- Mario van der Ende
Mario van der Ende (born March 28, 1956 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a retired football (soccer) referee from the Netherlands. He is mostly known for supervising five matches in the FIFA World Cup, three in 1994 and two in 1998.
- Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland (Den Haag, 9 November 1974) is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer. At a young age, Maasland already lived a glamorous life. She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy. Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona.
- Tim Krul
Timothy (Tim) Krul (born April 3, 1988 in Den Haag) is a Dutch goalkeeper who currently plays for Newcastle United. He was promoted to the first team in 2006 by manager Glenn Roeder. He signed for Newcastle in July 2005, on a three year deal from ADO Den Haag. He played in the Under-17 European Championship for Holland in Tuscany in May 2005, and has since become the third choice goalkeeper for the Dutch U-21 squad.
- Sjaak Polak
Sjaak Polak (born February 18, 1976 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a football midfielder from the Netherlands, who is playing for Sparta Rotterdam since the summer of 2005 in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie. He previously played for Excelsior Rotterdam (1996-2000), FC Twente (2000-2004), and ADO Den Haag (2004-2005). <br
- Mat Herben
Mathieu ("Mat") Herben (born July 15 1952 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch politician and a member of the List Pim Fortuyn. As of 23 May 2002 he has been a member of LPF's fraction within the lower house of the Staten-Generaal. In 2004 Herben served as the fraction leader as well as the chairman of the party. In the elections held on January 22 2003 he was the so-called lijsttrekker. Mat Herben lives in Linschoten (Montfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands).
- Tscheu La Ling
Tscheu La Ling (born: Den Haag, 6 January, 1956) is a former soccer player from the Netherlands who has played for clubs in the Netherlands, Greece and France.
- Edwin de Graaf
Edwin de Graaf (born 30 April 1980) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for NAC Breda. De Graaf is a midfielder who was born in Den Haag and made his debut in professional football, being part of the RBC Roosendaal squad in the 2001-02 season. He also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam and ADO Den Haag before joining NAC Breda.
- Jan-Paul Saeijs
Jan-Paul Saeijs (born 20 June 1978) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Roda JC. Saeijs is a defender who was born in Den Haag and made his debut in professional football, being part of the ADO Den Haag squad in the 1998-99 season.
- John de Jong
John de Jong (born 8 March, 1977 in Den Haag, Netherlands) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie team PSV Eindhoven as a midfielder.
- Cedric van der Gun
Cedric van der Gun (born 5 May 1979 in Den Haag) is a Dutch football striker.
- Hedy D'Ancona
Hedwig (Hedy) d'Ancona (Den Haag, october 1 1937) is a Dutch politician and feminist. She was the minister for welfare, public health and culture from 1989 until 1994 and the Secretary of state ("staatssecretaris") for issues concerning women's liberation from September 1981 until May 1982. She also served in the European Parliament and in the first chamber of the Dutch parliament, for the Labour Party.
- Ricky van den Bergh
Ricky van den Bergh (born November 17, 1980 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a football (soccer) striker from the Netherlands, who is playing for RKC Waalwijk since the summer of 2006 in the Dutch highest league, Eredivisie. He previously played for Sparta Rotterdam (2002-2006), for which he scored 54 goals in four seasons. <br
- Daniël Rijaard
Daniël Rijaard is a Dutch Antilles footballer who plays for ADO Den Haag and Netherlands Antilles. He is a defender who plays as a fullback on the right side of the pitch. Rijaard's career began when he signed a professional contract with Excelsior Rotterdam, making his first first-team appearance in 1995, at the age of 18. He was a regular in the team immediately and became one of Excelsior's key players in the following years.
- Mariska Veres
Mariska Veres (1 October 1947 - 2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the rock group Shocking Blue. Veres was born in Den Haag. Her father was the Hungarian violinist Lajos Veres; her mother was born in Germany of French and Russian parents. Veres began her career as a singer in 1963 with the guitar band Les Mysteres, later singing with the Bumble Bees in 1965, the Blue Fighters, Danny and his Favourites and General Four in 1966, …
- Virgilio Teixeira
Virgilio Anastacio Teixeira (born 11 August 1973) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for RKC Waalwijk. Teixeira is a defender who was born in Den Haag and made his debut in professional football, being part of the ADO Den Haag squad in the 1992-93 season.
- Martijn Padding
Martijn Padding (born April 24, 1956 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch composer. Taught by Louis Andriessen (composition), Geert van Keulen (instrumentation) and Fania Chapiro (piano). He also studied sonology at the University of Utrecht. He is a teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag.
- Johan Wagenaar
Johan Wagenaar (1 November 1862, Utrecht - 17 June 1941, Den Haag) was a Dutch composer and organist. Born out of wedlock, he was the son of Cypriaan Gerard Berger van Hengst and Johanna Wagenaar. The parents were of different social classes, with his father of the aristocrat class while his mother was "of more humble origins". For this reason, Wagenaar's parents were not married, and thus Wagenaar had his mother's name as his family name.
- Gilius van Bergeijk
Gilius van Bergeijk (born Den Haag, 7 november 1946) is a Dutch composer. Taught by Kees van Baaren and Dick Raaijmakers (electronic music), he is a teacher at the Royal Conservatory in Den Haag. Van Bergeijk also studied oboe and alto saxophone.
- Niels Kerstholt
Niels Kerstholt (Utrecht, April 2, 1983) is a Dutch short track speed skater. Kerstholt qualified himself for the 2006 Winter Olympics by finishing among the first twelve in a virtual ranking over 1000 metres using the results of the World Cup meetings in Bormio and Den Haag in November 2005. This way he met the requirements set by the Dutch Olympic Commitee and was his ticket to Turin reserved.
- Casper Bouman
Casper Bouman (born October 2, 1985) is a Dutch sailor, who lives in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland. Bouman won the gold medal at the 2006 RS:X World Championships to claim the world title. During the event the top-10 sailors were selected to sail the final race, called the medal race. Before the start of the medal race Bouman was in second position, only one point behind Tom Ashley from New Zealand. Bouman finished second in the medal race, one position in front of Ashley.
- Lo Hartog van Banda
Lodewijk ("Lo") Hartog van Banda (Den Haag, November 4 1916 - Den Haag, February 2 2006) was a Dutch comic writer. Working for the Toonder Studio's he co-wrote Aram, Kappie, Panda, Tom Puss and his own creation Koning Hollewijn. When Marten Toonder went to Ireland, Lo Hartog van Banda left the studio. Later he would write the scripts for comics such as Arad en Maya, Arman en Ilva, and Ambrosius. He wrote for the NOS television the tv series Ti-ta-tovenaar, De Astronautjes, …
- Ijsbrand Chardon
IJsbrand Chardon (born 2 January 1961) is a Dutch equestrian and multiple World Champion at the World Equestrian Games. Chardon excells in the driving disciplines in the sport and became World Champion for the first time in 1988 when he won the gold medal in the individual event in Apeldoorn. Two years later he added his second world title, this time in the team event in Stockholm 1990. In Riesenbeck, Germany another two years later he won his second individual gold, …
- Rick van der Linden
Rick van der Linden (Badhoevedorp, August 5 1946 - Groningen, January 22 2006) was a Dutch composer and keyboard player. Van der Linden became famous as a member of Ekseption, but played in several other bands, as well as solo. His compositions were often inspired by classical music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven. He grew up in Haarlem, and started with learning to play piano when he was 13 years old. He performed with several symphony orchestras.
- Cees Juffermans
Cees Juffermans (Stompwijk, February 10, 1982) is a former Dutch short track speed skater. Currently he is a marathon speed skater. He has a relationship with short track speed skater Liesbeth Mau Asam. Juffermans is one of the best short track speed skaters from the Netherlands ever. At the 2001 European Championships he won the silver medal. He participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City where he was eliminated in the series at the 500 and 1000 metres.
- Stanley Brard
Stanley Brard (born 24 October, 1958 in Den Haag) is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a left back and who is currently head scout at Feyenoord Rotterdam. His niece Patty is a singer, tv icon and playmate, while his son Joshua is a professional footballer as well. Brard started his career in his town of birth, Den Haag where he played for RKSV Lenig en Snel (LENS).
- Jan Altink
Jan Altink (October 21, 1885, Groningen, Netherlands - December 6, 1971, Den Haag) was a Dutch painter. He was a member of De Ploeg (The Plow) movement.
- Gaston Taument
Gaston Taument (born October 1, 1970 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former football winger from The Netherlands, who earned fifteen caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored twice. He was a member of the Dutch team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup - where he scored Holland's winning goal in their first game against Saudi Arabia (2-1) - and at Euro 1996. Taument made his debut for Holland on February 12, 1992, …
- Karen Mulder
Karen Mulder, born June 1, 1970 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (near Rotterdam) and raised in Den Haag and Voorburg, Holland, is a former Dutch supermodel.
- Liesbeth Mau Asam
Liesbeth Mau Asam (Den Haag, April 9, 1982) is a Dutch short track speed skater who lives in Woubrugge and who has a relationship with Cees Juffermans. Mau Asam participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, but had a hard time qualifying for the Games. She was nominated by the Dutch Speed Skating Association on the 500 metres and had to show form at the World Cup meeting in her city of birth Den Haag.
- Minke Smabers
Minke Smabers (born March 22, 1979 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played more than 200 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team. Her current team is Laren. She made her debut on June 29, 1997 against South Korea (2-1), and was a member of the team, that won the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Four years later she captured silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
- Gerard Philips
Gerard Leonard Frederik Philips (Zaltbommel October 9, 1858 - Den Haag january 25, 1942) was a Dutch industrialist and cofounder (with his brother, Anton Philips) and first CEO of the NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken. His father, B.F.D. Philips was a banker at Zaltbommel in Holland. He was a cousin of Karl Marx.
- Milan Babić
Milan Babić was from 1991 to 1995 the first President of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, a largely Serb-populated region that broke away from Croatia. He was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in 2004; he was the first ever indictee to admit guilt and make a plea bargain with the prosecution, after which he was sentenced to 13 years in prison. He was found dead in his Den Haag prison cell on March 6, 2006, …
- Laura van Leeuwen
Laura Antoinette ("Laura") van Leeuwen (born April 22 1986 in Den Haag) is a Dutch gymnast. Van Leeuwen is allround, however the uneven bars and the vault are her best disciplines. Her first notable moments came in 1999 when she took part in the Dutch National Championships, finishing 5th overall, 2nd on vault, 2nd on floor and becoming the uneven bars champion, which she also was in 2002, 2003 and 2004. In 2001 she was Dutch champion on vault.
- Ryan Holman
Ryan Holman (born 5 July 1986) is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Willem II Tilburg. Holman is a defender who was born in Den Haag and made his debut in professional football, being part of the Willem II Tilburg squad in the 2005-06 season.
- Jordy Brouwer
Jordy Brouwer (born 26 February, 1988 in Den Haag), is a Dutch youth international football striker, currently at English Premier League club Liverpool F.C. After starting his football career as a youth at Ajax Amsterdam, he became the top scorer for the Ajax youth side Ajax A1. On 22 January, 2007 Brouwer signed professional papers with Liverpool on a four and a half year contract. As Brouwer was only a youth at the time of the transfer, …
- Robin Ammerlaan
"'"' (born February 26, 1968 in Den Haag) is a professional world number one singles and doubles wheelchair tennis player who comes from the Netherlands. He also won the doubles, partnering Shingo Kunieda of Japan. Ammerlaan is also champion of many other grand slam titles since 2000. The right handed player's favorite surface is carpet, and he is coached by Gert Bolk. His wheelchair is manufactured by Invacare. Ammerlaan currently resides in Soest, the Netherlands.
- Guus Haak
Guus Haak (born 17 May 1937 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch footballer who played for Feyenoord and was part of their European Cup victory in 1970. He earned 14 caps for the Netherlands national football team.
- Andro Knel
Andro Charles Willem Knel (born October 8, 1967 in Rotterdam - died June 7, 1989 in Paramaribo) was a Dutch-Suriname footballer. During his career he served Sparta Rotterdam and NAC Breda. He died at the age of 21, when on June 7, 1989 he was killed in the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo. He was said to be a "tropical surprise in milk chocolate". Knel and his family moved from Rotterdam to Den Haag when he was 10 years old.
- Hans Kruize
Hans Tjebbe Kruize (born May 23, 1954 in Den Haag) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who participated in two Summer Olympics: in Montreal (1976) and in Los Angeles (1984). He ended up in fourth and in sixth place with the Dutch National Men's Team. Just like his brothers Ties and Hidde, and his father Roepie, he played club hockey for HC Klein Zwitserland from The Hague. The midfielder earned a total number of 99 caps, scoring fourteen goals, …
- Lisanne Lejeune
Elisabeth ("Lisanne") Anne Marie Lejeune (born July 28, 1963 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the bronze medal with the National Women's Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics. From 1984 to 1994 she played a total number of 95 international matches for Holland, in which she scored 91 goals, most of them from penalty corners. Due to injury she had to miss the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.