Colonization
- Kiliaen van Rensselaer (before 1596 – after 1643), co-founder of the Dutch West India Company and first patroon of Rensselaerswyck
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Peter Stuyvesant (c. 1612–1672), colonial governor of the New Netherland colony.
- Jan van Riebeeck (1619–1677), commander of the Cape Colony and founder of Cape Town
Oliver van Noort
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