Arnold AletrinoW
Arnold Aletrino

Arnold Aletrino was a Dutch physician, criminal anthropologist and writer, who published works on homosexuality in Dutch and French. He was a member of the Tachtigers, a group of young and revolutionary Dutch authors, who despised the pious poetry and prose of the mid-nineteenth century Dutch Victorian writers.

Willem ArondeusW
Willem Arondeus

Willem Arondeus was a Dutch artist and author who joined the Dutch anti-Nazi resistance movement during World War II. He participated in the bombing of the Amsterdam public records office to hinder the Nazi German effort to identify Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. Arondeus was caught and executed soon after his arrest. Yad Vashem recognized Arondeus as Righteous Among the Nations.

Aristide von BienefeldtW
Aristide von Bienefeldt

Aristide von Bienefeldt was the pen name of the Dutch novelist Rijk de Jong.

Joop BraakhekkeW
Joop Braakhekke

Johannes Franciscus "Joop" Braakhekke was a Dutch chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author.

Til BrugmanW
Til Brugman

Mathilda (Til) Brugman was a Dutch author, poet and linguist.

Andreas BurnierW
Andreas Burnier

Andreas Burnier, born Catharina Irma Dessaur was a Dutch writer. Burnier has published poetry, lectures, books and articles, many of which address homosexuality, in order to emphasize women's problems in a male-dominated society.

Tofik DibiW
Tofik Dibi

Tovek "Tofik" Dibi is a former Dutch politician for GreenLeft (GroenLinks). He was a Member of Parliament from 30 November 2006 till 19 September 2012. He focused on matters of criminal law, safety, youth, family, and integration.

Boris DittrichW
Boris Dittrich

Boris Ottokar Dittrich is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party, jurist, author and human rights activist. He is a Member of the Senate since 11 June 2019.

André van DuinW
André van Duin

Adrianus Marinus Kyvon, known by his stage name André van Duin, is a Dutch comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, author, television presenter, television director, television producer and screenwriter. Van Duin is one of the Netherlands' best known entertainers, with a career spanning over seven decades.

Maxim FebruariW
Maxim Februari

Maxim Februari, pseudonym of Maximiliaan (Max) Drenth, is a Dutch writer, philosopher and columnist.

Pim FortuynW
Pim Fortuyn

Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn, known as Pim Fortuyn, was a Dutch politician, academic, author and businessman who formed his own party, Pim Fortuyn List in 2002.

Seth GaaikemaW
Seth Gaaikema

Seth Gaaikema was a Dutch cabaret artist, writer, and lyricist.

Jacob Israël de HaanW
Jacob Israël de Haan

Jacob Israël de Haan was a Dutch-Jewish literary writer, jurist and journalist who was assassinated in Jerusalem by the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah for his anti-Zionist political activities and contacts with Arab leaders.

Gert HekmaW
Gert Hekma

Gerhardus "Gert" Hekma is a Dutch anthropologist and sociologist, known for his research and publications, and controversial public statements, about (homo)sexuality. He taught gay and lesbian studies at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the University of Amsterdam from 1984 to 2017.

Xaviera HollanderW
Xaviera Hollander

Xaviera Hollander is a Dutch former call girl, madam, and author. She is best known for her best-selling memoir The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.

Coos HuijsenW
Coos Huijsen

Jacobus "Coos" Huijsen is a Dutch historian, writer, former educator, former Dutch politician, and gay rights activist. He was the first parliamentarian in the world (1976) to openly express his homosexuality.

Arthur JapinW
Arthur Japin

Arthur Valentijn Japin is a Dutch novelist.

Gerrit KomrijW
Gerrit Komrij

Gerrit Jan Komrij was a Dutch poet, novelist, translator, critic, polemic journalist and playwright. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s writing poetry that sharply contrasted with the free-form poetry of his contemporaries. He acquired a reputation for his prose in the late 1970s, writing acerbic essays and columns often critical of writers, television programs, and politicians. As a literary critic and especially as an anthologist he had a formative influence on Dutch literature: his 1979 anthology of Dutch poetry of the 19th and 20th centuries reformed the canon, and was followed by anthologies of Dutch poetry of the 17th and 18th centuries, of Afrikaans poetry, and of children's poetry. Those anthologies and a steady stream of prose and poetry publications solidified his reputation as one of the country's leading writers and critics; he was awarded the highest literary awards including the P. C. Hooft Award (1993), and from 2000 to 2004 he was the Dutch Dichter des Vaderlands. Komrij died in 2012 at age 68.

Rindert KromhoutW
Rindert Kromhout

Rindert Kromhout is a Dutch author of children's books and young adult fiction. He is the author of the 2002 kinderboekenweekgeschenk, a commissioned book given away to book buyers during the annual Boekenweek.

Peter LankhorstW
Peter Lankhorst

Petrus Antonius "Peter" Lankhorst is a retired Dutch politician of the GreenLeft (GL) party and political consultant.

Jef LastW
Jef Last

Josephus Carel Franciscus (Jef) Last was a Dutch poet, writer, translator and cosmopolitan.

Hans LodeizenW
Hans Lodeizen

Hans Lodeizen, born Johannes August Frederik Lodeizen, was a Dutch poet. He was the author of one book of poems and a quantity of miscellaneous work. Despite his short life and modest output, his minimalist lyrics, which are generally constituted of short, unrhymed lines without capitals or punctuation, strongly influenced a post-war generation of Dutch poets, including Gerard Reve.

Maaike MeijerW
Maaike Meijer

Maaike Meijer is a Dutch literary scholar. She is a Professor emeritus of Maastricht University.

Doeschka MeijsingW
Doeschka Meijsing

Maria Johanna Meijsing was a Dutch novelist. She won the AKO Literatuurprijs in 2000 for her novel De tweede man, and in 2008 the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs for her novel Over de liefde. Doeschka Meijsing is the older sister of writer Geerten Meijsing and philosopher Monica Meijsing.

Willem OltmansW
Willem Oltmans

Willem Leonard Oltmans was a Dutch investigative journalist and author active in international politics.

Veronique RenardW
Veronique Renard

Véronique Françoise Caroline Renard is a Dutch author and visual artist. She is also known as Pantau, a name that was adopted after meeting the Dalai Lama at an audience at his home in McLeodganj, Dharamsala, India in 2000. The name Pantau means "to be helpful" or "beneficial". Pantao is also a Chinese name for a flat, small peach, reputed to be food for Taoist fairies.

Gerard ReveW
Gerard Reve

Gerard Kornelis Cecil de van het Reve was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard Cecil de van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve [ˈɣeːrɑrt ˈreːvə] in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch post-war literature. His 1981 novel De vierde man was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1983 film.

Hein VosW
Hein Vos

Hendrik "Hein" Vos was a Dutch politician of the defunct Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and later the Labour Party (PvdA) and economist.

Hans WarrenW
Hans Warren

Johannes Adrianus Menne Warren was a Dutch writer. Much of his fame in the Netherlands derives from having published a collection of diaries in which he described his life and homosexual experiences in a country that deeply repressed homosexuality. He is also known for his poetry, his literary criticism, and his translations of poetry from Modern Greek.