The Hague
:This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France.
Famous people from The Hague
Politicians
- Willem Drees - former prime minister
- Jaap de Hoop Scheffer - Secretary-General of NATO
- Wim Deetman - former Speaker of the Dutch parliament. Currently Mayor of The Hague
- Jozias van Aartsen - former foreign minister
Royalty (actual heads of state only)
Arts
- Anouk Teeuwe - singer
- Sjaak Bral - writer and comedian
- Ferdinand Bordewijk - writer
- Louis Couperus - writer
- Wieteke van Dort - actrice,singer
- Golden Earring - music group
- Gruppo Sportivo - music group
- Constantijn Huygens - Poet
- Paul Verhoeven - movie director
- Harrie Jekkers - singer
- Van Kooten en De Bie - humorists
- Shocking Blue - music group, famous for the song "Venus".
- Remco Campert - writer
- Simon Carmiggelt - writer
- Bart Chabot - poet
- Hendrik Berlage - architect
Sports
- The twice former coach of the Dutch national football (soccer) team, Dick Advocaat
- Four times Embassy / Lakeside Darts champion Raymond van Barneveld
- 1992 Olympic Champion (10 km speed skating) Bart Veldkamp
- 1964 Olympic Champion (swimming) and current President of the Netherlands Olympic Committee Erica Terpstra
- Peter Blangé. One of the leading players of the Dutch volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
- Michael Boogerd - cyclist
- Aad Mansveld - football player
- Ties Kruize - hockeyinternational
Miscellaneous
- Erwin Krol - weatherman
- Christian Huygens - 17th century astronomer, physicist, mathematician. Member of the Royal Society, inventor of the pendulum clock and the pocket watch.
- Jan Tinbergen - economist, won the Nobel Prize for economy in 1969
- Peter Timofeeff - weatherman
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | The city |
| ► | Business |
| ► | Culture |
| ► | Sport |
| ► | Annual events |
| ► | Transportation |
| ► | Famous people from The Hague |
| ► | Population |
| ► | Subdivisions |
| ► | Nearby towns |
| ► | External links |
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