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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.
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
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Pascal Heije
Born 1979
Vincent Muda
Born 1988
Guido van Driel
Born 1962
Cornelis Jord Ruijgh
1930 - 2004
Jordanus Roodenburgh
1886 - 1972
Marie Kalff
1874 - 1959
Wilbert de Joode
Born 1955
Andries Schoemaker
1660 - 1735
Alex Blanchard
Born 1958
Jacobus Stellingwerff
1667 - 1727
Bob Hanf
1894 - 1944
Hennie Penterman
Born 1951
Bart van Leeuwen
1950 - 2017
Ed Wubbe
Born 1957
Andreas Bonn
1738 - 1817
Petrus Johannes Arendzen
1846 - 1932
Sanguita Akkrum
Born 1982
Guy Clemens
Born 1981
Femke Boelen
Born 1968
Dolf Toussaint
1924 - 2017
Cornelis de Bie (1621–1664)
1621 - 1664
Khalid Tadmine
Born 1995
Cees Goekoop
1933 - 2011
Johan Engelbert Elias
1875 - 1959
Harry van den Bergh
1942 - 2020
Theodor van Pee
1668 - 1746
Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker
1836 - 1905
Albert Houthuesen
1903 - 1979
Arnoldus Senguerdius
1610 - 1668
Ejan Mackaay
Born 1943
Philip Pieterse Schuyler
1628 - 1683
Frits Flinkevleugel
1939 - 2020
Max Rhyser
Born 1982
Jerry Rix
1947 - 2016
Luna Voce
Born 1988
Kees Olthuis
1940 - 2019
Rita Törnqvist-Verschuur
Born 1935
Sevn Alias
Born 1996
Anthony Berenstein
Born 1997
Jan van Somer
1645 - 1699
Lex van Someren
Born 1952
Nol van Berckel
1890 - 1973
Joost Janszoon Bilhamer
1521 - 1590
Marinus Heijnes
1888 - 1963
Arnoldus Johannes Eymer
1803 - 1863
Pieter van Winter
1745 - 1807
Nel Büch
1931 - 2013
Arnold Sijen
1640 - 1678
Leo Schatz
1918 - 2014
Sybrand Feitama
1694 - 1758
Frederik Schuh
1875 - 1966
Hendrik Gravé
1670 - 1749
Leo de Vries
1932 - 1994
Martin Teffer
Born 1965
Jan George Bertelman
1782 - 1854
Jan van Assen
1635 - 1695
Floris Stempel
1877 - 1910
Els van Noorduyn
Born 1946
Hermanus Angelkot Jr.
1688 - 1727
Jacob Bicker Raije
1703 - 1777
Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper
1808 - 1876
Bep Thomas
Born 1938
Wouter Brouwer
1882 - 1961
Lodewijk van der Helst
1642 - 1693
Simon Okker
1881 - 1944
Celina Lemmen
Born 1985
Marie Cornelie van Wassenaer
1799 - 1850
Maurits Uyldert
1881 - 1966
Chantal Han
Born 1966
Mohamed Khamal
Born 1990
Henri van Abbe
1880 - 1940
Meijer Bleekrode
1896 - 1943
Kadamba Kanana Swami
Born 1953
Wim Groskamp
1886 - 1974
Hirsch Lehren
1784 - 1853
Francisco Lopes Suasso
1657 - 1710
Gerard Pierre Laurent Kalshoven Gude
1858 - 1924
Hellen Huisman
1937 - 2012
Julius Cornelius Schaarwächter
1847 - 1904
Elias Vonck
1605 - 1652
Sam Waagenaar
1908 - 1976
Nico Jungmann
1872 - 1935
Pieter Bartholomeusz Barbiers
1771 - 1837
Menachem Pinkhof
1920 - 1969
Robert Alberts
Born 1954
Wim Hendriks
1930 - 1975
Mees de Wit
Born 1998
Ab Salm
1801 - 1876
Fritz van Emden
1898 - 1958
Marjol Flore
Born 1948
Paul Blanca
Born 1958
Jan Gerard Waldorp
1740 - 1808
Gerard George Clifford
1779 - 1847
Johann Timann
1499 - 1557
Ulrich Landvreugd
Born 1971
Felix Hess (Zeichner)
1878 - 1943
Sebastiaan Bremer
Born 1970
Pieter Barbiers (painter)
1717 - 1780
Lion Axwijk
Born 1984
Annette de Vries
Born 1954
Jelle de Lange
Born 1998
Adriaan Katte
1900 - 1991
Eb van der Kluft
1889 - 1970
Johannes Hendrik Voskuijl
1892 - 1945
Dirk Koch
Born 1943
Coenraad Bloemendal
Born 1946
Barend Hendrik Koekkoek
1849 - 1889
Isaak de Graaf
1668 - 1743
Marten Burkens
Born 1934
Abraham Bogaert
1663 - 1727
Louis van Vliet
1854 - 1932
Josephus Augustinus Brentano
1753 - 1821
Dirk Christiaan Hesseling
1859 - 1941
Jan Baars
1903 - 1989
Klaas Bakker
1926 - 2016
Taco Remkes
Born 1984
Erik Wesdorp
1947 - 2017
Anna Christina Witmond-Berkhout
1870 - 1899
Isaac Marcus Calisch
1808 - 1884
Reginald Faria
Born 1981
Adham El Idrissi
Born 1997
Wim Schut
1920 - 2006
Jan de Nijs
Born 1958
Alain De Levita
Born 1959
Raïes Roshanali
Born 1995
Nicholas van Rensselaer (minister)
1636 - 1678
Wim Bergmans
1940 - 2018
Hendrik Pothoven
1725 - 1807
Henk Blomvliet
1911 - 1980
Randy Rustenberg
Born 1984
Louisa Holthuysen
1824 - 1895
Gerrit Reynst
1599 - 1658
Nathalie den Dekker
Born 1990
John Huizinga
1920 - 2008
Tjeerd Boersma
1915 - 1985
Susana (Sängerin)
Born 1984
Esmée de La Bretonière
Born 1973
Rob Matthaei
Born 1966
Martin Wierstra
1928 - 1985
Jenny Kastein
1913 - 2000
Georgine Schwartze
1854 - 1935
Simon Hammelburg
Born 1952
Marcel Stive
Born 1952
Harry Wijnschenk
Born 1964
Rose Van Thyn
1921 - 2010
Djai Essed
Born 1998
Dick Berlijn
Born 1950
Willem J. Aerts
1926 - 2017
Rudi Koegler
Born 1931
Dominic Carroll
Born 1983
Ina Lohr
1903 - 1983
Dirk Dalens
1657 - 1687
Peet Petersen
1941 - 1980
Jaap Metz
1941 - 2016
Mirano Carrilho
Born 1975
Bryan Defares
Born 1981
Ernst Frederik Jacobi
1908 - 1994
Wim Hoddes
1918 - 2012
Jan Elias Kikkert
1843 - 1925
Jan Hendrik Stuffken
1801 - 1881
Justin Bakker
Born 1998
Joop Harmans
1921 - 2015
Jobst Scholten
1644 - 1721
Christy Gibson
Born 1978
Bobby Schagen
Born 1990
Tessa Leuwsha
Born 1967
Rudolf de Rijk
1937 - 2003
Alex Aronson
1934 - 1975
Stijn Koomen
Born 1987
Daniel Raap
1703 - 1754
Emanuel Moresco
1869 - 1945
Henk Hille
Born 1959
Elisabeth Barbara Schmetterling
1801 - 1882
Rudy Wowor
1943 - 2018
Buzz Fuzz
Born 1969
Cherrie Vangelder-Smith
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Apollonius Jan Cornelis Lampsins
1754 - 1834
Stans Scheffer
1914 - 1982
Anna Maria Wilhelmine van Hasselt-Barth
1813 - 1881
Bart Oegema
1983 - 2011
Jan Plas
1945 - 2010
Netty van Hoorn
Born 1951
Lion van Minden
1880 - 1944
Paul van Somer II
1649 - 1696
Eric Niehe
Born 1943
Johan Pettersson (footballer, born 1989)
Born 1989
Helena Mercier
1839 - 1910
Ben Verhagen
Born 1949
Brutus (rapper)
Born 1983
Christoffel Beudeker
1676 - 1756
Suzanne Hiltermann-Souloumiac
1919 - 2001
Adriana Maas
1702 - 1746
Anne de Clercq
Born 1973
Ton Veerkamp
Born 1933
Joachim Nuhout van der Veen
1756 - 1833
Johanna de Boer
1901 - 1984
Henrick Hooft
1617 - 1678
Rob Groen
1938 - 2018
Joan Corver
1628 - 1716
Gerard Edema
1652 - 1700
Wil Schuurman
Born 1943
Cornelis de Wolf
1880 - 1935
Hendrik van Blijenburgh
1877 - 1960
Mirjam Ohringer
1924 - 2016
Mitchell Niemeyer
Born 1988
Joop Sanders
Born 1921
Raoul Esseboom
Born 1992
Hendrick van Someren
1615 - 1685
Jan Smit (physicist)
Born 1943
Auke Jelsma
1933 - 2014
Jan Potharst
1918 - 2008
Nanette Blitz Konig
Born 1929
Emil Pfeifer
1806 - 1889
Bouchra Moudou
Born 1986
Ivar de Graaf
Born 1973
Theo Timmer
Born 1949
Jan Deyman
1620 - 1666
Margaretha van Bancken
1628 - 1694
Maarten van Norden
Born 1955
Jan van Pee
1630 - 1710
Yorick Blumenfeld
Born 1932
Saskia van Rijswijk
Born 1961
Frida Katz
1885 - 1963
Peter Ouwens
1849 - 1922
Hendrik Bolkestein
1877 - 1942
Kenny Berkenbosch
Born 1985
Cornelis Jansz Mejjer
1629 - 1701
Derk Abel Beckeringh
Born 1992
William Dervall
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Bob Schoutsen
Born 1951
Mellony Geugjes
Born 1992
Maria Linnemann
Born 1947
Dick Langerhorst
1946 - 2008
Huijgh Pietersz. Voskuijl
1591 - 1665
Abraham Willet
1825 - 1888
Tim Mudde
Born 1965
Wubbo de Boer
1948 - 2017
Johan Kulhan
Born 1992
Ben d’Armagnac
1940 - 1978
Hester van Eeghen
Born 1958
Koene Dirk Parmentier
1904 - 1948
Maarten Tromp (rower)
Born 1983
Laurens Bicker
1563 - 1606
Willem Paul de Roever
1917 - 2000
Karima Lemghari
Born 1974
Geert Jan van Gelder
Born 1947
Govert Viergever
Born 1989
Bryan Ottenhoff
Born 1991
Joop Böckling
Born 1955
Geert van Keulen
Born 1943
Lotte Hellinga
Born 1932
Nicolaas Steelink
1890 - 1989
Sjoerd Wartena
Born 1939
Franc Weerwind
Born 1964
Barend J. Lempke
1901 - 1993
William A. S. Ouderland
1917 - 2001
Bartholomeus Barbiers
1743 - 1808
Howard Wing
1916 - 2008
Domenicus van Wijnen
1661 - 1695
Herman J. Adèr
Born 1940
Jonas Slier
1886 - 1942
Gerhard Hendrik
1559 - 1615
Jan Willem Hofstra
1907 - 1991
Henri Louis Bischoffsheim
1829 - 1908
Johnny Roeg
1910 - 2003
Johan Arnold Smellekamp
1812 - 1866
Yasmin Verheijen
Born 1994
Samir Allioui
Born 1983
Dorus Nijland
1880 - 1968
Rik Moorman
Born 1961
Nathan Salomon Calisch
1819 - 1891
Ronald Augustin
Born 1949
Isaac Isaacsz
1598 - 1649
Martinus Sonck
1590 - 1625
Rudi van Eldik
Born 1945
Hendrika Gerritsen
1921 - 1990
Theo Brokmann
1893 - 1956
Abraham de Vries (minister)
1773 - 1862
Jack Lelivelt
1885 - 1941
Hendrik van Castrop
1738 - 1806
Anne Fairfax
1610 - 1665
Johannes Thysius
1622 - 1653
Louis Fabricius Dubourg
1693 - 1775
Herman Hennink Monkau
Born 1935
Ramon R. Martinez Gion
Born 1990
Karel Kaufman
1898 - 1977
Vopiscus Fortunatus Plempius
1601 - 1671
Terence Groothusen
Born 1996
Hellema
1921 - 2005
John Mieremet
1960 - 2005
Gerrie Eijlers
Born 1980
Peter Bording
Born 1965
Daniël Stopendaal
1672 - 1726
Yasmin Wijnaldum
Born 1998
Henk Molleman
1935 - 2005
Guillaume Daniel Louis Huet
1832 - 1891
Gerrit Corver
1690 - 1756
Jaap Voigt
Born 1941
Willem Gerrit van de Poll
1763 - 1836
Otto Duintjer
1932 - 2020