WKrzysztof Arciszewski was a Polish nobleman, military officer, engineer, and ethnographer. Arciszewski also served as a general of artillery for the Netherlands and Poland.
WHenry Van Asselt was a Dutch immigrant to the US, one of the first to settle the area that is now Seattle, Washington. He came to the area in 1847 and was the longest surviving original settler of King County, Washington, dying at age 85. He married late in life, in December, 1862, to Jane, the daughter of Jacob Maples, and they had four children.
WAlbert Gustave Herbert "Fred" Bachrach, CBE was a Dutch literary and art historian of French and German descent whose academic work featured in a number of prominent exhibitions and research works in Britain and the Netherlands and who founded the Sir Thomas Browne Institute for the study of Anglo-Dutch relations at Leiden University. Bachrach had also served in the Dutch Army during the Second World War and spent three years as a Japanese prisoner of war, suffering starvation, torture, and deprivation that haunted him for the rest of his life.
WGerardus Petrus Booms was a Dutch military leader, author, and politician.
WDesiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse is a Surinamese politician who was President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987 he was Suriname's de facto leader after conducting a military coup and establishing a period of military rule.
WJonkheer Maurits Louis "Mauk" de Brauw was a Dutch politician of the Democratic Socialists '70 (DS'70).
WJoan van Broekhuizen, Latinised as Janus Broukhusius, Dutch classical scholar and poet, was born to simple parents in Amsterdam on 20 November 1649. His father died when he was very young, and his uncle placed him at the Latin school, where he showed great promise. His uncle later apprenticed him to an apothecary, with whom he lived several years. Not liking this employment, he entered the army, and in 1674 was sent with his regiment to America, in the fleet under Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, but returned to Holland the same year.
WKlaas de Vries was a Dutch politician.
WPetra Dugardein is a Dutch former international football goalkeeper. A latecomer to top level football, she played club football in the Eredivisie for Willem II and ADO Den Haag. Dugardein announced her immediate retirement from football in January 2011.
WMajor-General Granville Elliott, 1st Count Elliott, was a British military officer who served with distinction in several other European armies and subsequently in the British Army. He fought at the Battle of Minden where he was wounded, dying of his injuries several weeks later.
WYngwe Elstak was a Surinamese military officer. He was the first commander of the Surinamese Armed Forces, from November 25, 1975, until February 25, 1980.
WAdriaan Engelvaart was a Dutch military commander and politician.
WFranciscus Hendrikus Gerardus "Frank" de Grave is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. He is an Extraordinary Member of the Council of State since 3 September 2018.
WSir Frederick Haldimand, KB was a military officer best known for his service in the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. From 1778 to 1786, he served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, during which time he oversaw military operations against the northern frontiers in the war, and engaged in ultimately fruitless negotiations to establish the independent Vermont Republic as a new British province. His administration of Quebec was at times harsh, with the detention of numerous political dissidents and agitators.
WFrederic Adolph Hoefer was a Dutch lieutenant-general, militaria collector and archivist. He trained at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie and is notable for founding the Legermuseum and restoring Doorwerth Castle.
WJonkheer Jan Willem Janssens GCMWO was a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman who served both as the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies.
WDirk Klop was a Dutch Army intelligence officer who is known for his role in the Venlo incident.
WWillem Jan Knoop was a Dutch lieutenant-general, military historian, and politician. As a young captain of the Dutch General Staff he wrote a rebuttal of the British military historian William Siborne's account of the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo, published as History of the war in France and Flanders in 1815 in 1844, in which Siborne disparaged the conduct of the Dutch army at these battles. Siborne's book had caused a furore in the Netherlands as he saw fit to insult the honor of the Dutch army, and of king William II of the Netherlands, who as Prince of Orange had commanded that army at both battles, and was revered as a national hero by the Dutch. As Siborne's book is still in use as a source for Anglophone historiography of the battles, and is still the subject of controversy, Knoop's criticisms are still relevant, and play a role in this controversy.
WHendrik Koekoek was a Dutch politician and founder of the defunct Farmers' Party (BP) and farmer.
WWillem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.
WCornelis Gerhard Anton de Kom was a Surinamese resistance fighter and anti-colonialist author. In Suriname he was arrested, and the protest against his arrest resulted in two deaths. De Kom was subsequently exiled to the Netherlands where he wrote Wij slaven van Suriname, a classic anti-colonial book. During World War II, he joined the resistance, was arrested, and sent to concentration camps where he died.
WRoelof Johannes Hendrik Kruisinga was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and physician.
WHartgert "Harrie" Langman was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
WChristiaan Antonius Lindemans was a Dutch double agent during the Second World War, working under Soviet control. Otherwise known as Freddi Desmet, a Belgian army officer and SOE agent with security clearance at the Dutch Military Intelligence Division of the SOE (MID/SOE). He is better known under his nickname "King Kong" or in some circles as "le Tueur" as he undertook missions to kill and was ready to shoot at the slightest provocation. There is speculation that Lindemans was a member of Colonel Claude Dansey's Z organisation.
WGeneral Hans van der Louw is a two-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and the former commander of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade. since 1 January 2014 he's the Chief of the Military House of the King. As chief of the Military House of der Louw is also the adjutant-general of the King.
WEric Lucassen is a former Dutch politician and digital music educator as well as sergeant. As a member of the Party for Freedom he was an MP from 17 June 2010 to 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of Kingdom relations.
WHenricus Antonius Franciscus Maria Oliva "Hans" van Mierlo was a Dutch politician and co-founder of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and journalist.
WSammy Monsels is a Surinamese former sprinter and current athletics trainer. He competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of sprinter Eddy Monsels.
WAnne Mulder is a Dutch politician and former civil servant. As a member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy he has been an MP since 17 June 2010. He focuses on matters of health care insurance, prevention and pharmaceutics.
WRoelof Johannes Nelissen was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.
WJohannes Cornelis Princen, better known as Poncke Princen, was a Dutch anti-Nazi fighter and colonial soldier. In 1948, he deserted, joined the pro-independence guerrillas in what was then the Dutch Indies. He lived the rest of his life in Indonesia, where he became a prominent human rights activist and political dissident under various dictatorial regimes in his adopted country and consequently spent considerable time in detention.
WJean Roemer was a Dutch soldier and a United States professor of French language and literature at the City College of New York.
WMarinus Bernardus Rost van Tonningen was a major general in the Dutch Army and the Royal Dutch East Indies Army.
WHerman Onno Christiaan Rudolf "Onno" Ruding is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and businessman.
WHenrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when he served in various armies in Germany and Italy, he wrote a well-researched book documenting the latest trends in fortification systems across Europe. As a result, he was entrusted with commissions for improving defences in his native Amsterdam, in Germany, and finally in Denmark and Norway where, benefitting from the support of the monarchy, he first became a general and later a baron. Ruse died in Sauwerd near Groningen in the Netherlands.
WJacobus Gerardus "Ko" Suurhoff was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and co-founder of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.
WJan Cornelis Terlouw is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physicist and author.
WGeneral Richard G. Tieskens is a three-star general with the Royal Netherlands Army. As of February 2012 he serves as Chief of Staff at Joint Force Command Brunssum.
WFranciscus Cornelis Gerardus Maria Timmermans is a Dutch politician and diplomat serving as First Vice President of the European Commission since 2014, and has served in the von der Leyen Commission as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for the European Green Deal and European Commissioner for Climate Action since 2019.
WBernardus Johannes Maria "Ben" Verwaayen Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau is a Dutch businessman and a general partner of Keen Venture Partners. He was Chief Executive Officer of telecommunications company Alcatel-Lucent from 2008 to 2013.
WJan Joseph Godfried, Baron van Voorst tot Voorst Sr. was a Dutch politician and lieutenant-general of the Dutch army.
WGeert Wilders is a Dutch businessman and politician. He has been Leader of the Party for Freedom since he founded it in 2006. Wilders is the parliamentary leader of his party in the House of Representatives. In the 2010 formation of the Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "tolerance agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam and the EU; his views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and abroad, and since 2004 he has been protected at all times by armed bodyguards.