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Painter of The Arnolfini Portrait and Portrait of a Man in a Red Turban
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Jan van Eyck
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Painter of The Hunters in the Snow and Netherlandish Proverbs
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Pieter Bruegel
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Painter of The Night Watch and The Return of the Prodigal Son
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Rembrandt
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Painter of Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Johannes Vermeer
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Painter of The Lute Player and Laughing Cavalier
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Frans Hals
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Painter of The Elevation of the Cross and The Judgement of Paris
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Pieter Paul Rubens
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Painter of Self-Portrait with a Sunflower and Lord John Stuart and his Brother, Lord Bernard Stuart
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Antoon van Dyck
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Painter of The Starry Night and The Potato Eaters
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Vincent van Gogh
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Painter of Composition with Red Blue and Yellow and Evening; Red Tree
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Piet Mondrian
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Graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs
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M. C. Escher
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Architect, one of the significant architectural thinkers and urbanists of his generation, key figure of Deconstructivism
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Rem Koolhaas
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Architect of XVI/XVII century, most of his works appeared in Amsterdam
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Hendrick de Keyser
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The most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the XVII century. Author of Joannes de Boetgezant
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Joost van den Vondel
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Female writer of XX century, the mother of the Dutch theatrical song and the queen of Dutch children's literature
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Annie M. G. Schmidt
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Writer, considered one of the greatest figures in Dutch literature of XX century, author of Eline Vere
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Louis Couperus
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Philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance
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Erasmus of Rotterdam
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Philosopher, one of the greatest exponents of XVII century Rationalism and one of the early thinkers of the Enlightenment
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Baruch Spinoza
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Philosopher, a major figure in the fields of political theory and law during the XVI/XVII centuries
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Hugo Grotius/Huig de Groot
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Holy Roman Emperor, Lord of the Netherlands and King of Spain, the empire on which the sun never sets
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Charles V
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The main leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs, considered the Father of the Fatherland
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William The Silent/William of Orange
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Stadtholder of Holland and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland
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William III of Orange
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King from 2013
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William-Alexander
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Prime Minister from 1948 to 1958
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Willem Drees
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Politician killed in 2002
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Pim Fortuyn
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Prime Minister from 2010
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Mark Rutte
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Explorer, the first known European to reach New Zealand and Tasmania
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Abel Tasman
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Officer of the Dutch East India Company in the early XVII century, considered a national hero
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Jan Pieterszoon Coen
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One of the most skilled admirals in history, famous for his achievements with the Dutch Navy during the Anglo-Dutch Wars
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Michiel de Ruyter
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Mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer who is regarded as one of the most important figures in the Scientific Revolution
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Christiaan Huygens
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The Father of Microbiology, famous for his pioneering work for the establishment of microbiology as a scientific discipline
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as the father of physiology
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Herman Boerhaave
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Physicist who described the combined electric and magnetic forces acting on a charged particle in an electromagnetic field, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1902
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Hendrik Lorentz
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Theoretical physicist and thermodynamicist famous for his pioneering work on the equation of state for gases and liquids, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics in 1910
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Johannes van der Waals
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Biologist, the founder of modern ethology, the study of animal behavior. Winner of Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1973
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Nikolaas Tinbergen
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Chemist, one of the founders of physical chemistry, the first winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
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Meteorologist, who studied the ozone layer and climate change, he popularized the term Anthropocene to describe a proposed new epoch in the Quaternary period. Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995
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Paul Crutzen
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One of the greatest footballers of all time, three times winner of Ballon d'Or, legend of Ajax and Barcelona
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Johan Cruyff
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Football coach of Ajax and the Netherlands national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all-time
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Rinus Michels
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Footballer, three times winner of Ballon d'Or, legend of AC Milan
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Marco van Basten
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Footballer, winner of Ballon d'Or in 1987, legend of AC Milan
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Ruud Gullit
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One of the best football defenders of the world, Liverpool player
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Virgil van Dijk
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Driver, champion of Formula 1 in 2021 and 2022
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Max Verstappen
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Cyclist, winner of Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana
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Joop Zoetemelk
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Founder of one of the largest electronics companies, founded in Eindhoven in 1891
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Anton Philips
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Businessman, chairman of one of the largest beer companies and one of the richest people in the Netherlands
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Freddy Heineken
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Director of RoboCop and Basic Instinct
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Paul Verhoeven
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Actress famous for her role as Melisandre on the HBO television series Game of Thrones
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Carice van Houten
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Actor, famous for his roles in Blade Runner and The Hitcher
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Rutger Hauer
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One of the greatest guitarists and songwriter, founder of a famous rock band
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Eddie van Halen
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Exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I and executed in France
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Mata Hari
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