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Dutch people who are famous or notable include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The Dutch Golden Age was a period in Dutch history, roughly equivalent to the 17th century, in which Dutch trade, science and art were top ranking in the world until Tulip Mania in 1637 and onwards. The accompanying article about the Dutch Golden Age focuses on society, religion and culture.
Hella Haasse (1918–2011), writer, the "Grande Dame" of Dutch literature; Femke Halsema (born 1966), politician, Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018; Eddy Hamel (1902–1943), Jewish-American soccer player for Dutch club AFC Ajax who was killed by the Nazis in Auschwitz concentration camp; Johannes Heesters (1903–2011), actor of stage, TV and film ...
The following is a referenced list of notable Dutch people of Moroccan descent.Some of the people listed below are immigrants; others are of the second generation. Large-scale immigration to the Netherlands started on 14 May 1969, when the Netherlands and Morocco signed a treaty allowing recruitment of mostly unschooled labourers to work in Dutch mining, industry, construction and agriculture.
The Captain of Arabs with his servant in Tegal The Kapitein der Arabieren of Pekalongan at his terrace, circa 1920. Kapitan Arab or Kapten Arab (Captain of the Arabs; Dutch: Kapitein der Arabieren; Arabic: كابتن العرب, romanized: Kābitin al-'Arab) or Head of The Arabs (Dutch: Hoofd der Arabieren; Arabic: قائد العرب, romanized: Qā'id al-'Arab) is a position in the colonial ...
Dutch sportspeople who are famous or notable include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The sixth episode called "Test the Nation IQ" was broadcast on 24 January 2010 and was the second version of the IQ edition. People were tested on their IQ through a test that was designed by Professor James Parker from Trent University and Professor Don Saklofske.
Jan Schilt (1894–1982), Dutch-born astronomer, inventor of the Schilt photometer, Rutherford Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University; Maarten Schmidt (1929–2022), Dutch-born astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars; Hubert Schoemaker (1950–2006), chemist and biotechnological pioneer [29]