52.0800° N, 4.3096° E
THE HAGUE
Most Famous People Born in The Hague, Netherlands
- Notable people
- 1,317
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1925
- Most distinctive
- Fencer 5.5×
The seat of the Dutch government and the International Court of Justice, and the bench reads accordingly. The Hague's distinctive professions are fencers, painters, mathematicians, field hockey players, diplomats, cricketers, sculptors, and poets — a combination that reflects both the city's diplomatic court and the Mauritshuis's centuries as one of northern Europe's great painting collections. Mondrian taught here, Spinoza died a few streets from the Binnenhof, and the 17th-century bench is thick with the De Witt brothers and the Orange court.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in The Hague during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What The Hague Is Known For
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Painter is The Hague's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (176).
The Hague over-indexes on fencer — 5.5× the global rate.
The Hague under-produces politician — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of The Hague's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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William, Prince of Orange
1840 - 1879
Pieter Cort van der Linden
1846 - 1935
Willem Maris
1844 - 1910
Bernard Blommers
1845 - 1914
Prince Maurice of the Netherlands
1843 - 1850
Margaretha Roosenboom
1843 - 1896
Adolphe Vorderman
1844 - 1902
François de Bas
1840 - 1931
Marie Anderson
1842 - 1912
Édouard Secretan
1848 - 1917
Hendrikus Matheus Horrix
1845 - 1923
Frederik van Bylandt
1841 - 1924
Oskar Raif
1847 - 1899
Anna van Hogendorp
1841 - 1915
Charles Laurent (1849-1928)
1849 - 1928
Edouard Jacques Guillaume Everts
1849 - 1932
A. Polak Daniels
1842 - 1891