List of people from Utrecht

The following list contains the Utrecht -born, and the temporary living personalities, listed chronologically by year of birth. The list is not exhaustive.

Born in Utrecht personalities

To 1800

  • Liudger (around 742-809 ), first bishop of Münster
  • Adriaen van Wesel ( 1417 - 1495 ), woodcarvers
  • Erhard Reuwich (around 1450-1505 ), graphic artist, painter and draftsman
  • Hadrian VI. (1459-1523), Pope from 1522 to 1523
  • Johannes Ruysch ( 1460-1533 to ), cartographer, astronomer, book illustrator and painter
  • Gisbert Longolius (1507-1543), Lower Rhine humanist
  • Anthonis Mor ( 1515-1576/77 ), Dutch - Flemish portrait painter
  • Philipp Brandin (1535-1594), architect, builder and sculptor
  • Olivier van Noort (1558-1627), the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world
  • Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621), architect and sculptor
  • Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638), painter
  • Heribert Rosweyde (1569-1629), Jesuit, theological writer and hagiographer
  • Paulus van Vianen (around 1570-1613 ), goldsmith and medalist
  • Paul Moreelse (1571-1638), Portrait and history painter
  • Godart van Reede (1588-1648), statesman
  • Gerrit van Honthorst (1592-1656), painter
  • Cornelis van Poelenburgh ( 1594/95-1667 ), painter
  • Dirck van Baburen (1595-1624), painter
  • Jan van Bijlert (around 1598-1671 ), painter
  • Henricus Regius (1598-1679), philosopher and physician
  • Johan Moreelse (1603-1634), Baroque painter
  • Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1683), painter
  • Andries Both ( 1612/13-1641 ), painter
  • Martin Schoock (1614-1669), polymath
  • Jan Both (c. 1618-1652 ), landscape painter
  • Hermann Buschoff (around 1620-1674 ), pastor and author
  • Johann Leusden (1624-1699), Calvinist theologian and Hebraist
  • Willem van Bemmel (1630-1708), painter
  • Lucas van de Poll (1630-1713), legal scholar
  • Tylman van Gameren (1632-1706), Polish architect and engineer
  • Matthew Anton (1635-1710), legal scholar
  • Jacob Gillig (1636-1688), painter
  • Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695), animal painter
  • Philipp Matthäus (1641-1690), physician
  • Wolferdus Senguerdius (1646-1724), natural philosopher
  • Johannes Voet (1647-1713), lawyer
  • Simon Lâchez (1648-1723), clockmaker
  • Burmann Pieter the Elder (1668-1741), classical scholar
  • Willem Bosman ( 1672 -? ), Entrepreneur
  • Matthew Anton (1672-1719), legal scholar
  • Drakenborch Arnold (1684-1748), classical scholar
  • Cornelius Johannes Barchman Wuytiers (1692-1733), Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
  • Ryk Tulbagh (1699-1771), Governor of the Cape Colony
  • Isaak Tirion (1705-1765), bookseller and publisher
  • Isabelle de Charrière (1740-1805), Dutch -Swiss writer
  • Paul Strick van Linschoten (1769-1819), diplomat and deputy of the States General
  • January Wolterbeek Isaac (1773-1853), Dutch physician
  • Anton Reinhard Falck (1777-1843), politician
  • Godert Alexander Gerard Philip van der chapels (1778-1848), statesman
  • Antonie van Goudoever (1785-1857), literary scholar and philologist
  • Gerrit Laurens Keultjes (1786-1821), painter

1801-1850

  • Gerardus Johannes Mulder (1802-1880), biochemist
  • Heykamp Hermann (1804-1874), Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer
  • Pieter van Oort (1804-1834), painter and explorer
  • Jan van Boom (1807-1872), composer, pianist and music teacher
  • Petrus Jacobus Kipp (1808-1864), chemist, chemists and instrument maker
  • Claude Théodore Decaen (1811-1870), French general
  • Johann Adolf Karl van Heusde (1812-1878), philologist and literary critic
  • Barthold Suermondt (1818-1887), entrepreneur, banker, art collector and patron
  • John Heykamp (1824-1892), Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
  • Constantijn van Theodoor van Lynden Sandburg (1826-1885), nobleman
  • Theodorus Jorissen (1833-1889), historian
  • Hendrik Cornelis Dibbits (1838-1903), Chemist

1851-1900

  • Johan Wagenaar (1862-1941), composer and organist
  • Olland Adolf (1867-1933), chess master
  • John Hermannus Berends (1868-1941), Old Catholic Bishop of Deventer
  • Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951), conductor and composer
  • Bart van der Leck (1876-1958), painter of the Modern
  • Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931), painter, writer, architect, sculptor, typographer and art theorist
  • January Kuiler (1883-1952), architect
  • Herman Wirth (1885-1981), social scientists
  • Adrianus Cornelis de Bruijn (1887-1968), trade union leader and politician
  • Gerrit Rietveld (1888-1964), architect and designer
  • January Vos (1888-1939), football player
  • Karel Doorman (1889-1942), Rear Admiral
  • Balthasar van der Pol (1889-1959), electrical engineer and physicist
  • Freddy van Riemsdijk (1890-1955), a Dutch aviation pioneer
  • Wout Buitenweg (1893-1976), football player
  • Jorinus van der Wiel (1893-1960), cyclist
  • Kornelis Heiko Miskotte (1894-1976), Reformed theology professor in Leiden
  • Karel Eduard van Charente (1894-1985), fascist
  • Johan Willem Beijen (1897-1976), banker, politician and diplomat
  • Jacobus Johannes Ewoud Hondius (1897-1950), historian and epigraphists
  • Arthur Lehning (1899-2000), author, activist and anarchist
  • Arie Haagen- Smit January (1900-1977), Chemist

1901-1950

  • Joannes Pompe Cassian (1901-1945), pathologist
  • Karel Mengelberg (1902-1984), composer, conductor and writer on music
  • Leendert van der Pijl (1903-1990), botanist
  • Gerardus Jacobus van der Plaats (1903-1995), radiologist
  • Henri van Straelen (1903-2004), Catholic theologian and mission scientists
  • Laura Carola Mazirel (1907-1974), lawyer, writer, resistance fighter against National Socialism and Socialist
  • Piet van Reenen (1909-1969), football player
  • Gabriël Smit (1910-1981), poet and journalist
  • Majoor Bosshardt (1913-2007), officer of the Salvation Army
  • Wim ter Burg (1914-1995), composer, church musician, choral conductor and music teacher
  • Lifting Charlotte carbon Brugge (* 1914), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
  • Wim Sonneveld (1917-1974), comedian and singer
  • Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst (1918-2000), an astrophysicist
  • Fred Kaps (1926-1980), Magicians
  • Dick Bruna (* 1927), author, illustrator, and graphic designer
  • Teunis John Horstman (* 1927), Old Catholic Bishop of Haarlem
  • Hanna Lam (1928-1988), poet and lyricist
  • Erik Zürcher (1928-2008), sinologist
  • Frans Andriessen ( born 1929 ), European politicians
  • Heiko Oberman Augustine (1930-2001), church historian
  • Norbert Koch (1932-2010), cyclist
  • Nili Goren ( born 1933), Jewish eyewitness and survivor of the Holocaust
  • Anton Geesink (1934-2010), judoka
  • Gerti Daub (* 1937), German fashion model and actress
  • Peter van Nieuwenhuizen ( b. 1938 ), theoretical physicist
  • Johan George Reuchlin (* 1938), writer
  • Louis Andriessen ( b. 1939 ), composer
  • Nol de Ruiter ( born 1940 ), football player and coach
  • Herman Berkien (1942-2005), entertainer and singer
  • John Jisse Duistermaat (1942-2010), mathematician
  • Robert Long (1943-2006), Songwriter
  • Anja Meulenbelt (* 1945), writer and politician
  • Jos Stelling ( born 1945 ), film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Herman van Veen ( born 1945 ), singer, violinist, writer, song writer and song composer
  • Fedor den Hertog (1946-2011), cyclist and Olympic champion
  • Eddy Achterberg ( born 1947 ), football player and coach
  • Jeroen van der Veer ( born 1947 ), manager
  • Han Berger ( born 1950 ), football coach

1951

  • Sylvia Kristel (1952-2012), actress and model
  • Ruth de Gooijer (1953-2008), director, dramaturg and playwright
  • Ronald Spelbos (born 1954 ), football player and coach
  • Boris Dittrich (* 1955), politician, Deputy, lawyer, human rights and LGBT activist
  • Jan van Staa ( born 1955 ), football player and coach
  • Rita Verdonk ( born 1955 ), politician
  • Marianne Weber ( born 1955 ), singer
  • Hans van Breukelen ( b. 1956 ), football goalkeeper
  • Albert van Veenendaal ( born 1956 ), jazz pianist
  • Ben van Berkel ( born 1957 ), architect
  • Frans Adelaar ( born 1960 ), football player and coach
  • Jan Wouters ( born 1960 ), football player and coach
  • Rob Druppers (* 1962), Athlete
  • Marco van Basten (born 1964 ), football player and coach
  • January Kounen (born 1964 ), French film director and film producer
  • Edith Schippers (born 1964 ), politician
  • Gerald Vanenburg ( b. 1964 ), football player and coach
  • John van Loen (born 1965 ), football player
  • Alfred Nijhuis (born 1966 ), football player
  • Willem- Alexander ( born 1967), King of the Netherlands
  • Johan Friso of Orange- Nassau (1968-2013), Prince
  • Eric Orie ( born 1968 ), football player and coach
  • Babette van Veen ( born 1968 ), actress and singer
  • Constantijn of Orange- Nassau ( b. 1969 ), youngest son of Queen Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg
  • Hendrik Poinar (born 1969 ), an evolutionary biologist
  • Jean -Paul de Jong (born 1970 ), football player and coach
  • Masha Bijlsma (born 1971 ), jazz singer
  • Carole Thate (born 1971 ), field hockey player
  • Raymond Victoria (born 1972 ), football player
  • Dick van Burik (born 1973 ), football player
  • Claudia de Breij ( born 1975 ), stand-up comedian and radio journalist
  • Stefan Postma (born 1976 ), football goalkeeper
  • Jochem Uytdehaage (* 1976), speed skaters
  • Fedde le Grand ( born 1977 ), House DJ and Music Producer
  • Jurgen Colin ( born 1981 ), football player
  • Alje Schut ( b. 1981 ), football player
  • Elize (* 1982 ), singer
  • Annemiek van Vleuten ( b. 1982 ), cyclist
  • Niels Kerstholt (* 1983), Shorttracker
  • Wesley Sneijder ( born 1984 ), football player
  • Anouk Hoogendijk ( born 1985 ), football player
  • Paul Meijer ( * 1985), race car driver
  • Nikkie Plessen ( born 1985 ), actress, presenter and model
  • Ibrahim Afellay ( born 1986 ), football player
  • Colin Benders aka Kyteman ( born 1986 ), musician and producer
  • Ismail Aissati (* 1988), football player
  • Boy van Poppel (* 1988), cyclist
  • Gianluca Nijholt (* 1990), football player
  • Dafne Schippers, (* 1992), track and field athlete
  • Philipine van Aanholt (* 1992), sailor
  • Shanice van de Sanden (* 1992), football player
  • Zakaria Labyad (* 1993), football player

Famous people associated with Utrecht

  • Henry V ( HRR ) ( 1081/86-1125 ), German Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, died in Utrecht
  • Balthasar van der Ast ( 1593/94-1657 ), painter of still life
  • Anna Maria von Schurmann (1607-1678), Dutch - German polymath
  • Otto Blumenthal (1876-1944), German mathematician
  • Gregor tabs ( * 1941 ), German writer and editor
  • Kees Ouwens (1944-2004), poet and novelist
  • Alan Laurillard ( b. 1946 ), Canadian saxophonist, keyboard player, sampler, arranger and composer
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