List of people from The Hague

This is a list of people from The Hague.

Politicians

Willem Drees, Prime Minister

See also: List of mayors of The Hague

• Jozias van Aartsen – former foreign minister ;currently Mayor of The Hague
• Machiel de Graaf – politician
• Wim Deetman – former Speaker of the Dutch parliament.
• Willem Drees – former prime minister
• Jan Pronk – United Nations' special representative for Sudan
• Mark Rutte – current prime minister

Royalty (actual heads of state only)

William III, King of England

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

Arts

Golden Earring, band

• Mabel Alter – ballet dancer, Nederlands Dans Theatre
• Jurriaan Andriessen – composer
• Hendrik Berlage – architect
• Theo Bitter – artist
• Ferdinand Bordewijk – writer
• Erik Braun – artist, designer
• Lodewijk Bruckman – painter
• Dirk Bus – sculptor
• Remco Campert – writer
• Simon Carmiggelt – writer
• Bart Chabot – writer
• Louis Couperus – writer
• Charles Czarny – ballet dancer, choreographer, Nederlands Dans Theatre
• Demiak – artist
• Golden Earring – music group
• Gruppo Sportivo – music group
• Constantijn Huygens – poet
• Harrie Jekkers – singer and comedian
• Kane – music group
• Imran Khan – Punjabi singer
• Sander Kleinenberg – dance music DJ and producer
• Legowelt – electronic musician
• Mark Norman – deejay duo
• Shocking Blue – music group, known for the song "Venus"
• Marinus Snoeren – classical musician (cello)
• Carel Struycken – actor, Addams Family and Star Trek
• Anouk Teeuwe – singer
• Wieteke van Dort – actress, singer
• Marcel van Eeden – artist
• Van Kooten en de Bie – humorists
• Vincent van Ommen – actor
• Marc van Roon – jazz musician
• Adrian Vandenberg – guitarist
• Max Velthuijs – illustrator
• Georgina Verbaan – actress
• Paul Verhoeven – movie director
• Johannes Vermeer – painter, politician
• Flore Zoé – photographer

Sports

Raymond van Barneveld, darts player

• Dick Advocaat – football (soccer) player and former coach of the Dutch national football (soccer) team
• 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
• Robin Haase – professional tennis player
• Thom Harinck – legendary kickboxing trainer
• Martin Jol – football (soccer) player; former coach of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and AFC Ajax, current coach of Fulham FC.
• Ties Kruize – field hockey player
• Tim Krul – football (soccer) player; current goalkeeper Newcastle United F.C.
• 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
• Raymond van Barneveld – darts player, four times Embassy/Lakeside champion and 2007 PDC World Champion
• Daan van Bunge – cricketer who represented Netherlands in two Cricket World Cup events in 2003 and 2007
• Bart Veldkamp – 1992 Olympic Speed Skating Champion (10 km)
• Joop Zoetemelk – cyclist, winner of the Tour de France 1980

Miscellaneous

• Lucia de Berk – nurse, convicted in 2003 of three murders and three attempted murders, then exonerated in 2010
• Christiaan Huygens – 17th-century astronomer, physicist, mathematician; member of the Royal Society; inventor of the pendulum clock and the pocket watch
• Hendrik Jut – murderer
• Baruch Spinoza – 17th-century philosopher, moved to The Hague in 1670, where he finished his Ethics; died 7 years later, at age 44
• Jan Tinbergen – economist, won the Nobel Prize for economics in 1969
• Charles van der Leeuw – journalist