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.