List of people on the postage stamps of the Netherlands

This is a list of people on stamps of the Netherlands.

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Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Tobias Michael Carel Asser, jurist (1991)

B

• Willem Barents, explorer (1996)
• Beatrix of the Netherlands, queen (1946, 1980, 1981-6, 1990, 1991-5, 2001)
• Nicolaas Beets, theoligan & writer (1939)
• Hendrik Petrus Berlage, architect (1954)
• Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (1971, 1987)
• Willem Jansz Blaeu, cartographer (1983)
• Herman Boerhaave, physician (1928, 1938)
• Saint Boniface, missionary (1954)
• Johannes Bosboom, painter (1941)
• Boudewijn of Belgium, king (1964)
• Louis Braille, inventor (1975)

C

• Petrus Camper, anatomist (1940)
• Charlotte of Luxembourg (1964)
• Winston Churchill, politician (1980)
• Claus von Amsberg, prince (1991)
• Christopher Columbus, explorer (1992)
• Simón de Cordes, explorer (1996)

D

• Peter J. W. Debye, chemist (1995)
• Aagje Deken, writer (1941)
• Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer (1987)
• Hendrik van Deventer, physician (1947)
• Alphons Diepenbrock, composer (1935)
• Franciscus Donders, ophthalmologist (1935)
• Janus Dousa, historian (1950)
• Willem Drees, statesman (1986)

E

• Christiaan Eijkman, physician (1993)
• Willem Einthoven, physician (1993)
• Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, queen regent (1927, 1934, 1990)
• Erasmus, humanist (1936, 1969, 1988)
• M. C. Escher, graphic artist (1998)
• Cornelis Evertsen, naval hero (1943)
• Cornelis Evertsen de Jongste, naval hero (1943)
• Johan Evertsen, naval hero (1943)

F

• Anne Frank, holocaust victim (1980)

G

• Willem van Gent, naval hero (1943)
• Vincent van Gogh, painter (1940, 1954, 1990)
• J.C.F.A. Graaf van der Duyn van Maasdam (1963)
• Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, politician (1976)
• Hugo Grotius, jurist (1947, 1983)
• Henri Daniel Guyot, educator (1935)

H

• Piet Hein, naval hero (1943)
• Ottho Gerhard Heldring, writer (1938)
• Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, prince (1927)
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, chemist (1991)
• Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, statesman (1963)
• Pieter Cornelisz Hooft, poet & historian (1947)
• Jan van Hout, writer & secretary (1950)
• Cornelis de Houtman, explorer (1996)
• Johan Huizinga, historian (1954)
• Christiaan Huygens, polymath (1928)
• Constantijn Huygens, poet, father of Christiaan (1987)
• Constantijn Huygens, Jr., brother of Christiaan (1955)
• Philips Huygens, brother of Christiaan (1955)

I

• Jan Ingenhousz, physician & botanist (1941)
• Princess Irene of the Netherlands (1946)
• Joris Ivens, film maker (1995)

J

• Eduard Jacobs, cabaret performer (1995)
• Freek de Jonge, cabaret performer (1995)
• Juliana of the Netherlands (1934, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1969, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1990)

K

• Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, physicist (1936)
• Wim Kan, cabaret performer (1995)
• Abraham Kuyper, politician (1980)

L

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, scientist (1937)
• Judith Leyster, painter (1999)
• Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum (1963)
• Willem van Loon, merchant (1955)
• Hendrik Lorentz, physicist (1928)

M

• Gustav Mahler, composer (1995)
• Jacques Mahu, explorer (1996)
• Princess Margriet of the Netherlands (1946)
• Jacob Maris, painter (1937)
• Matthijs Maris, painter (1939)
• Philips of Marnix, lord of Sint-Aldegonde, writer (1938)
• Antonius Mathijsen, physician (1941)
• Anton Mauve, painter (1939)
• Eduard Meijers, jurist (1970)
• Jan Pieter Minckeleers, physicist (1928)

N

• Martinus Nijhoff, poet (1954)

O

• Johan van Oldenbarneveldt, statesman (1983)
• Pieter Jacobus Oud, politician (1980)

P

• Gerard Philips, industrialist (1991)
• Willem Pijper, composer (1954)
• Jean-Louis Pisuisse, cabaret performer (1995)
• Petrus Plancius, cartographer (1996)
• Albert Plesman, aviator (1954)
• Everhardus Johannes Potgieter, poet (1940)

R

• Rembrandt, painter (1930, 1938, 1955, 1999)
• Jan van Riebeeck, colonial administrator (1952)
• Titus van Rijn, son of Rembrandt (1941)
• J.F. van Royen, head of the postal services (1947)
• Michiel de Ruyter, naval hero (1907, 1943, 1957, 1976)

S

• Alexander de Savornin Lohman, politician (1980)
• Joseph Justus Scaliger, scholar (1940)
• Herman Schaepman, politician (1936)
• Jacobus Schroeder van der Kolk, physician (1960)
• Franz Schubert, composer (1997)
• Albert Schweitzer, theologian & physician (1975)
• Saint Servatius, bishop (1984)
• Baruch Spinoza, philosopher (1977)
• Anthony Christiaan Winand Staring, poet (1941)
• Jan Steen, painter (1940, 1979)
• Pieter Stuyvesant, governor (1939)
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, composer (1935)
• Gerard van Swieten, physician (1939)
• Franciscus Sylvius, physician & scientist (1937)

T

• Aritius Sybrandus Talma, politician (1936)
• Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, politician (1998)
• Jan Tinbergen, economist (1995)
• Pieter Jelles Troelstra, politician (1980)
• Cornelis Tromp, naval hero (1943)
• Maarten Tromp, naval hero (1943)

U

• Saskia van Uylenburch, Rembrandts wife (1983)

V

• Eduard Rutger Verkade, stage actor (1978)
• Simon Vestdijk, writer (1998)
• Maria Tesselschade Visscher, poet (1938)
• Gisbertus Voetius, theologian (1936)
• Joost van den Vondel, poet (1937, 1979)
• Tjerk de Vries, naval hero (1943)

W

• Johannes Diderik van der Waals, physicist (1993)
• Johannes Wier, physician (1960)
• Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1891, 1898, 1913, 1923, 1926-7, 1931, 1934, 1939, 1944, 1947-8, 1980, 1990, 1998)
• William the Silent, revolutionary leader (1933, 1984)
• William I of the Netherlands (1913)
• William II of the Netherlands (1913)
• William III of the Netherlands (1852, 1867, 1872, 1913, 1927)
• Saint Willibrord, missionary (1939)
• Witte de With, naval hero (1943)
• Johan de Witt, politician (1947)

Z

• Pieter Zeeman, physicist (1991)
• Frits Zernike, physicist (1995)