List of people from Utrecht

A list of notable people from Utrecht (city).

Contents 1 Arts and entertainment 2 Clergy 3 Industry 4 Military 5 Politics 6 Science 7 Sports 8 Fictional

Arts and entertainment

• Louis Andriessen - composer
• Hubert de Blanck - pianist, composer, founder of the Cuban National Conservatory Of Music
• Dick Bruna - writer, illustrator (Miffy)
• Theo van Doesburg - painter, artist (De Stijl movement)
• Melchior d'Hondecoeter - painter
• Sylvia Kristel - actress and model
• Hendrick de Keyser - architect and sculptor
• Arthur Japin - novelist
• Gerrit Rietveld - designer, architect (De Stijl movement)
• Erhard Reuwich - fifteenth-century artist and illustrator
• Herman van Veen - comedian, singer
• Wim Sonneveld - comedian, singer
• Henk Westbroek - singer, DJ, local politician, bar owner
• Ronald Giphart - author
• Robert Long - singer
• Fred Kaps - magician, illusionist
• Fedde le Grand - musician (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit)
• Bong-Ra - musician
• EliZe - singer
• Gerald Clayton - jazz pianist
• Bas Oskam - hardstyle DJ (Noisecontrollers)
• Arjan Terpstra - hardstyle DJ (Noisecontrollers)

Clergy

• Pope Adrian VI - head of the Catholic Church

Industry

• Jeroen van der Veer - former CEO of Shell

Military

• Karel Doorman - Rear Admiral - Commander of ABDA fleet during Battle of the Java Sea
• Trijn van Leemput - local heroine of the Eighty Years' War
• Olivier van Noort - mariner /explorer

Politics

• Arjan El Fassed - member of the House of Representatives (GreenLeft)
• Anton Reinhard Falck - politician and lawyer

Science

• C.H.D. Buys Ballot - meteorologist, Buys Ballot law
• Gerard 't Hooft - Nobel prize in Physics 1999

Sports

• Johan Aantjes - water polo player and coach
• John Achterberg - former footballer and Goalkeeping coach
• Ibrahim Afellay - football player
• Ismail Aissati - football player
• Tessa Appeldoorn - rower
• Marco van Basten - coach and former football player
• Det de Beus - field hockey player
• Jacques Brinkman - field hockey player
• Hans van Breukelen - former football player
• Marieke van Drogenbroek - rower
• Rob Druppers - middle distance runner
• Anton Geesink - judo champion
• Willem van Hanegem - football player
• Fedor den Hertog - cyclist
• Zakaria Labyad - football player
• Martha Laurijsen - rower
• John van Loen - football player
• Hans Parrel - water polo player
• Diana van der Plaats - swimmer
• Wesley Sneijder - football player
• Wim van Spingelen - water polo player
• Patricia Stokkers - swimmer
• Carole Thate - field hockey player
• Jochem Uytdehaage - ice speed skater
• Gerald Vanenburg - football player
• Gerrit Wormgoor - water polo player
• Jan Wouters - football player

Fictional

• Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His notable inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in. His name will live forever.