List of personalities from the city of Leiden

The following list contains people who were born in Leiden in the Dutch province of South Holland , listed chronologically by year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in suffering

Until 1600

Florens V (1254–1296), Count of Holland
Niclas Gerhaert van Leyden (around 1430–1473), sculptor
Cornelis Engelbrechtsen (1468–1533), painter
Lucas van Leyden (1494–1533), painter and engraver
Jan van Leiden (1509–1536), representative of the Anabaptist movement
Otto van Veen (1556–1629), Flemish painter and draftsman
Frans van Dusseldorp (1567–1630), Roman Catholic preacher and lawyer
Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg (1574–1630), legal scholar
Bonaventura Elsevier (1583–1652), bookseller and printer
David Bailly (1584–1657), son of the painter Pieter Bailly
Jacob de Bondt (1592–1631), doctor
Jan van Goyen (1596–1656), representative of Dutch landscape painting

1601 to 1650

Justus van Egmont (1602–1674), painter
Ezekiel de Decker (around 1603 – around 1643), surveyor and publisher of log tables
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Baroque artist
Jan Lievens (1607–1674), painter
Daniel Colonius the Younger (1608–1672), legal scholar
Reynier van Gherwen (1610 / 30–1662), painter
Jacob van Spreeuwen (1611–1658), painter
Willem van de Velde the Elder (1611–1689), painter
Dirk Lievens (around 1612–1650), painter
Frans Post (around 1612–1680), painter
Gerard Dou (1613–1675), painter
Frans van Schooten (1615–1660), mathematician
Philips Angel (1618–1664), painter, engraver and art writer
Nikolaes Heinsius the Elder (1620–1681), classical philologist and neo-Latin poet
Adriaen van Gaesbeeck (1621–1650), painter
Adriaan Beeckerts van Thienen (1623–1669), legal scholar
Jan Steen (around 1626–1679), painter
Jan Commelin (1629–1692), plant dealer and botanist
Gabriel Metsu (1629–1667), painter
Cornelis de Heem (1631–1695), painter
Willem van de Velde the Younger (1633–1707), painter
Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635–1681), portrait, history and genre painter
Johannes van der Aeck (1637–1782), painter and wine merchant
Pieter Cornelisz van Slingelandt (1640–1691), portrait, genre and still life painter
Jacob Toorenvliet (1640–1719), painter and etcher
Johann Nikolaus Pechlin (1646–1706), German-Dutch physician and prince educator
Matthys Naiveu (1647–1721), painter

1651 to 1700

Van Swieten at the Maria Theresa Monument in Vienna

Hendrik van Deventer (1651–1724), obstetrician and orthopedist
Isaac van Hoornbeek (1655–1727), board member of the states of Holland and West Friesland
Carel de Moor (1655–1738), portrait painter
Pieter van der Aa (1659–1733), printer, publisher, bookseller and engraver
Hillebrand van der Aa (1659/60 – around 1721), engraver and draftsman
Jan van Mieris (1660–1690), genre and portrait painter
Willem van Mieris (1662–1747), genre, history and portrait painter
Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686–1762), botanist and sponsor of Carl von Linné
Frans van Mieris the Younger (1689–1763), genre and portrait painter and etcher
Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692–1761), natural scientist
Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772), Austrian physician

1701 to 1800

Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779), doctor and botanist
Johannes Oosterdijk Schacht (1704–1792), medic
Adrian van Steckhoven (around 1705–1782), gardener
Frederik Bernard Albinus (1715–1778), medic
Peter Camper (1722–1789), medic
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817), Austrian botanist and chemist
David van Royen (1727–1799), botanist and physician
Johannes le Francq van Berkhey (1729–1812), naturalist, poet and painter
Laurens Theodor Gronovius (1730–1777), natural scientist
Gottfried van Swieten (1733–1803), diplomat in the Austrian service
Hendrik Constantijn Cras (1739–1820), lawyer and librarian
Johann Luzac (1746–1807), lawyer, journalist and professor of Greek and history
Cornelis van der Aa (1749–1815), bookseller and writer
Cornelis Richard Anton van Bommel (1790–1852), Bishop of Liège

1801 to 1850

Wilhem de Haan (1801–1855), zoologist
Oliver Byrne (1810-1880), Irish mathematician
Willem Gerard Brill (1811–1896), Dutchist, Romanist, Anglicist and historian
Johannes Kneppelhout (1814–1885), writer
Reinhart Dozy (1820-1883), orientalist
Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837–1923), physicist
Pieter van Geer (1841-1919), mathematician

1851 to 1900

Pieter van Romburgh (1855–1945), chemist and university professor
Hugo Krabbe (1857–1936), constitutional lawyer
Johannes Petrus Kuenen (1866–1922), physicist
Herman H. ter Meer (1871-1934), dermoplastic
Willem Vogelsang (1875–1954), art historian
Johannes Henricus Zaaijer (1876–1932), physician
Johannes Esser (1877–1946), doctor, chess master and art collector
Iman Dozy (1887–1957), football player
Ernest Winar (1894–1978), actor and director

1901 to 1950

Jan de Graaff (1903-1989), American gardener
Hans van der Laan (1904–1991), Benedictine monk and architect
Albert J. Rasker (1906–1990), Protestant theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church and university professor
Willem Karel Hendrik Karstens (1908–1989), botanist
Marinus van der Lubbe (1909–1934), alleged arsonist in the Reichstag fire in 1933 in Berlin
Willem Kolff (1911–2009), internist
Donald Johan Kuenen (1912–1995), biologist
Hans de Koster (1914–1992), Dutch Minister of Defense
Marinus Kok (1916–1999), Archbishop of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
Walter Goddijn (1921–2007), Roman Catholic priest, Franciscan, religious sociologist and professor
Willem Slijkhuis (1923–2003), middle and long distance runner
Nina Foch (1924–2008), American film and stage actress
Chris van der Klaauw (1924–2005), diplomat and politician
Gerda Kraan (* 1933), track and field athlete
Nico Crama (* 1935), film producer
Ben Pon junior (1936–2019), businessman
Mart de Groot (* 1938), astronomer
Tilly van der Zwaard (1938–2019), sprinter and middle distance runner
Fik Meijer (* 1942), historian
Emile Fallaux (* 1944), journalist
Henk van Woerden (1947–2005), Dutch-South African writer and painter
Jan Brokken (* 1949), journalist and writer
Michel Waisvisz (1949–2008), composer, improviser and developer of electronic musical instruments
Magda Berndsen-Jansen (* 1950), police chief and politician
Dick Briel (1950–2011), comic book artist
Lidi Remmelzwaal (* 1950), diplomat

From 1951

Wim Rijsbergen (* 1952), football player
Ewine van Dishoeck (* 1955), astronomer and chemist
Eberhard van der Laan (1955–2017), lawyer and politician
Marijn Backer (* 1956), columnist, teacher, poet and author
John van der Wiel (* 1959), chess grandmaster
Karel Boehlee (* 1960), jazz musician
Ronald Florijn (* 1961), rower
Klaar van der Lippe (* 1961), artist, sculptor and fashion designer
Bas Edixhoven (* 1962), mathematician
Reg Schwager (* 1962), jazz musician
Dirk Jan van Hameren (* 1965), track cyclist
Frans Kaashoek (* 1965), computer scientist and professor
Jeannette Lambert (* 1965), jazz singer
Laurentien Brinkhorst (* 1966), wife of Prince Constantijn of Orange-Nassau
Mikael Martin (* 1967), actor and theater director
Jeroen Piket (* 1969), chess grandmaster
Lodewijk Roembiak (* 1969), football player
Tara Bouman (* 1970), clarinetist
Martijn van Iterson (* 1970), jazz guitarist
Matthias Luthardt (* 1972), German film director
Carolijn Brouwer (* 1973), Dutch-Belgian sailor
Armin van Buuren (* 1976), trance disc jockey (DJ) and producer
Barry Opdam (born 1976), football player
Jochem Myjer (* 1977), comedian
Tim de Cler (* 1978), football player
Marietje Schaake (* 1978), politician
Erik van den Doel (* 1979), chess player
Roos Jonker (* 1980), jazz singer
Thijs Zonneveld (* 1980), journalist and racing cyclist
Mike Zonneveld (* 1980), soccer player
Pearl van der Wissel (* 1984), handball player
Sebastian Langeveld (* 1985), racing cyclist
Jan Smeets (* 1985), chess player
Laurine van Riessen (* 1987), speed skater
Chantal de Ridder (* 1989), soccer player
Wesley Kreder (* 1990), racing cyclist
Anner Miedema (* 1990), cycling trainer
Randy Wolters (* 1990), soccer player
Rosa Ratsma (* 1996), chess player
Abdou Harroui (* 1998), football player