# List of people from Utrecht

This is a list of notable people from the city of Utrecht, Netherlands.

## Arts and entertainment

* Louis Andriessen - composer
* Dick Bruna - writer, illustrator (Miffy children's books)
* Gerald Clayton - jazz pianist
* Gerti Daub - beauty pageant winner
* Hubert de Blanck - pianist, composer, founder of the Cuban National Conservatory of Music
* Hendrick de Keyser - architect and sculptor
* Melchior d'Hondecoeter - painter
* Sharon Doorson - musician
* EliZe - singer
* Ronald Giphart - author
* Arthur Japin - novelist
* Fred Kaps - magician, illusionist
* Sylvia Kristel - actress and model
* Fedde le Grand - musician (Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit)
* Robert Long - singer
* Erhard Reuwich - fifteenth-century artist and illustrator
* Gerrit Rietveld - designer, architect (De Stijl movement)
* Wim Sonneveld - comedian, singer
* Dirk van der Burg - painter, watercolourist
* Theo van Doesburg - painter, artist (De Stijl movement)
* Herman van Veen - comedian, singer
* Henk Westbroek - singer, DJ, local politician, bar owner
* Antonius Wyngaerde - composer

## Clergy

* Pope Adrian VI - head of the Catholic Church

## Industry

* Jeroen van der Veer - former CEO of Shell
* Paul Fentener van Vlissingen - former CEO of SHV Holdings

## Military

* Karel Doorman - Rear Admiral; Commander of ABDA fleet during Battle of the Java Sea
* Trijn van Leemput - local heroine of the Eighty Years' War
* Olivier van Noort - mariner and explorer

## Politics

* Joba van den Berg - Christian Democratic Appeal MP
* Arjan El Fassed - GreenLeft MP
* Anton Reinhard Falck - politician and lawyer
* Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen - GreenLeft MP

## Royalty

* Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, the current King of the Netherlands

## Science

* C.H.D. Buys Ballot - meteorologist, Buys Ballot law
* Gerard 't Hooft - Nobel prize in Physics 1999

## Sports

* Johan Aantjes - water polo player and coach
* John Achterberg - former footballer and goalkeeping coach
* Ibrahim Afellay - football player
* Ismail Aissati - football player
* Tessa Appeldoorn - rower
* Jacques Brinkman - field hockey player
* Det de Beus - field hockey player
* Germaine de Randamie – kickboxer and mixed martial artist
* Fedor den Hertog - cyclist
* Rob Druppers - middle distance runner
* Anton Geesink - judo champion
* Zakaria Labyad - football player
* Martha Laurijsen - rower
* Priscilla Maaswinkel - ten-pin bowler
* Hans Parrel - water polo player
* Wesley Sneijder - football player
* Patricia Stokkers - swimmer
* Carole Thate - field hockey player
* Jurriën Timber (born 2001), football player
* Jochem Uytdehaage - ice speed skater
* Marco van Basten - coach and former football player
* Hans van Breukelen - former football player
* Diana van der Plaats - swimmer
* Marieke van Drogenbroek - rower
* Willem van Hanegem - football player
* John van Loen - football player
* Dafne Schippers - track and field
* Wim van Spingelen - water polo player
* Gerald Vanenburg - football player
* Sonny Waaldijk - basketball player
* Jason Wilnis - kickboxer and mixed martial artist
* Jahfarr Wilnis - kickboxer, brother of Jason Wilnis
* Gerrit Wormgoor - water polo player
* Jan Wouters - football player

## Other

* Maria van Pallaes (1587–1664), philanthropist

## Fictional

* Dr. Strabismus (whom God preserve) of Utrecht - immortal uber eccentric scientist and inventor, created by J. B. Morton in his Beachcomber series. His inventions included a leather grape, a revolving wheelbarrow, and a hollow glass walking stick for keeping very small flannel shirts in.