Marietje Jan de Gortersdochter (died 21 February 1539) was a Dutch Anabaptist. She is known in history as a martyr of the Anabaptist faith and the mother of the Anabaptist leader David Joris. She was married to the merchant Joris van Amersfoort. She was executed by decapitation in Delft after banned books had been found among her possessions.
Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau was a countess consort of the Palatinate by marriage to Frederick IV, Elector Palatine, and took part in the regency government of her son between 1610 and 1614. She also acted as a mediator between the king of Sweden and the elector of Brandenburg in 1631.
Maria Francisca Bia known as Mimi Bia and as Mimi Engelman-Bia and Mimi de Vries-Bia was a Dutch ballet dancer, opera singer (soprano) and dramatic stage actress. Starting her career as a ballet dancer, she had a parallel career as both a soprano opera singer as well as a dramatic stage actress at the Amsterdamse Schouwburg, where she had a dominant role within the Dutch theatre world. She was the manager director and owner of the theatre Utrechtse Schouwburg in Utrecht in 1875-1880.
Anna Maria de Bruyn was a Dutch stage actress and ballet dancer.
Susanna van Lee was a Dutch stage actor and ballet dancer.
Dorotea van Fornenbergh, was a Dutch stage actor.
Elisabeth Wandscherer was a Dutch Anabaptist.
Susanna du Plessis (1739–1795) was a plantation owner in Dutch Surinam. She is a legendary figure in the history of Surinam, where she probably unjustely has become a metaphor of a cruel and sadistic slave owner. She is the subject of songs, plays, fairy tales and legends as well as books.
Béatrix de Cusance, Baroness of Belvoir, was the second wife of Charles IV, former reigning Duke of Lorraine. She was a correspondent of Constantijn Huygens.
Princess Frederica Louise Wilhelmina of Orange-Nassau was a Hereditary Princess of Brunswick; married 14 October 1790 to Hereditary Prince Charles George August of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, son of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. She was known in the family as "Loulou".
Karl Georg August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was the heir to the Duchy of Brunswick as the eldest son of Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Princess Augusta of Great Britain.
Catharina Johanna Koek (1763–1843), was a Dutch governor's wife. She is depicted in history as a typical example of the Dutch colonial customs in Dutch East Indies and how it was viewed by Europeans.
Sophie Harmansdochter, also known as Gele Fye, was a Dutch woman who became notorious for informing on religious minorities, resulting in many deaths. She was eventually convicted of perjury, tortured and executed.
Hille Feicken was a Dutch Anabaptist.
Margaretha van Valckenburch was a Dutch shipowner. She was the only woman to have been a stockholder or bewindhebbers of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
Wilhelmina van Idsinga also Wilhelmina Geertruida of Idsinga, (1788–1819) was a Dutch painter. She was born in Leeuwarden.
Lijsbeth Kuijper (1778–1828), was a Dutch shipowner.
Jacoba Rauwerda (1835–1919) was a Dutch brothel manager. She was the owner and manager of the most famous brothel in 19th-century Amsterdam, the Maison Weinthal, between 1877 and 1902.
Elizabeth Sara Clasina de Swart, whose chosen name was 'Saar' de Swart, was a sculptor born to the Dutch painter Corstianus Hendrikus de Swart and his wife, Elisabeth Sara IJntema in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Catharina Petit (1660–1740) was a Dutch stage actor.
Machteld Aelbrechtsdr van Wouw (1580-1662) was a Dutch printer and publisher. She was the official state national publisher of the Dutch Republic between 1622 and 1662, with a monopoly on all government publications. She inherited the office from her late spouse Hillebrant Jacobsz. van Wouw (1577-1622), who in turn had inherited from her father Aelbrecht Hendricksz. van Leuningen (1545-1613).