List of sons and daughters of the city of Delft

This is a list of famous people who were born in the Dutch city of Delft .

1401-1600

Michiel van Mierevelt
(1567–1641)

Adolphus Vorstius
(1597–1663)

Aert van der Goes (1475–1545), politician
Cornelis Musius (1500–1572), Roman Catholic priest and monastery rector , humanist scholar, poet and art collector

Adriaen van der Goes (1505–1560), state advocate for Holland

Hugo Blotius (1533–1608), lawyer and librarian

Christian Kruik von Adrichem (1533–1585), priest and writer

Pontus Heuterus (1535–1602), historian and Roman Catholic clergyman

Cornelis de Groot (1546–1610), legal scholar

Sasbout Vosmeer (1548–1614), Roman Catholic bishop

Arent Jacobsz van der Graeff (1557–1642), Mayor of Delft

Michiel van Mierevelt (1567–1641), painter

Jacob Woutersz Vosmaer (1574–1641), still life painter

Floris van Dyck (1575–1651), still life painter

Luise Juliana of Oranien-Nassau (1576–1644), Electress of the Palatinate

Piet Pieterszoon Heyn (1577–1629), privateer

Outgert Cluyt (1578–1636), doctor, botanist and entomologist

Willem Jacobszoon Delff (1580–1638), engraver and painter

Hugo Grotius (1583–1645), philosopher, Reformed theologian, legal scholar and early enlightener

Friedrich Heinrich of Orange (1584–1647), governor of the United Netherlands

Adriaen Pietersz. van de Venne (1589–1662), painter and poet

Daniel Mytens (1590–1647), English painter with Flemish roots

Leonaert Bramer (1596–1674), painter

Nicolaas Dedel (1597–1646), legal scholar

Adolphus Vorstius (1597–1663), medic and botanist

1601-1700

David Beck
(1621-1656)

Anthonie Palamedesz. (1601–1673), portrait and genre painter

Evert van Aelst (1602–1657), still life painter

Simon Kick (1603-1652), painter

Christiaen Gillisz. van Couwenbergh (1604–1667), painter

Maarten van den Hove (1605–1639), astronomer

Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet (1611 / 1612–1675), painter of the Golden Age

David Beck (1621–1656), portrait painter

Egbert van der Poel (1621–1664), painter

Daniel Vosmaer (1622–1669 / 1670), painter

Willem van Aelst (1627–1683), still life painter

Christoph Delphicus von Dohna (1628–1668), Swedish general and diplomat

Nicolaes Vosmaer (1629–1664), painter of sea views

Philippus Baldaeus (1632–1671), reformed clergyman, writer, proto-Indologist and ethnologist

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), natural scientist, builder and user of light microscopes

Jan Vermeer (1632–1675), Baroque painter

Anthonie Heinsius (1641–1720), statesman and councilor

1701-1900

Martinus van Marum
(1750-1837)

Johannes Willem Bergansius
(1836–1913)

Franco Pauw (1714–1776), local politician
Nicolaas Hoogvliet (1729–1777), Reformed theologian
Martinus van Marum (1750–1837), doctor, naturalist, chemist and scientist
Michael Jacobus Macquelijn (1771-1852), medic
Philippe-Charles Schmerling (1790–1836), Belgian physician, anatomist and paleontologist
Antonius Henricus van der Boon Mesch (1804–1874), chemist and agricultural scientist
Suzanne Manet (1829–1906), Dutch-French pianist
Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land (1834–1897), orientalist and philosopher
Johannes Willem Bergansius (1836–1913), lieutenant general and politician
Lambert van Meerten (1842–1904), art and antiques collector
Bernard Gijlswijk (1870–1944), Roman Catholic Archbishop and Diplomat of the Holy See
Hugo Alexander Koch (1870–1928), inventor
Jan Thomée (1886–1954), football player
Henri van Schaik (1899–1991), eventing rider

1901-1970

Nico Haak
(1939–1990)

Marjo van der Knaap
(* 1958)

Alexander Pechtold
(* 1965)

Wouter C. Braat (1903-2000), archaeologist
Joop van Nellen (1910–1992), football player
Jan Schoonhoven (1914–1994), artist
Martinus Osendarp (1916–2002), track and field athlete
Ton Lutz (1919–2009), actor and director
Luc Lutz (1924–2001), actor
Cornelis Kalkman (1928–1998), botanist
Dolf Verroen (* 1928), writer, critic, translator and essayist
Wilhelmus Luxemburg (1929–2018), mathematician
Robert Janssen (1931–2019), clinical psychologist and indologist
Cees Douma (* 1933), architect
Jan Henderikse (* 1937), artist
Christina Baas-Kaiser (* 1938), speed skater
Nico Haak (1939–1990), pop singer and entertainer
Piet van der Kruk (* 1941), weightlifter and shot putter
Jan Koster (* 1945), linguist
Poul de Haan (* 1947), helmsman in rowing
Ria Stalman (* 1951), sports journalist and athlete
Dennis de Jong (* 1955), politician
Theo van Lint (* 1957), poor lodge
Marjo van der Knaap (* 1958), neurologist and university professor
Frank Leistra (* 1960), hockey player
Philip van der Eijk (* 1962), classical philologist, medical historian and literary scholar
Eric Wiebes (* 1963), politician
Alexander Pechtold (* 1965), politician
Ingrid van Engelshoven (* 1966), politician
Eeke van Nes (* 1969), rower
Simon Vroemen (* 1969), obstacle runner