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LEIDEN
Most Famous People Born in Leiden, Netherlands
- Notable people
- 452
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- Median birth year
- 1900
- Most distinctive
- Skipper 40.6×
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Leiden during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Leiden Is Known For
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Painter is Leiden's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (76).
Leiden over-indexes on skipper — 40.6× the global rate.
Leiden under-produces football — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Leiden's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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- Writing
- Politics & Law
- Music
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Rembrandt
1606 - 1669
Armin van Buuren
Born 1976
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 - 1923
Jan Steen
1626 - 1679
Nina Foch
1924 - 2008
Marinus van der Lubbe
1909 - 1934
Willebrord Snellius
1580 - 1626
Gabriël Metsu
1629 - 1667
Gerrit Dou
1613 - 1675
Jan van Goyen
1596 - 1656
Pieter van Musschenbroek
1692 - 1761
Lucas van Leyden
1494 - 1533
Floris V, Count of Holland
1254 - 1296
Gerard van Swieten
1700 - 1772
Willem van de Velde the Younger
1633 - 1707
Jan Lievens
1607 - 1674
Willem Johan Kolff
1911 - 2009
Geertgen tot Sint Jans
1460 - 1490
Gottfried van Swieten
1733 - 1803
Petrus Camper
1722 - 1789
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
1727 - 1817
Otto van Veen
1556 - 1629
Ricardo van Rhijn
Born 1991
Frans van Mieris the Elder
1635 - 1681
Willem van de Velde the Elder
1611 - 1693
Tim de Cler
Born 1978
Reinhart Dozy
1820 - 1883
Pieter van der Aa
1659 - 1733
Nikolaus Gerhaert
1420 - 1473
Frans van Schooten
1615 - 1660
Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
Born 1966
Wim Rijsbergen
Born 1952
David Bailly
1584 - 1657
Willem van Mieris
1662 - 1747
Bram van Velde
1895 - 1981
Glenn Helder
Born 1968
Laurine van Riessen
Born 1987
Eberhard van der Laan
1955 - 2017
Justus van Egmont
1601 - 1674
Cornelis Engebrechtsz.
1468 - 1533
Joel Mokyr
Born 1946
Jan Frederik Gronovius
1686 - 1762
Ewine van Dishoeck
Born 1955
Cornelis de Heem
1631 - 1695
Isaac Vossius
1618 - 1689
Hans van der Laan
1904 - 1991
Willem Piso
1611 - 1678
Barry Opdam
Born 1976
Jan Wellens de Cock
1480 - 1527
Jacob Isaacsz. van Swanenburg
1571 - 1638
Dyro
Born 1992
Zangeres Zonder Naam
1919 - 1998
Cornelis Tiele
1830 - 1902
Nicolaas Heinsius the Elder
1620 - 1681
Pieter de la Court
1618 - 1685
Adriaan van Royen
1704 - 1779
Esmee Visser
Born 1996
Maria Swanenburg
1839 - 1915
Jan Commelin
1629 - 1692
Paul van Kempen
1893 - 1955
Alexander von Siebold
1846 - 1911
Pieter van der Does
1562 - 1599
Erik-Jan Zürcher
Born 1953
Abraham Begeyn
1637 - 1697
Carel de Moor
1655 - 1738
Jeroen Piket
Born 1969
Jacobus Bontius
1592 - 1631
Marietje Schaake
Born 1978
Aertgen van Leyden
1498 - 1564
Jan Brokken
Born 1949
Tessa van Schagen
Born 1994
Sara van de Geer
Born 1958
Chris van der Klaauw
1924 - 2005
Alexander Brouwer
Born 1989
John van der Wiel
Born 1959
Jacob Toorenvliet
1640 - 1719
Renske Leijten
Born 1979
Jan Smeets
Born 1985
Mike Zonneveld
Born 1980
Alfons Groenendijk
Born 1964
Jan van Mieris
1660 - 1690
Wibi Soerjadi
Born 1970
Erik Falkenburg
Born 1988
Cornelis Zitman
1926 - 2016
Oliver Byrne (mathematician)
1810 - 1880
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt
1640 - 1691
Cas Oorthuys
1908 - 1975
Henk van Woerden
1947 - 2005
Matthijs Naiveu
1647 - 1726
Justine Pelmelay
Born 1958
Carolijn Brouwer
Born 1973
Cornelis Schuyt
1557 - 1616
Frans van Mieris the Younger
1689 - 1763
Ankie Broekers-Knol
Born 1946
Pieter Mortier
1661 - 1711
Ronald Florijn
Born 1961
Piet Aalberse
1871 - 1948
Jan F. Esser
1877 - 1946
Barry Madlener
Born 1969
Thijs Zonneveld
Born 1980
Jeroen Straathof
Born 1972
Carel Stolker
Born 1954
Johannes le Francq van Berkhey
1729 - 1812
Joop Stokkermans
1937 - 2012
Laurens Theodorus Gronovius
1730 - 1777
S. J. Rutgers
1879 - 1961
Fik Meijer
Born 1942
Wesley Kreder
Born 1990
Jonas Suyderhoef
1613 - 1686
Kajsa Ollongren
Born 1967
Jan Gillisz van Vliet
1605 - 1668
Willem Slijkhuis
1923 - 2003
Joep Leerssen
Born 1955
Pearl van der Wissel
Born 1984
Isaac de Jouderville
1612 - 1645
Isa Hoes
Born 1967
Nico van Kampen
1921 - 2013
Jean Luzac
1746 - 1807
Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz
1885 - 1973
Joost Terol
Born 1980
Biurakn Hakhverdian
Born 1985
Cornelius Richard Anton van Bommel
1790 - 1852
Marc Benninga
Born 1961
François Brandt
1874 - 1949
Charles Corver
1936 - 2020
Philips Angel II
1618 - 1664
Carina Benninga
Born 1962
Cornelis van der Aa
1749 - 1815
Magda Berndsen
Born 1950
Carlo Beenakker
Born 1960
Pieter Vreede
1750 - 1837
Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg
1537 - 1614
J. P. B. de Josselin de Jong
1886 - 1964
Gerda Kraan
Born 1933
Hans de Koster
1914 - 1992
Jan Bake
1787 - 1864
Johannes Kuenen
1866 - 1922
Jan Zaanen
Born 1957
Philip Delano
1602 - 1681
Iefke van Belkum
Born 1986
Ben Pon
1936 - 2019
Michel Waisvisz
1949 - 2008
Johannes Kneppelhout
1814 - 1885
Chantal de Ridder
Born 1989
David van Royen
1727 - 1799
Pieter de Neyn
1597 - 1639
Harm Kamerlingh Onnes
1893 - 1985
Gerritjan Eggenkamp
Born 1975
Wesley de Ruiter
Born 1986
Carlo l'Ami
Born 1966
Leendert Ginjaar
1928 - 2003
Marjolein Kriek
Born 1973
Johannes van der Aeck
1636 - 1682
Jan van Hout
1542 - 1609
Willem Coenraad Brouwer
1877 - 1933
Erik van den Doel
Born 1979
Rudy Andeweg
Born 1952
Suzanne de Goede
Born 1984
Randy Wolters
Born 1990
Henri Blocher
Born 1937
Matthias Luthardt
Born 1972
Joris van Schooten
1587 - 1651
Jebroer
Born 1986
Isaac van Hoornbeek
1655 - 1727
Frans Kaashoek
Born 1963
Taco van den Honert
Born 1966
Hendrik van Deventer
1651 - 1724
Max Steenberghe
1899 - 1972
Tilly van der Zwaard
1938 - 2019
Willem Valk
1898 - 1977
Eric Schreurs
1958 - 2020
Lydia Schouten
Born 1948
Jan Adriaensz van Staveren
1610 - 1669
Nicolaas Meerburgh
1734 - 1814
Anthonie Rouwenhorst Mulder
1848 - 1901
Jan Willem de Jong
1921 - 2000
Tanja Jadnanansing
Born 1967
Hugo Krabbe
1857 - 1936
Tonnus Oosterhoff
Born 1953
Barbara Baarsma
Born 1969
Adriaen van der Spelt
1630 - 1673
Louis Ferron
1942 - 2005
Sandra Le Poole
Born 1959
Simon Binnendijk
1821 - 1883
Floris Verster
1861 - 1927
Henk Bremmer
1871 - 1956
Marijn Backer
Born 1956
Ybeltje Berckmoes-Duindam
Born 1967
Lodewijk Roembiak
Born 1969
Marinus Kok
1916 - 1999
Gerard Sandifort
1779 - 1848
Gerard Pietersz van Zijl
1607 - 1665
Roos Vonk
Born 1960
Adriaen van Gaesbeeck
1621 - 1650
Teun Hocks
Born 1947
Christian Philipp Bentum
1690 - 1757
Bernard Arps
Born 1961
Love Brewster
1611 - 1650
Hendrik Constantijn Cras
1739 - 1820
Johannes Walaeus
1607 - 1649
Fredericus van Rossum du Chattel
1856 - 1917
Peter Blomevenna
1466 - 1536
Albertus Willem Sijthoff
1829 - 1913
Paul-Henri Marron
1754 - 1832
Karina Content
Born 1960
Reynier van Gherwen
1620 - 1662
Cornelis Bronsgeest
1878 - 1957
Dick Briel
1950 - 2011
Zacharias Dolendo
1561 - 1601
Franciscus Dousa
1577 - 1630
Bas Edixhoven
Born 1962
Karel van der Pluym
1625 - 1672
Pieter Kasteleyn
1924 - 1996
Johannes van Bronckhorst
1648 - 1727
Arnoldus van Anthonissen
1631 - 1703
Frans van Oudendorp
1696 - 1761
Onno Hoes
Born 1961
Pieter van Noort
1622 - 1672
Bartholomeus Dolendo
1571 - 1626
Willem van der Codde
1574 - 1625
Jan de Hoey
1544 - 1615
Jan Laurier
Born 1949
Pieter Hennipman
1911 - 1994
Danny Guijt
Born 1981
Cor Steyn
1906 - 1965
Eva Dorrepaal
Born 1970
Jennifer Fopma
Born 1981
Matthijs Huizing
Born 1960
Gerard Laman
1924 - 2009
Merel Witteveen
Born 1985
Klaas Veering
Born 1981
Alfred Kossmann
1922 - 1998
Dirk Jan van Hameren
Born 1965
Gerard Meerman
1722 - 1771
Christiaan Weijts
Born 1976
Tara Bouman
Born 1970
Johannes Oosterdijk Schacht
1704 - 1792
Helen Verhoeven
Born 1974
Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels
1909 - 1993
Jochem Myjer
Born 1977
Petronella de la Court
1624 - 1707
André Fernez
1917 - 1990
Willem Gerard Brill
1811 - 1896
Frans Burman (Theologe, 1628)
1628 - 1679
Emile Fallaux
Born 1944
Herman Witkam
Born 1985
Frederik Bernard Albinus
1715 - 1778
Pieter Anton Tiele
1834 - 1889
Sem Hartz
1912 - 1995
Ans Westra
Born 1936
Willem Isaacsz. van Swanenburg
1580 - 1612
David Broekman
1899 - 1958
Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont
1844 - 1919
Fred van der Blij
1923 - 2018
Cornelis Liefrinck
1581 - 1662
Alexander Willem Byvanck
1884 - 1970
David Martinon
Born 1971
Coenraad V. Bos
1875 - 1955
Aernout van Overbeke
1632 - 1674
Bartholomeus Maton
1641 - 1684
Lia van Schie
Born 1970
Willem Nicolaï
1829 - 1896
Jacobus Ludovicus Cornet
1815 - 1882
Jan Damesz de Veth
1595 - 1625
Joop van der Reijden
1927 - 2006
Jan van der Laan
1896 - 1966
Lynda Cornet
Born 1962
Luc Sala
Born 1949
Abraham Jacobus Wendel
1826 - 1915
Willem Vogelsang
1875 - 1954
Willem van Zwet
1934 - 2020
Piet Aalberse (1910-1989)
1910 - 1989
Roy Stolk
Born 1979
Nicolas van Houy
Died 1611
Kalle Coster
Born 1982
André Aleman
Born 1975
Sjoerd Vollebregt
Born 1954
Reiner Bontius
1576 - 1623
Christian Tamminga
Born 1974
Nico van der Laan
1908 - 1986
Nicolaes van Gelder
1636 - 1676
Pieter Cornelisz Kunst
1484 - 1561
Klaar van der Lippe
Born 1961
Dave Versteeg
Born 1976
Thomas Ankersmit
Born 1979
Jan Pieterszoon Dou
1573 - 1635
Abraham Susenier
1620 - 1672
Hillebrand van der Aa
1659 - 1721
Arenda Haasnoot
Born 1973
Pieter van Romburgh
1855 - 1945
Joël Emanuel Goudsmit
1813 - 1882
Hendrik Hoogeveen
1712 - 1791
Willem Minderman
1910 - 1985
Johannes Petrus Hasebroek
1812 - 1896
Ilja Reijngoud
Born 1972
Mary Allerton
1616 - 1699
Roos Jonker
Born 1980
Donald Johan Kuenen
1912 - 1995
Gunhild Kristensen
1919 - 2002
Iman Dozy
1887 - 1957