List of people from The Hague

List of people from The Hague

=Politicians=

*Willem Drees - former prime minister
*Wim Deetman - former Speaker of the Dutch parliament.
*Jozias van Aartsen - former foreign minister. Currently Mayor of The Hague"See also": List of mayors of The Hague
*Jan Pronk - United Nations' special representative for Sudan

Royalty (actual heads of state only)

*William III, (Stadtholder, King William III of England)
*William V (Stadtholder)
*King William I
*King William II
*King Willim III
*Queen Wilhelmina
*Queen Juliana
*Queen Beatrix

Arts

*Jurriaan Andriessen - composer
*Hendrik Berlage - architect
*Ferdinand Bordewijk - writer
*Sjaak Bral - writer and comedian
*Erik Braun - artist, designer
*Remco Campert - writer
*Simon Carmiggelt - writer
*Bart Chabot - writer
*Louis Couperus - writer
*Charles Czarny - ballet dancer, choreographer Nederlands Dans Theatre
*Di-rect - music group
*Wieteke van Dort - actress, singer
*Constantijn Huygens - Poet
*Golden Earring - music group
*Mark Norman - deejay duo
*Gruppo Sportivo - music group
*Harrie Jekkers - singer and comedian
*Kane - music group
*Q 65 - music group
*Van Kooten en de Bie - humorists
*Shocking Blue - music group, famous for the song "Venus".
*DHC - rap group
*Anouk Teeuwe - singer
*Marc van Roon - jazz musician
*Georgina Verbaan - actress
*Paul Verhoeven - movie director
*Johannes Vermeer - painter, politician

ports

* Daan van Bunge Cricketer who represented Netherlands in two Cricket World Cup events in 2003 and 2007.
* Dick Advocaat – football (soccer) player and former coach of the Dutch national football (soccer) team
*Raymond van Barneveld – darts player, four times Embassy/Lakeside champion and current PDC World Champion
*Peter Blangé – volleyball player who won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
*Michael Boogerd – cyclist, winner of two stages of the Tour de France.
*Dan Gadzuric – NBA player
*Martin Jol – football (soccer) player; former coach of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
*Ties Kruize – field hockey player
*Alex Lely ("The Plague from The Hague") – pool player, who became World Pool Masters Champion
*Aad Mansveld – football (soccer) player
*Erica Terpstra – 1964 Olympic Swimming Champion, former Sports minister and current President of the Dutch Olympic Committee
*Bart Veldkamp – 1992 Olympic Speed Skating Champion (10km)

Miscellaneous

*Baruch Spinoza - 17th century philosopher, moved to The Hague in 1670, where he finished his Ethics. Spinoza died 7 years later, at age 45.
*Christian Huygens - 17th century astronomer, physicist, mathematician. Member of the Royal Society, inventor of the pendulum clock and the pocket watch.
*Jan Tinbergen - economist, won the Nobel Prize for economy in 1969
*Peter Timofeeff - weatherman
*Erwin Krol - weatherman
*Lucia de Berk - jailed nurse, alleged serial killer

ee also

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