The first Dutch settlers arrived in 1624 and founded a number of villages and a town called New Amsterdam on the East Coast, which would become the future world metropolis of New York. According to the 2006 United States Census, more than 5 million Americans claim total or partial Dutch heritage. Today the majority of the Dutch Americans live in California, New York, Michigan, Iowa, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, Ohio and Pennsylvania
This is a list of notable Dutch-Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and Americans of full or partial Dutch ancestry.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Dutch American or must have references showing they are Dutch American and are notable.
Arts and literature
Edward W. Bok (1863–1930), author, publisher, editor of Ladies Home Journal
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997), abstract expressionist painter
Peter DeVries (1910–1993), author and editor; wrote Tunnel of Love; editor and staffer for Poetry magazine and The New Yorker
Barthold Fles (1902–1989), literary agent, author, editor, translator and publisher
Charles Fort (1874–1932), author, wrote Book of the Damned, father of ufology, cryptozoology and critic/satirist of mainstream, dogmatic science
Frederick Franck (1909–2006), painter, sculptor, and author of 30 books who was known for his interest in human spirituality
Herman Melville (1819–1891), author and poet, wrote Moby Dick
Milton J. Nieuwsma (born 1941), author, film writer and producer
Raeburn van Buren, magazine and comic strip illustrator best known for his work on the syndicated Abbie an' Slats
Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch-American author of police procedurals, Zen autobiographies and children's books
Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882–1944), author, historian and journalist
Gloria Vanderbilt (born 1924), artist and socialite
Walt Whitman (1819–1892), poet
Christina Aguilera (born 1980), singer, actress and model, partly of Dutch descent through her mother
Dan Aykroyd, actor
Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), actress, best known for playing Michelle Dessler in the television series 24
Carmit Bachar (born 1974), member of the Pussycat Dolls, born to an Israeli father and Dutch-Indonesian mother
Shannon Bex (born 1980), member of Danity Kane; of Scottish and Dutch descent
Moon Bloodgood (born 1975), actress (father has a small amount of Dutch ancestry)
Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actor (father was of part Dutch descent; "Bogart" comes from the Dutch surname Bogaert, derived from "bogaard", short for "boomgaard", which means "orchard")
Michelle Branch (born 1983), singer (Dutch through her maternal grandfather)
Marlon Brando (1924–2004), Hollywood film actor; father was of partial Dutch ancestry
Steve Buscemi (born 1957), actor, writer and director, mother had some Dutch ancestry
Captain Beefheart (1941–2010), stage name of musician and artist Don Van Vliet
David Carradine (1931–2009), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
Ever Carradine (born 1974), actress and daughter of Robert Carradine, distant Dutch ancestry
John Carradine (1906–1988), actor, distant Dutch ancestry; descended from Dutch diamond merchant Kiliaen van Rensselaer, who settled the province of Albany, New York in the seventeenth century
Keith Carradine (born 1949), actor and son of John Carradine, distant Dutch ancestry
Robert Carradine (born 1954), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
Montgomery Clift (1920–1966), actor, of partial maternal Dutch ancestry
Wilhelmina Cooper (née Behmenburg) (1939–1980), model who began with Ford Models; at the peak of her success she founded her own agency, Wilhelmina Models
Steven Culp (born 1956), actor, best known for his role as Rex Van de Kamp in Desperate Housewives
Jan de Bont (born 1943), film director, producer and cinematographer
Robert De Niro (born 1943), two-time Academy Award-winning actor, mother of part Dutch descent
Dane DeHaan (born 1986), film actor, paternal great-grandfather was of Dutch descent
Thomas Dekker (born 1987), actor, his paternal great-grandfather was of Dutch descent
Emily Deschanel (born 1976), actress best known for her role as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan in the comedy-crime drama series Bones, distant Dutch ancestry
Zooey Deschanel (born 1980), actress, distant Dutch ancestry
Joyce DeWitt (born 1949), actress
Michael Douglas (born 1944), actor and producer who won four Golden Globes and two Academy Awards, distant Dutch ancestry on mother's side
Clint Eastwood (born 1930), Academy Award-winning film actor, director and producer, distant Dutch ancestry
Sam Elliott (born 1944), film actor, small amount of Dutch Ancestry
Frances Farmer (1913–1970), film actress, her mother was of Dutch ancestry
Melissa Ferlaak (born 1979), soprano singer and vocal coach, distant Dutch ancestry (original spelling of her surname was Verlaak)
Nina Foch (1924–2008), film actress, father was from the Netherlands
Bridget Fonda (born 1964), actress, daughter of Peter Fonda, best known for her roles in The Godfather Part III and Jackie Brown, father of part Dutch descent
Henry Fonda (1905–1982), Academy Award-winning film actor, father of Peter and Jane Fonda, was of part Dutch descent
Jane Fonda (born 1937), Academy Award-winning actress, daughter of Henry Fonda, father was of part Dutch descent
Peter Fonda (born 1940), actor, best known for his role as "Wyatt" in the 1960's counterculture classic Easy Rider, father was of part Dutch descent
Ace Frehley (born 1951), musician, Dutch on paternal side
Troy Garity (born 1973), actor; son of Jane Fonda; best known for his roles in the television movie Soldier's Girl and the Barbershop films
Janina Gavankar (born 1980), actress of Indian and Dutch ancestry
George Gaynes (1917–2016), actor and singer, had a Dutch father
Lauren German (born 1978), film actress
Paul Giamatti (born 1967), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (born 1974), actor, perhaps best known for his role as Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell; his father is of Dutch Jewish and German descent, and his mother is of Dutch-Indonesian descent
Lucas Grabeel (born 1984), American actor, distant Dutch ancestry, best known for his role as Ryan Evans in High School Musical
Betty Grable (1916–1973), actress, singer, dancer and pin-up girl whose sensational bathing-suit photo became the number one pinup of the World War II era
Rebecca Hall (born 1982), maternal grandmother was Dutch
Woody Harrelson (born 1961), actor known as bartender Woody Boyd in the television sitcom Cheers, distant Dutch ancestry
Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993), actress; her mother, Baroness Ella van Heemstra, was a Dutch aristocrat
Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967–2014), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
Bryce Dallas Howard (born 1981), actress; daughter of director Ron Howard; distant Dutch ancestry
Clint Howard (born 1959), actor and brother of director Ron Howard, distant Dutch ancestry
Ron Howard (born 1954), Academy Award-winning director, producer and actor, best known for directing Apollo 13, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Beautiful Mind, distant Dutch ancestry
Michiel Huisman (born 1981), actor, musician, singer-songwriter, best known for his roles in Game of Thrones and The Age of Adaline
Laura Jansen (born 1977), singer-songwriter (born in Breda, the Netherlands, based in Los Angeles, California)
Famke Janssen (born 1964), fashion model and actress, best known for her roles as Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, Jean Grey in the X-Men film series, and Lenore Mills in Taken and Taken 2
Angelina Jolie (born 1975), actress; her mother had French Canadian, German, and Dutch ancestry
Kim Kardashian (born 1980), actress and model; appeared in Disaster Movie; distant Dutch ancestry
Dave Keuning (born 1976), musician, guitarist for the band The Killers
Eva LaRue (born 1966), actress of Scottish, French, and Dutch ancestry; played Dr. Maria Santos on All My Children, and CSI: Miami detective Natalia Boa Vista
Taylor Lautner (born 1992), actor, best known from his role as Jacob Black in the Twilight Saga film series, has some Dutch ancestry
Kellan Lutz (born 1985), actor, small amount of Dutch ancestry
Tim McGraw, country singer, small amount of Dutch ancestry
Leighton Meester (born 1986), actress, best known for her role as Blair Waldorf in Gossip Girl, of part Dutch descent on father's side
Wentworth Miller (born 1972), actor and model best known his role as Michael Scofield on the television series Prison Break, small amount of Dutch ancestry
Colonel Tom Parker (1909–1997), manager of Elvis Presley
Michelle Pfeiffer (born 1958), actress, best known for her roles in Scarface, Dangerous Liaisons, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Batman Returns and Grease 2; paternal grandmother was of part Dutch descent
Bill Pullman (born 1953), actor, best known for his roles in Ruthless People, Spaceballs, Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping and Lost Highway; maternal grandparents were Dutch
Jason Ritter (born 1980), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
John Ritter (1948–2003), actor, distant Dutch ancestry
Rebecca Romijn (born 1972), actress and fashion model, best known for her role as Mystique in the X-Men film series, of 3/4 Dutch descent
Thelma Schoonmaker (born 1940), three-time Academy Award-winning film editor, best known for editing all of Martin Scorsese's movies since Raging Bull, of part Dutch ancestry
Jane Seymour (born 1951), actress; best known as Bond girl in Live and Let Die and as Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman; has a Dutch mother
Michael Sinterniklaas, voice actor and founder of NYAV Post, a New York recording studio
Jimmy Smits (born 1955), Golden Globe and Emmy-winning actor; half Dutch, half Puerto Rican
Cobie Smulders (born 1982), actress and model of Dutch and English descent
Martin Spanjers (born 1987), actor best known for playing Rory Hennessy on the sitcom 8 Simple Rules
Bruce Springsteen (born 1949), singer-songwriter, distant Dutch ancestry
Mark Stoermer (born 1977), musician, bassist for the band The Killers, father is a Dutch Australian
Carel Struycken (born 1948), film actor
Taylor Swift (born 1989), country and pop singer, distant Dutch ancestry
Lou Tellegen (1881–1934), film actor
Shirley Temple, actress
Charlize Theron (born 1975), South African actress of German, Dutch and French descent, now naturalized citizen of the United States
Egbert Van Alstyne (1878–1951), songwriter and pianist
Louis van Amstel (born 1972), professional dancer, choreographer, dancesport coach
Lee Van Cleef (1925–1989), film actor, best known for his parts as a villain in Spaghetti Western movies, of part Dutch descent
Anneliese van der Pol (born 1984), television actress, perhaps best known for her role as Chelsea Daniels in the Disney Channel original comedy series, That's So Raven
Casper Van Dien (born 1968), actor, of part Dutch descent
Barry Van Dyke (born 1951), actor and son of Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), famous television and film star; brother of Jerry Van Dyke
Jerry Van Dyke (born 1931), television actor; brother of Dick Van Dyke
Alex Van Halen (born 1953), drummer and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen
Eddie Van Halen (born 1955), guitarist and founding member of the hard rock band Van Halen
Dick Van Patten (1928-2015), actor of part Dutch descent
Billy Van Zandt (born 1957), playwright, actor
Philip Van Zandt (1904–1958), Broadway and Hollywood actor, played in Citizen Kane
Townes Van Zandt (1944–1997), country-folk music singer-songwriter, performer, and poet
Donnie Van Zant (born 1952), founder and singer of .38 Special
Johnny Van Zant (born 1959), lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1987
Ronnie Van Zant (1948–1977), lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1970–1977
Grace VanderWaal (born 2004), singer-songwriter, ukuleleist, and winner of NBC's America's Got Talent season 11, has a Dutch father
Heather Vandeven (born 1981), model and Pet of the Year 2007
Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983), American musician, lead singer and guitarist of psychedelic rock band MGMT
Paul Verhoeven (born 1938), film director
Donald Voorhees (1903–1989), composer and conductor
Dionne Warwick (born 1940), singer, actress and TV show host; became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization and a United States Ambassador of Health; distant Dutch ancestry
Anderson Cooper (born 1967), CNN journalist, mother is Dutch-American socialite Gloria Vanderbilt
Walter Cronkite (1916–2009), CBS Evening News journalist
Watson Spoelstra (1910–1999), sportswriter for the Detroit News, grandfather of Erik Spoelstra
Greta Van Susteren (born 1954), Fox News journalist
Dirk J. Debbink, United States Army Lieutenant General
Eugene DeBruin (fl. 1933–1968), USAF sergeant; disappeared over Laos in 1968
John L. DeWitt (1880–1962), US four-star general during World War II
John Bell Hood (1831–1879), Confederate general during the American Civil War
James Longstreet (1821–1904), Confederate Lieutenant-General in the American Civil War
Jack Robert Lousma (born 1936), retired United States Marine Corps colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut (member of the second manned crew on the Skylab space station in 1973, commander STS-3, the third Space Shuttle mission), and politician (R)
Thomas S. Moorman (1910–1997), United States Air Force Academy
Thomas S. Moorman, Jr. (born 1940), Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
David Petraeus (born 1952), US four-star general; Commander in Iraq in 2007; his father is an immigrant from the Netherlands
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887–1944), US brigadier general; Medal of Honor; fought in both world wars
Henry Rutgers (1745–1830), American Revolutionary War hero
Robert M. Shoemaker (born 1924), US four-star general during the Vietnam War
Eric Schoomaker (born 1948), US three-star general; Surgeon General of the United States Army
Peter Schoomaker (born 1946), US four-star general; Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Philip John Schuyler (1733–1804), general in the American Revolution and US Senator from New York
Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), Confederate general during the American Civil War
James Van Fleet (1892–1992), US four-star general; Army General during World War II and the Korean War
Cortlandt Van Rensselaer Schuyler (1900–1993), US Army four-star general; served as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1953 to 1959
Daniel Van Voorhis (1878–1956), United States Army Lieutenant General
Isaac Van Wart (1759–1828), militiaman from the state of New York during the American Revolution; in 1780, he p articipated in the capture of Major John André
Alexander Archer Vandegrift (1887–1973), US four-star general; Medal of Honor; 18th Commandant, US Marine Corps
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (1899–1954), US four-star general during World War II; Second Chief of Staff, US Air Force Director Central Intelligence Agency
Egbert Benson, Founding Father of the United States
Jacob Brinkerhoff (1810–1880), United States Representative from Ohio
George H.W. Bush (born 1924), 41st President of the United States
George W. Bush (born 1946), 43rd President of the United States
Jeb Bush (born 1953), former Governor of Florida
Charles Croswell (1825–1886), Governor of Michigan
Ivo Daalder (born 1960), 20th United States Permanent Representative to NATO
Harry DeBoer (1905–1991), Trotskyist trade union leader
Dick DeVos (born 1955), Republican candidate for governor of Michigan
Frank Ellsworth Doremus (1865–1947), United States Representative from Michigan
Hamilton Fish
Rodney Frelinghuysen (born 1946), United States Representative from New Jersey
Todd Gloria (born 1978), San Diego City Council
John Hickenlooper (born 1952), Current Governor of Colorado
Pete Hoekstra (born 1953), member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan
John Hoeven (born 1957), United States Senator from North Dakota
Harold G. Hoffman (1896–1954), 41st Governor of New Jersey
Bill Huizenga (born 1969), United States Representative from Michigan
Kenny Hulshof (born 1958), member of the United States Representative from Missouri
John Jay (1745–1829), Founding Father of the United States and the first Chief Justice of the United States
Bartel J. Jonkman, United States Representative from Michigan
Martin Kalbfleisch (1804–1873), United States Representative from New York
Thomas Kean (born 1935), former Governor of New Jersey
Herman Knickerbocker (1779–1855), United States Representative from New York
John Lindsay (1920–2000), Mayor of New York City and United States Representative from New York
Bob Livingston (born 1943), former United States Representative from Louisiana
Henry Demarest Lloyd (1847–1903), progressive political activist
Elizabeth Monroe (1768–1830), wife of James Monroe; of paternal English and maternal Dutch ancestry
Marshall Mouw (born 1942), City of Glendora Mayor and Councilman
Dave Mulder (born 1939), State Senator from Iowa
A. J. Muste (1885–1967), socialist active in the pacifist movement, labor movement and the US civil rights movement
Dick Posthumus (born 1950), Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
John V. L. Pruyn (1811–1877), United States Representative from New York
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945), Democratic President of the US
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), Republican President of the US
Marge Roukema (born 1929), United States Representative from New Jersey
Albert Janse Ryckman (c. 1642–1737), Mayor of Albany, New York; Prominent Brewer; Captain in Albany Malitia
Philip Schuyler (1733–1804), general in the American Revolutionary War and a United States Senator from New York
Alan K. Simpson (born 1931), United States Senator from Wyoming
Peter Stuyvesant (1612–1672), Director-General of the colony of New Amsterdam (later New York)
Fred Thompson, U.S. Senator and actor
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (1912–1994), Governor of South Carolina
Simeon Van Akin (1842–1906), United States Representative from Michigan
Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), Democratic President of the US
Jacobus Van Cortlandt (1658–1739), two-time Mayor of New York City (1710–1711 and 1719–1720)
Pierre Van Cortlandt (1721–1814), 1st Lieutenant Governor of New York
Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), first native-born Mayor of New York City, grandfather of Pierre van Cortlandt
John Van de Kamp (born 1936), Attorney General of California (1983–1991)
Chris Van Hollen (born 1959), United States Representative from Maryland
Espy Van Horne (1795–1829), United States Representative from Pennsylvania
Isaac B. Van Houten (1776–1850), United States Representative from New York
Cornelius P. Van Ness (1782–1852), Governor of Vermont
Frederick Van Nuys (1874–1944), United States Senator from Indiana
Stephen Van Rensselaer (1764–1839), second Lieutenant Governor of New York and one of the richest Americans ever to have lived
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (1762–1834), United States Representative from New York
Murray Van Wagoner (1821–1888), United States Representative from New York
Robert Anderson Van Wyck (1849–1918), the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of the five boroughs into the City of New York in 1898
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (1791–1861), the first popularly elected Mayor of New York City
Tim Van Zandt (1762–1834), United States Representative from Missouri
Arthur H. Vandenberg (1884–1951), Republican senator from Michigan
Guy Vander Jagt (1931–2007), Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Michigan
Richard Vander Veen (1922–2006), United States Representative from Michigan
Daniel C. Verplanck (1762–1834), United States Representative from New York
Daniel W. Voorhees (1827–1897), United States Senator from Indiana
Peter Dumont Vroom (1791–1873), American Democratic Party politician
Victor Vroom (born 1932), business school professor at the Yale School of Management
Henry C. Warmoth (1842–1931), Governor of Louisiana
Jacob Aaron Westervelt (1800–1879), shipbuilder and Mayor of New York (1853–1855)
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born 1920), physicist
Bart J. Bok (1906–1983), astronomer, director of Steward Observatory
Dirk Brouwer (1902–1966), astronomer
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (1902–1978), physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhlenbeck
Thomas Edison (1847–1931), inventor and businessman; his father was of Dutch descent
Anthony Heinsbergen (1894–1981), muralist considered the foremost designer of North American movie theatre interiors
Harlan Kredit (born 1938), award-winning science teacher and ecologist
Arend Lijphart (born 1936), political scientist
Willem Johan Kolff (1911–2009), inventor of hemodialysis treatment
Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905–1973), astronomer
Willem Jacob Luyten (1899–1994), astronomer
Robert Moog (1934–2005), a pioneer of electronic music and inventor of the Moog synthesizer
Jan Schilt (1894–1982), Dutch-born astronomer, inventor of the Schilt photometer, Rutherford Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University
Maarten Schmidt (born 1929), Dutch-born astronomer who measured the distances of astronomical objects called quasars
Hubert Schoemaker (1950–2006), chemist and biotechnological pioneer
Benjamin Spock (1903–1998), paediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care
James Van Allen (1914–2006), astronomer for whom the Van Allen belt is named
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967), physicist, developed the Van de Graaff generator
Peter van de Kamp (1901–1995), astronomer
Lodewijk van den Berg (born 1932), chemical engineer and astronaut, payload specialist STS-51B Space Shuttle Challenger
Albert Vander Veer (1841–1929), surgeon
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794–1877), founder of Vanderbilt University
David Aardsma (born 1981), Major League Baseball player currently with the Seattle Mariners
Don Ackerman (1930–2011), NBA player
Rick Adelman (born 1946), NBA player and head coach
Odell Beckham Jr (born 1992), NFL player; mother is part Dutch
Hank Beenders (1916–2003), NBA player
Bert Blyleven (born 1951), Major League Baseball player, born in the Netherlands
Kiki Cuyler (1898–1950), Major League Baseball right fielder from 1921 until 1938
Matt den Dekker (born 1987), Major League Baseball center fielder
Vern Den Herder (born 1948), NFL defensive end with Miami Dolphins 1971-82, two-time Super Bowl champ
Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), award-winning professional baseball player
Robert Eenhoorn (born 1968), Major League Baseball; played for New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels and New York Mets
Rikkert Faneyte (born 1969), Major League Baseball player from 1993 to 1996 for the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers
Matt Grevers (born 1985), Olympic swimmer
Cole Hamels (born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher currently with the Texas Rangers
Harald Hasselbach (born 1967), NFL player
Shea Hillenbrand (born 1975), Major League Baseball player
Jim Kaat (born 1938), Major League Baseball pitcher, three-time All Star, 16-time Gold Glove winner, and television broadcaster
Kyle Korver (born 1981), NBA basketball player
Arie Luyendyk (born 1953), auto racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500
Mark Mulder (born 1977), Major League Baseball pitcher
Swen Nater (born 1950), ABA and NBA player, the only player ever to lead both the NBA and ABA in rebounding
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (born 1987), Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers
Jay Riemersma (born 1973), NFL player for the Buffalo Bills
Bas Rutten (born 1965), MMA fighter and color commentator
Curt Schilling (born 1966), Major League Baseball pitcher
Ryan Sheckler (born 1989), skateboarder
Jack Sikma (born 1955), NBA player, averaged 15.6 points and 9.8 rebounds during 14 seasons; currently assistant coach at Minnesota Timberwolves
Luke Sikma (born 1989), basketball player
Julia Smit (born 1987), Olympic swimmer
Erik Spoelstra (born 1970), head coach for the Miami Heat, during their NBA championship win in 2012
Earnie Stewart (born 1969), soccer player who was a regular midfielder for the US national team from 1990s until his retirement in 2005
Greg Stiemsma (born 1985), NBA player
Jan van Beveren (1948–2011), soccer player
Jermaine Van Buren (born 1980), Major League Baseball player
Tejay van Garderen (born 1988), cyclist
Jeff Van Gundy (born 1962), NBA color commentator, former NBA head coach for the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets
Stan Van Gundy (born 1959), current NBA head coach for the Detroit Pistons
Keith Van Horn (born 1975), NBA player
James van Riemsdyk (born 1989), NHL player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Trevor van Riemsdyk (born 1991), NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks
Andy Van Slyke (born 1960), Major League Baseball player, first base coach for the Detroit Tigers
Scott Van Slyke (born 1986), Major League Baseball player
Tiffany van Soest (born 1989), Muay Thai kickboxer
Johnny Vander Meer (1914–1997), baseball player, the only pitcher in major league history to pitch two consecutive no-hitters
Logan Vander Velden (born 1971), NBA player
John Vander Wal (born 1966), Major League Baseball player
Peter Vanderkaay (born 1984), Olympic swimmer
Justin Verlander (born 1983), Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
Tiger Woods (born 1975), professional golfer
Louis Berkhof (1873–1957), Reformed systematic theologian at Calvin Theological Seminary
Hank Hanegraaff (born 1950), Christian apologist and president of the Christian Research Institute
Anthony A. Hoekema (1913–1988), Reformed systematic theologian at Calvin Theological Seminary
Herman Hoeksema (1886–1965), pastor in the Christian Reformed Church and later in the Protestant Reformed Churches, Reformed systematic theologian at the Protestant Reformed Theological School
Richard Mouw (born 1940), Christian philosopher and apologist and president of Fuller Theological Seminary
James Olthuis, inter-disciplinary scholar in ethics, hermeneutics, philosophical theology, as well as a theorist and practitioner of psychotherapy at the Institute for Christian Studies
Alvin Plantinga (born 1932), philosopher known for his work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion
Cornelius Plantinga, president of Calvin Theological Seminary
Robert A. Schuller (born 1954), televangelist and pastor of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California, son of Robert H. Schuller
Robert H. Schuller (1926–2015), televangelist and pastor known around the world through his weekly broadcast The Hour of Power
Lewis B. Smedes (1921–2002), Christian author, ethicist, and theologian at Fuller Theological Seminary
Albertus van Raalte (1811–1876), Calvinist preacher and leader of Dutch immigrants to Michigan
Cornelius Van Til (1895–1987), Christian philosopher, Reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist
Geerhardus Vos (1888–1946), professor of Biblical Theology at Calvin Theological Seminary and at Princeton Theological Seminary
Nate Archibald, character from Gossip Girl
Pete Campbell, character from Mad Men
Goldmember, Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Gregory House, the main character from House
Rory Jansen, character from The Words
Fox Mulder, The X-Files
Brittany Pierce, character from Glee
Mildred Pierce, character from Mildred Pierce
Moe Szyslak, The Simpsons
Abigail Van Buren, pen name of Pauline Phillips, writer of Dear Abby advice column founded in 1956
Sinjin Van Cleef, character from Victorious
Rex Van de Kamp, husband of Bree Van de Kamp of Desperate Housewives
William Van Den Broeck, character from Random Hearts
Eric van der Woodsen, character from Gossip Girl
Serena van der Woodsen, one of the main cast members of Gossip Girl
Summer van Horne, character from Make It or Break It
Traci van Horne, character from Hannah Montana
Milhouse Van Houten, The Simpsons
Rip Van Winkle, main protagonist in Washington Irving's short story of the same name (1819)
Mona Vanderwaal, character from Pretty Little Liars
Dieter Von Cunth, evil character from MacGruber
Jason Voorhees, character from the Friday the 13th series
Bridget "Bee" Vreeland, character from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Jack Dangermond, founder of ESRI, a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software company
Alfred Peet (1920–2007), founder of Peet's Coffee and Tea, credited with starting the gourmet coffee revolution in the United States
Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Dutch merchant) (fl. 1596–1643), founder and director of the Dutch West India Company and instrumental in the establishment of New Netherland
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