page_title: Heemstede
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Heemstede / Notable residents
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Thomas Hope in Turkish Costume; enamel on copper, 29 x 21 cm.
context_page_description: Heemstede is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.
context_section_description: Adriaan Pauw (1585–1653) bought the town in 1621, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1631 to 1636
  Jan Hope (1737–1784) a Dutch banker, summered in his Groenendaal Park 1767 to 1784
  Christiaan van Pol (1752–1813) a flower painter and teacher
  Thomas Hope (1769–1830/1831) a Dutch and British merchant banker, author, philosopher and art collector 
  Ivan Smirnov (1895–1956) a Russian WWI flying ace and naturalized Dutch aviator, lived in Heemstede 1936-1947
  Johan Limpers (1915–1944) Dutch sculptor and WWII resistance fighter
  Jan Knappert (1927-2005) an Esperantist and expert on the Swahili language
  Pieter Kooijmans (born 1933) Dutch politician, jurist and diplomat
  Jan Gmelich Meijling (1936–2012) a Dutch politician and naval officer
  Astrid Schulz (born 1939) a Dutch model and actress, Playboy Playmate of the Month in September 1964
  Gijs Kuenen (born 1940) a Dutch microbiologist and academic
  Mieke Bal (born 1946) a Dutch cultural theorist, video artist and academic
  Joost Swarte (born 1947) a Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer
  Dick Maas (born 1951) a Dutch film director, screenwriter and film producer
  Floortje Dessing (born 1970) a Dutch radio and TV presenter, producer and travel writer
  Thierry Baudet (born 1983) Dutch politician and leader of the Forum for Democracy
  Julian Ras - Dutch Wiki (born 2001) a Dutch actor
caption: Portrait of Thomas Hope in Turkish Costume, 1805
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