page_title: Eindhoven
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Eindhoven / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Statue of Frits Philips on the Markt (Market Square) in Eindhoven (Centre)/The Netherlands Nederlands: Standbeeld van Frits Philips op de Markt in Eindhoven (Centrum)
context_page_description: Eindhoven is the fifth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country. It had a population of 231,469 in 2019, making it the largest city in the province of North Brabant. Eindhoven was originally located at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender.
  Neighbouring cities and towns include Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Helmond, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot and Best. The agglomeration has a population of 337,487. The metropolitan area consists of 419,045 inhabitants. The city region has a population of 753,426. The Brabantse Stedenrij combined metropolitan area has about two million inhabitants.
context_section_description: Kees Bol (1916–2009), painter and art educator
  Jan de Bont (born 1943), film director
  Hugo Brandt Corstius (born 1935–2014), writer
  Rene Daniels (born 1950), painter
  Patrick van Deurzen (born 1964), composer
  Cor Dillen (1920–2009), businessman and Director of Philips in South America
  Sander van Doorn (born 1979), Techno/Trance music DJ and producer
  Lonneke Engel (born 1981), fashion model
  Jalila Essaïdi (born 1980), artist and entrepreneur
  Jan van Hooff (1755–1816), statesman
  Nicole van den Hurk (1980–95), homicide victim
  Peter Koelewijn (born 1940), musician and record producer
  Lenny Kuhr (born 1950), singer-songwriter
  Ton de Leeuw, (born 1941), organizational theorist
  Theo Maassen (born 1966), comedian and actor
  Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen (born 1982), politician
  Frits Philips (1905–2005), businessman, son of Anton Philips
  Gerard Philips (1858–1942) and Anton Philips (1874–1951), founders of the Philips brand name
  Bas Rutten (born 1965), MMA sportsman, color commentator, actor
  Piet Souer (born 1945), record producer
  Brooks (born 1995), DJ & record producer
caption: Statue of Frits Philips in Eindhoven
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