text: Gianni Romme (born 1973), speed skater
  Wim Ruska (1940–2015), judoka
  Bas Rutten (born 1965), mixed martial artist
  Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), football player
  Ard Schenk (born 1944), speed skater
  Dafne Schippers (born 1992), athlete
  Clarence Seedorf (born 1976), football player
  Aryeh "Arie" Selinger (born 1937), volleyball player & coach
  Avital Selinger (born 1959), Olympic silver medallist
  Gerald Sibon (born 1974), football player
  Judijke Simons (1904–1943), Olympic champion gymnast (team combined exercises)
  Emil Sitoci (born 1985), pro wrestler
  Jan Smeekens (born 1985), speed skater
  Rutger Smith (born 1981), athlete
  Rik Smits (born 1966), NBA player
  Wesley Sneijder (born 1984), football player
  Petra van Staveren (born 1966), swimmer
  Betty Stöve (born 1945), tennis player
  Sjaak Swart (born 1938), footballer
  Bernard D. H. Tellegen (1900–1990), electrical engineer, inventor, known for Tellegen's theorem in circuit theory
  Carole Thate (born 1971), field hockey player
  Jan Timman (born 1951), chess player
  Regilio Tuur (born 1967), boxer
  Jochem Uytdehaage (born 1976), speed skater
  Wilma van den Berg (born 1947), sprinter, competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics (which she left in the middle, in sympathy with the Israelis after the Munich Massacre)
  Rick VandenHurk (born 1985), baseball player
  Arnold Vanderlyde (born 1963), boxer
  Jim Vandermeer (born 1980), Dutch-Canadian ice hockey player