Leiden - Notable Inhabitants

Notable Inhabitants

See also People from Leiden

The following is a selection of important Leidenaren throughout history:

  • Rembrandt van Rijn, 1606–1669, painter.
  • Ludolph van Ceulen, 1540–1610, mathematician, computed Pi.
  • Marinus van der Lubbe, 1909–1934, accused of setting fire to the Reichstag in Berlin.
  • Herman Boerhaave, 1668–1738, humanist and physician.
  • Jan Steen, 1626–1679, painter.
  • Gegard Mousasi, 1985–, Professional MMA fighter of Armenian descent.
  • Rodney Glunder 1975, professional MMA fighter of Surinamese descent.
  • Johann Bachstrom, 1688–1742, writer, scientist and Lutheran theologian.
  • Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, 1697–1770, anatomist.
  • Aart Vijfvinkel, 1842–1900, World Famous Shoemaker, Prominent member of the 1886 Doleantie reform.
  • Love Brewster, 1611-1650/1, pilgrim.
  • William Brewster, 1567–1644, pilgrim.
  • William Bradford, 1590–1657, pilgrim, leader of the American Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts.
  • Gerard Dou, 1613–1675, painter.
  • Jouke de Vries, 1960, professor at Leiden university, runner-up candidate for the PVDA elections in 2002 (lost to Wouter Bos), currently resides at Leiden.
  • Cornelius Engelbrechtszoon, 1468–1533, painter.
  • Jan van Goyen, 1596–1656, painter.
  • John of Leiden, 1509?–1536, leader of the Anabaptist Münster Rebellion.
  • Philipp Franz Bathasar von Siebold, 1796–1866, physician, collector, 'Japanologist'.
  • Lucas van Leyden, 1494–1533, engraver and painter.
  • Gabriel Metsu, 1629–1667, painter.
  • Frans Post, 1612–1680, painter.
  • Pieter de Ring, ca 1615–1660, painter
  • Theo van Doesburg, 1883–1931, painter, architect, writer.
  • Willebrord Snell, 1580–1626, astronomer and mathematician.
  • Johannes Diderik van der Waals, 1837–1923, physicist.
  • Hendrik Lorentz, 1853–1928, physicist.
  • Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, 1853–1926, physicist.
  • Pieter Zeeman, 1865–1943, physicist.
  • Willem de Sitter, 1872–1934, mathematician, physicist, astronomer.
  • Paul Ehrenfest, 1880–1933, physicist.
  • Hendrik Casimir, 1909–2000, physicist.
  • Jan Hendrik Oort, 1900–1992, astronomer.
  • Willem Einthoven, 1860–1927, physician, physiologist.
  • Pieter Adriaansz. van der Werff, 1529–1604, mayor of Leiden.
  • William II, 1228–1256, count of Holland, later also king of Germany.
  • Gottfried van Swieten, 1733–1803, diplomat, friendship and collaboration with several great composers.
  • Nina Foch, 1924–2008, actress/ acting teacher.
  • Armin Van Buuren, 1976, music/ DJ.

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