent (1898–1989) concert soprano in oratorios,
* Simon Vinkenoog (1928–2009), writer
* Ad Visser (1947), presentator
* André Vlaanderen (1881–1955) graphic artist
* Stefanie van Vliet (1967) politician
* Bernardus Reinierus Franciscus van Vlijmen (1843–1919) politician
* Lucretia van der Vloot (1968)
* Willem de Vlugt (1872–1945) Mayor of Amsterdam
* Wim Volkers (1899–1990) football player
* Henk Vonhoff (1931–2010) politician
* Corry Vonk (1901–1988)
* Joop Voogd (1916–1983)
* René van Vooren (1931–1998)
* Michiel Vos (born 1970) Dutch-American journalist and US-based correspondent.
* Elles Voskes (1964), swimmer
* Jonathan Vosselman (1984), football player
* Joël Vredenburg (1866–1943)
* Frans de Vreng (1898–1974) Olympic track cyclist
* Edwin de Vries (1950)
* Erik de Vries (1912–2004)
* Leo de Vries (beeldhouwer), Leo de Vries (1932–1994)
* James Vrij (born 1951) retired welterweight boxer
* Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh (1950–1997), actor
* Robert Vuijsje (1970)
* Simon de Waal (born 1961) writer of TV and film scripts
* Frank Waaldijk (1965)
* Viggo Waas (1962)
* Gerard Walden (1909–2005)
* Hugo Walker (1933–2015)
* Sanne Wallis de Vries (1971)
* Wim Wama (1918–1986)
* Willie Wartaal (1982)
* Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–ca.1659) painter.
* Rogier van de Weerd (1983)
* Frans Weisz (born 1938) film director.
* Géza Weisz (1986), actor
* Annie Wesling (1888–1956), actor
* Willem Westerman (1864–1935)
* Bas Westerweel (1963), presentator
* Willy Westerweel (1908–1999)
* Hans Wiegel (1941), politician
* Gregory van der Wiel (1988), football player
* Elsje de Wijn (1944), actor
* Juliëtte de Wijn (1962)
* Nicolaas Wijnberg (1918–2006)
* David Wijnkoop (1876–1941), politicus
* Joseph Wijnkoop (1842–1910) rabbi and scholar in Jewish studies.
* Marianne van Wijnkoop (1945)
* Harry Wijnschenk (born 1964) politician
* Wimie Wilhelm (1961), actor
* Paul Wilking (1924–2005; beter bekend als Pistolen Paultje)
* Hans van Willigenburg (televisiepresentator), Hans van Willigenburg (1942), presentator
* Jan Wilmans (1914–2005), politicus
* Lies de Wind (1920–2002), actor
* Sophie van Winden (1983), actor
* Anja Winter (1956)
* Ernst Witkamp (1854–1987), painter
* Cor Witschge (1925–1991)
* Rob Witschge (1966), football player
* Richard Witschge (1969), football player
* Miljuschka Witzenhausen (born 1985) model and actress.
* Pieter de Wolff (1911–2000)
* Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger (1944), politicus
* Loes Wouterson (1963)
* Christine Wttewaall van Stoetwegen (1901–1986), politicus
* Yes-R (born 1986) stage name of Yesser Roshdy, rapper and TV presenter.
* Rowin van Zaanen (1984), football player
* Philip Van Zandt (1904–1958), actor
* Michel Zanoli (1968), Olympic cyclist
* Género Zeefuik (1990), football player
* Marvin Zeegelaar (1990), football player
* Loes de Zeeuw-Lases (1947), politicus
* Bart Zeilstra (1982), singer
* Valerio Zeno (1984)
* Anne Zernike (1887–1972) liberal theologian
* Elisabeth Zernike (1891–1982)
* Frits Zernike (1888–1966) physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953
* Emmelie Zipson (1977)
* Jo Zwaan (1922–2012), sprinter.
* Erik de Zwart (born 1957) radio and TV maker and former D.J.
* Zwarte Riek (1924; real name: Rika Jansen)
* Theodorus Zwartkruis (1909–1983)
* Jaap van Zweden (born 1960) classical conductor and violinist.
* Ron Zwerver (born 1967) retired volleyball player
* Sabine Beens (1982), actor
* Judith Belinfante (1943), politicus
* Abdelkader Benali (1975), writer
* Jody Bernal (1981), singer
* Annette Birschel (1960)
* Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), athlete
* Esther de Boer-van Rijk (1853–1937), actor
* Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680) painter, etcher and draftsman
* Chris Bolczek (1948)
* Arie Boomsma (1974)
* Wouter Bos (born 1963) politician
* Martin Bosma (1964), politicus
* Alida Bosshardt, Majoor Bosshardt (1913–2007) officer in The Salvation Army
* Aaf Bouber (1885–1974), actor
* Samira Bouchibti (1970)
* Annelieke Bouwers (1976)
* Brace (singer), Brace (1986), singer
* Patty Brard (born 1955) TV personality and a singer
* George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923) painter and photographer.
* Martin Bril (1959–2009)
* Frederik Brom (1975)
* Herman Brood (1946–2001) musician, painter, actor and poet.
* Martin Brozius (1941–2009) actor, presenter and comedian.
* Inge de Bruijn (1973), swimmer
* Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002), writer, poet and television presenter.
* Bobby Farrell (1949–2010) dancer and singer with Boney M.
* Stefan Felsenthal (1933–2007)
* Govert Flinck (1615–1660) painter.
* Sander Foppele (1977)
* Anne Frank (1929–1945) diarist and victim of the Holocaust
* Hella Haasse (1918–2011) writer, the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature
* Femke Halsema (born 1966), politician, Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018
* Eddy Hamel (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
* Johannes Heesters (1903–2011) actor of stage, TV and film and vocalist
* A.F.Th. van der Heijden (1951), writer
* Youp van 't Hek (born 1954) comedian, author, columnist and singer-songwriter.
* Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709), landscape painter.
* Wim Hogenkamp (1947–1989) actor, lyricist and singer.
* Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612) engraver and cartographer.
* Ellen Hoog (1986), hockey player
* Nan Hoover (1931–2008) video art, installation art, photography and drawing
* Carice van Houten (1976), actor
* Ralph Inbar (1938–2004)
* Ewout Irrgang (1976), politicus
* Paul Kalma (1948), politicus
* Jort Kelder (born 1964) journalist, TV presenter and former magazine editor
* Frans Kellendonk (1951–1990), writer and translator
* Reinier Cornelis Keller (1905–1981)
* Mensje van Keulen (1946), writer
* Jan van Kilsdonk (1917–2008)
* Pieter Klaver (1890–1970)
* Adriënne Kleiweg (1948), actor
* Marc Klein Essink (1960)
* Raymond van de Klundert (1964; also known as Kluun), writer
* Kokadorus (1867–1934)
* Howard Komproe (1971)
* Martijn Koning (1978)
* Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (born 1973) actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter.
* Jos van der Kooy (1951)
* Adriaan Kortlandt (1918–2009) Ethology, ethologist (the scientific study of animal behaviour)
* Hildo Krop (1884–1970) sculptor and furniture designer
* Ton Kuyl (1921–2010), actor
* Gerard de Lairesse (1640–1711) painter and art theorist.
* Manfred Langer (1952–1994)
* John Leerdam (1961), politicus
* Paul de Leeuw (born 1962) TV comedian, singer and actor.
* Ton Lensink (1922–1997)
* Søren Lerby (1958), football player and sport manager
* Isaäc Abraham Levy (1836–1920)
* Stan Limburg (1961)
* Nico ter Linden (1936)
* Margriet van der Linden (1970)
* Patrick Lodiers (born 1971) TV presenter
* Jamai Loman (born 1986) singer
* Anouk Maas (1987)
* Gerard Maas (1913–1988)
* Bridget Maasland (born 1974) TV presenter and producer.
* Geert Mak (born 1946) journalist and non-fiction writer.
* Ahmed Marcouch (born 1969) politician, Mayor of Arnhem since 2017.
* Jan Floris Martinet (1729–1795)
* Peer Mascini (1941–2019), actor
* Bea Meulman (1949), actor
* Felix Meurders (1946)
* Mary Michon (1939–2011)
* Hans van Mierlo (D66), Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)
* Johnny de Mol (born 1979) actor and presenter.
* Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), writer
* Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954) South African poet, writer, and academic.
* Ronald van Raak (1969), politicus
* Prem Radhakishun (born 1962) lawyer, columnist, actor and radio and TV producer.
* Joan Remmelts (1905–1987)
* Rembrandt van Rijn (1606/7–1669) painter, printmaker and draughtsman.
* Louis Royer (1793–1868) sculptor
* Gerda Rubinstein (1931) sculptor of figures, birds and animals
* Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990) writer, journalist and columnist.
* Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676) admiral.
* Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995) politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, 1967-1977.
* Jolande Sap (1963), politicus
* Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995) writer, the ''mother of the Dutch theatrical song''
* Merijn Scholten (1983)
* Manon Sikkel (1965)
* Nina Simone (1933–2003) American singer, songwriter, musician and civil rights activist.
* Joke Smit (1933–1981) feminist and politician
* Wim Sonneveld (1917–1974) cabaret artist and singer
* Ed Spanjaard (born 1948) classical conductor and pianist.
* Gitte Spee (1950), children's book illustrator
* Jack Spijkerman (1948)
* Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 1976) actor
* Abraham Staalman (1871–1935), politicus
* Carel Struycken (born 1948) actor
* Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) composer, organist, and pedagogue
* Humberto Tan (1965) radio and TV presenter, sports journalist and writer
* Paul Tang (politician), Paul Tang (1967), politicus
* Gerard Thoolen (1943–1996), actor
* Liesbeth van Tongeren (born 1958) politician and director of Greenpeace Netherlands
* Willem Treub (1858–1931) politician.
* Serge-Henri Valcke (1946)
* Kees Vendrik (1963), politicus
* Georgina Verbaan (born 1979) actress and singer.
* Roué Verveer (1972)
* Florian Vijent (1961–1989), football player
* Hendrik Verwoerd (1901-1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, 1958-1966
* Mart Visser (born 1968) fashion designer.
* Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679) poet, writer and playwright.
* Joël Voordewind (1965), politicus
* Mei Li Vos (1970) politician
* Willem Vroom (1850–1925)
at the Had-je-me-maar (1856–1931; real name: Cornelis de Gelder) * Paul Haenen (born 1946) comedian and voice actor. *
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink (; 4 March 1929 – 21 October 2021) was a Dutch conductor and violinist. He was the principal conductor of several international orchestras, beginning with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in 1961. He moved to Lon ...
(1929-2021) conductor and violinist.
* Henri Halberstadt (1917–1943)
* Alex van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie, David Lee Roth, and Mark ...
(1953) American musician and drummer
* Floris Adriaan van Hall
Floris Adriaan van Hall, Baron of Hall (15 May 1791 – 29 March 1866) was a prominent Dutch nobleman and statesman in the 19th century. He played an important role as representative of the Amsterdam trade and banking sector, and later as po ...
(1791–1866)
* Gijs van Hall
Gijsbert van Hall (21 April 1904 – 22 May 1977) was a Dutch banker, resistance member and senator. He was Mayor of Amsterdam between 1957 and 1967.
Early life & banking career
Gijs van Hall was born in Amsterdam in an influential Dutch fami ...
(1904–1977) banker, resistance member and Mayor of Amsterdam, 1957-1967.
* Walraven van Hall (1906–1945) banker and resistance leader
* Fernando Halman (1981)
* Frans Halsema (1939–1984)
* Boris van der Ham
Boris van der Ham (born 29 August 1973) is a Dutch writer, humanist, former politician, and actor. On 23 May 2002, he became a member of the House of Representatives for the Democrats 66, a social liberal party. From 24 November 2012 to 21 Novem ...
(1973), politicus
* Hartog Hamburger
Hartog Hamburger (Amsterdam, March 20, 1887 – Amsterdam, October 10, 1924) was a Dutch diamond polisher and baseball player.
Hamburger played as an infielder for OVVO in Amsterdam, which belonged to the highest division of Dutch baseball, th ...
(1887–1924) diamond polisher and baseball player.
* Jacob Hamel (1883–1943)
* Jules Hamel (1938), actor
* Mariëtte Hamer (1958), politicus
* Simon Hammelburg (1952), entertainer, songwriter, author and journalist
* Otto Hanrath (1882–1944) painter.
* Tol Hansse
Tol Hansse (born Johannes Adrianus "Hans" van Tol, 3 April 1940, Laren - 29 April 2002) was a Dutch singer and musician. He was the son of cabaret artist . Because of his father's history of collaboration during World War II he changed his name. ...
(1940–2002; real name: Hans van Tol)
* Annick van Hardeveld (1923–1945)
* Johannes Martinus van Hardeveld (1891–1953)
* Badr Hari
Badr Hari (born 8 December 1984) is a Moroccan-Dutch kickboxer. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight World Champion (2007–2008), It's Showtime Heavyweight World Champion (2009–2010) and ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 and 2009'' finalist. Born an ...
(born 1984) kickboxer
* Cor van der Hart (1928–2006), football player and football trainer
* Rob Hartoch (1947–2009), chess master
* Abraham Frans Karel Hartogh
Abraham, ; ar, , , name=, group= (originally Abram) is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews ...
(1844–1901), politicus
* Jan Frederik Hartsuiker (1913–2003)
* Maryam Hassouni (1985), actor
* Boy Hayje (1949), Formule 1 driver
* André Hazes
André Gerardus Hazes (30 June 1951 - 23 September 2004) was a Dutch singer and actor. As an accomplished levenslied singer, Hazes recorded 36 studio and live albums, and 55 singles prior to his death in 2004. His music is still well-known in th ...
(1951–2004) singer and actor.
* Maaike Head (1983), rower
* Jan Heemskerk
Jan Heemskerk Abrahamszoon (; 30 July 1818 – 9 October 1897) was a Dutch politician who served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1874 to 1877, and again from 1883 to 1888. His son, Theo Heemskerk also served as Chairman of the Coun ...
(1818–1897), politicus
* Jan Heemskerk Bzn. (1811–1880)
* Johan van Heemskerk (1597–1656), poet.
* Theo Heemskerk
Theodorus "Theo" Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Heemskerk is particularly known ...
(1852–1932) politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
1908-1913.
* Simon Heere Heeresma (1932–2011) author and poet.
* Pieter Heerma (1977), politicus
* Freddy Heineken
Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken (4 November 1923 – 3 January 2002) was a Dutch businessman for Heineken International, the brewing company bought in 1864 by his grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. He served as chairman of the boa ...
(1923–2002) businessman
* Pascal Heije (1979), football player
* Sanne Heijen (1981)
* Jérôme Louis Heldring (1917–2013) journalist, columnist and editor
* Bernardus Hermanus Heldt (1841–1914)
* Sergio Hellings (1984), football player
* Jan Frederik Helmers (1767–1813), poet.
* Pamela Hemelrijk (1947–2009), journalist
* Henk Hemsing (1891–1971) Olympic diver
* Maurits Hendriks (born 1961) field hockey goalkeeper and coach
* Ruud Hendriks (1959)
* Marpessa Hennink (1964), former model
* Truus Hennipman (1943), athlete
* Katja Herbers (1980), actor
* Eric Herfst (1937–1985)
* Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995) author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays,
* Cor Hermus (1889–1953)
* Guus Hermus (1918–2001), actor
* Herman Hertzberger (1932), architect
* Abel Herzberg (1893–1989) lawyer and writer
* Judith Herzberg (born 1934) poet and writer.
* Danny Hesp (1969), football player
* Catharina Hesterman (1902–1982) Olympic diver
* Jan Hesterman (1893–1963) & Wim Hesterman (1897–1971) Olympic boxers
* Jan Bertus Heukelom (1875–1965)
* Arturo ten Heuvel (1978), football player
* John van den Heuvel (born 1962) crime journalist, TV presenter and former police officer.
* Wim van den Heuvel (1928), actor
* Sara Heyblom (1892–1990), actor
* Christianus Joannes Antonius Heydenrijck (1832–1911)
* Ernst Hijmans (1890–1987)
* Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950) retired politician and jurist
* Henk Hoekstra (1924–2009) politician
* Pieter van der Hoeven (1911–1980)
* Henk Hofstra (politicus), Henk Hofstra (1904–1999)
* Carl Hollander (1934–1995)
* Willem Holleeder (born 1958) criminal and kidnapper
* Theodor Holman (1953), writer
* Marc de Hond (1977-2020) TV presenter, businessman, writer and theatre performer,
* Maurice de Hond (born 1947) pollster and entrepreneur.
* Harmanus Hondius (1903–1996)
* Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647) historian, poet and playwright.
* Micky Hoogendijk (born 1970) actress, presenter, model and photographer.
* Martin Hoogland (1956–2004)
* Albert van der Hoogte (1909–1970), writer
* Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (born 1948) politician, diplomat and lawyer
* Netty van Hoorn (born 1951) film director and producer
* Henk van der Horst (1939)
* Dilara Horuz (1994)
* Bas van Hout (1959)
* Cor van Hout (1957–2003) criminal and kidnapper
* Xander Houtkoop (1989), football player
* Kees Houtman (1959–2005)
* Johannes Petrus Huibers (1875–1969)
* Pieter Huidekoper (1798–1852)
* Hellen Huisman (1937–2012) voice actor
* Micha Hulshof (1979), actor
* Ben Hulsman (1931), actor
* Gerard van Hulst (1909–1990)
* Johan van Hulst (1911-2018) university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian.
* Kees Hulst (1952)
* Donny Huysen (1973), football player
* Jan van Huysum (1682–1749) painter.
* Ernst Hijmans (1890–1987)
I
* Boudewijn Ietswaart (1936-2010), graphic designer
* Piet Ikelaar (1896–1992), cyclist
* Jeanne Immink (1853–1929), mountaineer
* Rinus Israël (1942), football player and football trainer
J
* Binyomin Jacobs (1949) rabbi
* Martine Jacobs (1956), artist
* Dieter Jansen (1969)
* Dolf Jansen (born 1963) comedian
* Hans Jansen (1942) politician, scholar of contemporary Islam and author.
* Harrie Jansen (1947), cyclist
* Huub Jansen (1928–1985)
* Lou Jansen (1900–1943)
* Martinus Jansen (1905–1983)
* Wim Jansen (docent) (1948)
* Famke Janssen (1964), actor
* Cornelius Johnson (artist), Cornelis Janssens (1593–1661) English portrait painter.
* Julius Jaspers (1962)
* Daan Jippes (1945), cartoonist (comic books)
* Virgall Joemankhan (1968–1989), football player
* Jolle Albertus Jolles (1814–1882), politicus
* John Jones (actor), John Jones (1963), actor
* Jacques de Jong (1930–1991)
* Jasperina de Jong (1938)
* Jennifer de Jong (1976)
* Loe de Jong (1914–2005) historian
* Nigel de Jong (1984), football player
* Trudy de Jong (1948), actor
* Calvin Jong-A-Pin (1986), football player
* Jan Jongbloed (1940), football player (goalkeeper)
* Leen Jongewaard (1927–1996), actor and singer
* Wik Jongsma (1943–2008), actor
* Andries Jonker (1962), football coach
* Johnny Jordaan (1924–1989) singer of popular music
K
* Johan Kaart (1897–1976), actor
* Jaap Kaas (1898–1972)
* René Kahn (born 1954) Neuropsychiatry, neuropsychiatrist
* Edna Kalb (1959)
* Abraham van Karnebeek (1836–1925)
* Ton Kas (1959)
* Isaäc Keesing Jr. (1886–1966)
* Leo Keesing (1912–1997)
* Piet Keizer (1943), football player
* Sander Keller (1979), football player
* Jos van Kemenade (born 1937) politician
* Jacobus Mattheüs de Kempenaer (1793–1870) politician and lawyer
* Joan Melchior Kemper (1776–1824), politicus
* Wytske Kenemans (1980)
* Arie Keppler (1876–1941)
* Michiel Kerbosch (1947), actor
* Hendrik Kerstens (1956), photographer, visual artist
* Theodore Matthieu Ketelaar (1864–1936), politician
* Otto Ketting (1935–2012), componist
* Teun van de Keuken (1971), journalist, novelist
* Thomas de Keyser (ca.1596–1667) portrait painter.
* Dunya Khayame (1981), actor
* Wim Kieft (1962), football player
* Pelle Kil (1971), Olympic cyclist
* Sharon Kips (born 1983) singer
* Dominique Kivuvu (1987), football player
* Karel Klaver (1978), hockey player
* Joram van Klaveren (1979), politicus
* Gerrit Kleerekoper (1897–1943) gymnastics coach and a diamond cutter.
* Aart Klein (1909–2001) photographer
* Hetty Kleinloog (1958)
* Simone Kleinsma (1958) musical theatre actress
* Monique Klemann (1965)
* Suzanne Klemann (1963)
* Sam Klepper (1960–2000)
* Michel de Klerk (1884–1923) architect.
* Mientje Kling (1894–1966) theatre and film actress and radio personality.
* Dolf Kloek (1916–2012), writer
* André Kloos (1922–1989)
* Oger Klos (1993), football player
* Jacques Klöters (1946)
* Patrick Kluivert (1976), football player
* Gerrie Knetemann (1951–2004), cyclist
* Rie Knipscheer (1911–2003) artist.
* Koen Koch (1945–2012)
* Milano Koenders (1986), football player
* Adriaen Koerbagh (1633–1669)
* Hermann Friedrich Kohlbrugge (1803–1875) minister and reformed theologian
* Dolph Kohnstamm (1937)
* Max Kohnstamm (1914–2010) historian and diplomat.
* Ada Kok (1947), swimmer
* Mimi Kok (1934-2014) film and television actress.
* Edward Koldewijn (1964), actor
* Han König (1911–1964)
* Philip de Koninck (1619–1688) landscape painter.
* Henk Koning (football player), Henk Koning (1934–2009), football player
* Sabine Koning (1973), actor
* Betje Koolhaas (1972), actor
* Frans Koppers (1932–2010), actor
* John Körmeling (1951)
* Herman Kortekaas (1930)
* Frits Korthals Altes (1931), politicus
* Pim Korver (1937–2012)
* Guuske Kotte (1947)
* Gerrit Kouwenaar (1923-2014) journalist, translator, poet and prose writer.
* John Kraaijkamp sr., John Kraaijkamp (1925–2011) actor, comedian and singer.
* Johnny Kraaijkamp jr., Johnny Kraaijkamp (1954), actor
* Diederik Kraaijpoel (1928–2012)
* Jasper Krabbé (1970)
* Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944) actor and film director
* Martijn Krabbé (1968), presentator
* Mirko Krabbé (1960)
* Tim Krabbé (1943), writer
* Piet Kramer (1881–1961), architect
* Arnost Kraus (1973)
* Michel Kreek (1971), football player
* Lona Kroese (1987), swimmer
* Ruud Krol (1949), football player and football coach
* Ron Kroon (1942–2000), swimmer
* Karel Wendel Kruijswijk (1921)
* Willy Kruyt (1877–1943) Protestant minister and politician.
* Guus Kuijer (1942), writer
* André Kuipers (astronaute), André Kuipers (1958)
L
* Pernille La Lau (1971)
* Yvette Laclé (born 1955) local politician and a reformed prostitute and drug addict
* Maroesja Lacunes (1945)
* Frits Lambrechts (born 1937) actor, musician and cabaret artist.
* Jan Joris Lamers (1942)
* Michael Lamey (1979), football player
* Esmé Lammers (1958)
* Kim Lammers (1981), hockey player
* Denny Landzaat (1976), football player
* Lucie de Lange (1957; also known as Lucie Janine Michielsen)
* Arend Langenberg (1949–2012) voice-over, voice actor and radio presenter.
* Henk Lankhorst (1914–1976), politicus
* Nicolaas Lansdorp (1885–1968)
* L.A. Raeven (born 1971) arts duo
* Saskia Laroo (born 1959) jazz musician
* Petra Laseur (1939), actor
* Herman Lauxtermann (1929–1999)
* Chris Lebeau (1878–1945)
* Thijs van Leer (born 1948) musician, singer, songwriter, composer and producer
* Jean Leering (1934–2005)
* Reinbert de Leeuw (1938–) conductor, pianist and composer.
* Nani Lehnhausen (1975), actor
* Cornelis Lely (1854–1929) politician and civil engineer.
* Gerard van der Lem (1952), football player and football coach
* Jacob van Lennep (1802–1868) poet and novelist.
* Jeremain Lens (1987), football player
* Trudy Libosan (1940)
* Jan Ligthart (1859–1916) teacher and philosopher.
* Wibo van de Linde (1938)
* Hiske van der Linden (1954), actor
* Patricia Linhard (1957), politicus
* Dana Lixenberg (born 1964) photographer and filmmaker.
* Guillaume Lo A Njoe (1937)
* David Jessurun Lobo (1884–1926)
* Frank Lodeizen (1931–2013)
* Rifka Lodeizen (1972), actor
* Theo Loevendie (born 1930) composer and clarinet player.
* Dick Loggere (1921), hockey player
* Joghem van Loghem (1914–2005) professor of internal medicine
* Lot Lohr (1963), actor
* Tyrone Loran (1981), football player
* Fajah Lourens (1981), actor
* Victor Löw (1962; born as Victor Arthur Löwenstein), actor
* Tom Löwenthal (1954)
* Huub van der Lubbe (1953), singer and actor
* Reinier Lucassen (1939)
* Eric Lucassen (1974), politicus
* Lucebert (1924–1994) artist and poet of the COBRA (art movement)
* Marjan Luif (1947)
* Gijs Luirink (1983), football player
* Oger Lusink (1947)
* Charly Luske (1978), singer and actor
* Marion Lutke (1958)
* Joris Luyendijk (1971), journalist
M
* Maarten Maartens (1858–1915), writer
* Nol Maassen (1922–2009) politician
* Calvin Mac-Intosch (1989), football player
* Sherjill MacDonald (1984), football player
* Angelo Martha (1982), football player
* Bentinho Massaro (born 1988/1989), online New Age guru and alleged cult founder
* Clous van Mechelen (1942; real name: Jack Phillip van Mechelen)
* Eduard Meijer (1878–1929), swimmer
* Ischa Meijer (1943–1995) journalist, TV & radio resenter, critic and author.
* Jan Meijer (1921–1993), athlete
* Johnny Meijer (1912–1992) accordionist who played classical, folk, and swing.
* Mario Melchiot (1976), football player
* Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863–1939) sculptor and teacher.
* Hursut Meric (1983), football player
* Jan Messchert van Vollenhoven (1812–1881)
* Edward Metgod (1959), football player (goalkeeper) and football trainer
* John Metgod (1958), football player and football trainer
* Frits Meuring (1882–1973), Olympic freestyle swimmer
* Lodewijk Meyer (1629–1681) physician, classical scholar, lexicographer and playwright.
* Rinus Michels (1928–2005), football player and football trainer
* John Mieremet (1960–2005) underworld figure associated with extortion and assassination.
*Lion van Minden (1880–1944), Olympic fencer who was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
* Albert Mol (1917–2004), actor
* Frans Molenaar (1940–2015)
* Michael Mols (1970), football player
* Rik Moorman (1961), cyclist
* Ibad Muhamadu (1982), football player
* Paul Mulders (1981), football player
*Bennie Muller (born 1938), footballer player
* Robin Muller van Moppes (1984), football player
* Danny de Munk (born 1970) actor, singer, musical actor and former child star.
N
* Jan Coenraad Nachenius (1890–1987)
* Jan Nagel (born 1939) politician
* Karel Nagel (1934–1979)
* Piet Nak (1906–1996)
* Guusje Nederhorst (1969–2004) actress and singer.
* Aert van der Neer (ca.1603–1677) landscape painter.
* Eglon van der Neer (ca.1635–1703) painter.
* Gregory Nelson (1988), football player
* Helma Neppérus (born 1950) politician, former tax inspector and rower.
* Anouk van Nes (1971)
* Nada van Nie (1967)
* Daan Nieber (born 1980) journalist
* Ivo Niehe (born 1946) radio and TV presenter, TV producer and actor.
* Ed Nieman (1961)
* Rick Nieman (1965)
* Constant Nieuwenhuijs (1920–2005)
* Matthijs van Nieuwkerk (born 1960) journalist and TV presenter.
* Loudi Nijhoff (1900–1995), actor
* Rob de Nijs (1942), singer and actor
* Louis Noiret (1896–1968)
* Piet Nolting (1852–1923), politicus
* Beppie Nooij Jr. (1919–1979)
* Beppie Nooij Sr. (1893–1976)
* Reinier Nooms (1623–1688) maritime painter
* Bob Noorda (1927–2010) graphic designer, worked in Milan
* Saskia Noorman-den Uyl (1946) former politician
* Lea Nordheim (1903–1943), gymnast
* Joost Nuissl (1945)
O
*Simon Okker (1881–1944), Olympic fencer killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp
* Tom Okker (born 1944), tennis player; world # 3
* Jacob Olie (1834–1905) photographer
* Sam Olij (1900–1975) Olympic heavyweight boxer
* Janus Ooms (1866–1924), rower
* Piet Ooms (1884–1961), swimmer
* Huub Oosterhuis (born 1933) theologian and poet.
* Tjeerd Oosterhuis (born 1971) musician, songwriter and producer
* Trijntje Oosterhuis (born 1973) singer and songwriter.
* André Ooijer (1974), football player
* Rogier van Otterloo (1941–1988) composer and conductor.
* Gonny van Oudenallen (born 1957) Creative Director, former politician
* Rob Oudkerk (born 1955) politician and general practitioner.
* Alistair Overeem (1980) MMA Fighter
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* Max Pam (born 1946) Australian photographer.
* Ans Panhorst-Niesink (1918–2010), Olympics discus thrower
* David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born in Amsterdam), David Pardo, 17th century rabbi
* Ted van der Parre (born 1955) former strongman
* Arie Passchier
* Robert Paul (1949), entertainer and imitator
* Pieter Pauw (1564–1617) botanist and anatomist.
* Vera Pauw (1963), football player and football coach
* Marcel Peeper (1965), football player
* Elja Pelgrom (1951–1995), actor
* Jaap Penraat (1918–2006) resistance fighter during the Second World War
* Martin Perels (1960–2005), actor (''Q & Q'')
* Lily Petersen (1913–2004)
* Ankie Peypers (1928–2008)
* Peter Piekos (1918–2000) voice actor.
* Cindy Pielstroom (1970)
* Johanna Pieneman (1889–1986) artist.
* Nicolaas Pierson (politicus), Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909)
* Eddy Pieters Graafland (1934), football player (goalkeeper)
* Heleen Pimentel (1916–2008), actor
* Menachem Pinkhof (1920–1969)
* Benjamin Pinto (1980), football player
* Mitchell Piqué (1979), football player
* Henk Pleket (1937–2011), singer (de Havenzangers)
* Glynor Plet (1987), football player
* Hans Plomp (1944)
* Jack Plooij (1961)
* Eddy Poelmann (1950)
* Rydell Poepon (1987), football player
* Frans Pointl (1933), writer
* Andrea van Pol (1962)
* Clairy Polak (1956)
* Henri Polak (1868–1943) trade unionist and politician.
* Willem Polak (1915)
* Wim Polak (1924–1999) politician
* Johan Polet (1894–1971)
* Willem Gerrit van de Poll (1763–1836)
* René Ponk (1971), football player (goalkeeper)
* Sylvain Poons (1896–1985)
* Henk Poort (born 1956) actor and singer, mainly in operas and musicals.
* Ine Poppe (born 1960) artist, journalist and writer
* Peter Post (cyclist), Peter Post (1933–2011), cyclist
* Jan Postma (CPN), Jan Postma (1895–1944)
* Ella van Poucke (born 1994), cellist
* Beryl van Praag (1969)
* Chiel van Praag (1949), presentator
* Jaap van Praag (sport manager), Jaap van Praag (1910–1987)
* Marga van Praag (born 1946) journalist and TV presenter.
* Max van Praag (1913–1991), singer
* Michael van Praag (born 1947) football administrator and former referee.
* Benno Premsela (1920–1997) designer, visual artist and art collector.
* Gerard Prent (born 1954) a contemporary painter.
* Jacques Presser (1899–1970) historian, writer and poet.
* Anduele Pryor (1985), football player
Q
* Paul Quasten (1985), football player * Emanuel Querido (1871–1943) bookseller and publisher * Israël Querido (1872–1932), writer * Huibert Quispel (1906–1995), navy officerR
* Jörgen Raymann (born 1966) cabaretier, stand-up comedian, actor and presenter.
* Halina Reijn (1975), actor
* Victor Reinier (born 1963) actor
* Patricia Remak (1965) politician
* Martijn Reuser (1975), football player
* Gerard Reve, Gerard (van het) Reve (1923–2006) writer
* Karel van het Reve (1921–1999) writer, translator and literary historian on Russian literature
* Daniël de Ridder (1984), football player
* Mark Rietman (born 1960) film actor
* Maceo Rigters (1984), football player
* Frank Rijkaard (1962), football player and football coach
*Johnny Roeg (1910–2003), footballer, striker for Ajax
* Dries Roelvink (1959), singer
* Edsilia Rombley (1978), singer
* Piet Römer (1928–2012), actor
* Thijs Römer (1978), actor
* Raymond de Roon (born 1952) politician
* Willem Rooseboom (1843–1920) Major General and politician.
* Florentine Rost van Tonningen (1914–2007) Nazi collaborator
* Felix Rottenberg (1957) politician
* Bryan Roy (1970), football player
* Heleen van Royen (born 1965) novelist and columnist.
* Wim Ruska (born 1940) an Olympic judoka medallist
* An Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990) writer of children's novels.
S
* Liane Saalborn (1923–1989; born as Zaalborn), actor
* Ben Sajet (1887–1986)
* Mady Saks (1941–2006)
* Jamile Samuel (1992), athlete
* Jeffrey Sarpong (1988), football player
* Nico Schaap (1946–2009), actor
* Alexander Schabracq (1957)
* Jan Schaefer (1940–1994) politician
* Ruben Schaken (1982), football player
* Dick Scheffer (1929–1986), actor
* Jules Schelvis (1921–2016), Jewish historian and Holocaust survivor
* Danny Schenkel (1978), football player
* Peggy Jane de Schepper (1971), actor
* Elsje Scherjon (1938), actor
* Johannes Leendert Scherpenisse (1888–1966)
* Wouter Schievink (born 1963), neurosurgeon
* Anton van Schijndel (1960) politician
* Bob van Schijndel (1945)
* Francis David Schimmelpenninck (1854–1924), politicus
* Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794–1863) businessman and politician
* Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck van Nijenhuis (1821–1893)
* Luud Schimmelpennink (1935), politicus
* Don Pepjin Schipper (1980), Dutch EDM DJ
* Ivo Schöffer (1922–2012)
* Jan Schokking (1864–1941) politician and Christian minister.
* Wim Schokking (1900–1960) politician
* Bob Scholte (1902–1983), singer
* Rob Scholte (born 1958) contemporary artist.
* Gabe Scholten (1921–1997), athlete
* Judy Schomper (1956)
* Eegje Schoo (1944) politician
* Hendrik Jan Schoo (1945–2007) author, journalist and magazine editor.
* Thomas Schoorel (born 1989) tennis player.
* Cobi Schreijer (1922–2005)
* Wim Schuijt (1909–2009)
* Duifje Schuitenvoerder (1874–1942)
* Wil Schuurman (1943) politician
* Wim Schut (1920–2006)
* Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918) portrait painter.
* Charl Schwietert (1943)
* Will van Selst (1937–2009)
* Orlow Seunke (born 1952) director, screenwriter and producer.
* Gerson Sheotahul (1987), football player
* Hans Sibbel (1958; ook bekend als Lebbis)
* Willem Sibbelee (1918–1992)
* Jan Sierhuis (born 1928) painter
* Harry N. Sierman (1927–2007)
* Ton Sijbrands (born 1949) international draughts player
* Khalid Sinouh (born 1975) former professional football goalkeeper.
* Johan Sirag (1918–2000), actor
* Jan Six (historicus), Jan Six (1857–1926)
* Pieter Jacob Six (1894–1986)
* Cornelis Charles Six van Oterleek (1772–1833), politicus
* Sjaak (rapper), Sjaak (1985)
* Denzel Slager (1993), football player
* Carry Slee (1949)
* Philip Slier (1923–1943) typesetter
* Marjolein Sligte (1954), actor
* Harry Slinger (1949), singer
* Bert van Slooten (1960)
* Carel Philip Sluiter (1854–1933)
* Lies Sluijters (1924–2010), athlete
* Bob Smalhout (1927-2015) physician, professor and author.
* Elie Smalhout (1889–1939)
* Floortje Smit (born 1983) singer.
* Ger Smit (1933–2012)
* Lisa Smit (1993), actor
* Els Ingeborg Smits (1944–2011), actor
* A.L. Snijders (1937), writer
* Genaro Snijders (1989), football player
* Johannes Snippendaal (1616–1670)
* Johann Snoer (1868–1936), composer and harpist
* Paul van Soest (1947), actor
* Ap Sok (1907–2004)
* Ben Sombogaart (born 1947) film and TV director.
* Haya van Someren (1926–1980) politician
* Bob Spaak (1917–2011), sports journalist
* Karin Spaink (born 1957) journalist, writer and feminist.
* Maarten Spanjer (1952)
* Anna Speller (1984), actor
* Jan Spiering (1937–1994)
* Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher.
* Arno Splinter (1977), football player
* Ben Springer (1897–1960) draughts player
* Sophie van der Stap (1983), writer
* Michael Stein (1935–2009), journalist
* Thérèse Steinmetz (1933), singer and actor
* Floris Stempel (1877–1910) first chairman of football club Ajax Amsterdam.
* Ernst Stern (1926–2007) Romanian-German scenic designer
* Joop van Stigt (1934–2011), architect
* Maren Stoffels (1988)
* Co Stompé (born 1962) former professional darts player.
* Theodoor Jan Stomps (1885–1973)
* Benno Stokvis (1901–1977)
* Frans Stoppelman (1921-2007), photographer
* Tina Strobos (1920–2012), psychiatrist and World War II resistance hero
* Devika Strooker (1963), actor
* Jan Stulen (1942)
* Louis Stuyt (1914–2000) politician
* Ko Suurhoff (1905–1967), politicus
* Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), biologist and microscopist.
* Sjaak Swart (1938), football player
* Hans van Swol (1914–2010) tennis player.
* Joyce Sylvester (1965), politicus
* Zsolt Szabó (politicus), Zsolt Szabó (1961)
T
* Max Tailleur (1909–1990)
* Max Tak (1891–1967)
* Wally Tax (1948–2004) singer and songwriter.
* Ed van Teeseling (1924)
* Carry Tefsen (1938), actor
* Joseph Teixeira de Mattos (1892–1971) watercolor painter and pastellist
* Alfred Tepe (1840–1920), architect
* Henk Terlingen (1941–1994), presentator
* Eddy Terstall (born 1964) movie director and screenwriter.
* Amber Teterissa (1979), actor
* Brian Tevreden (footballer born 1981), Brian Tevreden (1981), football player
* Ed van Thijn (1934-2021) politician
* Theo Thijssen (1879–1943) writer, teacher and politician.
* Raymond Thiry (1959), actor
* Frits Thors (1909-2014) journalist and news anchor.
* Eric van Tijn (born 1956) music producer
* Jan Timman (1951), chess player
* Coby Timp (1930; born as Jacoba Toele), actor
* Herman Tjeenk Willink (born 1942) politician
* Jeroen Tjepkema (1970)
* Willem den Toom (theoloog), Willem den Toom (1928–2007)
* Waldemar Torenstra (born 1974) actor
* Anton Toscani (1901–1984) Olympic 50 km race walker.
* Karim Touzani (1980), football player
* Vieze Fur, Freddie Tratlehner (1983, Vieze Fur), rapper
* Orlando Trustfull (1970), football player
* Quinty Trustfull (born 1971) actress, TV presenter and former model.
* Olivier Tuinier (1982), actor
* Frits van Turenhout (1913–2004) radio and TV sports journalist
* Peter Marius Tutein Nolthenius (1814–1896), politicus
U
V
* Fred Vaassen (1942) actor and director
* Jahrizino Valentijn (1984), football player
* Arsenio Valpoort (1992), football player
* Gerrit van der Veen (1902–1944) sculptor
* Remco van der Veen (model), Remco van der Veen (1973)
* Nel Veerkamp (1928–2010)
* Ed Vijent (1963–2001), football player
* Marko Vejinović (1990), football player
* Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), painter, draughtsman and print artist.
* Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707) marine painter.
* Jan van den Velden (1768–1854), politicus
* Nick van der Velden (1981), football player
* Aat Veldhoen (1934-2018) painter and graphic artist
* David Veldhoen (1957), painter
* Lau Veldt (1953), Olympic cyclist
* Gerdi Verbeet (1951) politician
* Emmy Verhey (born 1949) classical violinist.
* Paul Verhoeven (1938), film director
* Eduard Verkade (1878–1961)
* Nico Verlaan (1932) entrepreneur and politician
* Kenneth Vermeer (1986), football player (goalkeeper)
* Harry Vermeegen (1950)
* Wiet Verschure (1924–2009) city councillor
* Geoffrey Verwey (1982), football player
* Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966) former Prime Minister of South Africa
* Jo Vincent (1898–1989) concert soprano in oratorios,
* Simon Vinkenoog (1928–2009), writer
* Ad Visser (1947), presentator
* André Vlaanderen (1881–1955) graphic artist
* Stefanie van Vliet (1967) politician
* Bernardus Reinierus Franciscus van Vlijmen (1843–1919) politician
* Lucretia van der Vloot (1968)
* Willem de Vlugt (1872–1945) Mayor of Amsterdam
* Wim Volkers (1899–1990) football player
* Henk Vonhoff (1931–2010) politician
* Corry Vonk (1901–1988)
* Joop Voogd (1916–1983)
* René van Vooren (1931–1998)
* Michiel Vos (born 1970) Dutch-American journalist and US-based correspondent.
* Elles Voskes (1964), swimmer
* Jonathan Vosselman (1984), football player
* Joël Vredenburg (1866–1943)
* Frans de Vreng (1898–1974) Olympic track cyclist
* Edwin de Vries (1950)
* Erik de Vries (1912–2004)
* Leo de Vries (beeldhouwer), Leo de Vries (1932–1994)
* James Vrij (born 1951) retired welterweight boxer
* Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh (1950–1997), actor
* Robert Vuijsje (1970)
W
* Simon de Waal (born 1961) writer of TV and film scripts
* Frank Waaldijk (1965)
* Viggo Waas (1962)
* Gerard Walden (1909–2005)
* Hugo Walker (1933–2015)
* Sanne Wallis de Vries (1971)
* Wim Wama (1918–1986)
* Willie Wartaal (1982)
* Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–ca.1659) painter.
* Rogier van de Weerd (1983)
* Frans Weisz (born 1938) film director.
* Géza Weisz (1986), actor
* Annie Wesling (1888–1956), actor
* Willem Westerman (1864–1935)
* Bas Westerweel (1963), presentator
* Willy Westerweel (1908–1999)
* Hans Wiegel (1941), politician
* Gregory van der Wiel (1988), football player
* Elsje de Wijn (1944), actor
* Juliëtte de Wijn (1962)
* Nicolaas Wijnberg (1918–2006)
* David Wijnkoop (1876–1941), politicus
* Joseph Wijnkoop (1842–1910) rabbi and scholar in Jewish studies.
* Marianne van Wijnkoop (1945)
* Harry Wijnschenk (born 1964) politician
* Wimie Wilhelm (1961), actor
* Paul Wilking (1924–2005; beter bekend als Pistolen Paultje)
* Hans van Willigenburg (televisiepresentator), Hans van Willigenburg (1942), presentator
* Jan Wilmans (1914–2005), politicus
* Lies de Wind (1920–2002), actor
* Sophie van Winden (1983), actor
* Anja Winter (1956)
* Ernst Witkamp (1854–1987), painter
* Cor Witschge (1925–1991)
* Rob Witschge (1966), football player
* Richard Witschge (1969), football player
* Miljuschka Witzenhausen (born 1985) model and actress.
* Pieter de Wolff (1911–2000)
* Gerrit Jan Wolffensperger (1944), politicus
* Loes Wouterson (1963)
* Christine Wttewaall van Stoetwegen (1901–1986), politicus
Y
* Yes-R (born 1986) stage name of Yesser Roshdy, rapper and TV presenter.
Z
* Rowin van Zaanen (1984), football player
* Philip Van Zandt (1904–1958), actor
* Michel Zanoli (1968), Olympic cyclist
* Género Zeefuik (1990), football player
* Marvin Zeegelaar (1990), football player
* Loes de Zeeuw-Lases (1947), politicus
* Bart Zeilstra (1982), singer
* Valerio Zeno (1984)
* Anne Zernike (1887–1972) liberal theologian
* Elisabeth Zernike (1891–1982)
* Frits Zernike (1888–1966) physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953
* Emmelie Zipson (1977)
* Jo Zwaan (1922–2012), sprinter.
* Erik de Zwart (born 1957) radio and TV maker and former D.J.
* Zwarte Riek (1924; real name: Rika Jansen)
* Theodorus Zwartkruis (1909–1983)
* Jaap van Zweden (born 1960) classical conductor and violinist.
* Ron Zwerver (born 1967) retired volleyball player
Born somewhere else
These people were not born or adopted in Amsterdam but are or were well known for living there.A
* Thomas Acda (born 1967), singer, actor and comedian * Karin Adelmund (1949–2005), politician * Najib Amhali (born 1971), stand-up comedian and actor. * Hedy d'Ancona (born 1937), politician * Khadija Arib (born 1960), politicianB
* Sabine Beens (1982), actor
* Judith Belinfante (1943), politicus
* Abdelkader Benali (1975), writer
* Jody Bernal (1981), singer
* Annette Birschel (1960)
* Fanny Blankers-Koen (1918–2004), athlete
* Esther de Boer-van Rijk (1853–1937), actor
* Ferdinand Bol (1616–1680) painter, etcher and draftsman
* Chris Bolczek (1948)
* Arie Boomsma (1974)
* Wouter Bos (born 1963) politician
* Martin Bosma (1964), politicus
* Alida Bosshardt, Majoor Bosshardt (1913–2007) officer in The Salvation Army
* Aaf Bouber (1885–1974), actor
* Samira Bouchibti (1970)
* Annelieke Bouwers (1976)
* Brace (singer), Brace (1986), singer
* Patty Brard (born 1955) TV personality and a singer
* George Hendrik Breitner (1857–1923) painter and photographer.
* Martin Bril (1959–2009)
* Frederik Brom (1975)
* Herman Brood (1946–2001) musician, painter, actor and poet.
* Martin Brozius (1941–2009) actor, presenter and comedian.
* Inge de Bruijn (1973), swimmer
* Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002), writer, poet and television presenter.
C
* Remco Campert (born 1929) author, poet and columnist. * Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987) writer, journalist, and poet * Rob Chrispijn (1944) * Jan de Cler (1915–2009) * Job Cohen (1947) retired Dutch politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, 2001 to 2010 * Arthur Conley (1946–2003) American soul singer * Jules Croiset (1937), actorD
* Koos Dalstra (1950) * Josine van Dalsum (1948–2009), actor * Paul Deen (1915–1990), actor * Antoon Derkinderen (1859–1925) painter, Glass artist and designer of book covers. * Tofik Dibi (1980), politicus * Dominique van Dijk (1979), football player * Ellen van Dijk (1987), Dutch cyclist, lived in Amsterdam from 2008 to 2014 * Jasper van Dijk (1971), politicus * Boris Dittrich (born 1955) politician * Joost Divendal (1955–2010) * Jan Hein Donner (1927–1988) chess grandmaster * Mary Dresselhuys (1907–2004) stage actress * Niesco Dubbelboer (1962), politicus * André van Duin (born 1947) comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and author * Marlene Dumas (born 1953) South African artist and painterE
* Jon van Eerd (1960) * Norbert Elias (1897–1990) a German sociologist * Beau van Erven Dorens (born 1970) TV presenter, actor and voice actor. * Andrée van Es (1953), politicusF
* Bobby Farrell (1949–2010) dancer and singer with Boney M.
* Stefan Felsenthal (1933–2007)
* Govert Flinck (1615–1660) painter.
* Sander Foppele (1977)
* Anne Frank (1929–1945) diarist and victim of the Holocaust
G
* Miep Gies (1909–2010) hid Dutch Jews, including Anne Frank, from the Nazis * Angela Groothuizen (born 1959), singer with Dolly Dots, artist and TV personality.H
* Hella Haasse (1918–2011) writer, the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature
* Femke Halsema (born 1966), politician, Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018
* Eddy Hamel (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
* Johannes Heesters (1903–2011) actor of stage, TV and film and vocalist
* A.F.Th. van der Heijden (1951), writer
* Youp van 't Hek (born 1954) comedian, author, columnist and singer-songwriter.
* Meindert Hobbema (1638–1709), landscape painter.
* Wim Hogenkamp (1947–1989) actor, lyricist and singer.
* Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612) engraver and cartographer.
* Ellen Hoog (1986), hockey player
* Nan Hoover (1931–2008) video art, installation art, photography and drawing
* Carice van Houten (1976), actor
I
* Ralph Inbar (1938–2004)
* Ewout Irrgang (1976), politicus
J
* Tanja Jadnanansing (1967), politicus * Cas Jansen (1977), actor * Robert Jensen (DJ), Robert Jensen (1973) * Trude de Jong (1946) * Johannes Hendricus Jurres (1875–1946), painterK
* Paul Kalma (1948), politicus
* Jort Kelder (born 1964) journalist, TV presenter and former magazine editor
* Frans Kellendonk (1951–1990), writer and translator
* Reinier Cornelis Keller (1905–1981)
* Mensje van Keulen (1946), writer
* Jan van Kilsdonk (1917–2008)
* Pieter Klaver (1890–1970)
* Adriënne Kleiweg (1948), actor
* Marc Klein Essink (1960)
* Raymond van de Klundert (1964; also known as Kluun), writer
* Kokadorus (1867–1934)
* Howard Komproe (1971)
* Martijn Koning (1978)
* Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (born 1973) actor, comedian, singer, director and presenter.
* Jos van der Kooy (1951)
* Adriaan Kortlandt (1918–2009) Ethology, ethologist (the scientific study of animal behaviour)
* Hildo Krop (1884–1970) sculptor and furniture designer
* Ton Kuyl (1921–2010), actor
L
* Gerard de Lairesse (1640–1711) painter and art theorist.
* Manfred Langer (1952–1994)
* John Leerdam (1961), politicus
* Paul de Leeuw (born 1962) TV comedian, singer and actor.
* Ton Lensink (1922–1997)
* Søren Lerby (1958), football player and sport manager
* Isaäc Abraham Levy (1836–1920)
* Stan Limburg (1961)
* Nico ter Linden (1936)
* Margriet van der Linden (1970)
* Patrick Lodiers (born 1971) TV presenter
* Jamai Loman (born 1986) singer
M
* Anouk Maas (1987)
* Gerard Maas (1913–1988)
* Bridget Maasland (born 1974) TV presenter and producer.
* Geert Mak (born 1946) journalist and non-fiction writer.
* Ahmed Marcouch (born 1969) politician, Mayor of Arnhem since 2017.
* Jan Floris Martinet (1729–1795)
* Peer Mascini (1941–2019), actor
* Bea Meulman (1949), actor
* Felix Meurders (1946)
* Mary Michon (1939–2011)
* Hans van Mierlo (D66), Hans van Mierlo (1931–2010)
* Johnny de Mol (born 1979) actor and presenter.
* Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), writer
N
* Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954) South African poet, writer, and academic.
O
* Maria Oestreicher (1936–2009) * Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), journalist * Mark Omvlee (1977)P
* Connie Palmen (born 1955) author * Satyendra Pakhale (born India 1967) designer, industrial designer and architect. * David Pardo (Dutch rabbi, born at Salonica), David Pardo (ca.1591–1657), rabbi, born at Salonica * Schelto Patijn (1936–2007) politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, 1994-2001. * Pearl Perlmuter (1915–2008) * Alexander Pola (1914–1992; real name: Abraham Polak) * Henriette Polak (1893–1974) * Benno Premsela (1920–1997) designer, visual artist and art collector.R
* Ronald van Raak (1969), politicus
* Prem Radhakishun (born 1962) lawyer, columnist, actor and radio and TV producer.
* Joan Remmelts (1905–1987)
* Rembrandt van Rijn (1606/7–1669) painter, printmaker and draughtsman.
* Louis Royer (1793–1868) sculptor
* Gerda Rubinstein (1931) sculptor of figures, birds and animals
* Renate Rubinstein (1929–1990) writer, journalist and columnist.
* Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676) admiral.
S
* Ivo Samkalden (1912–1995) politician, Mayor of Amsterdam, 1967-1977.
* Jolande Sap (1963), politicus
* Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995) writer, the ''mother of the Dutch theatrical song''
* Merijn Scholten (1983)
* Manon Sikkel (1965)
* Nina Simone (1933–2003) American singer, songwriter, musician and civil rights activist.
* Joke Smit (1933–1981) feminist and politician
* Wim Sonneveld (1917–1974) cabaret artist and singer
* Ed Spanjaard (born 1948) classical conductor and pianist.
* Gitte Spee (1950), children's book illustrator
* Jack Spijkerman (1948)
* Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 1976) actor
* Abraham Staalman (1871–1935), politicus
* Carel Struycken (born 1948) actor
* Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) composer, organist, and pedagogue
T
* Humberto Tan (1965) radio and TV presenter, sports journalist and writer
* Paul Tang (politician), Paul Tang (1967), politicus
* Gerard Thoolen (1943–1996), actor
* Liesbeth van Tongeren (born 1958) politician and director of Greenpeace Netherlands
* Willem Treub (1858–1931) politician.
U
* Joop den Uyl (1919–1987) politician,Prime Minister of the Netherlands
The prime minister of the Netherlands ( nl, Minister-president van Nederland) is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the Netherlands. Although the monarch is the ''de jure'' head of government, the prime minister ''de facto'' ...
, 1973 to 1977.
V
* Serge-Henri Valcke (1946)
* Kees Vendrik (1963), politicus
* Georgina Verbaan (born 1979) actress and singer.
* Roué Verveer (1972)
* Florian Vijent (1961–1989), football player
* Hendrik Verwoerd (1901-1966), Prime Minister of South Africa, 1958-1966
* Mart Visser (born 1968) fashion designer.
* Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679) poet, writer and playwright.
* Joël Voordewind (1965), politicus
* Mei Li Vos (1970) politician
* Willem Vroom (1850–1925)
W
* Floor Wibaut (1859–1936) * Willy Wielek-Berg (1919–2004) translator, film critic, writer and resistance fighter. * Ruud de Wild (born 1969) radio host. * Harry de Winter (1949) * Willem Wittkampf (1924–1992)Z
* Chris Zegers (1971)Mayors of Amsterdam
See also
* List of Dutch people * List of FrisiansReferences
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