page_title: Zundert
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Zundert / Notable people
context_page_description: Zundert is a municipality and town in the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Zundert is the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.
context_section_description: Zundert has been home to:
  Hendrik Detmers (1761 in Groot-Zundert – 1825), Dutch general in the Battle of Waterloo
  Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Dutch post-impressionist painter
  Theo van Gogh (1857-1891), Dutch art dealer, brother of Vincent van Gogh and grandfather to film director, satirist and writer Theo van Gogh.
  Wil van Gogh (1862-1941), Dutch feminist and the youngest sister of Vincent and Theo van Gogh.
  Janus Braspennincx (1903 in Zundert – 1977) Dutch racing cyclist, team silver medallist in the 1928 Summer Olympics
  Guus Dam (1951 in Zundert), Dutch actor
  Johan van der Velde (born 1956 in Rijsbergen), former Dutch cyclist
  Jacques Hanegraaf (born 1960 in Rijsbergen), retired Dutch road bicycle racer, competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  Jelle Nijdam (born 1963 in Rijsbergen), former professional cyclist, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Jan Siemons (1964), former Dutch professional cyclist
  Marc Siemons (1966-2002), Dutch professional cyclist
  Wim Voermans (born in 1968 in Zundert), Dutch professor of constitutional and administrative law at Leiden University.
  Jacco Verhaeren (born 1969 in Rijsbergen), Dutch swimming coach
  Willemijn van Hees (1970), Dutch politician
caption: Vincent van Gogh, born in Zundert in 1853.
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