# List of rectores magnifici of Leiden University

This is a list of chancellors (rectores magnifici) of Leiden University, as from 1575. Three Nobel laureates are among these chancellors: Hendrik Lorentz, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Willem Einthoven.

## 16th century
### 1575–1600

| Period | Name | Additional info |
| 1575–1576 | Peter Tiara | |
| 1576–1577 | Guilliaume Feuguiéres | |
| 1577–1578 | Peter Tiara | |
| 1578–1579 | Peter Tiara | |
| 1579–1580 | Justus Lipsius | |
| 1580–1581 | Justus Lipsius | |
| 1581–1582 | Cornelis de Groot | |
| 1582–1583 | Gerard Bontius | |
| 1583–1584 | Johannes Heurnius | |
| 1584–1585 | Johannes Heurnius | |
| 1585–1586 | Adrianus Saravia | |
| 1586–1587 | Adrianus Saravia | |
| 1587–1588 | Justus Lipsius | |
| 1588–1589 | Justus Lipsius | |
| 1589–1590 | Julius van Beyma | |
| 1590–1591 | Julius van Beyma | |
| 1591–1592 | Thomas Sosius | Also: Thomas Zoesius or Thomas van Soest |
| 1592–1593 | Johannes Heurnius | |
| 1593–1594 | Johannes Heurnius | |
| 1594–1595 | Cornelis de Groot | |
| 1595–1596 | Cornelis de Groot | |
| 1596–1597 | Cornelis de Groot | |
| 1597–1598 | Franciscus Gomarus | |
| 1598–1599 | Franciscus Gomarus | |
| 1599 | Gerard Bontius | |
| 1599–1600 | Johannes Heurnius | |
| 1600–1601 | Johannes Heurnius | |

## 17th century
### 1601–1620

| Period | Name |
| 1601–1602 | Pieter Pauw |
| 1602–1603 | Paulus Merula |
| 1603–1604 | Cornelis de Groot |
| 1604–1605 | Everhard van Bronchorst |
| 1605–1606 | Jacobus Arminius |
| 1606–1607 | Pieter Pauw |
| 1607–1608 | Rudolph Snellius |
| 1608–1609 | Cornelis de Groot |
| 1609–1610 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius |
| 1610–1611 | Rudolph Snellius |
| 1611–1612 | Rudolph Snellius |
| 1612–1613 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius |
| 1613–1614 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1614–1615 | Pieter Pauw |
| 1615–1616 | Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg |
| 1616–1617 | Willem van der Codde |
| 1617–1618 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1618–1619 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1619–1620 | Reiner Bontius |
| 1620–1621 | Reiner Bontius |

### 1621–1640

| Period | Name |
| 1621–1622 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius |
| 1622–1623 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius |
| 1623–1624 | Petrus Cunaeus |
| 1624–1625 | Petrus Cunaeus |
| 1625–1626 | Antonius Walaeus |
| 1626–1627 | Antonius Walaeus |
| 1627–1628 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1628–1629 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1629–1630 | Franco Burgersdijk |
| 1630–1631 | Franco Burgersdijk |
| 1631–1632 | Ewaldus Schrevelius |
| 1632–1633 | Petrus Cunaeus |
| 1633–1634 | Antonius Thysius |
| 1634–1635 | Franco Burgersdijk |
| 1635–1636 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1636–1637 | Adolphus Vorstius |
| 1637–1638 | Petrus Cunaeus |
| 1638–1639 | Constantine L'Empereur |
| 1639 | Antonius Walaeus |
| 1639–1640 | Nicolaus Dedel |
| 1640–1641 | Johannes Polyander |

### 1641–1660

| Period | Name |
| 1641–1642 | Otto Heurnius |
| 1642–1643 | Jacobus Golius |
| 1643–1644 | Jacobus Trigland |
| 1644–1645 | Bernardus Schotanus |
| 1645–1646 | Johannes Polyander |
| 1646–1647 | Ewaldus Schrevelius |
| 1647–1648 | Friedrich Spanheim |
| 1648–1649 | Otto Heurnius |
| 1649–1650 | Arnold Vinnius |
| 1650–1651 | Jacobus Trigland |
| 1651–1652 | Jacobus Golius |
| 1652–1653 | Adolphus Vorstius |
| 1653–1654 | Jacobus Maestertius |
| 1654–1655 | Abraham Heidanus |
| 1655 | Albertus Kyperus |
| 1655–1656 | Joannes Antonides Van Der Linden |
| 1656–1657 | Jacobus Golius |
| 1657 | Arnold Vinnius |
| 1657–1658 | Adriaan Beeckerts van Thienen |
| 1658–1659 | Antonius Thysius jr. |
| 1659–1660 | Johannes Cocceius |
| 1660–1661 | Adolphus Vorstius |

### 1661–1680

| Period | Name |
| 1661–1662 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius |
| 1662–1663 | Abraham Heidanus |
| 1663–1664 | Adriaan Beeckerts van Thienen |
| 1664–1665 | Johannes Hoornbeek |
| 1665–1666 | Jacobus Golius |
| 1666–1667 | Florentius Schuyl |
| 1667–1668 | Albertus Rusius |
| 1668–1669 | Johannes Cocceius |
| 1669–1670 | Franciscus Sylvius |
| 1670–1671 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius |
| 1671–1672 | Abraham Heidanus |
| 1672–1673 | Albertus Rusius |
| 1673–1674 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger |
| 1674–1675 | Arnoldus Seijen |
| 1675–1676 | Johann Friedrich Böckelmann |
| 1676–1677 | Johannes Coccius |
| 1677–1678 | Stephanus le Moyne |
| 1678–1679 | Anton Matthäus III. |
| 1679–1680 | Charles Drelincourt |
| 1680–1681 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger |

### 1681–1700

| Period | Name |
| 1681–1682 | Johannes Voet |
| 1682–1683 | Theodorus Rijcke |
| 1683–1684 | Antonius Hulsius |
| 1684–1685 | Lucas Schacht |
| 1685–1686 | Wolferdus Senguerdius |
| 1686–1687 | Johannes Voet |
| 1687–1688 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger |
| 1688–1689 | Charles Drelincourt |
| 1689–1690 | Jacobus Trigland jr. |
| 1690–1691 | Paul Hermann |
| 1691–1692 | Wolferdus Senguerdius |
| 1692–1693 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger |
| 1693–1694 | Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius |
| 1694–1695 | Charles Drelincourt |
| 1695–1696 | Johannes a Marck |
| 1696–1697 | Govert Bidloo |
| 1697–1698 | Burchard de Volder |
| 1698–1699 | Gerhard Noodt |
| 1699–1700 | Jacobus Trigland jr. |
| 1700–1701 | Frederick Dekkers |

## 18th century
### 1701–1720

| Period | Name |
| 1701–1702 | Wolferdus Senguerdius |
| 1702–1703 | Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius |
| 1703–1704 | Jacobus Gronovius |
| 1704–1705 | Salomon van Til |
| 1705–1706 | Gerhard Noodt |
| 1706–1707 | Jacobus le Mort |
| 1707–1708 | Perizonius |
| 1708–1709 | Franciscus Fabricius |
| 1709–1710 | Johannes Voet |
| 1710–1711 | Bernhardus Albinus |
| 1711–1712 | Jacobus Gronovius |
| 1712–1713 | Johannes a Marck |
| 1713–1714 | Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius |
| 1714–1715 | Herman Boerhaave |
| 1715–1716 | Wolferdus Senguerdius |
| 1716–1717 | Franciscus Fabricius |
| 1717–1718 | Antonius Schultingh |
| 1718–1719 | Johannes Jacobus Rau |
| 1719–1720 | Pieter Burman the Elder |
| 1720–1721 | Tako Hajo van den Honert |

### 1721–1740

| Period | Name |
| 1721–1722 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius |
| 1722–1723 | Hermannus Oosterdijk Schacht |
| 1723–1724 | Willem Jacob 's Gravesande |
| 1724–1725 | Franciscus Fabricius |
| 1725–1726 | Johann Ortwin Westenberg |
| 1726–1727 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus |
| 1727–1728 | Jacobus Wittichius |
| 1728–1729 | Johannes Wesselius |
| 1729–1730 | Antonius Schultingh |
| 1730–1731 | Herman Boerhaave |
| 1731–1732 | Pieter Burman the Elder |
| 1732–1733 | Tako Hajo van den Honert |
| 1733–1734 | Johann Ortwin Westenberg |
| 1734–1735 | Hermannus Oosterdijk Schacht |
| 1735–1736 | Jacobus Wittichius |
| 1736–1737 | Franciscus Fabricius |
| 1737–1738 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius |
| 1738–1739 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus |
| 1739–1740 | Albertus Schultens |
| 1740–1741 | Johannes Wesselius |

### 1741–1760

| Period | Name | Image |
| 1741–1742 | Joannes Conradus Rücker | |
| 1742–1743 | Adriaan van Royen | |
| 1743–1744 | Pieter van Musschenbroeck | |
| 1744–1745 | Johan van den Honert | |
| 1745–1746 | Gerlach Scheltinga | |
| 1746–1747 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | |
| 1747–1748 | Tiberius Hemsterhuis | |
| 1748–1749 | Johannes Alberti | |
| 1749–1750 | Joachim Schwartz | |
| 1750–1751 | Frederik Winter | |
| 1751–1752 | Franciscus van Oudendorp | |
| 1752–1753 | Joannes Esgers | |
| 1753–1754 | Andreas Weiss | |
| 1754–1755 | Frederik Bernard Albinus | |
| 1755–1756 | Johannes Lulofs | |
| 1756–1757 | Bernhardinus de Moor | |
| 1757–1758 | Joannes Conradus Rücker | | |
| 1758–1759 | Adriaan van Royen | |
| 1759–1760 | Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand | |
| 1760–1761 | Jan Jacob Schultens | |

### 1761–1780

| Period | Name |
| 1761–1762 | Gerlach Scheltinga |
| 1762–1763 | Hieronymus David Gaubius |
| 1763–1764 | David van Royen |
| 1764–1765 | Ewaldus Hollebeek |
| 1765–1766 | Frederik Willem Pestel |
| 1766–1767 | Frederik Bernard Albinus |
| 1767–1768 | David Ruhnken |
| 1768–1769 | Aegidius Gillissen |
| 1769–1770 | Bavius Voorda |
| 1770–1771 | Adriaan van Royen |
| 1771–1772 | Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer |
| 1772–1773 | Hermannus Scholten |
| 1773–1774 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel |
| 1774–1775 | Hieronymus David Gaubius |
| 1775–1776 | Didericus van der Kemp |
| 1776–1777 | Nicolaas Hoogvliet |
| 1777–1778 | Frederik Willem Pestel |
| 1778 | Frederik Bernard Albinus |
| 1778–1779 | Gualtherus van Doeveren |
| 1779–1780 | Dionysius van de Wijnpersse |
| 1780–1781 | Ewaldus Hollebeek |

### 1781–1800

| Period | Name |
| 1781–1782 | Bavius Voorda |
| 1782–1783 | Eduard Sandifort |
| 1783–1784 | Adriaan Kluit |
| 1784–1785 | Carolus Boers |
| 1785–1786 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel |
| 1786–1787 | Nicolaus Georgius Oosterdijk Johanszoon |
| 1787–1788 | Henry Albert Schultens |
| 1788–1789 | Frederik Willem Pestel |
| 1789–1790 | Jona Willem te Water |
| 1790–1791 | Florentius Jacobus Voltelen |
| 1791–1792 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel |
| 1792–1793 | Broërius Broes |
| 1793–1794 | Nicolaas Paradijs |
| 1794–1795 | Jean Luzac |
| 1795–1796 | Nicolaas Smallenburg |
| 1796–1797 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans |
| 1797–1798 | Sebald Fulco Johannes Rau |
| 1798–1799 | Johannes van der Palm |
| 1799–1800 | Meinardus Simon du Pui |
| 1800–1801 | Jona Willem te Water |

## 19th century
### 1801–1820

| Period | Name | Image |
| 1801–1802 | Eduard Hageman | |
| 1802–1803 | Eduard Sandifort | |
| 1803–1804 | Joannes van Voorst | |
| 1804–1805 | Sebald Fulco Johannes Rau | |
| 1805–1806 | Nicolaas Smallenburg | |
| 1806–1807 | Nicolaus Georgius Oosterdijk Johanszoon | |
| 1807–1808 | Simon Speijert van der Eijk | |
| 1808–1809 | Joannes van Voorst | | |
| 1809–1810 | Matthijs Siegenbeek | |
| 1810–1811 | Eduard Hageman | |
| 1811–1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | |
| 1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | |
| 1813–1816 | Joan Melchior Kemper | |
| 1816–1817 | Joannes van Voorst | |
| 1817–1818 | Simon Speijert van der Eijk | |
| 1818–1819 | Johannes van der Palm | |
| 1819–1820 | Meinardus Simon du Pui | |
| 1820–1821 | Nicolaas Smallenburg | |

### 1821–1840

| Period | Name |
| 1821–1822 | Johann Clarisse |
| 1822–1823 | Cornelis Ekama |
| 1823–1824 | Matthijs Siegenbeek |
| 1824–1825 | Gerard Sandifort |
| 1825–1826 | Hendrik Willem Tydeman |
| 1826–1827 | Lucas Suringar |
| 1827–1828 | Gerard Wttewael van Wickenburgh |
| 1828–1829 | Jan Bake |
| 1829–1830 | Michael Jacobus Macquelijn |
| 1830–1831 | Cornelis Jacobus van Assen |
| 1831–1832 | Wessel Albertus van Hengel |
| 1832–1833 | Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt |
| 1833–1834 | Jacob Nieuwenhuis |
| 1834–1835 | Jacobus Cornelis Broers |
| 1835–1836 | Henricus Cock |
| 1836–1837 | Nicolaas Christiaan Kist |
| 1837–1838 | Pieter Johannes Uijlenbroek |
| 1838–1839 | Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp |
| 1839–1840 | Cornelis Pruijs van der Hoeven |
| 1840–1841 | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke |

### 1841–1860

| Period | Name |
| 1841–1842 | Johan Frederik van Oordt |
| 1842–1843 | Jan van der Hoeven |
| 1843–1844 | Johannes Matthias Schrant sr. |
| 1844–1845 | Gerard Sandifort |
| 1845–1846 | Hendrik Willem Tydeman |
| 1846–1847 | Jan Hendrik Scholten |
| 1847–1848 | Antonius Henricus van der Boon Mesch |
| 1848–1849 | Antonie Rutgers |
| 1849–1850 | Gerardus Conradus Bernardus Suringar |
| 1850–1851 | Johan de Wal |
| 1851–1852 | Nicolaas Christiaan Kist |
| 1852–1853 | Gideon Jan Verdam |
| 1853–1854 | Theodoor Willem Johannes Juynboll |
| 1854–1855 | Frederik Willem Krieger |
| 1855–1856 | Simon Vissering |
| 1856–1857 | Jan Hendrik Scholten |
| 1857–1858 | Frederik Kaiser |
| 1858–1859 | Jan Hendrik Stuffken |
| 1859–1860 | Abraham Everard Simon Thomas |
| 1860–1861 | Johan de Wal |

### 1861–1880

| Period | Name |
| 1861–1862 | Abraham Kuenen |
| 1862–1863 | Pieter Rijke |
| 1863–1864 | Carel Gabriel Cobet |
| 1864–1865 | Hidde Justusz Halbertsma |
| 1865–1866 | Rembt van Boneval Faure |
| 1866–1867 | Johannes Jacobus Prins |
| 1867–1868 | Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar |
| 1868–1869 | Reinhart Dozy |
| 1869–1870 | Johan Christiaan Gottlob Evers |
| 1870–1871 | Joël Emanuel Goudsmit |
| 1871–1872 | Lodewijk Willem Ernst Rauwenhoff |
| 1872–1873 | David Bierens de Haan |
| 1873–1874 | Matthias de Vries |
| 1874–1875 | Adriaan Heynsius |
| 1875–1876 | Joannes Theodorus Buys |
| 1876–1877 | Jan Hendrik Scholten |
| 1877 | Pieter van Geer |
| 1877–1878 | Robert Fruin |
| 1878–1879 | Anthony Modderman |
| 1879–1880 | Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern |
| 1880–1881 | Teunis Zaayer |

### 1881–1900

| Period | Name |
| 1881–1882 | Michael Jan de Goeje |
| 1882–1883 | Pieter van Geer |
| 1883–1884 | Derk Doyer |
| 1884–1885 | Guillaume Daniel Louis Huet |
| 1885–1886 | Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land |
| 1886–1887 | H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen |
| 1887–1888 | Samuel Siegmund Rosenstein |
| 1888–1889 | Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen |
| 1889–1890 | Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont |
| 1890–1891 | Christiaan Karel Hoffmann |
| 1891–1892 | Henricus Oort |
| 1892–1893 | Cornelis Petrus Tiele |
| 1893–1894 | Sybrandus Johannes Fockema Andreae |
| 1894–1895 | Pieter Antonie van der Lith |
| 1895–1896 | Karl Martin |
| 1896–1897 | Albert Cornelis Vreede |
| 1897–1898 | Theodorus Hendrik Mac Gillavry |
| 1898–1899 | P. J. Cosijn |
| 1899–1900 | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz |
| 1900–1901 | Jan Egens van Iterson (J.Azn.) |

## 20th century
### 1901–1920

| Period | Name |
| 1901–1902 | Henri van der Hoeven |
| 1902 | Willem van der Vlugt |
| 1903 | Hendrik Barend Greven |
| 1903–1904 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
| 1904–1905 | Jan van Leeuwen |
| 1905–1906 | Willem Einthoven |
| 1906–1907 | Willem Nolen |
| 1907–1908 | Jacobus Johannes Hartman |
| 1908–1909 | Jacob Verdam |
| 1909–1910 | Jan Cornelis Kluijver |
| 1910–1911 | Petrus Johannes Blok |
| 1911–1912 | Fredrik Pijper |
| 1912–1913 | Bernardus Dirks Eerdmans |
| 1913–1914 | Gerbrandus Jelgersma |
| 1914–1915 | Jacobus Marinus Janse |
| 1915–1916 | William Brede Kristensen |
| 1916–1917 | Cornelis van Vollenhoven |
| 1917–1918 | Gerrit Kalff |
| 1918–1919 | Pieter Cornelis Tobias van der Hoeven |
| 1919–1920 | Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis |
| 1920–1921 | Reinder Pieters van Calcar |

### 1921–1940

| Period | Name |
| 1921–1922 | Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje |
| 1922 | Johannes Petrus Kuenen |
| 1922–1923 | Leopold van Itallie |
| 1923–1924 | Hugo Krabbe |
| 1924–1925 | Anthony Johannes Blok |
| 1925–1926 | Willem de Sitter |
| 1926–1927 | Eduard Meijers |
| 1927–1928 | Arent Jan Wensinck |
| 1928–1929 | Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga |
| 1929–1930 | Nicolaas van Wijk |
| 1930–1931 | J. Ph. Vogel |
| 1931–1932 | Jan Johannes Blanksma |
| 1932 | Johannes Henricus Zaaijer |
| 1932–1933 | Johan Huizinga |
| 1933–1934 | Durk van Blom |
| 1934–1935 | Willem van der Woude |
| 1935–1936 | Anne Siberdinus de Blécourt |
| 1936–1937 | Jan van der Hoeve |
| 1937–1938 | Ton Barge |
| 1938–1939 | Paul Christiaan Flu |
| 1939–1940 | Frederik Muller Jzn |
| 1940–1941 | Alexander Willem Byvanck |

### 1941–1960

| Period | Name | Additional info |
| 1941-1943 | Willem van der Woude | (acting rector) Leiden University mostly closed after 27 November 1941) |
| 1943-1945 | -- | (Leiden University was closed because of the German Occupation) |
| 1945 | Willem van der Woude | (May–September) |
| 1945–1946 | Berend George Escher | |
| 1946–1947 | Rudolph Cleveringa | |
| 1947–1948 | Julius Christiaan van Oven | |
| 1948–1949 | Cornelis Christiaan Berg | |
| 1949–1950 | Bernard van Groningen | |
| 1950–1951 | Siegfried Thomas Bok | |
| 1951–1952 | Julius Herman Boeke | |
| 1952–1953 | J.J.L. Duyvendak | |
| 1953–1954 | Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen Jr | |
| 1954–1955 | Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink | |
| 1955–1956 | Anton Eduard van Arkel | |
| 1956–1957 | Pieter Arie Hendrik de Boer | |
| 1957–1958 | Samuel Elzevier de Jongh | |
| 1958–1959 | Herman Johannes Lam | |
| 1959–1960 | Jan Engbertus Jonkers | |
| 1960–1961 | Jan Volkert Rijpperda Wierdsma | |

### 1961–2000

| Period | Name |
| 1961–1962 | Gerhard Sevenster |
| 1962–1963 | Sem Dresden |
| 1963–1964 | Wim den Boer |
| 1964–1965 | Donald Johan Kuenen |
| 1965–1966 | Johan Dankmeijer |
| 1966–1967 | Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding [de] |
| 1967–1968 | Piet Muntendam |
| 1968–1969 | Louis Kukenheim Ezn. |
| 1969–1970 | Johan Goslings |
| 1970–1971 | Cornelis Soeteman |
| 1971–1972 | Willem Roelof Oege Goslings |
| 1972–1976 | Dolf Cohen |
| 1976–1979 | Donald Johan Kuenen |
| 1979–1985 | Ton Kassenaar |
| 1985–1991 | Jan Beenakker |
| 1991–1997 | Lammert Leertouwer |
| 1997–2001 | Willem Albert Wagenaar |

## 21st century

| Period | Name | Additional info |
| 2001–2007 | Douwe Breimer | Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
| 2007–2013 | Paul F. van der Heijden | Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
| 2013–2021 | Carel Stolker | Also chairman of the college van bestuur |
| 2021– | Hester Bijl | |