# List of people from Leeuwarden

This is a chronological list of the most notable people from Leeuwarden, who were either born and raised there or were long-term residents. For a more extensive, alphabetical list see People from Leeuwarden.
    See also List of mayors of Leeuwarden

## Born in Leeuwarden
### 15th century

* Wijerd Jelckama (c. 1490–1523), military commander
* Hendrik Niehoff (1495–c. 1561), pipe organ maker

### 16th century

* Obbe Philips (c. 1500–1568), anabaptist
* Dirk Philips (1504–1568), anabaptist and theologian
* Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–c. 1607), architect, painter, and engineer
* Johannes Basius (c. 1540–1596), lawyer
* Dominicus Arumaeus (1579–1637), jurist
* Pieter de Valck (1584–1624), painter
* Wybrand de Geest (1592–1661), painter
* Matthijs Harings (1593–1667), painter
* Jeronimus Cornelisz (1598–1629), apothecary

### 17th century

* Margaretha de Heer (1603–1665), painter
* Douwe Juwes de Dowe (1608–1662), painter
* Maerten Boelema de Stomme (1611–1644), painter
* Saskia van Uylenburg (1612–1642), wife of the painter Rembrandt van Rijn
* Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel (1622–1672), painter
* Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635–1711), minister
* Wigerus Vitringa (1657–1725), painter
* Campegius Vitringa (1659–1722), theologian
* Siwart Haverkamp (1684–1742), classicist

### 18th century

* Matthijs Accama (1702–1783), painter
* Jacques-Georges Chauffepié (1702–1786), biographer, preacher
* Douwe Sirtema van Grovestins (1710–1778), courtier and politician
* Willem van Haren (1710–1768), poet
* Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710–1777), princess
* William IV, Prince of Orange (1711–1751), stadtholder
* Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (1715–1785), classical scholar
* Rienk Jelgerhuis (1729–1806), painter
* Joachim van Plettenberg (1739–1793), colonial governor
* Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743–1787), regent
* Theodorus van Kooten (1749–1813), poet and politician
* Johannes Jelgerhuis (1770–1836), painter and actor
* Sybren Klazes Sybrandi (1772–1854), mennonite minister
* Eelke Jelles Eelkema (1788–1839), painter
* Wilhelmina van Idsinga (1788–1819), painter
* Jacobus Schroeder van der Kolk (1797–1862), anatomist and physiologist

### 19th century

* Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818–1898), lieutenant-at-sea and painter
* Julius Vitringa Coulon (1824–1878), politician
* Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904), painter
* Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar (1832–1898), botanist
* Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894), minister and romantic author
* Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), knighted painter
* Sierk Coolsma (1840–1926), missionary and writer
* George Arnold Escher (1843–1939), civil engineer
* Klaas Plantinga (1846–1922), distiller
* Richard Bisschop (1849–1926), painter
* Cornelis Adriaan Lobry van Troostenburg de Bruyn (1857–1904), chemist
* Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930), politician
* Dirk van Erp (1860–1933), artisan and metalsmith
* Johannes Henricus Gerardus Jansen (1868–1936), archbishop
* Max Dwinger (1870–1939), fencer
* Theo Molkenboer (1871–1920), painter
* Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873–1937), gynaecologist
* Folkert Posthuma (1874–1943), politician
* Mata Hari (1876–1917), exotic dancer and courtesan, possible double agent
* Gerhard Westermann (1880–1971), artist
* Richard Hageman (1881–1966), conductor, pianist, composer, and actor
* Max Blokzijl (1884-1946), singer and journalist
* Hendrik Wouda (1885–1946), architect
* Jacob Baart de la Faille (1886–1959), art critic
* Arie Bijvoet (1891–1976), footballer
* Bert Sas (1892–1948), military attaché
* Ate Faber (1894–1962), fencer
* Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (1898–1994), sculptor, engraver and painter
* Sijtse Jansma (1898–1977), tug of war competitor
* Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898–1936), poet and novelist
* M. C. Escher (1898–1972), graphic artist

### 20th century
#### 1900s

* Christine Buisman (1900–1936), phytopathologist
* Koos Sinninghe Damsté (1902–1995), lawyer
* Pieter Oosterhoff (1904–1978), astronomer
* Havank (1904–1964), writer, journalist, and translator
* Piet Zanstra (1905–2003), architect
* Roeffie Vermeulen (1906–1963), sailor
* Jan Graafland (born 1909), footballer
* Petrus Wijtse Winkel (1909–2012), colonial administrator

#### 1910s

* Albert Winsemius (1910–1996), economist
* Bernard Slicher van Bath (1910–2004), historian
* Bert Bakker (1912–1969), writer
* Nina Baanders-Kessler (1915–2002), sculptor
* Haije Kramer (1917–2004), chess player

#### 1920s

* Folkert de Roos (1920–2000), economist
* Ted Meines (1921–2016), army general and activist
* Ruurd Dirk Hoogland (1922–1994), botanist and explorer
* Jan de Vries (1924–2012), soldier
* Jitse van der Veen (1928–1976), swimmer
* Jaap Boersma (1929–2012), politician
* Wim Cohen (1923–2000), mathematician

#### 1930s

* Eva and Abraham Beem (1932/1934–1944), young Jewish Holocaust victims
* Jan Hettema (1933–2016), cyclist
* Jan D. Achenbach (born 1935), engineer
* Sieta Posthumus (born 1936), swimmer
* Nikolai van der Heyde (born 1936), film director and screenwriter
* Cor Boonstra (born 1938), chief executive
* Cornelis Dirk Andriesse (born 1939), physicist

#### 1940s

* Johan Bleeker (born 1942), space technology scientist
* Sytse Douma (born 1942), organizational theorist
* Cisca Dresselhuys (born 1943), journalist and magazine editor
* Femme Gaastra (born 1945), historian
* Hans Monderman (1945–2008), traffic engineer
* L. Bouke van der Meer (born 1945), archaeologist
* Meindert Fennema (born 1946), political scientist
* Piet Hoekstra (born 1947), cyclist
* Theo de Jong (born 1947), footballer and football manager
* Rudy Koopmans (born 1948), boxer
* Tom Pitstra (born 1949), politician
* Oeki Hoekema (born 1949), footballer

#### 1950s

* Peter den Oudsten (born 1951), mayor
* Harm Wiersma (born 1953), draughts player and politician
* Margreeth Smilde (born 1954), politician
* Jan Hogendijk (born 1955), mathematician and historian
* Henk van der Zwan (born 1956), diplomat
* Koos Formsma (born 1957), businessman
* Piet Wildschut (born 1957), footballer
* Piter Wilkens (born 1959), musician

#### 1960s

* Hendrik Tolman (born 1961), civil engineer
* Foeke Booy (born 1962), footballer and football manager
* Annejet van der Zijl (born 1962), writer
* Aukje de Vries (born 1964), politician
* Jan Veenhof (born 1969), footballer

#### 1970s

* Tjitske Reidinga (born 1972), actress
* Richard Schuil (born 1973), beach volleyball player
* Jarich Bakker (born 1974), cyclist
* Peter van der Vlag (born 1977), footballer

#### 1980s

* Rune Massing (born 1980), badminton player
* Harm Zeinstra (born 1989), footballer

#### 1990s

* Sander Arends (born 1991), tennis player
* Sanne Wevers (born 1991), gymnast
* Lieke Wevers (born 1991), gymnast
* Mark Diemers (born 1993), footballer
* Itzhak de Laat (born 1994), short track speed skater
* Joost Klein (born 1997), musician and rapper