List of sons and daughters of the city of Amsterdam
This list includes - without claiming to be exhaustive - people born in the city of Amsterdam and represented by an article in the German-language Wikipedia:
A.
- Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993), writer
- Willem Jan Aalders (1870–1945), theologian
- Hans Aarsman (* 1951), photographer and author
- Johannes van Aartsen (1909–1992), politician
- Nathan Abas (1896–1980), Dutch-American violinist, music teacher and conductor
- Salomon Abas (1900–1943), Dutch-Jewish violinist, conductor and composer
- Wim Addicks (1896–1985), football player
- Co Adriaanse (* 1947), football coach
- Pieter Aertsen (around 1509 - 1575), painter
- Jan Akkerman (* 1946), musician, rock and jazz guitarist
- Willeke Alberti (* 1945), singer and television actress
- Willy Alberti (1926–1985), singer
- August Allebé (1838–1927), painter
- Willeke van Ammelrooy (* 1944), actress
- Annette Apon (* 1949), director and screenwriter
- Karel Appel (1921–2006), painter and co-founder of the CoBrA painter group
- Ben d'Armagnac (1940–1978), performance artist of Belgian origin
- Bob van Asperen (* 1947), harpsichordist, organist and conductor
- Abraham Asscher (1880–1950), entrepreneur, Zionist, politician and chairman of the Amsterdam Jewish Council
- Lodewijk Asscher (* 1974), legal scholar and politician
- Tobias Asser (1838–1913), lawyer and politician
- Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634), painter
B.
- Ryan Babel (born 1986), football player
- Irfan Bachdim (* 1988), Indonesian-Dutch soccer player
- Egbert Jan Bakker (* 1958), classical philologist
- Frans Banning Cocq (1605–1655), Mayor of Amsterdam, captain in Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch
- Jo Bauer-Stumpff (1873–1964), painter and draftsman
- Carl Heinrich Becker (1876–1933), German politician
- Ans van den Berg (1873–1942), painter and draftsman
- Luciano van den Berg (1984-2005), football player
- Nick van den Berg (* 1980), pool player
- Dennis Bergkamp (* 1969), soccer player
- Vera Bergkamp (* 1971), politician
- Dion Beukeboom (* 1989), cyclist
- Coenraad van Beuningen (1622–1693), diplomat and Amsterdam regent
- Bernard van Beurden (1933–2016), composer and musician
- Jan van Beveren (1948–2011), football goalkeeper
- Andries Bicker (1586–1652), Regent and Mayor of Amsterdam, President of the Dutch East India Company, member of the Dutch Estates General
- Cornelis Bicker (1592–1654), Commissioner, Member of the Municipal Council and Governing Mayor of Amsterdam, General of the Armed Forces, President of the Dutch East India Company
- Johan Bicker (1591-1653), Amsterdam regent
- Wendela Bicker (1635–1668), wife of Johan de Witt
- Michael Bleekemolen (* 1949), racing car driver
- Cor Blekemolen (1894–1972), cyclist
- Frédéric Marie Blessing (1886–1962), religious, Vicar Apostolic of Bondo
- Daley Blind (born 1990), soccer player
- Jan Blokker (1927–2010), writer and journalist
- Gijs Blom (* 1997), actor and director
- Abraham Blooteling (1640–1690), engraver
- Jon Bluming (1933-2018), master of traditional Japanese martial arts (Budo)
- Myron Boadu (* 2001), soccer player
- Nelly Bodenheim (1874–1951), draftsman and lithographer
- Kees Boeke (* 1950), composer, gambist and recorder player
- Meindest Boekel (1915–1989), composer and conductor
- Lodewijk de Boer (1937–2004), theater maker, composer and violist
- Gerrit Bol (1906–1989), mathematician
- Harmen van Bol'es (1689–1764), master builder
- Frits Bolkestein (* 1933), politician
- Hendrik Bolkestein (1877–1942), ancient historian
- Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983), saved many Jews from the Holocaust and campaigned for reconciliation
- Peter Bording (* 1965), opera singer
- Arno Bornkamp (* 1959), saxophonist and music teacher
- Anthonie van Borssom (1630 / 31–1677), painter and draftsman
- Carlo Boszhard (* 1969), TV presenter and musical performer
- Lambertus Johannes Bot (1897–1988), author, anti-militarist and anarchist
- Frits Boterman (* 1948), historian
- Jan Bouman (1706–1776), German builder
- Mies Bouwman (1929-2018), television presenter
- Mohammed Bouyeri (* 1978), murderer of Theo van Gogh
- Karin Boven (* 1963), cultural anthropologist and diplomat
- Gerbrand Bredero (1585-1618), writer
- Carl August Breitenstein (1864–1921), landscape painter and graphic artist
- Willem Breuker (1944–2010), jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer and band leader
- Willem Briedé (1903–1962), collaborator during World War II
- Ben Bril (1912–2003), boxer and survivor of the Holocaust
- Sophia Adriana de Bruijn , art collector and museum founder
- Ado Broodboom (1922–2019), jazz musician and jazz trumpeter
- Frans Brüggen (1934–2014), conductor and flautist
- Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Canadian-Dutch figure skater and trainer
- Pieter Burman the Younger (1713–1778), philologist
- Mandy Burrekers (* 1988), handball player
- Ann Burton (1933-1989), jazz singer
C.
- Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken (* 1954), entrepreneur
- Pelle Clement (born 1996), football player
- Willem de Clercq (1795–1844), writer
- Fré Cohen (1903–1943), graphic artist, painter, draftsman, illustrator and wood cutter
- Constant (1920–2005), painter and sculptor
- Tom Cordes (* 1966), cyclist, world champion
- Dirk Coster (1889–1950), physicist
- Harry Cox (1923–2009), Belgian pianist and composer
- Ben Cramer (actually: Bernardus Kramer , * 1947), pop singer and musical actor
- Jacqueline Cramer (* 1951), environmental scientist, politician, minister
- Pieter Cramer (1721–1776), businessman and entomologist
- Robert Cramer (* 1954), Swiss politician
- Leo Cremer (1911–1989), painter, draftsman and restorer
- Donny Crevels (* 1974), racing car driver
- Estelle Cruijff (* 1978), actress, presenter, designer and model
- Paul Josef Crutzen (* 1933), meteorologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Johan Cruyff (1947-2016), football player
D.
- Nicolette van Dam (* 1984), actress
- Johan Dankmeijer (1907–1973), anatomist
- Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820–1887), writer (pseudonym 'Multatuli')
- Henri Deterding (1866–1939), industrialist
- Boy Deul (* 1987), football player
- Cristina Deutekom (1931–2014), opera singer
- Frédéric Devreese (* 1929), Belgian composer and conductor
- Piet Dickentman (1879–1950), cyclist
- Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921), composer
- Ans van Dijk (1905–1948), collaborator
- Louis van Dijk (1941-2020), pianist
- Loek Dikker (* 1944), film music composer and jazz musician
- Javairô Dilrosun (* 1998), football player
- Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd , called Armando (1929–2018), artist
- Arnold Dooyeweerd (* 1946), jazz and improvisation musician
- Steve van Dorpel (1965–1989), football player
- Renate Dorrestein (1954–2018), author, journalist and feminist
- Anita Doth (* 1971), singer
- Pia Douwes (* 1964), musical actress
- Willem Drees (1886–1988), politician
- Samuel Dresden (1914–2002), Romance studies and literary scholar
- Dana van Dreven (* 1974), DJane known in the Netherlands as Lady Dana
- Louis Drouet (1792–1873), flautist and composer
- Willem Marinus Dudok (1884–1974), architect from the Netherlands
- Candy Dulfer (* 1969), saxophonist and jazz musician
- Hans Dulfer (* 1940), jazz musician
E.
- Boy Edgar (1915–1980), jazz trumpeter, jazz pianist, band leader and doctor
- Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621–1674), painter
- Esmée van Eeghen (1918–1944), resistance fighter
- Bartholomeus Eggers (around 1637–1692), Dutch sculptor
- Ferdi Elmas (* 1985), Dutch-Turkish soccer player
- Urby Emanuelson (* 1986), football player
- Caro Emerald (* 1981), pop and jazz singer
- Joop van den Ende (* 1942), musical, theater and film producer
- Willem Jodocus Mattheus Engelberts (1809–1887), genre painter, etcher and art dealer
- Simon Episcopius (1583-1643), theologian
- Johannes Cornelis van Essen (1854–1936), animal painter, graphic artist, illustrator, etcher and lithographer
- Max Euwe (1901–1981), chess player and the 5th world chess champion
F.
- Henk Faanhof (1922–2015), racing cyclist
- Ina van Faassen (1928–2011), actress and cabaret artist
- Timothy Fosu-Mensah (* 1998), football player
- Anna de Frey (1768–1808), draftsman, copyist and painter
- Nelly Frijda (* 1936), actress and politician
- René Froger (* 1960), singer
G
- Louis van Gaal (* 1951), soccer player and soccer coach
- Wilhelm Friedrich de Gaay Fortman (1911–1997), politician, former Interior Minister of the Netherlands
- Paul Gabriël (1828–1903), painter and sculptor
- Salomon Garf (1879–1943), painter and graphic artist
- Martin Garrix (* 1996), DJ and music producer
- Jacob Geel (1798–1862), classical philologist and librarian
- Melle van Gemerden (* 1979), tennis player
- Sander Germanus (* 1972), saxophonist and composer
- Tygo Gernandt (* 1974), actor
- Madiea Ghafoor (* 1992), sprinter
- Sandy van Ginkel (1920–2009), Dutch-Canadian urban planner, architect and sculptor
- Frans Göbel (* 1959), rower, two-time world champion
- Michael Hendrik Godefroi (1814–1882), lawyer and politician
- Rob Goorhuis (* 1948), composer
- Jetta Goudal (1891–1985), American actress of Dutch origin
- Isidor Goudeket (1883-1943), Turner
- Albertus de Graaf (1907–1989), track cyclist and pacemaker
- Glennis Grace (born 1978), singer
- Andries de Graeff (1611–1678), Regent of Amsterdam, Minister of Finance of Holland
- Cornelis de Graeff (1599–1664), Regent of Amsterdam, President of the Dutch East India Company, member of the Dutch States General
- Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek (1833-1916), aristocrat, diplomat
- Ryan Gravenberch (* 2002), Dutch-Surinamese football player
- Serginho Greene (* 1982), football player
- Petrus Franciscus Greive (1811–1872), genre painter and art teacher as well as draftsman and lithographer
- Fred Grim (* 1965), soccer coach and former goalkeeper
- Sander Groen (* 1968), tennis player
- Dylan Groenewegen (* 1993), cyclist
- Harry de Groot (1920–2004), composer
- Robert Jasper Grootveld (1932–2009), forerunner and inspirer of the Provo movement, social activist
- Ruud Gullit (* 1962), soccer player and soccer coach
H
- Bernard ter Haar (1806–1880), Reformed theologian, church historian and poet
- Cox Habbema (1944–2016), actress and director
- Bernard Haitink (* 1929), conductor
- Jacob van Hall (1799-1859), legal scholar
- Walraven van Hall (1906–1945), resistance fighter
- Chantal Han (* 1966), judoka
- Badr Hari (* 1984), martial artist
- André Hazes (1951-2004), singer
- Jan Heemskerk (1818–1897), statesman
- Alfred Heineken (1923–2002), beer brewer
- Willem Hekking (1796–1862), painter
- Hellema (1921–2005), writer and resistance fighter
- Lotte Hellinga , b. 1932, book historian
- Gerhard Hendrik (also: Gerit Hendrikzoon ; 1559–1615), sculptor
- Wybrand Hendriks (1744–1831), painter and curator of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem
- Katja Herbers (* 1980), actress
- Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995), writer
- Felix Hess (1878–1943), draftsman
- Bernhard Gerhard Hilhorst (1895–1954), religious, Bishop of Morogoro
- Ernst Hirsch Ballin (* 1950), politician (CDA)
- Meindest Hobbema (1638–1709), painter
- Co Hoedeman (born 1940), animator
- Nils van 't Hoenderdaal (* 1993), cyclist
- Cor van der Hoeven (1921-2017), football player
- Silvia Hofman (* 1981), handball player
- Henk Hofstede (* 1951), musician and painter, founder of the Nits
- Meijer de Hond (1882–1943), rabbi
- Catharina Hooft (1618–1691), woman from the Dutch Golden Age
- Cornelis Hooft (1547–1627), regent of Amsterdam
- Pieter C. Hooft (1581–1647), poet, historian and playwright
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (* 1948), politician, NATO Secretary General
- Anthon van der Horst (1899–1965), organist, conductor, composer and music teacher
- Johan van Hulst (1911–2018), educator, politician and resistance fighter
- Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1625–1704) , regent of Amsterdam
- Johan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen (1599–1661), regent of Amsterdam
I.
- Piet Ikelaar (1896–1992), racing cyclist
- Jeanne Immink (1853–1929), mountaineer
- Rinus Israël (* 1942), soccer player and coach
J
- Mozes Jacobs (1905-1943), Turner
- Hans Jansen (1942–2015), Arabist, Islamic scholar and politician
- Albert de Jong (1891–1970), author and anarcho-syndicalist
- Loe de Jong (1914–2005), historian and journalist
- Nigel de Jong (* 1984), football player
- Jan Jongbloed (* 1940), football player
- Andries Jonker (* 1962), football coach
- Patrick Jonker (* 1969), Australian-Dutch racing cyclist
- Wilbert de Joode (* 1955), jazz bassist
- Johnny Jordaan (1924-1989), singer
- Charles Judels (1882–1969), Dutch-American actor
K
- Ruud Kaiser (* 1960), soccer player and coach
- Jan Kalf (1873–1954), literary scholar, art historian, journalist and secretary
- Piet Keizer (1943-2017), football player
- Sander Keller (* 1979), soccer player
- Jos van Kemenade (1937–2020), sociologist and politician
- Joan Melchior Kemper (1776–1824), politician and legal scholar
- Geert van Keulen (* 1943), composer, conductor, clarinetist and music teacher
- Thomas de Keyser (≈1596–1667), painter
- Wim Kieft (* 1962), soccer player
- Dominique Kivuvu (* 1987), Dutch-Angolan football player
- Jacob Herman Klein (1688–1748), composer
- Willem Klein (1912–1986), mental calculator
- Michel de Klerk (1884–1923), architect
- Jacobus Kloppenburg (* 1930), artist
- Justin Kluivert (* 1999), soccer player
- Patrick Kluivert (* 1976), football player
- Gerrie Knetemann (1951–2004), racing cyclist
- Frederik Samuel Knipscheer (1871–1955), theologian and historian
- Friedrich Knolle (1903–1977), German bookseller and district warden
- Dirk Koch (* 1943), German journalist and author
- Gerard Koel (* 1941), racing cyclist
- Max Kohnstamm (1914–2010), historian and diplomat
- Cora van der Kooij (1946–2018), nurse, historian and nursing scientist
- Jan Kops (1765–1849), Reformed theologian and agricultural scientist
- Bert de Kort (* 1942), jazz musician
- Jeroen Krabbé (* 1944), actor and film director
- Hendrik Kraemer (1888–1965), theologian and resistance fighter
- Piet Kramer (1881–1961), architect and designer
- Frederik H. Kreuger (1928–2015), high voltage scientist, university professor and author
- Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815–1872), painter
- Ruud Krol (* 1949), football player
- Louis Kukenheim (1905–1972), Romanist
- Paul Kunze (1904–1983), fencer
- Marjanne Kweksilber (1944–2008), soprano
L.
- Herman van Laer (1920–2005), sports official
- Denny Landzaat (* 1976), football player
- Saskia Laroo (* 1959), jazz musician
- Chris Lebeau (1878–1945), artist and anarchist
- Harmen van der Leek (1895–1941), teacher, executed resistance fighter
- Thijs van Leer (* 1948), musician and singer
- Reinbert de Leeuw (1938–2020), conductor, pianist and composer
- Ramon Leeuwin (* 1987), football player
- Enzo Leijnse (* 2001), racing cyclist
- Cornelis Lely (1854–1929), hydraulic engineer and governor
- Jacob van Lennep (1802–1868), writer
- Jeremain Lens (* 1987), football player
- Hans Liberg (* 1954), pianist and music cabaret artist
- Joost Lijbaart (* 1967), jazz drummer
- Pierre van der Linden (* 1946), jazz and rock drummer
- Leo Lionni (1910–1999), Italian graphic artist, painter and writer
- Imrich Laurence Lobo (* 1955), singer
- Leijn Loevesijn (* 1949), cyclist
- Karel Glastra van Loon (1962–2005), writer and journalist
- Derrick Luckassen (* 1995), soccer player
- Jan Luyken (1649–1712), poet, illustrator and engraver
M.
- Petrus Johannes Maan (1913–1993), Old Catholic clergyman, theologian and church politician
- Isaac Maarsen (1892–1943), rabbi
- Frans Mahn (1933–1995), racing cyclist
- Werner Mangold (1927–2020), German sociologist
- Rosa Manus (1881–1942), feminist and activist
- Fien de la Mar (1898–1965), actress and chanteuse
- Johannes Christiaan de Marez Oyens (1845–1911), politician
- Hennie Marinus (1938–2018), racing cyclist
- Barry Markus (* 1991), racing cyclist
- Agneta Matthes (1847–1909), entrepreneur
- Erik Meijer (* 1944), politician
- Ischa Meijer (1943–1995), journalist, writer and talk show host
- Johnny Meijer (1912–1992), jazz and entertainment musician
- Joseph Mendes da Costa (1863–1939), sculptor
- Herman Meyer (1911–1993), Germanist, literary historian and university professor
- Christian Julius Frederik de Meza (1727–1800), doctor
- Rinus Michels (1928–2005), football coach
- Lion van Minden (1880–1944), fencer
- Monne de Miranda (1875–1942), local politician and trade unionist
- Henk Molleman (1935–2005), politician
- Jacob van Moppes (1876-1943), wrestler
- Zerka T. Moreno (1917–2016), American psychotherapist and co-founder of psychodrama
- Bouchra Moudou (* 1986), soccer player
- Ger van Mourik (1931–2017), football player
- Tim Mudde (* 1965), one of the most active right-wing extremists in the Netherlands
- Jeroen Mul (* 1990), racing car driver
- Salo Muller (born 1936), author, physiotherapist and survivor of the Holocaust
- Pieter Muntendam (1901–1986), physician and politician
- Tom Mutters (1917–2016), founder of Lebenshilfe
N
- Klaas van Nek (1899–1986), racing cyclist
- Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846–1919), politician
- Sylvia Nooij (1984-2017), football player
- Reinier Nooms (around 1623 - 1664), marine painter and etcher of the 17th century
- Abdelhak Nouri (* 1997), football player
O
- Tom Okker (* 1944), tennis player
- Esmée Olthuis (* 1969), jazz musician
- Kees Olthuis (1940–2019), bassoonist, pianist and composer
- André Ooijer (* 1974), football player
- Huub Oosterhuis (* 1933), theologian and poet
- Else Otten (1873–1931), translator
- Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans (1827–1906), astronomer
- Ruud Ouwehand (* 1958), jazz musician
- Quincy Owusu-Abeyie (born 1986), footballer
P
- Jetty Paerl (1921-2013), singer
- Abraham Pais (1918-2000), physicist
- Jean Henri Pareau (1761–1833), orientalist and Reformed theologian
- Koene Dirk Parmentier (1904–1948), aviation pioneer
- Alex Pastoor (* 1966), soccer player and coach
- Joost Patocka (* 1969), jazz musician
- Vera Pauw (* 1963), soccer coach
- Emil Pfeifer (1806–1889), German entrepreneur
- George Pieterson (1942-2016), clarinetist
- Henriëtte Pimentel (1876–1943), resistance fighter
- Willem Polak (1915–1993), Dutch SS member and war criminal
- Peter Post (1933–2011), cyclist
- Tiago Postma (1932–2002), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Garanhuns in Brazil
- Bernard Povel (1897–1952), German industrialist and politician (CDU)
- Karin Prien (* 1965), German local politician (CDU)
R.
- Walther vom Rath (1857–1940), scientist, entrepreneur and first deputy chairman of the IG Farben supervisory board
- Nicolaas Wilhelm Pieter Rauwenhoff (1826–1909), biologist
- Abraham Mozes Reens (1870–1930), Jewish author and socialist
- Jacob van Rees (1854–1928), author and anarchist
- Marie van Regteren Altena (1868–1958), portrait painter
- Theodor Rehbock (1864–1950), hydraulic engineer and professor in Karlsruhe
- Minca Bosch Reitz (1870–1950), sculptor and author
- Rob Rensenbrink (1947-2020), football player
- Nico Richter (1915–1945), composer
- Jaïro Riedewald (* 1996), football player
- Frank Rijkaard (* 1962), football player
- Dries Riphagen (1909–1973), criminal and collaborator
- Jerry Rix (1947-2016), singer
- Willem Frederik Röell (1767–1835), Foreign Minister and longstanding Chairman of the First Chamber
- Geertruydt Roghman (1625 - between 1651 and 1657), draftsman, etcher and engraver
- Magdalena Roghman (1637 - after 1669), engraver
- Edsilia Rombley (* 1978), singer
- Bernard de Roos (* 1957), manager
- Joannes Philippus Roothaan (1785-1853), Order General
- Louis Le Roy (1924–2012), architect
- Willem Ruska (1940-2015), Olympic champion in judo
- Rachel Ruysch (1664–1750), Baroque painter
S.
- Judith Sargentini (* 1974), politician
- Maud Sauer (* 1952), musician and composer
- Willy Schagen (* 1925), boxer
- Pi Scheffer (1909–1988), composer and conductor
- Guus Schilling (1876–1951), track cyclist and trainer
- Luud Schimmelpennink (* 1935), politician, inventor
- Rob Scholte (* 1958) visual artist
- Piet Schoonenberg (1911–1999), Catholic theologian
- Mien Schopman-Klaver (1911-2018), track and field athlete
- Jaap Schröder (1925–2020), violinist and conductor
- Georgine Schwartze (1854–1935), sculptor
- Johann Georg Schwartze (1814–1874), portrait, landscape and genre painter
- Thérèse Schwartze (1851–1918), portrait painter
- Emile Schrijver (born 1962), director of the Jewish cultural quarter
- Cees See (1934–1985), jazz drummer and percussionist
- Edouard Silas (1827–1909), composer and organist
- Adam Simons (1770–1834), Reformed theologian, poet, rhetorician and historian
- Jonas Slier (1886-1942), Turner
- Tialda van Slogteren (* 1985), singer, model and television actress
- Leo Smit (1900–1943), composer and pianist
- Frits Soetekouw (1938–2019), football player
- Maarten Solleveld (* 1979), chess player
- Renée Soutendijk (* 1957), actress
- Baruch de Spinoza (1632–1677), philosopher
- Daniel Sprong (* 1997), ice hockey player
- John Stol (1885–1973), cyclist
- Jacobus Stompé (* 1962), darts player
- Jacoba Surie (1879–1970), portrait painter
- Jan Swammerdam (1637–1680), natural scientist, founder of the theory of preformations
T
- Max Tak (1891–1967), musician, film composer and foreign correspondent
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), zoologist
- Jan Timman (* 1951), chess player
- Nicolaes Tulp (1593–1674), surgeon and mayor
- Frits van Tuyll van Serooskerken (1851-1924), sports official
V
- Alex Van Halen (* 1953), drummer and percussionist with Van Halen
- Selma Vaz Dias (1911–1977), actress
- Lau Veldt (* 1953), track cyclist
- Sem Verbeek (* 1994), tennis player
- Marion Verbruggen (* 1950), recorder player
- Jacob Verdam (1845-1919), Dutchist
- Rob Verdurmen (* 1953), jazz musician
- Paul Verhoeven (* 1938), film director
- Jan Vereleration (1919–1944), resistance fighter
- Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (1901–1966), South African politician
- Henricus Egbertus Vinke (1794–1862), Reformed theologian
- Simon Vinkenoog (1928–2009), writer and poet
- Cornelis Visscher (1629–1662), engraver
- Elizabeth Visser (1908–1987), ancient historian
- Ruben Visser (* 1989), poker player
- Kees Vlak (1938–2014), composer and musician
- Henk Vonhoff (1931–2010), politician
- Hans Vonk (1942–2004), conductor
- Herman Jacob van der Voort in de Betouw (1847–1902), painter
- Maria Vos (1824–1906), painter
- Jan de Vries (1858-1940), mathematician
W.
- Sam Waagenaar (1908–1997), photographer and author, biographer Mata Haris
- Nicolaas van der Waay (1855–1936), painter
- Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903–1996), mathematician
- Carl August Walbrodt (1871–1902), German chess player
- Tim Welvaars (* 1951), jazz musician
- Anton Wendler (1934-2017), Austrian opera singer (tenor)
- Frits Went (1863-1935), botanist
- Rosy Wertheim (1888–1949), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Betsy Westendorp-Osieck (1880–1968), painter
- Gregory van der Wiel (* 1988), football player
- Martin Wierstra (1928–1985), track cyclist
- Ko Willems (1900–1983), racing cyclist
- Herman de Wit (1932–1995), jazz musician
- Jan Wolff (1941–2012), musician and music manager ( Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ )
Z
- Annie Nicolette Zadoks-Josephus Jitta (1904–2000), numismatist and classical archaeologist
- Philip Van Zandt (1904–1958), Dutch-American actor
- Anne Zernike (1887–1972), theologian
- Frits Zernike (1888–1966), physicist
- Bernard Zweers (1854–1924), composer
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