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100 Notable alumni of University of Amsterdam

Updated: June 23, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Amsterdam is ranked #76 in the world and #1 in Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from University of Amsterdam sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Amsterdam won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Mariëtte Hamer

1. Mariëtte Hamer

1958-. (aged 68)
linguist politician trade unionist
Mariëtte Iris Hamer is a Dutch politician and trade union leader serving as commissioner for combating inappropriate behavior and sexual violence since 2022. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was its leader in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010.
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Alan Shatter

2. Alan Shatter

1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Alan Joseph Shatter is an Irish lawyer, author and former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1981 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2016. He left Fine Gael in early 2018 and ran as an...
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Jules Wijdenbosch

3. Jules Wijdenbosch

1941-2025 (aged 84)
politician
Jules Albert Wijdenbosch was a Surinamese politician who was President of Suriname from 1996 to 2000 and prime minister from 1987 to 1988.
Roxane van Iperen

4. Roxane van Iperen

1976-. (aged 50)
jurist writer journalist
Roxane van Iperen is a Dutch writer and jurist.
Tobias Asser

5. Tobias Asser

1838-1913 (aged 75)
professor jurist university teacher diplomat lawyer
Tobias Michael Carel Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
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Liesje Schreinemacher

6. Liesje Schreinemacher

1983-. (aged 43)
politician
Elisabeth Nelly Anna Jean "Liesje" Schreinemacher is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2022.
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Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala

7. Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala

1974-. (aged 52)
aristocrat
Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala, is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. She is a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma as well an extended member of the Dutch royal family. Per a 1996 royal decree issued by Queen Beatrix, she is entitled to the style and...
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Judith Sargentini

8. Judith Sargentini

1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Judith Sargentini is a former Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is a member of the GreenLeft (Dutch: GroenLinks) party, which is part of The Greens–European Free Alliance, and the European Green Party. Previously, she was chair of the party's delegation in Amsterdam's city council.
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Ernst Hirsch Ballin

9. Ernst Hirsch Ballin

1950-. (aged 76)
jurist judge university teacher politician
Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
Simon Vestdijk

10. Simon Vestdijk

1898-1971 (aged 73)
essayist physician writer writer translator poet
Simon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.
Mei Li Vos

11. Mei Li Vos

1970-. (aged 56)
director columnist politician writer trade unionist
Mei Li Vos is a Dutch politician, former trade unionist and editorialist. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1 March 2007 to 17 June 2010 and again from 20 September 2012 until 23 March 2017. She has been a member of the Senate since 11 June 2019, serving as...
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Hugo Brandt Corstius

12. Hugo Brandt Corstius

1935-2014 (aged 79)
linguist columnist writer university teacher journalist
Hugo Brandt Corstius was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science.
Simone Weimans

13. Simone Weimans

1971-. (aged 55)
news presenter
Simone Weimans is a Dutch presenter. Since 2011 she is a news presenter of the Dutch public news broadcaster NOS Journaal.
Christianne van der Wal

14. Christianne van der Wal

1973-. (aged 53)
teacher politician
Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Fons Trompenaars

15. Fons Trompenaars

1953-. (aged 73)
anthropologist sociologist
Alfonsus Trompenaars (born 1953, Amsterdam) is a Dutch organizational theorist, management consultant, trainer, motivational speaker and author of various books on all subjects of culture and business. Known for the development of his model of national culture differences and Dilemma Theory.
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Anton Pannekoek

16. Anton Pannekoek

1873-1960 (aged 87)
historian of science university teacher politician philosopher astronomer
Antonie "Anton" Pannekoek was a Dutch astronomer, historian, philosopher, Marxist theorist, and socialist revolutionary. He was one of the main theorists of council communism (Dutch: radencommunisme).
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Joris Luyendijk

17. Joris Luyendijk

1971-. (aged 55)
television presenter writer journalist anthropologist presenter
Joris Luyendijk is a Dutch non-fiction author, anthropologist, news correspondent, and TV interviewer.
Jet Bussemaker

18. Jet Bussemaker

1961-. (aged 65)
university teacher politician
Mariëtte "Jet" Bussemaker is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she served as Minister of Education, Culture and Science from 5 November 2012 to 26 October 2017 in the Second Rutte cabinet. She has been a professor of Science, Policy, Social Impact and Healthcare at Leiden University since 1 July 2018.
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Sacha de Boer

19. Sacha de Boer

1967-. (aged 59)
television presenter photographer journalist
Sacha de Boer is a Dutch photographer, presenter and former journalist. From 1996 to 2013 she was a news presenter of the Dutch public news broadcaster NOS Journaal, acting as the news anchor of the eight o'clock news from 2003 onwards.
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Willem Wilmink

20. Willem Wilmink

1936-2003 (aged 67)
university teacher children's writer writer literary theorist musician
Willem Wilmink was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry.
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Dick Swaab

21. Dick Swaab

1944-. (aged 82)
physician biologist neuroscientist university teacher
Dick Frans Swaab is a Dutch physician and neurobiologist (brain researcher). He is a professor of neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam and was until 2005 Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Hersenonderzoek) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen).
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Paul Rosenmöller

22. Paul Rosenmöller

1956-. (aged 70)
television presenter politician trade unionist presenter program maker
Paul Rosenmöller is a Dutch politician and former trade unionist and television presenter. Between 1989 and 2003, he was member of the Dutch House of Representatives for GroenLinks and was party leader from 1994. Rosenmöller has been a member of the Senate for GroenLinks since June 2019 and leader of GroenLinks–Labour Party in the Senate since June 2023.
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Jojanneke van den Berge

23. Jojanneke van den Berge

1980-. (aged 46)
television presenter presenter journalist
Jojanneke van den Berge is a Dutch journalist who worked for the broadcasting association PowNed.
Hella Haasse

24. Hella Haasse

1918-2011 (aged 93)
playwright poet writer
Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday...
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Johan Ferrier

25. Johan Ferrier

1910-2010 (aged 100)
teacher politician
Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier was a Surinamese politician who served as the first president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was also the country's last governor-general before independence, serving from 1968 to 1975, before becoming the first president upon independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1975 and also served as the fifth prime minister from 1955 to...
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Ella Vogelaar

26. Ella Vogelaar

1949-2019 (aged 70)
politician social worker trade unionist
Catharina Pieternella "Ella" Vogelaar was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.
Lara Ricote

27. Lara Ricote

comedian
Lara Ricote is a Mexican-American comedian and actor based in London, UK.
Gunay Uslu

28. Gunay Uslu

1972-. (aged 54)
cultural historian politician
Gunay Uslu is a Dutch cultural historian and politician, who has served as State Secretary for Culture and Media in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 till 1 December 2023. She is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.
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Hans Janmaat

29. Hans Janmaat

1934-2002 (aged 68)
politician
Johannes Gerardus Hendrikus "Hans" Janmaat was a Dutch businessman and politician of the far-right Centre Party (CP) who later founded the Centre Democrats (CD).
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Lauren Verster

30. Lauren Verster

1989-. (aged 37)
television presenter program maker presenter
Lauren Verster is a Dutch programme maker and television presenter.
Ivo Niehe

31. Ivo Niehe

1946-. (aged 80)
television presenter presenter program maker film producer television producer
Ivo Johannes Ignatius Niehe is a Dutch radio and television presenter, television producer and actor.
Godfried Bomans

32. Godfried Bomans

1913-1971 (aged 58)
children's writer author pastellist columnist resistance fighter
Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.
Ed van Thijn

33. Ed van Thijn

1934-2021 (aged 87)
writer autobiographer university teacher politician
Eduard van Thijn was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian. He was a member of the Municipal Council of Amsterdam (1962–1971), member of the House of Representatives (1967–1981; 1982–1983), Minister of the Interior (1981–1982; 1994), Mayor of Amsterdam (1983–1994), and member of the Senate (1999–2007).
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Eugène Dubois

34. Eugène Dubois

1858-1940 (aged 82)
anatomist university teacher anatomical draftsperson paleoanthropologist geologist
Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man". Dubois was the first anthropologist to embark upon a purposeful search for hominid fossils.
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Hedy d'Ancona

35. Hedy d'Ancona

1937-. (aged 89)
politician geographer television producer sociologist women's rights activist
Hedwig "Hedy" d'Ancona is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Welfare, Health and Culture between 1989 and 1994.
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Ad Melkert

36. Ad Melkert

1956-. (aged 70)
diplomat politician
Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the Council of State since 20 January 2016.
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Joost Zwagerman

37. Joost Zwagerman

1963-2015 (aged 52)
poet columnist writer non-fiction writer essayist
Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.
Teun A. van Dijk

38. Teun A. van Dijk

1943-. (aged 83)
researcher professor sociologist linguist
Teun Adrianus van Dijk is a scholar in the fields of text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).
Brigitte Kaandorp

39. Brigitte Kaandorp

1962-. (aged 64)
singer cabaret performer
Brigitte Kaandorp is a Dutch comedian and singer-songwriter. She started her show business career in 1983. Kaandorp's style is a mix of absurdism and sensitive songs, sometimes playing the ukulele. Many of her shows have been broadcast on Dutch TV. She also performed in Belgium.
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Maurice de Hond

40. Maurice de Hond

1947-. (aged 79)
association football referee entrepreneur statistician
Maurice de Hond is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Steve JobsSchool, an elementary school which gives each student an iPad to encourage individualized learning. As of 2016, 35 public schools in the Netherlands adopted the school model. Two Steve JobsSchools opened in South Africa in 2016. The schools closed after a negative report by...
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer

41. Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer

1881-1966 (aged 85)
university teacher topologist writer philosopher mathematician
Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.
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Tim Krabbé

42. Tim Krabbé

1943-. (aged 83)
autobiographer chess composer painter chess player journalist
Hans Maarten Timotheus "Tim" Krabbé is a Dutch journalist, novelist and chess player.
Adriaan van Dis

43. Adriaan van Dis

1946-. (aged 80)
playwright poet writer presenter journalist
Adriaan van Dis is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. In 1995 his book Indische Duinen (My Father's War), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, was also awarded several prestigious literary awards.
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André Kuipers

44. André Kuipers

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher astronaut physician
André Kuipers is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later.
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Jacques Santer

45. Jacques Santer

1937-. (aged 89)
banker lawyer politician
Jacques Louis Santer is a Luxembourgish politician who served as president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999 before resigning amidst allegations of corruption. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and as prime minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which was the...
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Els Borst

46. Els Borst

1932-2014 (aged 82)
hematologist physician university teacher politician
Else "Els" Borst-Eilers was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physician. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.
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Martin Bosma

47. Martin Bosma

1964-. (aged 62)
journalist politician
Martin Bosma is a Dutch politician and former journalist who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2023 to 2025. He entered the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) on 30 November 2006, and served as his party's spokesperson on matters of higher education, mass media and culture. He also served as Deputy Speaker...
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Humberto Tan

48. Humberto Tan

1965-. (aged 61)
writer television presenter fashion designer presenter
Humberto Tan-A-Kiam, better known as Humberto Tan, is a Dutch radio and television presenter, sports journalist and writer of Surinamese descent.
Willem Frederik Hermans

49. Willem Frederik Hermans

1921-1995 (aged 74)
university teacher geographer watercolorist collagist novelist
Willem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The House of Refuge (novella, 1952), The Darkroom of Damocles (novel, 1958), and Beyond Sleep (novel, 1966).
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Astrid Joosten

50. Astrid Joosten

1958-. (aged 68)
television presenter writer presenter actor film actor
Astrid Maria Bernadette Joosten is a Dutch television personality and presenter. She is known for the magazine programme Jongbloed en Joosten, and presenting the quiz show Twee voor Twaalf. She also starred in the 2005 film Off Screen.
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Joop den Uyl

51. Joop den Uyl

1919-1987 (aged 68)
politician writer journalist resistance fighter economist
Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl ( Dutch: [ˈjoːb dɛn ˈœyl] ), was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA). Den Uyl studied economics at the University of Amsterdam obtaining a Master of Economics degree and worked...
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Reinout Oerlemans

52. Reinout Oerlemans

1971-. (aged 55)
television actor film director television presenter actor television producer
Reinout Oerlemans is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks.
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Hans Wiegel

53. Hans Wiegel

1941-2025 (aged 84)
columnist writer politician
Hans Wiegel was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
Antonie Kamerling

54. Antonie Kamerling

1966-2010 (aged 44)
television actor actor singer film actor
Anthonie Willem Constantijn Gneomar "Antonie" Kamerling was a Dutch actor and singer. He was member of the original cast of the Dutch soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden. He played in the films The Little Blonde Death (1993), All Stars (1997), and I Love You Too (2001). He also had starring roles in Dutch musical productions. He has become the...
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Max Euwe

55. Max Euwe

1901-1981 (aged 80)
chess official writer university teacher chess player mathematician
Machgielis "Max" Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
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Mona Keijzer

56. Mona Keijzer

1968-. (aged 58)
lawyer politician
Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer is a Dutch politician and former civil servant who is the minister of housing and spatial planning in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. A member of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), she won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.
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Khadija Arib

57. Khadija Arib

1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Khadija Arib is a Moroccan-born Dutch politician of the Labour Party, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 12 December 2015 to 7 April 2021. In the 2016 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election on 13 January, she was elected to the position, which she had served as Acting Speaker since the...
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Lodewijk Asscher

58. Lodewijk Asscher

1974-. (aged 52)
jurist lawyer university teacher politician
Lodewijk Frans Asscher is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus

59. Ferdinand Grapperhaus

1959-. (aged 67)
writer lawyer university teacher politician
Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph "Ferd" Grapperhaus is a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Justice and Security in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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Melvin Van Peebles

60. Melvin Van Peebles

1932-2021 (aged 89)
film editor recording artist film director film producer actor
Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco...
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Petra Kelly

61. Petra Kelly

1947-1992 (aged 45)
activist environmentalist politician
Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and worldwide. In 1982, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human...
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Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau

62. Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau

1968-. (aged 58)
economist
Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, is a Dutch humanitarian and the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. She spends her time in human rights activities such as co-founding War Child Netherlands, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.
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Eva Schloss

63. Eva Schloss

1929-2026 (aged 97)
biographer painter writer memoirist photographer
Eva Schloss was an Austrian Holocaust survivor, memoirist, and the stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank. She spoke widely about her family's experiences during the Holocaust and participated in the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, recording interactive video testimony for use in educational programmes.
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Jeff Wilbusch

64. Jeff Wilbusch

1987-. (aged 39)
film actor actor stage actor
Jeff Wilbusch is an Israeli-German actor.
Hannie Schaft

65. Hannie Schaft

1920-1945 (aged 25)
partisan resistance fighter law student
Jannetje Johanna Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" (Dutch: het meisje met het rode haar, German: das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar). Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".
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Theo van Gogh

66. Theo van Gogh

1957-2004 (aged 47)
presenter author television presenter director television director
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist who objected to the film's message. The last film Van...
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Guido van Rossum

67. Guido van Rossum

1956-. (aged 70)
computer scientist engineer programmer writer
Guido van Rossum is a Dutch programmer. He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018. He remained a member of the Python Steering Council through 2019, and withdrew from nominations for the 2020 election.
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Abraham Pais

68. Abraham Pais

1918-2000 (aged 82)
physicist historian of science university teacher nuclear physicist
Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II. When the Nazis began the forced relocation of Dutch Jews, he went into hiding, but was later arrested and saved only by the end of the war....
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Tjalling Koopmans

69. Tjalling Koopmans

1910-1985 (aged 75)
economist mathematician physicist
Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.
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Christiaan Eijkman

70. Christiaan Eijkman

1858-1930 (aged 72)
physician physiologist biochemist university teacher
Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
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Frits Zernike

71. Frits Zernike

1888-1966 (aged 78)
university teacher physicist mathematician inventor chemist
Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
Lilian Marijnissen

72. Lilian Marijnissen

1985-. (aged 41)
trade unionist politician
Lilian Marie Corneel Marijnissen is a Dutch politician who served as Leader of the Socialist Party and as its parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from December 2017 to December 2023. She was first installed as a member of the House of Representatives on 23 March 2017 following the general election of 15 March.
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Barbara Baarsma

73. Barbara Baarsma

1969-. (aged 57)
university teacher economist
Barbara Elisabeth Baarsma is a Dutch economist, and Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
Rik van de Westelaken

74. Rik van de Westelaken

1971-. (aged 55)
television presenter news presenter presenter
Rik van de Westelaken is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting television programs which include the NOS Journaal, Peking Express and Wie is de Mol?. Other programs include the travel show Rik over de grens and the quiz show 5 Golden Rings.
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Joseph Luns

75. Joseph Luns

1911-2002 (aged 91)
diplomat politician
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist who served as the fifth Secretary General of NATO from 1971 to 1984, being the longest-serving officeholder since the office was established in 1952. Prior to this, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs, starting in 1956. Luns was a member of the now-defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), later...
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Pieter Zeeman

76. Pieter Zeeman

1865-1943 (aged 78)
university teacher photographer physicist
Pieter Zeeman was a Dutch experimental physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for their discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect.
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Sutan Sjahrir

77. Sutan Sjahrir

1909-1966 (aged 57)
politician
Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian statesman and independence leader who served as the first prime minister of Indonesia from 1945 until 1947. He played a key role during the Indonesian National Revolution and was active in the nationalist movement during the 1930s. Sjahrir is remembered as an idealist and intellectual.
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Frits Bolkestein

78. Frits Bolkestein

1933-2025 (aged 92)
playwright autobiographer historian economist university teacher
Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein was a Dutch politician and energy executive who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 1999 until 2004 under Romano Prodi.
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Ronald Plasterk

79. Ronald Plasterk

1957-. (aged 69)
columnist writer university teacher microbiologist geneticist
Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk is a Dutch retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has a PhD degree in biology, specialising in molecular genetics. He is founder and CEO of Frame Cancer Therapeutics. He was appointed professor at the University of Amsterdam in September 2018.
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals

80. Johannes Diderik van der Waals

1837-1923 (aged 86)
university teacher physicist theoretical physicist mathematician chemist
Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910 "for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids". Van der Waals started his career as a schoolteacher. He became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when its status was upgraded to Municipal University in...
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Edsger W. Dijkstra

81. Edsger W. Dijkstra

1930-2002 (aged 72)
programmer information scientist physicist university teacher mathematician
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.
Thierry Baudet

82. Thierry Baudet

1983-. (aged 43)
writer politician
Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet is a Dutch far-right politician, author, and self-declared conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and leader of Forum for Democracy (FvD), for which he was a member of the House of Representatives between 2017 and 2026, with the exception of his paternity leave.
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Anna Donáth

83. Anna Donáth

1987-. (aged 39)
politician sociologist
Anna Júlia Donáth is a Hungarian politician. She was elected as a Momentum Movement (part of the Renew Europe group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European Parliament election. Donáth was the leader of the party between 21 November 2021 and 29 May 2022, and also from 28 January to 7 July 2024.
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Derk Jan Eppink

84. Derk Jan Eppink

1958-. (aged 68)
writer journalist columnist politician
Derk Jan Eppink is a Dutch journalist, politician in the Netherlands, and former cabinet secretary for European Commissioners Bolkestein (1999–2004) and Kallas (2004–2007). In 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament for List Dedecker, and in 2019 for Forum for Democracy. In 2021, he became an MP in the Dutch House of Representatives for the JA21 party, but in...
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Gidi Markuszower

85. Gidi Markuszower

1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Gideon "Gidi" Markuszower is an Israeli–Dutch politician. He became a senator on 9 June 2015 on behalf of the right-wing populist Party for Freedom (PVV). In the 2017 Dutch general election, he was elected to the House of Representatives and gave up his Senate seat. On 20 January 2026, he left the PVV parliamentary group along with six other MPs...
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Bert Koenders

86. Bert Koenders

1958-. (aged 68)
diplomat politician
Albert Gerard Koenders is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He is also chair of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs, a member of the board of trustees of the...
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Geert Mak

87. Geert Mak

1946-. (aged 80)
presenter journalist television presenter poet lawyer university teacher
Geert Ludzer Mak is a Dutch journalist and non-fiction writer.
Pim Fortuyn

88. Pim Fortuyn

1948-2002 (aged 54)
columnist professor writer sociologist university teacher
Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.
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Uri Rosenthal

89. Uri Rosenthal

1945-. (aged 81)
university teacher columnist historian diplomat politician
Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political scientist.
Bram Peper

90. Bram Peper

1940-2022 (aged 82)
university teacher sociologist politician
Abraham "Bram" Peper was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
Herman Tjeenk Willink

91. Herman Tjeenk Willink

1942-. (aged 84)
lawyer judge politician
Herman Diederik Tjeenk Willink is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.
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Dionne Stax

92. Dionne Stax

1985-. (aged 41)
television presenter presenter journalist
Dionne Stax is a Dutch journalist and newsreader.
Jesse Klaver

93. Jesse Klaver

1986-. (aged 40)
climate activist politician trade unionist
Jesse Feras Klaver is a Dutch politician who has served as leader of GroenLinks–PvdA in the House of Representatives since 2025, a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015. Prior to this, he chaired the youth union of the Christian National Trade Union Federation from 2009 to 2010.
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Frans Brüggen

94. Frans Brüggen

1934-2014 (aged 80)
conductor musicologist music educator university teacher
Franciscus Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
Wim Eijk

95. Wim Eijk

1953-. (aged 73)
Latin Catholic priest theologian professor Catholic bishop physician
Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his clerical career he worked as a medical doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies. He has...
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Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

96. Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

1903-1996 (aged 93)
historian university teacher mathematician historian of mathematics
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden was a Dutch mathematician and historian of mathematics.
Kajsa Ollongren

97. Kajsa Ollongren

1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren is a Dutch-Swedish politician who served as Dutch Minister of Defence from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and Deputy Prime Minister in the third Rutte cabinet (2017–2022), and briefly as Mayor of Amsterdam (October 2017)....
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Charles Michel

98. Charles Michel

1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer politician
Charles Michel is a Belgian politician who served as the president of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the minister of development cooperation in 2007 at age thirty-one, and remained in this position until elected the leader of the Francophone liberal Reformist Movement (MR)...
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Marlene Dumas

99. Marlene Dumas

1953-. (aged 73)
writer conceptual artist collagist lithographer sculptor
Marlene Dumas is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
James Barry Munnik Hertzog

100. James Barry Munnik Hertzog

1866-1942 (aged 76)
military personnel politician
General James Barry Munnik Hertzog KC, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was...
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