List of people on stamps of the Netherlands
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Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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- Willem BarentsWillem BarentsWillem Barentsz was a Dutch navigator, cartographer, explorer, and a leader of early expeditions to the far north....
, explorer (1996) - Beatrix of the NetherlandsBeatrix of the NetherlandsBeatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...
, queen (1946, 1980, 1981-6, 1990, 1991-5, 2001) - Nicolaas BeetsNicolaas BeetsNicolaas Beets was a Dutch theologian, writer and poet. He published under the pseudonym, Hildebrand....
, theoligan & writer (1939) - Hendrik Petrus BerlageHendrik Petrus Berlagethumb|120px|left|BerlageHendrik Petrus Berlage, Amsterdam, 21 February 1856 — The Hague 12 August 1934, was a prominent Dutch architect.-Overview:...
, architect (1954) - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1971, 1987)
- Willem Jansz Blaeu, cartographer (1983)
- Herman BoerhaaveHerman BoerhaaveHerman Boerhaave was a Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital. His main achievement was to demonstrate the relation of symptoms to lesions...
, physician (1928, 1938) - Saint BonifaceSaint BonifaceSaint Boniface , the Apostle of the Germans, born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth in the kingdom of Wessex, probably at Crediton , was a missionary who propagated Christianity in the Frankish Empire during the 8th century. He is the patron saint of Germany and the first archbishop of Mainz...
, missionary (1954) - Johannes BosboomJohannes BosboomJohannes Bosboom was a Dutch painter and watercolorist of the Hague School, known especially for his paintings of church interiors....
, painter (1941) - Boudewijn of Belgium, king (1964)
- Louis BrailleLouis BrailleLouis Braille was the inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired...
, inventor (1975)
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- Petrus CamperPetrus CamperPeter, Pieter, or usually Petrus Camper was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, paleontologist and a naturalist. He studied the orangutan, the rhinoceros, the skull of a whale...
, anatomist (1940) - Charlotte of Luxembourg (1964)
- Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
, politician (1980) - Claus von AmsbergClaus von AmsbergPrince Claus of the Netherlands was the prince consort of the current Queen regnant of the Netherlands, Queen Beatrix.-Biography:...
, prince (1991) - Christopher ColumbusChristopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...
, explorer (1992) - Simón de Cordes, explorer (1996)
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- Peter J. W. Debye, chemist (1995)
- Aagje DekenAagje DekenAagje Deken was a Dutch writer.Agatha Deken was born in 1741. In 1745 her parents died and she went to live in the 'De Oranje Appel' orphanage in Amsterdam, where she remained until 1767. After leaving the orphanage she served in several families and later started a business in coffee and tea...
, writer (1941) - Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer (1987)
- Hendrik van Deventer, physician (1947)
- Alphons DiepenbrockAlphons DiepenbrockAlphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock was a Dutch composer, essayist and classicist.-Life and work:...
, composer (1935) - Franciscus DondersFranciscus Donders-External links:* B. Theunissen. , F.C. Donders: turning refracting into science, @ History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands.* in the Virtual Laboratory of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science* P. Eling, , Geneeskundige en fysioloog....
, ophthalmologist (1935) - Janus DousaJanus DousaJanus Dousa [Jan van der Does] lord of Noordwyck , Dutch statesman, historian, poet and philologist, the first Librarian of Leiden University Library and the defender of Leiden,-Biography:...
, historian (1950) - Willem DreesWillem DreesWillem Drees was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from August 7, 1948 until December 22, 1958....
, statesman (1986)
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- Christiaan EijkmanChristiaan EijkmanChristiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of vitamins...
, physician (1993) - Willem EinthovenWillem EinthovenWillem Einthoven was a Dutch doctor and physiologist. He invented the first practical electrocardiogram in 1903 and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1924 for it....
, physician (1993) - Emma of Waldeck and PyrmontEmma of Waldeck and PyrmontPrincess Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont was Queen consort of William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg...
, queen regent (1927, 1934, 1990) - Erasmus, humanist (1936, 1969, 1988)
- M. C. EscherM. C. EscherMaurits Cornelis Escher , usually referred to as M. C. Escher , was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints...
, graphic artist (1998) - Cornelis EvertsenCornelis Evertsen the ElderCornelis Evertsen the Elder was a Dutch admiral.Cornelis Evertsen the Elder was the son of Johan Evertsen and Maayken Jans; grandson of Evert Heindricxsen, a Watergeus, both commanders of men-of-war of the navy of Zealand....
, naval hero (1943) - Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste, naval hero (1943)
- Johan EvertsenJohan EvertsenJohan Evertsen was a Dutch admiral from the 17th century.- Biography :Johan was the eldest surviving son of Johan Evertsen, known as Captain Jan, who died in 1617 fighting near La Rochelle against a French corsair...
, naval hero (1943)
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- Willem van Gent, naval hero (1943)
- Vincent van GoghVincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...
, painter (1940, 1954, 1990) - J.C.F.A. Graaf van der Duyn van Maasdam (1963)
- Guillaume Groen van PrinstererGuillaume Groen van PrinstererGuillaume Groen van Prinsterer , Dutch politician and historian, was born at Voorburg, near the Hague.-Overview:...
, politician (1976) - Hugo GrotiusHugo GrotiusHugo Grotius , also known as Huig de Groot, Hugo Grocio or Hugo de Groot, was a jurist in the Dutch Republic. With Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law, based on natural law...
, jurist (1947, 1983) - Henri Daniel Guyot, educator (1935)
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- Piet Hein, naval hero (1943)
- Ottho Gerhard Heldring, writer (1938)
- Hendrik of Mecklenburg-SchwerinHendrik of Mecklenburg-SchwerinDuke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , later Prince Henry of the Netherlands, was prince consort of the Netherlands as the husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands...
, prince (1927) - Jacobus Henricus van 't HoffJacobus Henricus van 't HoffJacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Jr. was a Dutch physical and organic chemist and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. He is best known for his discoveries in chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, osmotic pressure, and stereochemistry...
, chemist (1991) - Gijsbert Karel van HogendorpGijsbert Karel van HogendorpGijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp was a conservative Dutch statesman. He was the brother of Dirk van Hogendorp the elder and the father of Dirk van Hogendorp the younger....
, statesman (1963) - Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, poet & historian (1947)
- Jan van Hout, writer & secretary (1950)
- Cornelis de HoutmanCornelis de HoutmanCornelis de Houtman , brother of Frederick de Houtman, was a Dutch explorer who discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia and managed to begin the Dutch spice trade...
, explorer (1996) - Johan HuizingaJohan HuizingaJohan Huizinga , was a Dutch historian and one of the founders of modern cultural history.-Life:Born in Groningen as the son of Dirk Huizinga, a professor of physiology, and Jacoba Tonkens, who died two years after his birth, he started out as a student of Indo-Germanic languages, earning his...
, historian (1954) - Christiaan Huygens, polymath (1928)
- Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
, poet, father of Christiaan (1987) - Constantijn Huygens, Jr.Constantijn Huygens, Jr.Constantijn Huygens Jr. was a Dutch statesman also known for his work on scientific instruments and as a chronicler of his times...
, brother of Christiaan (1955) - Philips HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
, brother of Christiaan (1955)
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- Jan IngenhouszJan IngenhouszJan Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz FRS was a Dutch physiologist, biologist and chemist. He is best known for showing that light is essential to photosynthesis and thus having discovered photosynthesis. He also discovered that plants, like animals, have cellular respiration...
, physician & botanist (1941) - Princess Irene of the NetherlandsPrincess Irene of the NetherlandsPrincess Irene of the Netherlands is the second child of the late Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.-Childhood and ancestry:thumb|left|215px|Princesses Margriet, Irene, and Beatrix in 1944...
(1946) - Joris IvensJoris IvensJoris Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker and committed communist.-Early life and career:...
, film maker (1995)
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- Eduard Jacobs, cabaret performer (1995)
- Freek de JongeFreek de JongeFrederik "Freek" Jan Georg de Jonge is a Dutch cabaret performer, singer, comedian and blogger.-Early life and career:...
, cabaret performer (1995) - Juliana of the NetherlandsJuliana of the NetherlandsJuliana was the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980. She was the only child of Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry...
(1934, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1990)
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- Heike Kamerlingh OnnesHeike Kamerlingh OnnesHeike Kamerlingh Onnes was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He pioneered refrigeration techniques, and he explored how materials behaved when cooled to nearly absolute zero. He was the first to liquify helium...
, physicist (1936) - Wim KanWim KanWillem Cornelis "Wim" Kan was a Dutch cabaret artist. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Sonneveld, he is considered to be one of the Great Three of Dutch cabaret....
, cabaret performer (1995) - Abraham KuyperAbraham KuyperAbraham Kuijper generally known as Abraham Kuyper, was a Dutch politician, journalist, statesman and theologian...
, politician (1980)
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- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, scientist (1937)
- Judith LeysterJudith LeysterJudith Jans Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter. She was one of three significant women artists in Dutch Golden Age painting; the other two, Rachel Ruysch and Maria van Oosterwijk, were specialized painters of flower still-lifes, while Leyster painted genre works, a few portraits, and a...
, painter (1999) - Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg StirumLeopold Karel, Count of Limburg StirumLeopold Count van Limburg Stirum was a politician who was part of the Dutch triumvirate that took power in 1813 in order to re-establish the monarchy in the Netherlands.- Career :...
(1963) - Willem van LoonWillem van LoonWillem van Loon was a Dutch tug of war competitor, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.He was born in Arnhem and died in Arnhem.In 1920 Van Loon won the silver medal as member of the Dutch tug of war team....
, merchant (1955) - Hendrik LorentzHendrik LorentzHendrik Antoon Lorentz was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect...
, physicist (1928)
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- Gustav MahlerGustav MahlerGustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...
, composer (1995) - Jacques MahuJacques MahuJacob Mahu was a Dutch Explorer and leader of an expedition of five ships to IndiaThe first expedition, which was organised by Pieter van der Hagen and Johan van der Veeken, consisted of a fleet of five ships and about 500 men.The ships with their initial captains were:* The Hoop, captained by...
, explorer (1996) - Princess Margriet of the NetherlandsPrincess Margriet of the NetherlandsPrincess Margriet Francisca of the Netherlands is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands...
(1946) - Jacob MarisJacob MarisJacob Maris was a Dutch painter, who with his brothers Willem and Matthijs belonged to what has come to be known as the Hague School of painters....
, painter (1937) - Matthijs MarisMatthijs MarisMatthias Marris was a Dutch painter, etcher and lithographer. He was also known as Matthijs Maris or Thijs...
, painter (1939) - Philips of Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, writer (1938)
- Antonius MathijsenAntonius MathijsenAntonius Mathijsen was a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of paris to fixate broken bones.-Early life and education:...
, physician (1941) - Anton MauveAnton MauveAnthonij Rudolf Mauve was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed his paintings 'A. Mauve' or with a monogrammed 'A.M.'. He was a very significant early influence on his cousin-in-law Vincent van Gogh.Most of Mauve's work depicts people and animals in...
, painter (1939) - Eduard MeijersEduard MeijersEduard Maurits Meijers was a Dutch jurist of Jewish background, who was the founding father of the current Dutch civil code, the Nieuw Burgerlijk Wetboek.- Family :...
, jurist (1970) - Jan Pieter Minckeleers, physicist (1928)
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- Gerard PhilipsGerard PhilipsGerard Leonard Frederik Philips was a Dutch industrialist, co-founder of the Philips Company as a family business in 1891. Gerard and his younger brother Anton Philips changed the business to a corporation by founding in 1912 the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken...
, industrialist (1991) - Willem PijperWillem PijperWillem Pijper ; Zeist, 8 September 1894 - Utrecht, 18 March 1947) was a Dutch composer, music critic and music teacher.-Life:Pijper was born at Zeist, near Utrecht, on 8 September 1894 of strict Calvinist working-class parents. His father, who sometimes played psalm accompaniments on the harmonium,...
, composer (1954) - Jean-Louis Pisuisse, cabaret performer (1995)
- Petrus PlanciusPetrus PlanciusPetrus Plancius was a Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman. He was born as Pieter Platevoet in Dranouter, now in Heuvelland, West Flanders. He studied theology in Germany and England...
, cartographer (1996) - Albert PlesmanAlbert PlesmanDr. Albert Plesman was a Dutch pioneer in aviation and founder of KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its original name.He was born as the son of an egg trader from The Hague...
, aviator (1954) - Everhardus Johannes PotgieterEverhardus Johannes PotgieterEverhardus Johannes Potgieter was a Dutch prose writer and poet, who was born at Zwolle in Overijssel....
, poet (1940)
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- Rembrandt, painter (1930, 1938, 1955, 1999)
- Jan van RiebeeckJan van RiebeeckJohan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck was a Dutch colonial administrator and founder of Cape Town.-Biography:...
, colonial administrator (1952) - Titus van RijnTitus van RijnTitus van Rijn was the fourth and only surviving child of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Saskia van Uylenburgh...
, son of Rembrandt (1941) - J.F. van Royen, head of the postal services (1947)
- Michiel de RuyterMichiel de RuyterMichiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably...
, naval hero (1907, 1943, 1957, 1976)
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- Alexander de Savornin LohmanAlexander de Savornin LohmanJkr. Alexander Frederik de Savornin Lohman was a Dutch politician and leader of the Christian Historical Union during the first quarter of the 20th century....
, politician (1980) - Joseph Justus ScaligerJoseph Justus ScaligerJoseph Justus Scaliger was a French religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Greek and Ancient Roman history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history.-Early life:He was born at Agen, the tenth child and third son of Italian...
, scholar (1940) - Herman SchaepmanHerman SchaepmanHerman Johannes Aloysius Maria Schaepman was a Dutch politician and poet.-Life:...
, politician (1936) - Jacobus Schroeder van der KolkJacobus Schroeder van der KolkJacobus Ludovicus Conradus Schroeder van der Kolk was a Dutch anatomist and physiologist, and an influential researcher into the causes of epilepsy and mental illness....
, physician (1960) - Franz SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
, composer (1997) - Albert SchweitzerAlbert SchweitzerAlbert Schweitzer OM was a German theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary. He was born in Kaysersberg in the province of Alsace-Lorraine, at that time part of the German Empire...
, theologian & physician (1975) - Saint ServatiusSaint ServatiusSaint Servatius was bishop of Tongeren—Roman Atuatuca Tungrorum the capital of the Tungri—one of the earliest dioceses in the Low Countries. Later in his life he fled to Maastricht, Roman Mosae Trajectum, where he became the first bishop of this city...
, bishop (1984) - Baruch SpinozaBaruch SpinozaBaruch de Spinoza and later Benedict de Spinoza was a Dutch Jewish philosopher. Revealing considerable scientific aptitude, the breadth and importance of Spinoza's work was not fully realized until years after his death...
, philosopher (1977) - Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring, poet (1941)
- Jan SteenJan SteenJan Havickszoon Steen was a Dutch genre painter of the 17th century . Psychological insight, sense of humour and abundance of colour are marks of his trade.-Life:...
, painter (1940, 1979) - Pieter Stuyvesant, governor (1939)
- Jan Pieterszoon SweelinckJan Pieterszoon SweelinckJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. He was among the first major keyboard composers of Europe, and his work as a teacher helped establish the north German organ...
, composer (1935) - Gerard van SwietenGerard van SwietenGerard van Swieten was a Dutch-Austrian physician.Van Swieten was born in Leiden. He was a pupil of Hermann Boerhaave and became in 1745 the personal physician of the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa. In this position he implemented a transformation of the Austrian health service and medical...
, physician (1939) - Franciscus SylviusFranciscus SylviusFranciscus Sylvius , born Franz de le Boë, was a Dutch physician and scientist who was an early champion of Descartes', Van Helmont's and William Harvey's work and theories...
, physician & scientist (1937)
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- Aritius Sybrandus Talma, politician (1936)
- Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, politician (1998)
- Jan TinbergenJan TinbergenJan Tinbergen , was a Dutch economist. He was awarded the first Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes...
, economist (1995) - Pieter Jelles TroelstraPieter Jelles TroelstraPieter Jelles Troelstra was a Dutch politician active in the socialist workers' movement. He is most remembered for his fight for universal suffrage and his failed call for revolution at the end of World War I...
, politician (1980) - Cornelis TrompCornelis TrompSir Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp, 1st Baronet was a Dutch naval officer. He was the son of Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp. He became Lieutenant Admiral General in the Dutch Navy and briefly Admiral General in the Danish Navy...
, naval hero (1943) - Maarten TrompMaarten TrompMaarten Harpertszoon Tromp was an officer and later admiral in the Dutch navy. His first name is also spelled as Maerten.-Early life:...
, naval hero (1943)
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- Eduard Rutger Verkade, stage actor (1978)
- Simon VestdijkSimon VestdijkSimon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.Born in the small town of Harlingen, Vestdijk studied medicine in Amsterdam, but turned to literature after a few years as a doctor. He became one of the most important 20th-century writers in the Netherlands. His prolificness as a novelist was legendary, but he...
, writer (1998) - Maria Tesselschade VisscherMaria Tesselschade VisscherMaria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, also called Maria Tesselschade Roemersdochter Visscher or Tesselschade was a Dutch poet and engraver.-Life:...
, poet (1938) - Gisbertus VoetiusGisbertus VoetiusGisbertus Voetius was a Dutch Calvinist theologian.-Life:...
, theologian (1936) - Joost van den VondelJoost van den VondelJoost van den Vondel was a Dutch writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic Joannes de Boetgezant , on the life of John the Baptist, has...
, poet (1937, 1979) - Tjerk de Vries, naval hero (1943)
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- Johannes Diderik van der WaalsJohannes Diderik van der WaalsJohannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his work on an equation of state for gases and liquids....
, physicist (1993) - Johannes Wier, physician (1960)
- Wilhelmina of the NetherlandsWilhelmina of the NetherlandsWilhelmina was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948. She ruled the Netherlands for fifty-eight years, longer than any other Dutch monarch. Her reign saw World War I and World War II, the economic crisis of 1933, and the decline of the Netherlands as a major colonial...
(1891, 1898, 1913, 1923, 1926-7, 1931, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1947-8, 1980, 1990, 1998) - William the SilentWilliam the SilentWilliam I, Prince of Orange , also widely known as William the Silent , or simply William of Orange , was the main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish that set off the Eighty Years' War and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648. He was born in the House of...
, revolutionary leader (1933, 1984) - William I of the NetherlandsWilliam I of the NetherlandsWilliam I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
(1913) - William II of the NetherlandsWilliam II of the NetherlandsWilliam II was King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg from 7 October 1840 until his death in 1849.- Early life and education :...
(1913) - William III of the NetherlandsWilliam III of the NetherlandsWilliam III was from 1849 King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg until his death and the Duke of Limburg until the abolition of the Duchy in 1866.-Early life:William was born in Brussels as son of William II of the Netherlands and...
(1852, 1867, 1872, 1913, 1927) - Saint Willibrord, missionary (1939)
- Witte de With, naval hero (1943)
- Johan de WittJohan de WittJohan de Witt, heer van Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp and IJsselveere was a key figure in Dutch politics in the mid 17th century, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of globalization made the United Provinces a leading European power during the Dutch Golden Age...
, politician (1947)