Dutch people who are famous or notable include:

Arts

Architecture

Jaap Bakema (1914–1981) Hendrik Petrus Berlage (1856–1934) Jo van den Broek (1898–1978) Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch Golden Age architect Pierre Cuypers (1827–1921) Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974) Aldo van Eyck (1918–1999) Lieven de Key (1560–1627), renaissance architect Hendrick de Keyser (1565–1621), sculptor and architect Rem Koolhaas (born 1944) Jacobus Oud (1890–1963) Satyendra Pakhale (born 1967) Pieter Post (1608–1669), Dutch Golden Age architect Gerrit Rietveld (1888–1964)

Film

Willeke van Ammelrooy (born 1944), actress Antoinette Beumer (born 1962), film director Marjolein Beumer (born 1966), actress, screenwriter Jan de Bont (born 1943), cinematographer Erik-Jan de Boer (born 1967), animation director Rene Daalder (1944–2019), director Mike van Diem (born 1959), screenwriter and director Bracha van Doesburgh (born 1981), actress Philip Dorn (1901–1975), actor Paul Driessen (born 1940), animator, director Bobbi Eden (born 1980), porn actress Cyrus Frisch (born 1969), director Laura Gemser (born 1950), actress Rijk de Gooyer (1925–2011), actor Rutger Hauer (1944–2019), actor Johannes Heesters (1903–2011), actor Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) (born 1967), composer Carice van Houten (born 1976), actress Michiel Huisman (born 1981), actor Famke Janssen (born 1964), actress Martin Koolhoven (born 1969), screenwriter and director John Kraaijkamp, Sr. (1925–2011), actor Jeroen Krabbé (born 1944), actor Sylvia Kristel (1952–2012), actress Rik Launspach (born 1958), actor and writer Dick Maas (born 1951), screenwriter and director Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), actress Renée Soutendijk (born 1957), actress Johanna ter Steege (born 1961), actress Monique van de Ven (born 1952), actress Paul Verhoeven (born 1938), director Wiebe van der Vliet (born 1970), film editor Yorick van Wageningen (born 1964), actor Alex van Warmerdam (born 1952), actor, screenwriter and director Zara Whites (born 1968), former pornographic film actress Michaël Dudok de Wit (born 1953), animator, director Emmanuel Ohene Boafo (born 1993), actor Michael Sanderson (born 1983), Filmmaker and director Mimi Mariani (1928–1971), actress

Music

Thomas Acda (born 1967), singer, actor Sharon Den Adel (born 1974), singer of Within Temptation Jan Akkerman (born 1946), guitar player Amber (born 1969), singer Elly Ameling (born 1933), classical music singer Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), composer Dick Annegarn (born 1952), singer, musician Bart Berman (born 1938), pianist, composer Marco Borsato (born 1966), singer Willem Breuker (1944–2010), jazz musician Herman Brood (1946–2001), rock musician and artist Frans Brüggen (1934–2014), conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist Theo Bruins (1929–1993), pianist, composer Armin van Buuren (born 1976), trance DJ Ferry Corsten (born 1973), trance DJ Esmée Denters (born 1988), singer, made famous through YouTube Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), singer, classical music Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921), composer Anita Doth (born 1971), singer Candy Dulfer (born 1969), saxophone player Margriet Ehlen (born 1943), composer Caro Emerald (born 1981), singer Tess Gaerthé (born 1991), actress and singer Martin Garrix (born 1996), House DJ Afrojack (born 1987), House DJ Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), composer Boudewijn de Groot (born 1944), singer, actor Jack Jersey (1941–1997), producer, composer, singer Guus Meeuwis (born 1972), composer, singer Stephen van Haestregt (born 1972), drummer of Within Temptation Bernard Haitink (1929–2021), conductor Concertgebouworkest Alex Van Halen (born 1953), drummer of Van Halen Eddie Van Halen (1955–2020), guitarist of Van Halen Hardwell (born 1988), house DJ Barry Hay (born 1948), singer of Golden Earring André Hazes (1951–2004), singer Oliver Heldens (born 1995), DJ Koen Heldens (born 1986) mixing engineer Ilse Huizinga (born 1966), jazz singer Dominique van Hulst (born 1981), singer, popularly known as Do Janine Jansen (born 1978), violinist Ruud Jolie (born 1976), guitarist of Within Temptation Gerard Joling (born 1960), singer Tom Holkenborg (born 1967), film composer, electronic musician, remixer, composer Isabelle van Keulen (born 1966), classical violinist and violist, educator Tim Kliphuis (born 1974), jazz violinist Peter Koelewijn (born 1940), founder of Dutch rock & roll Astrid Kruisselbrink (born 1972), composer Natalie La Rose (born 1988), singer, dancer and model Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960), composer and musician Joris de Man (born 1972), composer Gwendolyn Masin (born 1977), violinist, author, pedagogue, founder of GAIA Chamber Music Festival Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951), conductor Rogier van Otterloo (1941–1988), composer Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978), composer Jetty Paerl (1921–2013), singer (De vogels van Holland) Willem Pijper (1894–1947), composer Abbie de Quant (born 1946), flautist André Rieu (born 1949), violinist, conductor, and composer Nicky Romero (born 1989), house DJ Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), composer Ramses Shaffy (1933–2009), singer Eva Simons (born 1984), singer-songwriter Simone Simons (born 1985), vocalist of Epica Peter Slaghuis (1960–1991), disc jockey Ray Slijngaard (born 1971), singer and disc jockey Jaap Spaanderman (1896–1985), pianist, cellist, conductor Martijn Spierenburg (born 1975), keyboardist of Within Temptation Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621), composer and organist Anouk Teeuwe (born 1975), singer Herman van Veen (born 1945), singer, theater performer Jeroen van Veen (born 1969), classical pianist and composer Jeroen van Veen (born 1974), bassist of Within Temptation Roel van Velzen (born 1978), singer Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), composer Matthijs Verschoor (born 1955), classical pianist Tijs Verwest (born 1969), DJ (better known as DJ Tiësto) Klaas de Vries (born 1944), composer Edo de Waart (born 1941), conductor Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941), composer Robert Westerholt (born 1975), guitarist of Within Temptation Jaap van Zweden (born 1960), violinist and conductor

Joost Klein (born 1997), singer and rapper

Visual arts

Pieter van Abeele (1622–1677), medallist Bernard Accama (1697–1756), painter Karel Appel (1921–2006), painter Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), painter Ludolf Backhuysen (1631–1708), painter John Baselmans (born 1954), painter and illustrator Helen Berman (born 1936), painter Charles Bolsius (1907–1983), painters and print maker Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516), painter Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573–1612), painter Jan de Bray (1627–1697), painter Dick Bruna (1927–2017), graphical artist Paul Citroen (1896–1983), painter Anton Corbijn (born 1955), photographer Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691), painter Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), painter Willem Drost (1630–1680), painter and print maker Ger van Elk (1941–2014), sculptor M. C. Escher (1898–1972), graphical artist Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), painter Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), painter Mieke Groot (born 1949), glass artist Frans Hals (1580–1666), painter Jacoba van Heemskerck (1876–1923), painter, stained glass designer and graphic artist Milou Hermus (1947–2021), painter Jan van Herwijnen (1889–1965), painter Pieter de Hooch (1629–1684), painter Helena Klakocar (born 1958), cartoonist Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), painter Andrea Kruis (born 1962), illustrator Jeanne de Loos-Haaxman (1881–1976), art historian Han van Meegeren (1889–1947), forger of paintings Jacobus Anthonie Meessen (1836–1885), photographer Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), painter Satyendra Pakhalé (1967), painter Rien Poortvliet (1932–1995), painter and illustrator Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), painter Willem de Rooij (born 1969), contemporary artist Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1628–1682), landscape painter Geertgen tot Sint Jans (active 1465–1495), painter Carolein Smit (born 1960), ceramic art sculptor Peter Spier (1927–2017), illustrator Jan Steen (1626–1679), painter Marten Toonder (1912–2007), comic creator Thierry Veltman (born 1939-2023), painter and sculptor Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675), painter Gisèle d'Ailly van Waterschoot van der Gracht (1912–2013), painter Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882–1945), typographer and illustrator Jacob de Wit (1695–1754), painter

Writers

A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010), writer of detective fiction Paul Biegel (1925–2006), writer of children's books Remco Campert (1929–2022), novelist and poet Jacob Cats (1577–1660), poet Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805), novelist Louis Couperus (1863–1923), novelist and poet Willy Corsari (1897–1998), novelist, actress and composer Johan Fabricius (1899–1981), novelist, journalist and painter Geert Groote (1340–1384) Arnon Grünberg (born 1971) Hella Haasse (1918–2011), novelist Jan de Hartog (1914–2002), novelist and playwright Herman Heijermans (1864–1924) Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), novelist and physical geographer Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647) Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687) Gerrit Krol (1934–2013), novelist, poet Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944) Geert Mak (born 1946), writer of history books Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), novelist Multatuli (1820–1887), novelist Nescio (1882–1961) Cees Nooteboom (born 1933), novelist Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), journalist Gerard Reve (1923–2006), novelist Tjalie Robinson (1911–1974) Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911–1995), children's writer Philip Slier (1923–1943) Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679), poet and playwright Anne de Vries (1904–1964), novelist Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), novelist Willy Wielek-Berg (1919–2004) film critic, writer, columnist Jan Wolkers (1925–2007) Yael van der Wouden (born 1987), novelist

Exploration

Willem Barentsz (c. 1550–1597), several expeditions to Arctic waters; discovered Spitsbergen Abraham Blauvelt (1601–1663), Central America Adriaen Block (1567–1627), New Netherland Hendrik Brouwer (1580–1643), discovered the Roaring Forties Olivier Brunel (c. 1540–1585), tried to find a passage around Siberia to China Jan Carstenszoon (1600–1700), New Guinea coast, navigated the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1623 Robert Jacob Gordon (1743–1795), extensively traveled South Africa in the service of the Dutch East India Company Dirk Hartog (1580–1621), VOC captain, charted mid-western coast of Australia Jacob van Heemskerk (1567–1607), captain of one of Barent's ships on his last fatal expedition Cornelis de Houtman (1565–1599), brother to Frederick, established Dutch trading route to the Spice Islands Frederick de Houtman (1571–1627), brother to Cornelis, charted several constellations in the southern skies, explored coast of Western Australia Willem Janszoon (c. 1570–1630), first European expedition to make landfall on the Australian continent Jacob Le Maire (c. 1585–1616), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation Cornelius Jacobsen Mey, New Jersey (1614–1620) Olivier van Noort (1558–1627), 1598 circumnavigation Jacob Quaeckernaeck (1500–1606), reached Japan via Street of Magellan and Moluccas Matthijs Quast (died 1641), Japan, Bonin Islands, and legendary islands East of Japan Jan Rijp (c. 1570–c. 1613), saved remainder of Willem Barentsz's crew in 1597 Jakob Roggeveen (1659–1729), First European to reach Easter Island Easter 1722 Willem Schouten (1567–1625), Cape Horn, 1616 circumnavigation Simon van der Stel (1639–1702), explored South Africa North and East of Cape Town Abel Tasman (1603–1659), extensive voyages around Australia and southwest Pacific, discovered a.o. Tasmania, New Zealand and Tonga François Thijssen (died 1638?), charted 1,000 miles of the Australian South Coast in 1627 Alexine Tinne (1839–1869), Sahara desert crossing Willem de Vlamingh (1640–c. 1698), Western Australia Sebald de Weert (1567–1603), discovered Falkland Islands

Fashion models

Azra Akın (born 1981) Wilhelmina Cooper (1940–1980) Kim Feenstra (born 1986) Bette Franke (born 1989) Daphne Groeneveld (born 1994) Daniella van Graas (born 1975) Tatjana Maul (born 1988) Rianne ten Haken (born 1986) Marpessa Hennink (born 1964) Querelle Jansen (born 1985)