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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Martinus Nijhoff
1894 - 1953
Gerard van der Leeuw
1890 - 1950
Charles Pahud de Mortanges
1896 - 1971
Jan Duiker
1890 - 1945
Nelly van Doesburg
1899 - 1975
Harry Dénis
1896 - 1971
Henri Pieck
1895 - 1972
Jef Last
1898 - 1972
Jan Domela
1894 - 1973
Stanisław Czaykowski
1899 - 1933
Henri Jacob Victor Sody
1892 - 1959
Rosa Spier
1891 - 1967
Jaap Stotijn
1891 - 1970
Jan Verheijen
1896 - 1973
Jacob Muyser
1896 - 1956
Antoinette Hendrika Nijhoff-Wind
1897 - 1971
Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen (Jurist)
1898 - 1982
Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen
1898 - 1953
Boelie Kessler
1896 - 1971
Cornelis Schalker
1890 - 1944
Anton Kuys
1898 - 1982
Anton Krijgsman
1898 - 1974
Arie van der Stel
1894 - 1986
Hendrik Gerard Bungenberg de Jong
1893 - 1977
Jan Snoek
1896 - 1981
Guus de Seriere
1893 - 1980
Johannes van Kampen
1899 - 1969
Maria Helena Johanna Fermin
1897 - 1980
Joop Zalm
1897 - 1969
Gerard Leene
1892 - 1966
Adolphe Hamburger
1898 - 1945
Friederike Koderitsch
1894 - 1978
Gerhardus H. Goethart
1892 - 1969
Carolus Stoffels
1893 - 1957
Jules Guillaume
1892 - 1962
Cornelis Compter
1894 - 1945