page_title: Medemblik
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Medemblik / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Yvonne Spigt
context_page_description: Medemblik is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia.
  It lies immediately south of the polder and former municipality of Wieringermeer.
context_section_description: Jan Albertsz Rotius (1624 in Medemblik – 1666) a Dutch painter
  A. C. Baantjer (1923 in Urk – 2010) a Dutch author of detective fiction and police officer
  Jan Vriend (born 1938 in Benningbroek) a Dutch classical music composer, conductor, organist and pianist
  Wim Cool (born 1943 in Gieten) a Dutch business consultant, mediator and politician
  Bep Vriend (born 1946 in Andijk) a Dutch bridge player and teacher
  Willem Vogelsang (born 1956 in Medemblik) academic and reserve soldier
  John Appel  (born 1958 in Wognum) a Dutch documentary filmmaker
caption: Yvonne Spigt, 2012
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