text: Jacob Eelkens, first commander of the first Dutch fort in America (Fort Nassau)
  Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972), television presenter
  Ferry Piekart (born 1974), writer on children's games
  Anne Frank (1929–1945), diarist in World War II Amsterdam
  Harry Gideonse (1901–1985), American President of Brooklyn College, and Chancellor of the New School for Social Research
  Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923–2002), commercial mastermind of the Heineken Imperium; grandson of the founder of Heineken
  Mata Hari (1876–1917), spy
  Frans van der Hoff (born 1939), co-founder of Max Havelaar, the first Fairtrade certification initiative
  Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929), first Dutch female to complete a university degree and the first female physician
  Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1776-1839) Dutch Mennonite deacon
  Frederik Lauesen (born 1972), television presenter
  Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), see: Reichstag fire
  George Maduro (1916–1945), Dutch Resistance member; the miniature city of Madurodam is named after him, as well as the Maduroplein area in Scheveningen, in The Hague
  Adrienne van Melle-Hermans (1931–2007), peace activist
  Maria van Pallaes (1587–1664), philanthropist in Utrecht
  Anton Philips (1874–1951), co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics
  Gerard Philips (1858–1942), co-founder of the Royal Philips Electronics
  Roel Pieper (born 1956), businessman and professor
  Jan Sloot (1945–1999), inventor
  Joran van der Sloot (born 1987), convicted murderer
  Peter Stuyvesant (1592–1672), governor of the New Netherland