who are two famous people from the netherlands?

Vincent van Gogh (Painter)

Rembrandt van Rijn (Painter)

Anne Frank (jewish girl that kept a dairy in WWII that got published after the war)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (invented microscope)

Rutger Hauer (Actor)

Jan de Bont (Director of the movie Speed)

Loads of football (soccer) players; van Basten, Johan Cruijf, Ruud Gullit, Dennis Bergkamp, Guus Hiddink, van Nistelrooij and many more

Rik Smits (NBA Player)

Mata Hari (female spy)

Peter Stuyvesant (Gouvernor of New netherlands, settler in US)

DJ Tiesto (DJ)

our Queen, Beatrix

Claimed Dutch ancestry :-P:

Franklin & Theodore Roosevelt, Martin van Buren (US presidents) Marlon Brandon (actor), Bruce Springsteen (singer), Clint Eastwood (actor), Thomas Edison (inventor), Herman Melville (writer of Moby Dick)

I can list few things I know about the Netherlands. I like to eat Poffertjes and make shopping in Rotterdam. The prices are lower than Belgium and France but higher than in Germany. If you want QWERTY keyboard laptops, you can buy from the Netherlands. I know that although I cannot see any apparent different Dutch people and Flemish people from Belgium claim that their languages and cultures are extremely different. Traffic is very dense on Dutch highways. You can get flashed with a speed camera anytime and place but the fees are less. If global warming continues, most of the Netherlands will be lost to sea as these parts are already below sea level. Dutch are very talented in business and are quite flexible. Almost anybody speaks English in the Netherlands. Many people think Netherlands and Holland are the same thing but actually that is not true. Many people think that Amsterdam is the capital but they overlook the Hague is also a capital. There is a big community of Turkish people living in the Netherlands and most political parties took the Turkish candidates off their election list because they would not recognize the Armenian genocide. By the way the Armenian Genocide is only accepted politically as historians cannot agree if it actually happened. Keukenhof is great to visit on May.

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who are two famous people from the netherlands?

I am doing a poster-type project for the Netherlands and need to name two famous Dutch people and why they are famous. Any suggestions?

Rutger Hauer (actor in U.S.)

Famke Jansen (actress in U.S.)

Hans Teeuwen is ******* awesome, never forget him :) But he's not known outside of Holland.

Doutzen Kroes a very famous and beautiful model

van gogh and rembrandnt

edit- i always thought rutger hauer was german, you learn something new everyday

Bernard Accama artist

Jan Adderman musician

Christijan Albers race car driver

Alexia of the Netherlands princess

Amber singer, songwriter

Elly Ameling concert singer

Louis Andriessen composer

Dick Annegarn singer, songwriter

Karel Appel artist, sculptor

Hendrick Avercamp artist

A. C. Baantjer author

Ludolf Backhuysen artist

Jacob Berend Bakema architect

Jan Peter Balkenende prime minister

Willem Barents explorer

Frans Bauer singer

Beatrix of the Netherlands queen

Hendrik Petrus Berlage architect, Netherland's "father of modern architecture"

Carina Benninga olympic gold medalist

Dennis Bergkamp footballer

Bart Berman pianist, composer

Helen Berman artist

Daniel Bernoulli mathematician

Fanny Blankers-Koen olympic gold medalist

Abraham Blauvelt privateer, explorer

Adriaen Block fur trader, navigator

Nicolaas Bloembergen physicist

Herman Boerhaave physician

Adriaan Florenszoon Boeyens pope adrian vi

Jan de Bont cinematographer, producer

Marco Borsato singer

Wouter Bos politician

Hieronymus Bosch artist

Ambrosius Bosschaert artist

Floris Jan Bovelander olympic gold medalist

Jan de Bray artist

Willem Breuker musician

Jacques Brinkman olympic gold medalist

Hendrik Brouwer explorer

Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer mathematician

Inge de Bruijn olympic gold medalist

Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn mathematician

Theo Bruins pianist, composer

Dick Bruna author, illustrator

C.H.D. Buys Ballot chemist, meteorologist

Remco Campert author, poet

Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir physicist

Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands princess

Jacob Cats poet

Isabelle de Charrière author

Christina of the Netherlands princess

Constantijn of the Netherlands prince

Anton Corbijn photographer

Louis Couperus novelist, poet

Johan Cruijff footballer

Aelbert Cuyp artist

Pierre Cuypers architect

Rene Daalder director

Peter Debye physical chemist

Adrien van der Donck attorney, author, founder yonkers new york

Jan de Hartog author

Pieter de Hooch artist

Cornelis de Houtman explorer

Frederick de Houtman explorer

Eduard Douwes Dekker "Multatuli" author

Marc Delissen olympic gold medalist

John de Mol television producer

Michiel de Ruyter navy admiral

Cristina Deutkeom opera singer

Sebald de Weert discovered Falkland Islands

Jacob de Wit artist

Alphons Diepenbrock essayist, classicist, composer

Edsger Dijkstra scientist

Sjoukje Dijkstra olympic gold medalist

Pier Gerlofs Donia frisian warrior, folk hero

Karel Doorman naval commander

Robert Doornbos race car driver

Herman Dooyeweerd philosopher

Cornelius Drebbel inventor

Willem Drost artist

Eugène Dubois anatomist

Willem Marinus Dudok modernist architect

Candy Dulfer musician

Margriet Ehlen composer

Christiaan Eijkman physician, nobel prize laureate

Eise Eisinga astronomer

Irene Emma Elisabeth princess

Desiderius Erasmus humanist, theologian

Max Euwe chess champion

David Fabricius astronomer

Pim Fortuyn politician

René Froger singer

Anne Frank diarist, holocaust victim

Dan Gadzuric basketball player

Anton Geesink olympic gold medalist

Hugo Grotius jurist, philosopher

Arnon Grünberg author

Ruud Gullit footballer

Hella Haasse author

Frans Hals artist

Dirk Hartog explorer, sea captain

Rutger Hauer actor

André Hazes singer

Frederick Henry prince of orange

Johannes Heesters actor, singer

Willem Frederik Hermans author

Piet Pieterszoon Hein naval officer, folk hero

Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft historian, poet, playwright

Ilse Huizinga singer

Johan Huizinga author, historian

Christiaan Huygens mathematician, physicist

Constantijn Huygens poet

Janine Jansen violinist

Famke Janssen actress

Jan Janssen cyclist

Willem Janszoon navigator, colonial governor

Johan-Friso prince of orange-nassau

Ruud Jolie musician

Juliana of the Netherlands queen

Ada Kok olympic gold medalist

Pieter Kok physicist

Willem de Kooning artist

Tjalling Charles Koopmans economist, nobel prize laureate

Jeroen Krabbé actor

Richard Krajicek tennis player

Sylvia Kristel actress

Doutzen Kroes model

Hendrik Lorentz physicist, nobel prize laureate

Joseph Luns politician, secretary general nato

Arie Luyendyk race car driver

Margriet of the Netherlands princess

Jan Marijnissen politician

Rie Mastenbroek olympic gold medalist

Maurice of Nassau prince of orange

Cornelius Jacobsen Mey explorer, fur trader

Harry Mulisch author

Cees Nooteboom author

Wubbo Ockels astronaut

Willem Oltmans jour