text: Johan de Witt (1625–1672), statesman
  William III of Orange (1650–1702), stadtholder and king of England
  Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (1798–1872), prime minister
  20th and 21st centuries
  Dries van Agt (1931–2024), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1977–1982)
  Jan Peter Balkenende (born 1956), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (2002–2010)
  Louis Beel (1902–1977), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1946–1948, 1958–1959)
  Barend Biesheuvel (1920–2001), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1971–1973)
  Els Borst (1932–2014), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport
  Wouter Bos (born 1963), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance
  Ben Bot (born 1937), Minister of Foreign Affairs
  Hans van den Broek (born 1936), Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Commissioner (1993–1999)
  Jo Cals (1914–1971), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1965–1966)
  Hendrikus Colijn (1869–1944), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1925–1926, 1933–1939)
  Pieter Cort van der Linden (1846–1935), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1913–1918)
  Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919), first prominent Socialist
  Willem Drees (1886–1988), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1948–1958)
  Wim Duisenberg (1935–2005), Minister of Finance, President of the European Central Bank (1998–2003)
  Pim Fortuyn (1948–2002), politician, candidate for Prime Minister, assassinated during the 2002 election
  Cornelis van Geelkerken (1901–1979), National-Socialist, co-founder of the NSB
  Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926–1929, 1939–1940)