text: Johan Cruijff (1947–2016), retired football player and former manager
  Edgar Davids (born 1973), football player
  Marc Delissen (born 1965), field hockey player
  Cees Jan Diepeveen (born 1956), field hockey player
  Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), road and track cyclist, four-time world champion
  Sjoukje Dijkstra (born 1942), figure skater
  Robert Doornbos (born 1981), Formula One driver
  Eva Duldig (born 1938), Austrian-born Australian and Dutch tennis player, author
  Francisco Elson (born 1976), NBA player for Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs
  Jacco Eltingh (born 1970), tennis player
  Max Euwe (1901–1981), chess player
  Didi Gregorius (born 1990), MLB player for New York Yankees
  Louis van Gaal (born 1951), football player and manager
  Dan Gadzuric (born 1978), NBA player for Milwaukee Bucks
  Anton Geesink (1934–2010), judoka
  Yuri van Gelder (born 1983), gymnast
  Yvonne van Gennip (born 1964), speed skater
  Stefan Groothuis (born 1981), speed skater
  Anky van Grunsven (born 1968), dressage
  Ruud Gullit (born 1962), football player and coach
  Paul Haarhuis (born 1966), tennis player
  Eddy Hamel (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp
  Willem van Hanegem (born 1944), football player and coach
  Wil Hartog (born 1948), Grand Prix motorcycle racer
  Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (born 1972), football player