Harry Bannink was a Dutch composer, arranger and pianist. He wrote over 3,000 songs.
Aart Staartjes was a Dutch actor, director, television presenter and documentary maker from Amsterdam. He was well known for his role on Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. On this show, his character's name was Meneer Aart and in this persona he authored a book called Meneer Aart: Leven en werken van de man die geen kindervriend wil heten.
Anna Maria Geertruida "Annie" Schmidt was a Dutch writer. She is called the mother of the Dutch theatrical song, and the queen of Dutch children's literature, praised for her "delicious Dutch idiom," and considered one of the greatest Dutch writers. An ultimate honour was extended to her posthumously, in 2007, when a group of Dutch historians compiled the "Canon of the Netherlands" and included Schmidt, alongside national icons such as Vincent van Gogh and Anne Frank.
Edsilia Francisca Rombley is a Dutch singer and television presenter. She began her career in 1995, as a member of the Dutch girl group Dignity. Rombley began her solo career in 1996, after winning the Dutch talent show Soundmixshow, later winning the European Soundmix Show as well the following year.
Harrie Geelen is a Dutch illustrator, film director, animator, translator, writer and poet. In 2014, he was made a knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion.
Johanna Elisabeth "Joke" Smit was a well-known Dutch feminist and politician in the 1970s.
Gerardus Antonius "Gerard" Cox is a Dutch singer, cabaret artist, actor, and director. For fifteen years, he played the lead character of the Dutch sitcom Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon.
Herman Rudolf "Rudy" Kousbroek was a Dutch poet, translator, writer and first of all essayist. He was a prominent figure in Dutch cultural life between 1950 and 2010 and one of the most outspoken atheists in the Netherlands. In 1975 he was awarded the P.C. Hooft Prize for his essays.
Dick Laan was a Dutch children's writer and film pioneer. He is best known for his Pinkeltje series.
Yvonne Keuls is a Dutch Indo writer. She writes novels about social problems, as well as about herself and her family. Her writing style is realistic and sometimes humorous. Her work has received several awards. Early the early 1970s, Keuls became a permanent panellist in the NCRV quiz show, Like father, like son, and the variation, Like mother, like daughter, Like mother, like son, and Like father, like daughter. In the 1980s, she took part in the NCRV's panel program. Keuls is married with children. Her filmography includes Jan Rap en Z'n Maat.
Henriette Goverdine Anna "Jet" Roland Holst-van der Schalk was a Dutch poet and communist. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Joseph Jules Thomas Prinsen is a Dutch actor, television presenter, singer and writer. He performed in the popular Dutch television programmes De stratemakeropzeeshow, Het Klokhuis, and De Zevensprong, and he also presented the quiz show Met het mes op tafel. He was invested as an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2004.
Geef Mij Maar Nasi Goreng is a song which was composed by Wieteke van Dort in 1977. She was born in 1943 in Surabaya, Japanese-occupied Dutch East Indies, and moved to The Hague, The Netherlands, at the age of 14.
De Stratemakeropzeeshow was a Dutch children's television programme that ran from 1972 to 1974 and was aired by the VARA broadcasting organization.
Bernard Gerrit (Burny) Bos is a Dutch producer, scenarist and children's book writer. He also works as an actor in children's programmes on radio and T.V.
Margriet Heymans is a Dutch writer and illustrator of children's literature.
J. J. de Bom, voorheen de Kindervriend was a Dutch television show that ran for three seasons, from 1979 to 1981. It was aired by Omroepvereniging VARA. The show was the creation of Aart Staartjes, Wieteke van Dort, and Joost Prinsen, with songs and poetry written by the writers' collective of Willem Wilmink, Karel Eykman, and Hans Dorrestijn. The show, which continued an earlier show by the same actors and writers, was one of the groundbreaking programs on Dutch television in choosing the perspective of children and paying attention to real-life problems faced by young people.
Irma Sluis is a Dutch sign language interpreter. She is an interpreter in Dutch sign language (NGT) and international sign language (Gestuno) and has published about working as a sign language interpreter in the Netherlands. Since 2005 she has been working with the Dutch broadcasting organisation NOS where she interprets the morning news.
Conny Helder is a Dutch healthcare manager, who has been serving as Minister for Long-term Care and Sport as part of the fourth Rutte cabinet since 2022.
Leonie Kooiker was a Dutch children's writer. She was born in Markelo, Netherlands. She published for the children's magazine Kris Kras. Her first book ), won her the Gouden Griffel. Her book Het Oerlanderboek won her the Vlag en Wimpel award.
