page_title: Haarlemmermeer
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Haarlemmermeer / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: H. Colijn Head and shoulders, facing slightly left. Premier of Holland.
context_page_description: Haarlemmermeer is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem's lake, referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.
  Haarlemmermeer's main town is Hoofddorp. It is one of the largest towns in the Netherlands with a name not used for a municipality. Hoofddorp, along with the rapidly growing towns of Nieuw-Vennep and Badhoevedorp, are part of the Randstad agglomeration. The main international airport of Netherlands, Schiphol, is located in Haarlemmermeer.
context_section_description: Hendrikus Colijn (1869 in Burgerveen – 1944) a Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1925/1926 & 1933/1939
  Gerrit Verkuyl (1872 in Haarlemmermeer – 1967) a New Testament Greek scholar and Bible Translator in the US
  Machiel van den Heuvel (1900 in Haarlemmermeer – 1946) a Dutch army officer and Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs in Oflag IV-C at Colditz Castle
  Arnold Meijer (1905 in Haarlemmermeer – 1965) a Dutch fascist politician
  Tom Gehrels (1925 in Haarlemmermeer – 2011) a Dutch–American astronomer and academic
  Jan van Houwelingen (1939 in Leerdam – 2013) a Dutch politician, Mayor of Haarlemmermeer 1994/2003
  Tineke Netelenbos (born 1944 in Wormerveer) a retired Dutch politician, Mayor of Haarlemmermeer 2006/7
  Rick van der Linden (1946 in Badhoevedorp - 2006) a Dutch composer and keyboardist
  Jacob Wit (born 1952 in Haarlemmermeer) a justice of the Caribbean Court of Justice located in Trinidad and Tobago
  Sonja van Driel (born 1959 in Haarlemmermeer) a Dutch photographer
  Cas Jansen (born 1977 in Badhoevedorp) a Dutch actor
caption: Hendrik Colijn, 1925
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