text: Sebald de Weert (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands
  Fashion models
  Azra Akın (born 1981)
  Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980)
  Kim Feenstra (born 1986)
  Bette Franke (born 1989)
  Daphne Groeneveld (born 1994)
  Daniella van Graas (born 1975)
  Tatjana Maul (born 1988)
  Rianne ten Haken (born 1986)
  Marpessa Hennink (born 1964)
  Querelle Jansen (born 1985)
  Kim Kötter (born 1982)
  Doutzen Kroes (born 1985)
  Karen Mulder (born 1970)
  Marcus Schenkenberg (born 1968)
  Iekeliene Stange (born 1984)
  Lara Stone (born 1983)
  Romee Strijd (born 1995)
  Yfke Sturm (born 1981)
  Mark Vanderloo (born 1968)
  Fictional characters
  Hans Brinker
  Abraham Van Helsing
  Peter Van Houten
  Max Carter
  Historians
  Henrica van Erp (c. 1480–1548)
  Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647)
  Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
  Loe de Jong (1914–2005)
  Jan Gerard Kerkherdere (1677–1738)
  Jan Romein (1893–1962)
  Petrus Scriverius (1576–1660)
  Boudewijn Sirks (born 1947)
  Journalists
  Henk Hofland
  Arendo Joustra
  Almar Latour
  Geert Mak
  Mart Smeets
  Eva Vlaardingerbroek
  Military
  Gaius Julius Civilis, Batavian military commander, leader of the Batavian rebellion
  Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), governor general of the Dutch East Indies
  Karel Doorman (1889–1942), naval officer
  Piet Pieterszoon Hein (1577–1629), naval officer
  Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584–1647), general and stadtholder
  J. B. van Heutsz (1851–1924), governor general of the Dutch East Indies
  Hendrick Lucifer (1583–1627), naval officer turned pirate