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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.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Amsterdam during each.

What Amsterdam Is Known For

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Football is Amsterdam's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (438).

Amsterdam over-indexes on rower4.9× the global rate.

Amsterdam under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Football438
  2. Painter372
  3. Politician212
  4. Actor166
  5. Writer106
  6. Poet72
  7. Singer67
  8. Sport67
  1. Rower594.9×
  2. Conductor384.6×
  3. Painter3724.3×
  4. Swimmer533.4×
  5. Poet722.1×
  6. Mathematician342.1×
  1. Politician2120.6×

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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3,253 notable people

0301 COMPOSER

Henry Cohen (numismatist)

1806 - 1880

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0302 COMPOSER

Henriëtte Bosmans

1895 - 1952

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0303 CONDUCTOR

Bob van Asperen

Born 1947

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0304 ASTRONOMER

Frederik Kaiser

1808 - 1872

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0305 PAINTER

Cornelis Troost

1696 - 1750

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0306 ACTOR

Melody Klaver

Born 1990

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0307 ENGRAVER

Henricus Hondius II

1597 - 1651

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0308 PAINTER

Jan Verkolje

1650 - 1693

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0309 PAINTER

Jan Victors

1619 - 1676

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0310 PLAYER

Igor Sijsling

Born 1987

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0311 RABBI

Isaac Aboab da Fonseca

1605 - 1693

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0312 ART HISTORIAN

Abraham Bredius

1855 - 1946

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0313 FOOTBALL

Jan van Beveren

1948 - 2011

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0314 WRITER

Anna Visscher

1584 - 1651

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0315 PAINTER

Rob Scholte

Born 1958

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0316 MATHEMATICIAN

Alexander Schrijver

Born 1948

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0317 CONDUCTOR

Frédéric Devreese

1929 - 2020

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0318 FOOTBALL

Pablo Rosario

Born 1997

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0319 CYCLIST

Gerrit Schulte

1916 - 1992

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0320 PAINTER

Cornelis Kruseman

1797 - 1857

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0321 LINGUIST

Isaac Jacob Schmidt

1779 - 1847

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0322 FOOTBALL

Lorenzo Burnet

Born 1991

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0323 ENGRAVER

Nicolaes Visscher I

1618 - 1679

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0324 FOOTBALL

Martijn Reuser

Born 1975

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0325 DJ

Dana van Dreven

Born 1974

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0326 FOOTBALL

Dominique Kivuvu

Born 1987

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0327 PHILOSOPHER

Cornelius de Pauw

1739 - 1799

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0328 CHESS

Lodewijk Prins

1913 - 1999

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0329 HISTORIAN

Max Kohnstamm

1914 - 2010

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0330 FOOTBALL

Derrick Luckassen

Born 1995

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0331 COLLECTOR

Andries Bonger

1861 - 1936

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0332 PAINTER

Nicolaes Pickenoy

1588 - 1650

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0333 BOTANIST

Johanna Westerdijk

1883 - 1961

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0334 FOOTBALL

Geoffrey Castillion

Born 1991

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0335 ASTRONOMER

Michael van Langren

1598 - 1675

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0336 ACTOR

Sallie Harmsen

Born 1989

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0337 ARCHITECT

Philips Vingboons

1607 - 1678

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0338 REVOLUTIONARY

Theo Heemskerk

1852 - 1932

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0339 PLAYWRIGHT

Abel Herzberg

1893 - 1989

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0340 PAINTER

Willem Witsen

1860 - 1923

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0341 MAYOR

Johannes Hudde

1628 - 1704

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0342 POLITICIAN

Floris Adriaan van Hall

1791 - 1866

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0343 ACTOR

Pia Douwes

Born 1964

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0344 FILM

Cyrus Frisch

Born 1969

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0345 ATHLETIC

Jolanda Keizer

Born 1985

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0346 COLLECTOR

Frits Lugt

1884 - 1970

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0347 CRIMINAL

Ans van Dijk

1905 - 1948

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0348 FOOTBALL

Henk ten Cate

Born 1954

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0349 LORD

Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)

1953 - 1991

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0350 ACTOR

Thérèse Steinmetz

Born 1933

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0351 THEOLOGIAN

Arnoldus Montanus

1625 - 1683

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0352 MUSIC

Emmy Verhey

Born 1949

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0353 PAINTER

Willem Cornelisz Duyster

1599 - 1635

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0354 INTERPRETER

Henry Heusken

1832 - 1861

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0355 POLITICIAN

Gerdi Verbeet

Born 1951

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0356 FILM

Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Born 1965

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0357 ARCHITECT

Jacob van Rijs

Born 1965

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0358 POLITICIAN

Thom de Graaf

Born 1957

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0359 PAINTER

Cornelis Springer

1817 - 1891

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0360 MATHEMATICIAN

Jan Arnoldus Schouten

1883 - 1971

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0361 SKATER

Maaike Head

Born 1983

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0362 PRESENTER

Mies Bouwman

1929 - 2018

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0363 FOOTBALL

Michael Lamey

Born 1979

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0364 PAINTER

Paul Gabriël

1828 - 1903

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0365 WRITER

Karel van het Reve

1921 - 1999

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0366 FOOTBALL

Sylvano Comvalius

Born 1987

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0367 CRIMINAL

Willem Holleeder

Born 1958

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0368 ACADEMIC

Warner T. Koiter

1914 - 1997

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0369 CONDUCTOR

Richard Hol

1825 - 1904

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0370 PHILOSOPHER

Isaac de Pinto

1717 - 1787

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0371 CONDUCTOR

Sem Dresden

1881 - 1957

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0372 FOOTBALL

Jarchinio Antonia

Born 1990

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0373 FOOTBALL

Michael Timisela

Born 1986

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0374 BIOLOGIST

Anna Weber-van Bosse

1852 - 1942

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0375 COMPOSER

Rudolf George Escher

1912 - 1980

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0376 SINGER

Ben Cramer

Born 1947

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0377 HOCKEY

Daniel Sprong

Born 1997

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0378 PHYSICIAN

Samuel Sarphati

1813 - 1866

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0379 PAINTER

Dirck Barendsz

1534 - 1592

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0380 BOTANIST

Caspar Commelijn

1668 - 1731

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0381 SWIMMER

Sebastiaan Verschuren

Born 1988

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0382 FOOTBALL

Vera Pauw

Born 1963

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0383 ENGINEER

Dov Frohman

Born 1939

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0384 WORKER

Marion Pritchard

1920 - 2016

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0385 LINGUIST

Willem Levelt

Born 1938

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0386 SINGER

Lin Jaldati

1912 - 1988

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0387 PHILOSOPHER

Reiner Schürmann

1941 - 1993

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0388 FOOTBALL

Nick van der Velden

Born 1981

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0389 EXPLORER

Jacob Corneliszoon van Neck

1564 - 1638

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0390 LINGUIST

Emanuel Tov

Born 1941

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0391 PAINTER

Louis Meijer

1809 - 1866

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0392 POET

Til Brugman

1888 - 1958

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0393 WRITER

Jessica Durlacher

Born 1961

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0394 ECONOMIST

Henri Theil

1924 - 2000

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0395 VIOLIN

Rudolf Koelman

Born 1959

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0396 COMPOSER

Johannes Schenck

1660 - 1712

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0397 DIPLOMAT

Abraham de Wicquefort

1606 - 1682

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0398 MATHEMATICIAN

Michiel Hazewinkel

Born 1943

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0399 GUITAR

Harry Sacksioni

Born 1950

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0400 PAINTER

César Domela

1900 - 1992

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0401 POLITICIAN

Frits Korthals Altes

Born 1931

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0402 POLITICIAN

Paul de Groot

1899 - 1986

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0403 ATHLETIC

Gregory Sedoc

Born 1981

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0404 RABBI

Moses ben Mordecai Zacuto

1625 - 1697

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0405 ARTIST

Robert Jasper Grootveld

1932 - 2009

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0406 ECONOMIST

Eduard Bomhoff

Born 1944

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0407 PAINTER

Isaac de Moucheron

1667 - 1744

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0408 FOOTBALL

Michel Kreek

Born 1971

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0409 CHEMIST

Ernst Cohen

1869 - 1944

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0410 PAINTER

Hendrik Gerritsz Pot

1580 - 1657

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0411 PAINTER

Hendrik Voogd

1768 - 1839

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0412 PIANIST

Ronald Brautigam

Born 1954

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0413 WRITER

Hans Aarsman

Born 1951

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0414 FOOTBALL

Edwin Gyasi

Born 1991

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0415 ARCHITECT

Jan Bouman

1706 - 1776

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0416 CONDUCTOR

Bernard Zweers

1854 - 1924

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0417 PHOTOGRAPHER

Viviane Sassen

Born 1972

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0418 PHYSICIAN

Arnold Aletrino

1858 - 1916

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0419 ZOOLOGIST

Wilhem de Haan

1801 - 1855

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0420 ROWER

Jan Wienese

Born 1942

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0421 FOOTBALL

Heini Otto

Born 1954

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0422 POET

Hélène Swarth

1859 - 1941

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0423 POLITICIAN

Laurens Reael

1583 - 1637

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0424 POET

Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm

1820 - 1889

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0425 CHESS

Hans Ree

Born 1944

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0426 POLITICIAN

Jan Heemskerk

1818 - 1897

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0427 CURATOR

Wybrand Hendricks

1744 - 1831

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0428 WRITER

Lodewijk van Deyssel

1864 - 1952

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0429 FOOTBALL

Orlando Trustfull

Born 1970

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0430 THEOLOGIAN

Philipp van Limborch

1633 - 1712

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0431 DRIVER

Michael Bleekemolen

Born 1949

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0432 ACTOR

John Kraaijkamp Sr.

1925 - 2011

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0433 RESISTANCE

Jan Gies

1905 - 1993

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0434 PSYCHOLOGIST

Nico Frijda

1927 - 2015

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0435 ACTOR

Raymond Thiry

Born 1959

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0436 RAPPER

Yes-R

Born 1986

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0437 POET

Huub Oosterhuis

Born 1933

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0438 WRITER

Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel

1549 - 1612

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0439 POLITICIAN

Gaius de Gaay Fortman

1911 - 1997

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0440 ACTOR

Mimi Kok

1934 - 2014

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0441 PHYSICIST

Daan Frenkel

Born 1948

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0442 FOOTBALL

Bennie Muller

Born 1938

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0443 PHILOSOPHER

Wouter Hanegraaff

Born 1961

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0444 FOOTBALL

Ruben Ligeon

Born 1992

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0445 SCENOGRAPHER

Herman Rosse

1887 - 1965

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0446 MODEL

Imaan Hammam

Born 1996

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0447 THEOLOGIAN

Allard Pierson

1831 - 1896

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0448 POLITICIAN

Frans Banninck Cocq

1605 - 1655

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0449 PAINTER

Hendrick Dubbels

1621 - 1707

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0450 FOOTBALL

Erixon Danso

Born 1989

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0451 POLITICIAN

Adriaan Pauw

1585 - 1653

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0452 FOOTBALL

Robbin Ruiter

Born 1987

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0453 ORIENTALIST

Hermann Brockhaus

1806 - 1877

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0454 BOTANIST

Pieter Pauw

1564 - 1617

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0455 POLITICIAN

Pierre de Bénouville

1914 - 2001

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0456 FOOTBALL

Philippe Sandler

Born 1997

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0457 FOOTBALL

Cor van der Hart

1928 - 2006

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0458 CONDUCTOR

Jaap Schröder

1925 - 2020

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0459 POLITICIAN

Eric Smaling

Born 1957

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0460 MAYOR

Andries de Graeff

1611 - 1678

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0461 FOOTBALL

Tyrone Loran

Born 1981

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0462 MUSIC

Ray Slijngaard

Born 1971

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0463 POLITICIAN

Pieter Philip van Bosse

1809 - 1879

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0464 PAINTER

Rudolf Bonnet

1895 - 1978

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0465 SPORT

Rob Barel

Born 1957

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0466 PRODUCER

Moti (DJ)

Born 1987

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0467 FOOTBALL

Khalid Sinouh

Born 1975

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0468 WRITER

Ad Visser

Born 1947

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0469 MARTIAL ART

Jon Bluming

1933 - 2018

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0470 SKATER

Petra Burka

Born 1946

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0471 PAINTER

Anthonie van Borssom

1631 - 1677

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0472 MATHEMATICIAN

Henk Barendregt

Born 1947

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0473 WRITER

Heleen van Royen

Born 1965

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0474 PAINTER

Floris van Schooten

1580 - 1656

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0475 POET

Gerrit Kouwenaar

1923 - 2014

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0476 PAINTER

Jan Harmensz. Muller

1571 - 1628

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0477 ENGRAVER

Gerard Valck

1652 - 1726

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0478 ACTOR

Meeno Peluce

Born 1970

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0479 ASTRONOMER

Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans

1827 - 1906

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0480 PAINTER

Lambert Doomer

1624 - 1700

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0481 WRITER

Carel Steven Adama van Scheltema

1877 - 1924

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0482 ACTOR

Lien Deyers

1909 - 1982

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0483 POLITICIAN

Theo Thijssen

1879 - 1943

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0484 DRAUGHTS

Ton Sijbrands

Born 1949

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0485 CONDUCTOR

Kees Bakels

Born 1945

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0486 FOOTBALL

Ramon Leeuwin

Born 1987

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0487 PRODUCTEUR

Frontliner

Born 1984

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0488 MATHEMATICIAN

David van Dantzig

1900 - 1959

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0489 POLITICIAN

Andries Bicker

1586 - 1652

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0490 FOOTBALL

Javairô Dilrosun

Born 1998

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0491 SOCIOLOGIST

Jos van Kemenade

1937 - 2020

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0492 LEPIDOPTERIST

Pieter Cramer

1721 - 1776

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0493 SINGER

Ronny Bierman

1938 - 1984

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0494 FILM

Ruud van Hemert

1938 - 2012

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0495 PROFESSOR

Geert Lovink

Born 1959

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0496 PAINTER

Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller

1855 - 1925

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0497 HOCKEY

Kim Lammers

Born 1981

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0498 FOOTBALL

Joris van Overeem

Born 1994

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0499 POLITICIAN

Ferdinand Grapperhaus

Born 1959

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0500 SPORT

José Manuel Moreno (cyclist)

Born 1969

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0501 ACTOR

Boris van der Ham

Born 1973

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0502 ENGRAVER

Abraham Blooteling

1640 - 1690

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0503 FOOTBALL

Tessel Middag

Born 1992

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0504 FOOTBALL

Sheraldo Becker

Born 1995

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0505 PAINTER

Pieter Quast

1606 - 1647

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0506 FOOTBALL

Jan de Natris

1895 - 1972

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0507 FOOTBALL

Michael van Praag

Born 1947

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0508 FILM

Ludi Boeken

Born 1951

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0509 FOOTBALL

Wim Anderiesen

1903 - 1944

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0510 PAINTER

Jan Griffier

1652 - 1718

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0511 PAINTER

Jacob van der Does

1623 - 1673

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0512 PAINTER

Dirck Jacobsz.

1496 - 1567

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0513 ENTREPRENEUR

Victor Muller

Born 1959

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0514 FOOTBALL

Christian Supusepa

Born 1989

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0515 BOTANIST

Pieter Willem Korthals

1807 - 1892

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0516 ACTOR

Rifka Lodeizen

Born 1972

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0517 PAINTER

Eugène Brands

1913 - 2002

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0518 SPORT

Patrick Jonker

Born 1969

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0519 FOOTBALL

Milano Koenders

Born 1986

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0520 ARCHITECT

Kees Christiaanse

Born 1953

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0521 RAPPER

Lil' Kleine

Born 1994

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0522 COLLECTOR

Petronella Oortman

1656 - 1716

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0523 LINGUIST

Pieter Burman the Younger

1713 - 1778

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0524 PHOTOGRAPHER

Co Rentmeester

Born 1936

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0525 ACTOR

Waldemar Torenstra

Born 1974

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0526 BOXER

Ben Bril

1912 - 2003

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0527 POET

Hans Andreus

1926 - 1977

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0528 PIANIST

Hans Liberg

Born 1954

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0529 MATHEMATICIAN

Andries Brouwer

Born 1951

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0530 ACTOR

Victor Reinier

Born 1963

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0531 WRITER

Karel Glastra van Loon

1962 - 2005

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0532 FOOTBALL

Dyron Daal

Born 1983

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0533 FOOTBALL

Regillio Simons

Born 1973

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0534 SPORT

Henk Faanhof

1922 - 2015

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0535 POLITICIAN

Jan Nagel

Born 1939

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0536 SCHOLAR

Adriaan Koerbagh

1633 - 1669

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0537 FOOTBALL

Fred Grim

Born 1965

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0538 CONDUCTOR

Rogier van Otterloo

1941 - 1988

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0539 PAINTER

Willem Wissing

1656 - 1687

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0540 PAINTER

Johannes Vingboons

1616 - 1670

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0541 COMPOSER

Marius Flothuis

1914 - 2001

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0542 CHOREOGRAPHER

Louis Van Amstel

Born 1972

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0543 FOOTBALL

Gijs Luirink

Born 1983

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0544 FOOTBALL

Carel Eiting

Born 1998

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0545 ACTOR

Fajah Lourens

Born 1981

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0546 JOURNALIST

Johannes van Dam

1946 - 2013

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0547 PAINTER

Adrianus Eversen

1818 - 1897

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0548 POET

Hanny Michaelis

1922 - 2007

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0549 WRITER

Jona Oberski

Born 1938

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0550 COMPOSER

Anthoni van Noordt

1619 - 1675

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0551 MILITAR

Jan van Speyk

1802 - 1831

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0552 POET

Maarten Maartens

1858 - 1915

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0553 PAINTER

Esaias Boursse

1631 - 1672

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0554 POLITICIAN

Abraham Asscher

1880 - 1950

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0555 THEOLOGIAN

Matthijs Siegenbeek

1774 - 1854

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0556 FILM

Frans Weisz

Born 1938

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0557 FOOTBALL

Dries Boussatta

Born 1972

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0558 NOVELIST

Hans Koning

1921 - 2007

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0559 DESIGNER

Frans Molenaar

1940 - 2015

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0560 MARTIAL ART

Gilbert Yvel

Born 1976

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0561 FOOTBALL

Danzell Gravenberch

Born 1994

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0562 PRIEST

Petrus Codde

1648 - 1710

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0563 FOOTBALL

Boy Deul

Born 1987

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0564 FOOTBALL

Donovan Slijngard

Born 1987

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0565 SCULPTOR

Joseph Mendes da Costa

1863 - 1939

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0566 FOOTBALL

Dave van den Bergh

Born 1976

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0567 WRITER

Ina Boudier-Bakker

1875 - 1966

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0568 THERAPIST

Zerka T. Moreno

1917 - 2016

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0569 PHYSICIAN

Theodor Kerckring

1638 - 1693

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0570 ACTOR

Terri Summers

Born 1976

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0571 JOURNALIST

Jan Blokker

1927 - 2010

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0572 PHYSICIAN

Nicolaas Bidloo

1674 - 1735

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0573 SKATER

Carry Geijssen

Born 1947

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0574 COMPOSER

Kees Vlak

1938 - 2014

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0575 POET

K. Schippers

Born 1936

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0576 ACTOR

Laura de Boer

Born 1983

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0577 MUSIC

Max Geldray

1916 - 2004

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0578 PAINTER

Joanna Koerten

1650 - 1715

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0579 ARTIST

Jan Cock Blomhoff

1779 - 1853

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0580 FOOTBALL

Gregory Nelson

Born 1988

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0581 LAWYER

Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek

1833 - 1916

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0582 TEACHER

Jan Ligthart

1859 - 1916

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0583 CULTURE-CORE

Simon Spoor

1902 - 1949

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0584 ECONOMIST

Nicolaas Wilhelmus Posthumus

1880 - 1960

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0585 FOOTBALL

Tarik Oulida

Born 1974

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0586 PHILOSOPHER

Burchard de Volder

1643 - 1709

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0587 ACTOR

Nelly Frijda

Born 1936

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0588 POLITICIAN

Herman Tjeenk Willink

Born 1942

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0589 DIPLOMAT

Coenraad van Beuningen

1622 - 1693

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0590 COMICS

Hans G. Kresse

1921 - 1992

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0591 FOOTBALL

Alex Pastoor

Born 1966

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0592 SPORT

Barry Markus

Born 1991

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0593 SAILING

Lobke Berkhout

Born 1980

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0594 FOOTBALL

Mitchell Schet

Born 1988

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0595 PAINTER

Jan Hackaert

1628 - 1685

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0596 REGENT

Pieter de Graeff

1638 - 1707

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0597 COMPOSER

Johannes Bernardus van Bree

1801 - 1857

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0598 FOOTBALL

Merel van Dongen

Born 1993

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0599 JOURNALIST

Ischa Meijer

1943 - 1995

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0600 GYMNAST

Estella Agsteribbe

1909 - 1943

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