Notable Alumni and Faculty
- Wim de Bie - writer, satirist, comedian
- Lans Bovenberg - economist
- Wim van de Donk - politician
- Afshin Ellian - professor of law, philosopher, poet, critic of Islam
- Max Euwe - chess Grandmaster, mathematician, former President of FIDE
- Ernst Hirsch Ballin - former Dutch Minister of Justice
- Geert Hofstede - social psychologist, anthropologist (see Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory)
- Servais Knaven - cyclist
- Ruud Lubbers - former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (2001 - 2005)
- Norbert Schmelzer - former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Max van der Stoel - politician, first High Commissioner of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- Cees Veerman - former Dutch Minister of Agriculture
- Herman Wijffels - economist and politician
- In 2002, Tilburg University awarded honorary doctorates to Kofi Annan and Prof. Ariel Rubinstein in the presence of Queen Beatrix and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
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