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UTRECHT
Most Famous People Born in Utrecht, Netherlands
- Notable people
- 677
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1913
- Most distinctive
- Polo 12.6×
The old ecclesiastical capital of the Low Countries, and the profession mix still reflects it — a Painter bench running at better than five times the global baseline (the Utrecht Caravaggisti never really left the record), a Theologian presence from the city's long seminary tradition, and a Chemist and Academic concentration that speaks to what the university has quietly been doing since the 1630s.
One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Utrecht during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Utrecht Is Known For
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Football is Utrecht's biggest profession — 15% of all notables (100).
Utrecht over-indexes on polo — 12.6× the global rate.
Utrecht under-produces actor — only 0.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Utrecht's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Frits Warmolt Went
1903 - 1990
Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis
1901 - 1986
Arie Jan Haagen-Smit
1900 - 1977
Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder
1906 - 1995
Roland Varno
1908 - 1996
Hendrik Timmer
1904 - 1998
Cornelis Jacobus Gorter
1907 - 1980
Joannes Cassianus Pompe
1901 - 1945
Jan van Diepenbeek
1903 - 1981
Piet van Reenen
1909 - 1969
Jan Engelman
1900 - 1972
Petronella van Randwijk
1905 - 1978
Georg Bodenhausen
1905 - 1997
Laura Carola Mazirel
1907 - 1974
Henri van Straelen
1903 - 2004
Paul van de Rovaart
1904 - 1995
Johannes Hermanus Terlingen
1902 - 1965
Leendert van der Pijl
1903 - 1990
Godfried Roëll
1908 - 1934
Gerardus Jacobus van der Plaats
1903 - 1995
Daniel Stuyvenberg
1909 - 1989
Dick de Man
1909 - 1996
Jakob Louis Snoek
1902 - 1950
Jacob Schriever
1903 - 1964
Hendrik Hagens
1900 - 1981