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
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 276 notable births.
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.
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Writing
- Film & TV
- Science
- Politics & Law
- Other
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Jan van Huysum
1682 - 1749
George Clifford III
1685 - 1760
Jacob van Huysum
1687 - 1740
Herman van der Mijn
1684 - 1741
Maria de Wilde
1682 - 1729
Harmen van Bol'es
1689 - 1764
Catharina Backer
1689 - 1766
Isaac Walraven
1686 - 1765
Jan Griffier II
1688 - 1750
Ignatius van Logteren
1685 - 1732
Dirk Dalens III
1688 - 1753
Jacob Herman Klein
1688 - 1748
Hermanus Angelkot Jr.
1688 - 1727
Jacob Appel (painter)
1680 - 1751
Nicolaas Struyck
1686 - 1769
Willem Troost
1684 - 1752
Justus van Huysum II
1685 - 1707