Most Famous Dutch Jurists
Netherlands has produced 13 notable jurists throughout history, led by William Bentinck (1st Earl of Portland). Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
WB
William Bentinck (1st Earl of Portland) Dutch Diplomat 1649 – 1709
#
43,524
UW
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer Dutch Diplomat 1692 – 1766
#
70,780
V
Viglius Dutch Lawyer 1507 – 1577
#
102,268
JF
Jan Frans Vonck Dutch Lawyer 1743 – 1792
#
145,056
AV
Arnold Vinnius Dutch Lawyer 1588 – 1657
#
148,886
JD
Job de Ruiter Dutch Lawyer 1930 – 2015
#
206,099
JB
Jaap Burger Dutch Lawyer 1904 – 1986
#
366,666
JB
Joost Berman Dutch Lawyer 1793 – 1855
#
874,067
AP
Allart Pieter van Jongestall Dutch Judge 1612 – 1676
#
894,235
AA
Antonius Alexis Hendricus Struycken Dutch Lawyer 1873 – 1923
#
1,066,932
HM
Hessel Martena Dutch Magistrat ? – 1517
#
1,294,958
DB
Dirk Boonstra (born 1893) Dutch Police 1893 – 1944
#
1,431,337
WB
Willem Boers Dutch Lawyer 1744 – 1803
#
1,649,623