Top 50 most important and famous people from The Netherlands

Painter of The Arnolfini Portrait and Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban

Painter of The Hunters in the Snow and Netherlandish Proverbs

Painter of The Night Watch and The Return of the Prodigal Son

Painter of Girl with a Pearl Earring

Painter of The Lute Player and Laughing Cavalier

Painter of The Elevation of the Cross and The Judgement of Paris

Painter of Self-Portrait with a Sunflower and Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart

Painter of The Starry Night and The Potato Eaters

Painter of Composition with Red Blue and Yellow and Evening; Red Tree

Graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs

Architect, one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, key figure of Deconstructivism

Architect of XVI/XVII century, most of his works appeared in Amsterdam

The most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the XVII century. Author of Joannes de Boetgezant

Female writer of XX century, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song and the queen of Dutch children's literature

Writer, considered one of the greatest figures in Dutch literature of XX century, author of Eline Vere

Philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance

Philosopher, one of the greatest exponents of XVII century Rationalism and one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment

Philosopher, a major figure in the fields of political theory and law during the XVI/XVII centuries

Holy Roman Emperor, Lord of the Netherlands and King of Spain, the empire on which the sun never sets

The main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs, considered the Father of the Fatherland

Stadtholder of Holland and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland

King from 2013

Prime Minister from 1948 to 1958

Politician killed in 2002

Prime Minister from 2010

Explorer, the first known European to reach New Zealand and Tasmania

Officer of the Dutch East India Company in the early XVII century, considered a national hero

One of the most skilled admirals in history, famous for his achievements with the Dutch Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars

Mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer who is regarded as one of the most important figures in the Scientific Revolution

The Father of Microbiology, famous for his pioneering work for the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline

Founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as the father of physiology

Physicist who described the combined electric and magnetic forces acting on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902

Theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910

Biologist, the founder of modern ethology, the study of animal behavior. Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1973

Chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, the first winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Meteorologist, who studied the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period. Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995

One of the greatest footballers of all time, three times winner of Ballon d'Or, legend of Ajax and Barcelona

Football coach of Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all-time

Footballer, three times winner of Ballon d'Or, legend of AC Milan

Footballer, winner of Ballon d'Or in 1987, legend of AC Milan

One of the best football defenders of the world, Liverpool player

Driver, champion of Formula 1 in 2021 and 2022

Cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana

Founder of one of the largest electronics companies, founded in Eindhoven in 1891

Businessman, chairman of one of the largest beer companies and one of the richest people in the Netherlands

Director of RoboCop and Basic Instinct

Actress famous for her role as Melisandre on the HBO television series Game of Thrones

Actor, famous for his roles in Blade Runner and The Hitcher

One of the greatest guitarists and songwriter, founder of a famous rock band

Exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed in France