text: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), composer and organist
  Anouk Teeuwe (born 1975), singer
  Herman van Veen (born 1945), singer, theater performer
  Jeroen van Veen (born 1969), classical pianist and composer
  Jeroen van Veen (born 1974), bassist of Within Temptation
  Roel van Velzen (born 1978), singer
  Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), composer
  Matthijs Verschoor (born 1955), classical pianist
  Tijs Verwest (born 1969), DJ (better known as DJ Tiësto)
  Klaas de Vries (born 1944), composer
  Edo de Waart (born 1941), conductor
  Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941), composer
  Tony Wall (born 1988), guitarist
  Robert Westerholt (born 1975), guitarist of Within Temptation
  Jaap van Zweden (born 1960), violinist and conductor
  Joost Klein (born 1997), singer and rapper
  Visual arts
  Pieter van Abeele (1622–1677), medallist
  Bernard Accama (1697–1756), painter
  Karel Appel (1921–2006), painter
  Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), painter
  Ludolf Backhuysen (1631–1708), painter
  John Baselmans (born 1954), painter and illustrator
  Helen Berman (born 1936), painter
  Charles Bolsius (1907–1983), painters and print maker
  Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), painter
  Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1612), painter
  Jan de Bray (1627–1697), painter
  Dick Bruna (1927–2017), graphical artist
  Paul Citroen (1896–1983), painter
  Anton Corbijn (born 1955), photographer
  Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), painter
  Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), painter
  Willem Drost (1630–1680), painter and print maker
  Ger van Elk (1941–2014), sculptor
  M. C. Escher (1898–1972), graphical artist