Leiden University - Notable Alumni and Professors

Notable Alumni and Professors

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  • Piet Aalberse, politician
  • Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, theologian
  • John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States of America
  • Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen, royalty
  • Nebahat Albayrak, politician
  • Johannes Alberti, theologian
  • Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, anatomist
  • Alexander, Prince of Orange, royalty
  • Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk, royalty
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist
  • Jacobus Arminius, theologian
  • Tobias Asser, Nobel laureate (Peace 1911)
  • B
  • Caspar Barlaeus, theologian
  • Johann Bartsch, physician
  • Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands
  • Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1918-25, 1929–33
  • Coenraad van Beuningen, diplomat
  • Kune Biezeveld, theologian
  • Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel laureate (Physics 1981)
  • Herman Boerhaave, physician
  • Bart Bok, astronomer
  • Frits Bolkestein, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 2005-6
  • Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland, philosopher
  • Ben Bot, politician
  • Alexander Boswell, judge
  • Rolf Bremmer, academic
  • Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, politician
  • Thomas Browne, writer
  • Sebald Justinus Brugmans, botanist
  • Armin van Buuren, musician
  • Ian Buruma, writer
  • Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana 1969-72
  • Ditmir Bushati, Albanian politician
  • John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1762-63
  • Paulus Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1572-84
  • C
  • Archibald Cameron, Jacobite physician
  • Hendrik Casimir, physicist
  • Carolus Clusius, botanist
  • Jacques Cohen, embryologist
  • Job Cohen, politician
  • Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, royalty
  • Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1877-79
  • Pieter de la Court, economist
  • Ludolph van Ceulen, mathematician
  • Jodocus Crull, miscellaneous writer
  • Petrus Cunaeus, academic
  • D
  • René Descartes, philosopher
  • Nicolaas Diederichs, President of South Africa 1975-78
  • Edsger W. Dijkstra, computer scientist
  • Volkert Doeksen, CEO of AlpInvest Partners
  • Ana Dolidze, lawyer
  • Adriaen van der Donck, lawyer
  • Janus Dousa, statesman
  • Johannes van den Driesche, theologian
  • Thomas von der Dunk, historian
  • E
  • Paul Ehrenfest, physicist
  • Willem Einthoven, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1924)
  • Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate (Physics 1921)
  • Simon Episcopius, theologian
  • Paul Sophus Epstein, physicist
  • Thomas van Erpe, orientalist
  • F
  • Enrico Fermi, Nobel laureate (Physics 1938)
  • Henry Fielding, English novelist
  • Paul Fleming, German poet
  • Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, royalty
  • John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, jurist
  • Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, royalty
  • Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, royalty
  • G
  • Richard D. Gill, tenured professor of mathematical statistics
  • Thomas Girdlestone, physician
  • Michiel Jan de Goeje, orientalist
  • Franciscus Gomarus, theologian
  • Johann Georg Graevius, academic
  • Jacobus Gronovius, academic
  • Hugo Grotius, jurist
  • Lemuel Gulliver, protagonist of 'Gulliver's Travels'
  • H
  • Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz, physicist
  • Melanie Schultz van Haegen, politician
  • Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Vice President of Indonesia 1973-78
  • Jan Hamer, chemist
  • Mohammad Hatta, Prime Minister of Indonesia 1948-50
  • David Hartley (the Younger), politician
  • Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, RAF pilot and Dutch spy
  • Daniel Heinsius, scholar
  • Touraj Atabaki, academic
  • Tiberius Hemsterhuis, philologist
  • Paul Hermann, botanist and physician
  • Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Nobel laureate (Peace 1954)
  • Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1901)
  • Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1813-14
  • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 11th Secretary-General of NATO
  • Johannes Hudde, politician and mathematician
  • Johan Huizinga, historian
  • Christiaan Huygens, mathematician and physicist
  • Constantijn Huygens, Jr., statesman
  • J
  • Maarten Jansen, academic
  • Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, royalty
  • K
  • Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Nobel laureate (Physics 1913)
  • Egbert van Kampen, mathematician
  • Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern, linguist
  • Pieter Kooijmans, judge of the International Court of Justice
  • Ton Koopman, conductor
  • Tjalling Charles Koopmans, Nobel laureate (Economics 1975)
  • Hendrik Anthony Kramers, physicist
  • Abraham Kuijper, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1901-05
  • L
  • Lousewies van der Laan, politician
  • Jona Lendering, historian
  • Hendrik Lenstra, mathematician
  • Justus Lipsius, philologist and humanist
  • Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902)
  • Joseph Luns, 5th Secretary-General of NATO
  • M
  • Peter Mair, political scientist
  • Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, royalty
  • Eric Mazur, physicist
  • Richard Mead, physician
  • Victor Muller, CEO of the car companies Spyker Cars and Saab Automobile AB
  • Pieter van Musschenbroek, scientist
  • N
  • William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz, royalty
  • O
  • Jan Hendrik Oort, astronomer
  • Ivo Opstelten, politician
  • P
  • Peter Simon Pallas, zoologist
  • Thomas Parker, Puritan minister and scholar
  • Perizonius, scholar
  • Nicolaas Gerard Pierson, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1897-1901
  • Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud, academic
  • Archibald Pitcairne, physician
  • Ronald Plasterk, scientist and politician
  • Prijono, politician
  • R
  • Hans Ras, academic
  • Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, botanist
  • Rembrandt van Rijn, painter
  • Caspar Reuvens, archaeologist
  • John Robinson, pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers
  • Wil Roebroeks, archaeologist
  • Olaus Rudbeck, scientist and former rector of Uppsala University
  • David Ruhnken, scholar
  • Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
  • S
  • Martinus Theunis Steyn, South African lawyer, statesman, sixth president of the Orange Free State
  • Joseph Justus Scaliger, theologian and scholar
  • Henry G. Schermers, jurist
  • Edith Schippers, politician
  • Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1805-6
  • Gerard Schouw, politician
  • William Sherard, botanist
  • Boudewijn Sirks, academic
  • Willem de Sitter, physicist
  • Jan Six, politician
  • Willebrord Snell, astronomer
  • Rudolph Snellius, mathematician and linguist
  • Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, orientalist
  • Achmad Soebardjo, diplomat
  • Soenario, politician
  • Soetan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia 1945-7
  • Myles Standish, military leader
  • Jan Steen, painter
  • Pieter Steyn, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1749-72
  • Max van der Stoel, politician
  • Bram van der Stok, aviator
  • Dirk Jan Struik, mathematician
  • Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist
  • Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1937)
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  • Morris Tabaksblat, former CEO of Unilever
  • Igor Tamm, Nobel laureate (Physics 1958)
  • Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1871-72
  • Jan Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Economics 1969)
  • Nikolaas Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1973)
  • Nicolaes Tulp, surgeon and politician
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  • Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck, linguist and anthropologist
  • V
  • Ronald Venetiaan, 6th and 8th President of Suriname
  • Maxime Verhagen, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
  • Paul Verhoeven, film Director
  • Gerard Verschuuren, geneticist
  • Gisbertus Voetius, theologian
  • Cornelis van Vollenhoven, academic
  • Pieter van Vollenhoven, royalty
  • Gerhard Johann Vossius, theologian
  • Gijs de Vries, politician
  • Jouke de Vries, academic
  • W
  • Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Nobel laureate (Physics 1910)
  • Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 1890-1948
  • John Wilkes, politician
  • William I, Prince of Orange, royalty
  • Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, heir to the Dutch throne
  • Hendrik de Wit, botanist
  • Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1653-72
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  • Pieter Zeeman, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902)
  • Tim de Zeeuw, astronomer
  • Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, academic

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