page_title: Tilburg
section_title: Public thinking & Public Service
hierarchical_section_title: Tilburg / Notable people from Tilburg / Public thinking & Public Service
caption_attribution_description: English: Peerke Donders (1809-1887)
context_page_description: Tilburg is a city in the Netherlands, in the southern province of North Brabant. With a population of 217,595, it is the second-largest municipality in North Brabant, and the sixth largest in the Netherlands.
  Tilburg University is located in Tilburg, as are Avans University of Applied Sciences and Fontys University of Applied Sciences.
  Tilburg is known for its ten-day-long funfair, held in July each year. The Monday during the funfair is called "Roze Maandag", and is primarily LGBT-oriented.
  There are three railway stations within the municipality: Tilburg, Tilburg Universiteit and Tilburg Reeshof. The 75-hectare "Spoorzone" area around Tilburg Central station, once a Dutch Railways train maintenance yard, has been purchased by the city and is being transformed into an urban zone.
context_section_description: Bl. Peerke Donders (1807–1887), Roman Catholic missionary, cared for the lepers of Batavia, Suriname; beatified in 1982
  dom Franciscus Janssens (1881–1950) the 76th General Abbot of the Common Observance
  Carl Romme (1896–1980) a Dutch politician and jurist
  Norbert Schmelzer (1921–2008) a Dutch politician, diplomat, economist and Minister
  Ernst Hirsch Ballin (born 1950) a retired Dutch politician and jurist, lives in Tilburg.
  Henk Krol (born 1950) a Dutch journalist, publisher, entrepreneur and politician
  Yvonne van Rooy (born 1951) a retired Dutch politician, MEP, diplomat and businesswoman
  Roger van Boxtel (born 1954) a retired Dutch politician, now CEO of Dutch Railways
caption: Peerke Donders, 1880s
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