52.3831° N, 4.8999° E
AMSTERDAM
Most Famous People Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Notable people
- 3,253
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1921
- Most distinctive
- Rower 4.9×
The Dutch Golden Age, and what came after. Amsterdam's distinctive shelves are painters at more than four times the global rate, alongside conductors, rowers, swimmers, and poets — the trades of a 17th-century capital that built one of the great European art markets and a 20th-century city that built a Concertgebouw conductor lineage going back to Mengelberg. The 1600s account for a tenth of all notable births here, and the modern half adds footballers, cyclists, and the long shadow of Rembrandt and Spinoza.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Amsterdam during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Amsterdam Is Known For
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Football is Amsterdam's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (438).
Amsterdam over-indexes on rower — 4.9× the global rate.
Amsterdam under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Amsterdam's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Art & Design
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Politics & Law
- Other
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Titus van Rijn
1641 - 1668
Jan Luyken
1649 - 1712
Nicolaes Witsen
1641 - 1717
Jan Weenix
1640 - 1719
Romeyn de Hooghe
1645 - 1708
Abraham Storck
1644 - 1708
Govert Bidloo
1649 - 1713
Abraham Blooteling
1640 - 1690
Petrus Codde
1648 - 1710
Burchard de Volder
1643 - 1709
Jan van Kessel (Amsterdam)
1641 - 1680
Willem Godschalck van Focquenbroch
1640 - 1670
Katharyne Lescailje
1649 - 1711
Jacques Vaillant (painter)
1643 - 1691
Nicolaes Visscher II
1649 - 1702
Johann Ludwig Hannemann
1640 - 1724
Jacob de Graeff
1642 - 1690
Jacobus Storck
1641 - 1692
David van der Plas
1647 - 1704
Petrus Francius
1645 - 1704
Nicolaas Piemont
1644 - 1709
Jan Pietersz Zomer
1641 - 1724
Gerard van Schagen
1642 - 1690
Joan van Broekhuizen
1649 - 1707
Abraham Beerstraaten
1643 - 1666
Petrus Houttuyn
1648 - 1709
Carel Allard
1648 - 1709
Jan van Somer
1645 - 1699
Arnold Sijen
1640 - 1678
Lodewijk van der Helst
1642 - 1693
Jobst Scholten
1644 - 1721
Paul van Somer II
1649 - 1696
Josua de Grave
1643 - 1712
Aernout Smit
1641 - 1710
Nicolaes de Vree
1645 - 1702
Albert Meyeringh
1645 - 1714
Albert Meijeringh
1645 - 1714
François de Vicq
1646 - 1707
Anthony van Zijlvelt
1640 - 1700
Cornelis van Rijssen
1640 - 1710
Jacob Jacobszn Hinlopen
1644 - 1705
Cornelis Valckenier
1640 - 1700
Francois de Vroede
1641 - 1706