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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Simon van der Meer
1925 - 2011
Mark Blaug
1927 - 2011
Remco Campert
Born 1929
Jan Hein Donner
1927 - 1988
Ellen Vogel
1922 - 2015
Max Velthuijs
1923 - 2005
Poncke Princen
1925 - 2002
Cornelis Johannes van Houten
1920 - 2002
J. J. Voskuil
1926 - 2008
Co Westerik
1924 - 2018
Lotti van der Gaag
1923 - 1999
Bertus de Harder
1920 - 1982
Peter Van Wood
1927 - 2010
Hans Rookmaaker
1922 - 1977
Willem Drees Jr.
1922 - 1998
Werner Veigel
1928 - 1995
Gerrit Blaauw
1924 - 2018
Ootje Oxenaar
1929 - 2017
Elisabeth Andersen
1920 - 2018
Henk van Lijnschooten
1928 - 2006
Adolph Cornelis van Bruggen
1929 - 2016
Gart Westerhout
1927 - 2012
Young Moshe's Diary
1926 - 1944
Willem van der Poel
Born 1926
Mick Clavan
1929 - 1983
T. A. Springer
1926 - 2011
John van Kesteren
1921 - 2008
Mat Mathews
1924 - 2009
Tom Manders (Dutch artist)
1921 - 1972
Jerry van Rooyen
1928 - 2009
Allard van der Scheer
1928 - 2014
Willem Meijer
1923 - 2003
Pia Beck
1925 - 2009
Hermanus Berserik
1921 - 2002
Mauk de Brauw
1925 - 1984
André Roosenburg
1923 - 2002
Prosper Ego
1927 - 2015
Willem Brakman
1922 - 2008
Piet Moget
1928 - 2015
J. A. B. van Buitenen
1928 - 1979
A. J. W. Duijvestijn
1927 - 1998
Henk Peeters
1925 - 2013
Aad de Jong
1921 - 2003
Ans Koning
1923 - 2006
Jan Schlubach
1920 - 2006
Eddy Tiel
1926 - 1993
Rudolph Polder
1926 - 2016
Jan Boerman
1923 - 2020
Wim van Heel
1922 - 1972
Leonard Wery
1926 - 2019
Frits Kalshoven
1924 - 2017
Albert W. Bally
1925 - 2019
Wout Steenhuis
1923 - 1985
Aart van den IJssel
1922 - 1983
Frits Smol
1924 - 2006
Joop Eversteijn
1921 - 2013
Adrian van Kaam
1920 - 2007
John Henry van der Meer
1920 - 2008
Jacobus Verhoeff
1927 - 2018
Conrad M. Stibbe
1925 - 2019
Tonny Vos-Dahmen von Buchholz
1923 - 2005
Mars Cramer
1928 - 2014
Piet Pijn
1926 - 2002
Gerrit Vreken
1923 - 2013
Leonardus van der Kroft
1929 - 2016
Jack van der Geest
1923 - 2009
Joop Brandes
1920 - 1988
Henk Bosch van Drakestein
1928 - 1993
Kees IJmkers
1924 - 2014
Ina Müller-van Ast
1927 - 2018
Theo Timmermans
1926 - 1995
Hannie Bal
1921 - 2012
Diet Eman
1920 - 2019
Johannes Röhrig
1927 - 2012
Peter Arnold Florschütz
1923 - 1976
Jan van Geen
1923 - 1980
Felix B. J. Wubbe
1923 - 2014
Lambertus Johannes van Heygen
1920 - 2007
Jan W. van Spronsen
1928 - 2010
Hans Hoets
1921 - 2014
David H. Bagley
1920 - 1992
Paul Erwin Odenbach
1924 - 2007
Huiberdina Krul
1922 - 1994
Reinier Johannes Antonius Rozestraten
1924 - 2008
Piet Kooyman
1929 - 1988
Régine Krochmal
1920 - 2012
Senta Baudet-Goverts
1924 - 2018
Roberto de Rosenzweig-Díaz Azmitia
1924 - 2016
Cle Jeltes
1924 - 2010
Peder Hammarskjöld
1923 - 1994