List of personalities from the city of Maastricht
The following list contains people who were born in Maastricht as well as those who temporarily lived and worked there, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Maastricht
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Until 1800
- Lambert of Maastricht (around 635-705), Bishop of Tongern-Maastricht, martyr
- Giovanni Biliverti (1585–1644), Italian painter
- Andreas Cruesen (1591–1666), theologian and archbishop
- Hendrik de Fromantiou (1640–1694), painter
- Johann Heinrich von Kerens (1725–1792), Jesuit and bishop
- Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière (1733–1811), Field Marshal and Governor of West Prussia
- Johannes Petrus Minckeleers (1748–1824), scientist and inventor
- Mathias Soiron (1748–1834), master builder, decorator and furniture designer
- Mathias Solders (1750–1826), administrative officer and mayor of the city of Aachen
- Johann Friedrich August Tischbein (1750–1812), German painter
- Godfried Joseph Crüts van Creits (1757–1815), Bishop of St. Pölten
- Mathieu Kessels (1784–1836), sculptor
- Félix de Mérode (1791–1857), Belgian politician
- Henriëtte d'Oultremont de Wégimont (1792–1864), wife of the Dutch King Wilhelm I.
1801 to 1900
- André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806–1874), Belgian chronicler and poet
- Alexander Batta (1816–1902), cellist and composer
- Johannes Gregorius van den Bergh (1824–1890), engineer and minister
- Leopold van Itallie (1866–1952), pharmacologist and toxicologist
- Henri Sarolea (1844–1900), railway engineer
- Joseph Hollman (1852–1926), cellist and composer
- Émile Wesly (1858–1926), journalist and composer
- Jac. P. Thijsse (1865–1945), pioneer of nature conservation
- Rob Graafland (1875–1940), genre and portrait painter and art educator
- Henri Winkelman (1876–1952), General
- Harrie Meyers (1879–1928), racing cyclist
- Richard Reimans (1882-1959), painter
- Peter Debye (1884–1966), physicist, theoretical chemist and Nobel Prize winner in chemistry
- Robert Regout (1896-1942), Jesuit
1901 to 1950
- Louis Toebosch (1916–2009), composer, music teacher and organist
- Jos van Hövell (1919–1945), resistance fighter
- Henri Arends (1921–1994), conductor
- Alphonsus Castermans (1924–2008), auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Roermond
- Dick Raaijmakers (1930–2013), composer, performance and installation artist
- Willy Hautvast (1932–2020), composer
- Jo van den Booren (* 1935), composer and conductor
- Gerard Bergholtz (* 1939), football player
- Fred Rompelberg (* 1945), racing cyclist
- Hubert Soudant (* 1946), conductor
- Leo Cuypers (1947–2017), composer and jazz pianist
- Jacques Ogg (* 1948), harpsichordist and pianoforte player
- André Rieu (* 1949), violinist, orchestra conductor, arranger and music producer
From 1951
- Benny Neyman (1951-2008), singer
- Maxime Verhagen (* 1956), politician
- Roger Smeets (* 1960), opera singer
- Rob Bruynen (* 1961), jazz musician
- Frans Timmermans (* 1961), politician
- Nico de Vries (born 1961), actor
- Lilianne Ploumen (* 1962), politician
- Tom Nijssen (* 1964), tennis player
- Eric van der Luer (* 1965), football player
- Frank Wassenberg (* 1966), politician
- Erwin Vanderbroeck (* 1968), football player
- Boudewijn Zenden (* 1976), football player
- Hadewych Minis (* 1977), actress and singer
- Brenny Evers (* 1978), football player
- Pieter van den Hoogenband (* 1978), swimmer
- Patrick Stitzinger (* 1981), long-distance runner
- Judy-Ann Melchior (* 1986), Belgian show jumper
- Karin Stevens (* 1989), soccer player
- Tom Dumoulin (* 1990), road cyclist
- Robin Frijns (* 1991), racing car driver
Famous people associated with Maastricht
- Friedrich von Eerde (1781–1848), Mayor of Maastricht
- Otto Wolf (1849–1917), composer, conductor, from 1883 first director of the Maastricht Conservatory
- Gerard Boedijn (1893–1972), composer
- Gerd Leers (* 1951), politician, Mayor of Maastricht
- Paul Martens (* 1983), racing cyclist
- Uschi Freitag (* 1989), German tower and water diver