100 Notable alumni of
University of Amsterdam
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The University of Amsterdam is 148th in the world, 49th in Europe, and 2nd in the Netherlands by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Amsterdam sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. 2 individuals affiliated with the University of Amsterdam won Nobel Prizes in Physics.
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Charles Michel
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
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Charles Michel is a Belgian politician who served as the president of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as the prime minister of Belgium between 2014 and 2019. Michel became the minister of development cooperation in 2007 at age thirty-one, and remained in this position until elected the leader of the Francophone liberal Reformist Movement (MR) in February 2011. He led MR to the 2014 federal election, where they emerged as the third-largest party in the Chamber of Representatives. After coalition negotiations, Michel was confirmed as Prime Minister of a MR-N-VA-OVLD-CD&V government. He was sworn in on 11 October 2014, becoming the youngest Belgian prime minister since Jean-Baptiste Nothomb in 1841.
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Guido van Rossum
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- In 1981 graduated with master's degree
- Occupations
- writercomputer scientistengineerprogrammer
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Guido van Rossum is a Dutch programmer. He is the creator of the Python programming language, for which he was the "benevolent dictator for life" (BDFL) until he stepped down from the position on 12 July 2018. He remained a member of the Python Steering Council through 2019, and withdrew from nominations for the 2020 election.
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Theo van Gogh
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- television producerfilm directorfilm editoractivistpresenter
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Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms. On 2 November 2004, he was murdered by Mohammed Bouyeri, a Dutch-Moroccan Islamist who objected to the film's message. The last film Van Gogh had completed before his murder, 06/05, was a fictional exploration of the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. It was released posthumously in December 2004, a month after Van Gogh's death, and two years after Fortuyn's death.
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Thierry Baudet
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- writerpolitician
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Thierry Henri Philippe Baudet is a Dutch politician, author, and self-declared conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and leader of the far-right Forum for Democracy (FvD), for which he has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017, with the exception of his paternity leave. He serves as the party's parliamentary leader. A controversial politician due to his political views, as well as his use of personal attacks against his opponents, he was physically assaulted twice while campaigning in 2023.
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Pim Fortuyn
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- politiciancolumnistprofessorwritersociologist
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Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, author, civil servant, businessman, sociologist and academic who founded the party Pim Fortuyn List (Lijst Pim Fortuyn or LPF) in 2002.
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Edsger W. Dijkstra
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1956-1959 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in computer science
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- programmerinformation scientistphysicistuniversity teachermathematician
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Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, software engineer, mathematician, and science essayist.
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Jesse Klaver
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- politiciantrade unionistclimate activist
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Jesse Feras Klaver is a Dutch politician serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 2010 and Leader of GroenLinks since 2015. Prior to this, he chaired the youth union of the Christian National Trade Union Federation from 2009 to 2010.
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Melvin Van Peebles
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- filmmakerpainterplaywrightfilm editorrecording artist
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Melvin Van Peebles was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. He worked as an active filmmaker into the early 2020s. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut Watermelon Man, in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the successes he had so far to bankroll his work as an independent filmmaker.
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Petra Kelly
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- environmentalistpoliticianactivist
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Petra Karin Kelly was a German Green politician and ecofeminist activist. She was a founding member of the German Green Party, the first Green party to rise to prominence both nationally in Germany and worldwide. In 1982, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "forging and implementing a new vision uniting ecological concerns with disarmament, social justice and human rights."
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Kajsa Ollongren
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1985-1991
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren is a Dutch-Swedish politician who served as Minister of Defence from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and Deputy Prime Minister in the third Rutte cabinet (2017–2022), and briefly as Mayor of Amsterdam (October 2017).
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Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
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- economist
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Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, more commonly known as Mabel van Oranje, is a Dutch humanitarian and the widow of Prince Friso and sister-in-law of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. She spends her time in human rights activities such as co-founding War Child Netherlands, the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.
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Eva Schloss
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- writermemoiristpainter
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Eva Schloss MBE is an Austrian-English Holocaust survivor, memoirist and stepdaughter of Otto Frank, the father of Margot and diarist Anne Frank. Schloss speaks widely of her family's experiences during the Holocaust and is a participant in the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive project to record video answers to be used in educational tools.
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Jeff Wilbusch
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- stage actorfilm actoractor
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Jeff Wilbusch is an Israeli-German actor.
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Hannie Schaft
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied international law
- Occupations
- resistance fighterlaw studentpartisan
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Jannetje Johanna Schaft (16 September 1920 – 17 April 1945) was a Dutch resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as "the girl with the red hair" (Dutch: het meisje met het rode haar, German: das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar). Her secret name in the resistance movement was "Hannie".
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Antonie Kamerling
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- film actortelevision actoractorsinger
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Anthonie Willem Constantijn Gneomar "Antonie" Kamerling was a Dutch actor and singer. He was member of the original cast of the Dutch soap opera Goede tijden, slechte tijden. He played in the films The Little Blonde Death (1993), All Stars (1997), and I Love You Too (2001). He also had starring roles in Dutch musical productions. He has become the voice of Geoff from Total Drama in the Dutch version of the series. He took his own life in 2010.
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Khadija Arib
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- In 1995 studied sociology
- Occupations
- politician
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Khadija Arib is a Moroccan-Dutch politician of the Labour Party, who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands from 12 December 2015 to 7 April 2021. In the 2016 Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives election on 13 January, she was elected to the position, which she had served as Acting Speaker since the resignation of Anouchka van Miltenburg on 12 December 2015. Arib became a member of the House of Representatives following the 1998 Dutch general election and served until 2022, with a brief interruption between 2006 and 2007.
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Max Euwe
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1919-1926
- Occupations
- writerchess officialprofessoruniversity teachermathematician
- Biography
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Machgielis "Max" Euwe was a Dutch chess player, mathematician, author, and chess administrator. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion, a title he held from 1935 until 1937. He served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals
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- physicistchemisttheoretical physicistprofessoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Johannes Diderik van der Waals was a Dutch theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids. Van der Waals started his career as a schoolteacher. He became the first physics professor of the University of Amsterdam when in 1877 the old Athenaeum was upgraded to Municipal University. Van der Waals won the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
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Lilian Marijnissen
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- trade unionistpolitician
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Lilian Marie Corneel Marijnissen is a Dutch politician who served as Leader of the Socialist Party and as its parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from December 2017 to December 2023. She was first installed as a member of the House of Representatives on 23 March 2017 following the general election of 15 March.
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Dionne Stax
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 2009
- Occupations
- presenterjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Dionne Stax is a Dutch journalist and newsreader.
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Mona Keijzer
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1987-1992 studied science of public administration
- 1992-1997 studied Law of the Netherlands
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Maria Cornelia Gezina "Mona" Keijzer is a Dutch politician and former civil servant who is the minister of housing and spatial planning in the Schoof cabinet since 2024. A member of the Farmer–Citizen Movement (BoerBurgerBeweging, BBB), she won a seat in the House of Representatives in the 2023 Dutch general election.
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Lodewijk Asscher
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- university teacherpoliticianjuristlawyer
- Biography
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Lodewijk Frans Asscher is a Dutch politician and jurist who served as Leader of the Labour Party (PvdA) from 2016 to 2021 and parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021.
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Ronald Plasterk
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- microbiologistuniversity teachercolumnistpoliticiangeneticist
- Biography
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Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk is a Dutch retired politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). He has a PhD degree in biology, specialising in molecular genetics. He is founder and CEO of Frame Cancer Therapeutics. He was appointed professor at the University of Amsterdam in September 2018.
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Joost Zwagerman
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1984-1984
- Occupations
- television presenterpoetcolumnistwriternon-fiction writer
- Biography
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Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong.
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Ferdinand Grapperhaus
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- university teacherpoliticianwriterlawyer
- Biography
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Ferdinand Bernhard Joseph "Ferd" Grapperhaus is a Dutch politician who served as Minister of Justice and Security in the Third Rutte cabinet from 26 October 2017 until 10 January 2022. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
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Joop den Uyl
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- resistance fightereconomistpoliticianwriterjournalist
- Biography
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Johannes Marten den Uijl, better known as Joop den Uyl ( Dutch: [ˈjoːb dɛn ˈœyl] ), was a Dutch politician and economist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1973 to 1977. He was a member of the Labour Party (PvdA).
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Sutan Sjahrir
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- politician
- Biography
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Sutan Sjahrir was an Indonesian politician and revolutionary independence leader who served as the first Prime Minister of Indonesia from 1945 until 1947. Previously, he was a key Indonesian nationalist organizer in the 1930s and 1940s. Unlike some of his colleagues, he did not support the Japanese during the Japanese occupation and fought in the resistance against them. He was considered to be an idealist and an intellectual.
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Frits Bolkestein
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- politicianwriterplaywrightautobiographerhistorian
- Biography
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Frederik "Frits" Bolkestein is a Dutch retired politician and energy executive who served as Leader of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) from 1990 to 1998 and European Commissioner for Internal Market from 1999 until 2004 under Romano Prodi.
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Humberto Tan
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- fashion designerpresenterwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Humberto Tan-A-Kiam, better known as Humberto Tan, is a Dutch radio and television presenter, sports journalist and writer of Surinamese descent.
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Astrid Joosten
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- film actorpresenterwritertelevision presenter
- Biography
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Astrid Maria Bernadette Joosten is a Dutch television personality and presenter. She is known for the magazine programme Jongbloed en Joosten, and presenting the quiz show Twee voor Twaalf. She also starred in the 2005 film Off Screen.
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Reinout Oerlemans
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- screenwritertelevision actorfilm directortelevision presenteractor
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Reinout Oerlemans is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks.
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Willem Frederik Hermans
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- photographerscreenwritergeographerwritertranslator
- Biography
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Willem Frederik Hermans was a Dutch author of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, as well as book-length studies, essays, and literary criticism. His most famous works are The House of Refuge (novella, 1952), The Darkroom of Damocles (novel, 1958), and Beyond Sleep (novel, 1966).
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Adriaan van Dis
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- presenterjournalisttelevision presenterplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Adriaan van Dis is a Dutch author. He debuted in 1983 with the novella Nathan Sid. In 1995 his book Indische Duinen (My Father's War), which in its narrative is a follow-up to his debut novella, was also awarded several prestigious literary awards.
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André Kuipers
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- astronautphysicianuniversity teacher
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André Kuipers is a Dutch physician and ESA astronaut. He became the second Dutch citizen, third Dutch-born and fifth Dutch-speaking astronaut upon launch of Soyuz TMA-4 on 19 April 2004. Kuipers returned to Earth aboard Soyuz TMA-3 11 days later.
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Tim Krabbé
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- journalistautobiographerscreenwriterwriterchess player
- Biography
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Hans Maarten Timotheus "Tim" Krabbé is a Dutch journalist, novelist and chess player.
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Pieter Zeeman
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- photographerphysicistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Pieter Zeeman was a Dutch physicist who shared the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics with Hendrik Lorentz for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
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James Barry Munnik Hertzog
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- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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General James Barry Munnik Hertzog KC, better known as Barry Hertzog or J. B. M. Hertzog, was a South African politician and soldier. He was a Boer general during the Second Boer War who served as the third prime minister of the Union of South Africa from 1924 to 1939. Hertzog advocated for the development of Afrikaner culture and was determined to prevent Afrikaners from being excessively influenced by British culture. He founded the National Party in 1914.
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Hans Wiegel
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- writerpoliticiancolumnist
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Hans Wiegel is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
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Els Borst
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- university teacherpoliticianhematologistphysician
- Biography
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Else "Els" Borst-Eilers was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physician. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.
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Jacques Santer
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- politicianbankerlawyer
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Jacques Santer is a Luxembourgish politician who served as the ninth president of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999. He served as the finance minister of Luxembourg from 1979 until 1989, and the 22nd prime minister of Luxembourg from 1984 to 1995, as a member of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which was the leading party in the Luxembourg government between 1979 and 2013. As Prime Minister of Luxembourg he also led the negotiations on the Single European Act, which effectively set aside the 20-year-old Luxembourg Compromise.
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Marlene Dumas
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1979-1980 studied psychology
- Occupations
- draftspersonvisual artistartistpainterconceptual artist
- Biography
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Marlene Dumas is a South African artist and painter based in the Netherlands.
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Ad Melkert
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Adrianus Petrus Wilhelmus "Ad" Melkert is a Dutch politician and diplomat of the Labour Party (PvdA) who has served as a Member of the Council of State since 20 January 2016.
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Teun A. van Dijk
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1967-1968
- 1968-1972 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researcherprofessorsociologistlinguist
- Biography
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Teun Adrianus van Dijk is a scholar in the fields of text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).
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Hedy d'Ancona
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- television producersociologistwomen's rights activistpoliticiangeographer
- Biography
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Hedwig "Hedy" d'Ancona is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and political activist.
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Martin Bosma
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- journalistpolitician
- Biography
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Martin Bosma is a Dutch politician and former journalist who has been serving as the Speaker of the House of Representatives since 14 December 2023. He entered the House of Representatives for the Party for Freedom (PVV) on 30 November 2006, and served as his party's spokesperson on matters of higher education, mass media and culture. He also served as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2010 until 2023. On 14 December 2023, he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Brigitte Kaandorp
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- singercabaret performer
- Biography
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Brigitte Kaandorp is a Dutch comedian and singer-songwriter. She started her show business career in 1983. Kaandorp's style is a mix of absurdism and sensitive songs, sometimes playing the ukulele. Many of her shows have been broadcast on Dutch TV. She also performed in Belgium.
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Lauren Verster
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- presentertelevision presenterprogram maker
- Biography
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Lauren Verster is a Dutch programme maker and television presenter.
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Maurice de Hond
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- entrepreneurstatisticianassociation football referee
- Biography
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Maurice de Hond is a Dutch pollster and entrepreneur. He is the founder of the Steve JobsSchool, an elementary school which gives each student an iPad to encourage individualized learning. As of 2016, 35 public schools in the Netherlands adopted the school model. Two Steve JobsSchools opened in South Africa in 2016. The schools closed after a negative report by government educational inspectors found that students who graduated the schools were lacking severely in educational skills and the foundation running the schools declared bankruptcy in 2018.
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Joseph Luns
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- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP), now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), diplomat, and jurist. He served as Secretary General of NATO from 1 October 1971 until 25 June 1984.
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
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- university teachertopologistwriterphilosophermathematician
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.
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Herman Tjeenk Willink
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- judgepoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Herman Diederik Tjeenk Willink is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and jurist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.
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Rik van de Westelaken
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1991-1996 graduated with master's degree in communication studies
- Occupations
- presentertelevision presenternews presenter
- Biography
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Rik van de Westelaken is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting television programs which include the NOS Journaal, Peking Express and Wie is de Mol?. Other programs include Rik over de Grens and 5 Golden Rings.
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Hans Janmaat
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- politician
- Biography
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Johannes Gerardus Hendrikus "Hans" Janmaat was a Dutch businessman and politician of the Centre Party (CP) who later founded the Centre Democrats (CD).
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Ed van Thijn
- Occupations
- university teacherpoliticianwriterautobiographer
- Biography
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Eduard van Thijn was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and historian. He was a member of the Municipal Council of Amsterdam (1962–1971), member of the House of Representatives (1967–1981; 1982–1983), Minister of the Interior (1981–1982; 1994), Mayor of Amsterdam (1983–1994), and member of the Senate (1999–2007).
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Eugène Dubois
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1877
- Occupations
- physicianpaleoanthropologistgeologistcuratoruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Marie Eugène François Thomas Dubois was a Dutch paleoanthropologist and geologist. He earned worldwide fame for his discovery of Pithecanthropus erectus (later redesignated Homo erectus), or "Java Man". Although hominid fossils had been found and studied before, Dubois was the first anthropologist to embark upon a purposeful search for them.
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Ivo Niehe
- Occupations
- program makerfilm producertelevision producertelevision presenterpresenter
- Biography
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Ivo Johannes Ignatius Niehe is a Dutch radio and television presenter, television producer and actor.
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Godfried Bomans
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1933-1939 studied jurisprudence
- Occupations
- resistance fighterauthorcolumnistscreenwriterwriter
- Biography
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Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.
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Frits Zernike
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- inventorchemistuniversity teacherphysicistmathematician
- Biography
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Frits Zernike was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase-contrast microscope.
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Barbara Baarsma
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- university teachereconomist
- Biography
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Barbara Elisabeth Baarsma is a Dutch economist, and Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Amsterdam.
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Jojanneke van den Berge
- Occupations
- presenterjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jojanneke van den Berge is a Dutch journalist who worked for the broadcasting association PowNed.
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Geert Mak
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- presenterjournalisttelevision presenterpoet lawyeruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Geert Ludzer Mak is a Dutch journalist and non-fiction writer.
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Hella Haasse
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- writerplaywrightpoet
- Biography
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Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse was a Dutch writer, often referred to as the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature, and whose novel Oeroeg (1948) was a staple for generations of Dutch schoolchildren. Her internationally acclaimed magnum opus is Heren van de Thee, translated to The Tea Lords. In 1988 Haasse was chosen to interview the Dutch Queen for her 50th birthday after which celebrated Dutch author Adriaan van Dis called Haasse "the Queen among authors".
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Bert Koenders
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Albert Gerard Koenders is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a professor at Leiden University and a special envoy of the World Bank. He is also chair of the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs, a member of the board of trustees of the International Crisis Group and a commissioner of the International Commission on Missing Persons.
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Paul Rosenmöller
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1974-1978 studied sociology
- Occupations
- presenterprogram makertelevision presenterpoliticiantrade unionist
- Biography
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Paul Rosenmöller is a Dutch politician and former trade unionist and television presenter. Between 1989 and 2003, he was member of the Dutch House of Representatives for GroenLinks and was party leader from 1994. Rosenmöller has been a member of the Senate for GroenLinks since June 2019 and leader of GroenLinks–Labour Party in the Senate since June 2023.
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Ella Vogelaar
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Graduated with Master of Education
- Occupations
- social workertrade unionistpolitician
- Biography
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Catharina Pieternella "Ella" Vogelaar was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and trade union leader.
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Johan Ferrier
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Johan Henri Eliza Ferrier was a Surinamese politician who served as the 1st president of Suriname from 1975 to 1980. He was also the country's last governor-general before independence, serving from 1968 to 1975, before becoming the first president upon independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1975.
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Christiaan Eijkman
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicianphysiologistbiochemist
- Biography
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Christiaan Eijkman was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
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Gunay Uslu
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1997-2001 graduated with Master of Arts in cultural studies
- 2008-2015 graduated with Doctor
- Occupations
- cultural historianpolitician
- Biography
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Gunay Uslu is a Dutch cultural historian and politician, who has served as State Secretary for Culture and Media in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 till 1 December 2023. She is a member of the Democrats 66 (D66) party.
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Sacha de Boer
- Occupations
- photographerjournalisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Sacha de Boer is a Dutch photographer, presenter and former journalist. From 1996 to 2013 she was a news presenter of the Dutch public news broadcaster NOS Journaal, acting as the news anchor of the eight o'clock news from 2003 onwards.
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Willem Wilmink
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied Dutch studies
- Occupations
- translatorDutch language specialistsingerpoetuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Willem Wilmink was a Dutch poet and writer. He was best known for the large number of songs he wrote for popular children programs and his accessible, straightforward poetry.
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Dick Swaab
- Occupations
- university teacherphysicianbiologistneuroscientist
- Biography
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Dick Frans Swaab is a Dutch physician and neurobiologist (brain researcher). He is a professor of neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam and was until 2005 Director of the Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (Nederlands Instituut voor Hersenonderzoek) of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen).
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Gidi Markuszower
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gideon "Gidi" Markuszower is an Israeli–Dutch politician of the Party for Freedom (PVV). He became a member of the Netherlands Senate on 9 June 2015. In the 2017 Dutch general election he was elected to the House of Representatives, and gave up his Senate seat. He was fourth on the Party for Freedom list in the 2023 Dutch general election, and therefore continued his term as a member of the House of Representatives.
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Joris Luyendijk
- Occupations
- presentertelevision presenterwriterjournalistanthropologist
- Biography
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Joris Luyendijk is a Dutch non-fiction author, anthropologist, news correspondent, and TV interviewer.
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Jet Bussemaker
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1979-1986 studied political science
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Mariëtte "Jet" Bussemaker is a retired Dutch politician. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she served as Minister of Education, Culture and Science from 5 November 2012 to 26 October 2017 in the Second Rutte cabinet. She has been a professor of Science, Policy, Social Impact and Healthcare at Leiden University since 1 July 2018.
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Tjalling Koopmans
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1934-1934
- Occupations
- physicisteconomistmathematician
- Biography
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Tjalling Charles Koopmans was a Dutch-American mathematician and economist. He was the joint winner with Leonid Kantorovich of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on the theory of the optimum allocation of resources. Koopmans showed that on the basis of certain efficiency criteria, it is possible to make important deductions concerning optimum price systems.
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Bram Peper
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Graduated with Master of Social Science
- Occupations
- sociologistpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Abraham "Bram" Peper was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).
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Wim Eijk
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopphysicianLatin Catholic priesttheologianprofessor
- Biography
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Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his clerical career he worked as a doctor; as a priest he made medical ethics the focus of his academic studies.
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Simon Vestdijk
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Studied in 1917-1927
- Occupations
- translatorpoetessayistphysician writerwriter
- Biography
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Simon Vestdijk was a Dutch writer.
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Frans Brüggen
- Occupations
- university teacherconductormusicologistmusic educator
- Biography
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Franciscus Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
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Anton Pannekoek
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- astronomerhistorian of scienceuniversity teacherpoliticianphilosopher
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Antonie "Anton" Pannekoek was a Dutch astronomer, historian, philosopher, Marxist theorist, and socialist revolutionary. He was one of the main theorists of council communism (Dutch: radencommunisme).
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Fons Trompenaars
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- anthropologistsociologist
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Alfonsus Trompenaars (born 1953, Amsterdam) is a Dutch organizational theorist, management consultant, and author in the field of ethics. known for the development of Trompenaars' model of national culture differences and Dilemma Theory.
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Hugo Brandt Corstius
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- journalistcomputer scientistlinguistcolumnistwriter
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Hugo Brandt Corstius was a Dutch author, known for his achievements in both literature and science.
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Simone Weimans
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- news presenter
- Biography
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Simone Weimans is a Dutch presenter. Since 2011 she is a news presenter of the Dutch public news broadcaster NOS Journaal.
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Mei Li Vos
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- directorcolumnistpoliticianwritertrade unionist
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Mei Li Vos is a Dutch politician, former trade unionist and editorialist. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was a member of the House of Representatives from 1 March 2007 to 17 June 2010 and again from 20 September 2012 until 23 March 2017. She has been a member of the Senate since 11 June 2019, serving as parliamentary leader of the PvdA group until 2023, and First Vice-President of the Senate since then.
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Christianne van der Wal
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- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Christianne van der Wal-Zeggelink is a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
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Derk Jan Eppink
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- columnistpoliticianwriterjournalist
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Derk Jan Eppink is a Dutch journalist, politician in the Netherlands, and former cabinet secretary for European Commissioners Bolkestein (1999–2004) and Kallas (2004–2007). In 2009, he was elected to the European Parliament for List Dedecker, and in 2019 for Forum for Democracy. In 2021, he became an MP in the Dutch House of Representatives for the JA21 party, but in 2023 he switched to the Farmer-Citizen Movement.
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Liesje Schreinemacher
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- politician
- Biography
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Elisabeth "Liesje" Schreinemacher is a Dutch lawyer and politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) who served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation in the fourth Rutte cabinet from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. She previously served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 until 2022.
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Tobias Asser
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- judgepoliticianprofessorjuristuniversity teacher
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Tobias Michael Carel Asser was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar. In 1911, he won the Nobel Peace Prize (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the establishment of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the First Hague Peace Conference in 1899 and for his achievements in establishing the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
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Judith Sargentini
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- politician
- Biography
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Judith Sargentini is a former Dutch politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP). She is a member of the GreenLeft (Dutch: GroenLinks) party, which is part of The Greens–European Free Alliance, and the European Green Party. Previously, she was chair of the party's delegation in Amsterdam's city council.
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Uri Rosenthal
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- politicianuniversity teachercolumnisthistoriandiplomat
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Uriël "Uri" Rosenthal is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and political scientist.
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Ernst Hirsch Ballin
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- politicianuniversity teacherlawyerjudgejurist
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Ernst Maurits Henricus Hirsch Ballin is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
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Abraham Pais
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- university teachernuclear physicistphysicisthistorian of science
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Abraham Pais was a Dutch-American physicist and science historian. Pais earned his Ph.D. from University of Utrecht just prior to a Nazi ban on Jewish participation in Dutch universities during World War II. When the Nazis began the forced relocation of Dutch Jews, he went into hiding, but was later arrested and saved only by the end of the war. He then served as an assistant to Niels Bohr in Denmark and was later a colleague of Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Pais wrote books documenting the lives of these two great physicists and the contributions they and others made to modern physics. He was a physics professor at Rockefeller University until his retirement.
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Roxane van Iperen
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- Graduated with Master of Laws in rights
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- writerjournalistjurist
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Roxane van Iperen is a Dutch writer and jurist.
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Armando
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 1969-1970 studied art history
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- draftspersonceramicistviolinistwriterpainter
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Armando, born Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd, was a Dutch painter, sculptor and writer.
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Anna Donáth
- Enrolled in the University of Amsterdam
- 2010-2012 studied migration studies and ethnic studies
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- politiciansociologist
- Biography
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Anna Júlia Donáth is a Hungarian politician. She was elected as a Momentum Movement (part of the Renew Europe group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in the 2019 European Parliament election. Donáth was the leader of the party between 21 November 2021 and 29 May 2022, and also from 28 January to 7 July 2024.
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Princess Carolina, Marchioness of Sala
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- aristocrat
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Princess Carolina of Bourbon-Parma, Marchioness of Sala, is the fourth and youngest child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. She is a member of the House of Bourbon-Parma as well an extended member of the Dutch royal family. Per a 1996 royal decree issued by Queen Beatrix, she is entitled to the style and title Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Carolina de Bourbon de Parme in The Netherlands as a member of the extended royal family.
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Mariëtte Hamer
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- politiciantrade unionistlinguist
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Mariëtte Iris Hamer is a Dutch politician and trade union leader serving as commissioner for combating inappropriate behavior and sexual violence since 2022. A member of the Labour Party (PvdA), she was its leader in the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010.
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Roger van Boxtel
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- politician
- Biography
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Roger Henri Ludovic Maria van Boxtel is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and businessman.
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J. Slauerhoff
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- photographerphysicianplaywrightphysician writertraveler
- Biography
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Jan Jacob Slauerhoff, who published as J. Slauerhoff, was a Dutch poet and novelist. He is considered one of the most important Dutch language writers.
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Joëlle Milquet
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- lawyerpolitician
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Joëlle F.G.M. Milquet is a Belgian politician from the Humanist Democratic Centre (CDH).
