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)

• William V (stadtholder)
• King William I
• King William II
• Queen Wilhelmina
• Queen Juliana
• Princess Amalia

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