Notable People Born in Den Helder
- William Lonsdale (1799-1864), soldier, colonialist, founding administrator of Melbourne, Australia
- Dorus Rijkers (1847-1928), lifeboat captain and folk hero
- Edward W. Bok (1863-1930), Dutch-American editor, Pulitzer Prize winner
- Anton Pieck (1895-1987), painter and graphic artist
- Gré Brouwenstijn (1915-1999), opera singer
- Frans van Anraat (b. 1942), businessman, sold raw materials for the production of chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein
- Gerard 't Hooft (b. 1946), physicist, 1999 Nobel Prize winner
- Rijkman Groenink (b. 1949), banker, CEO of ABN-Amro
- Swen Nater (b. 1950), basketball player
- Ed Nijpels (b. 1950), former minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (1986–1989) and former mayor of Breda
- Paul Rosenmöller (b. 1956), politician and journalist, former leader of the Groenlinks party
- Hans Smits (b. 1956), water polo player
- Marleen Barth (b. 1964), politician, trade union leader and journalist
- Martine Ohr (b. 1964), field hockey striker
- Edith Bosch (b. 1980), Judo world champion and Olympic silver and bronze medalist
- Menno de Jong (b. 1984), trance DJ
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