LITERATURE
Janwillem van de Wetering – Renowned for detective fiction; his most popular writing was Grijpstra and de Gier
Edward W. Bok – Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographer and magazine editor credited with coining the term “living room.”
Herman Melville – American novelist who created masterpieces of American and world literature, such as Moby-Dick and Billy Budd.
John Updike – American novelist, poet, literary critic.
MEDIA/ENTERTAINMENT/SPORTS
Anderson Cooper – Journalist, news anchor, and son of Gloria Vanderbilt.
Anneliese van der Pol – Singer and actress.
Audrey Hepburn – Iconic actress born of Dutch parents.
Benjamin Spock – First American pediatrician to focus on children’s needs and family dynamics.
Bruce Springsteen – Songwriter, singer, and musician nicknamed “the Boss”.
Clint Eastwood – Actor, film producer/director, composer.
Dick Van Dyke – Actor, presenter, entertainer.
Eddie van Halen – Lead guitarist and founder of the VanHalen band.
Gloria Vanderbilt – Artist, actress, apparel designer, and heiress of the prominent Vanderbilt family.
Greta Van Susteren – Broadcast journalist of Dutch descent.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar – Actor from the series Saved by the Bell, was born to Dutch parents.
Rebecca Romijn – Television and film actress.
Mary Steenburgen – Television and film actress.
Meryl Streep – Award winning actress of theater, film, and television.
Tiger Woods – Among the most successful and highest-paid professional athletic of all times.
Tom Brokow – Television journalist, news anchor, author.
Walter Cronkite – Broadcast journalist and news anchor.
MEDICINE/SCIENCE
Nicolaas Bloembergen – Won the Nobel Prize in 1981 for his work in laser spectroscopy.
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit and George Eugene Uhlenbeck – Physicists who proposed the concept of electron spin.
