WFrançois de Bas was a Dutch general and military historian. He almost single-handedly founded the military-history section of the Dutch General Staff. He co-authored major historical works on the Dutch States Army and the Campaign of 1815, which climaxed with the Battle of Waterloo. The latter work is still the authoritative source on the Dutch-Belgian role in that battle, because it contains copies of after-battle reports of Dutch officers who participated in the battle, the originals of which were lost in a Royal Air Force bombardment of the Dutch Army archives in 1945.
WGeneral Dick Lodewijk Berlijn is a retired Royal Netherlands Air Force four-star general, who served as Chief of Defence of the Netherlands from 2004, when he succeeded Lt. Adm. Luuk Kroon, until 2008, when he was succeeded by Gen. Peter van Uhm. In 2005, the post was renamed from Chef-Defensiestaf to Commandant der Strijdkrachten following a reorganisation, but the term "Chief of Defence Staff" is still the one usually used in English translations. His office saw Dutch military presence in Uruzgan with ISAF, as well as naval contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, among other interventions. He has been awarded with the Légion d'honneur and the Legion of merit, and the Order of Orange-Nassau, all in the degree of commander, and the Order of Orange-Nassau with swords. Berlijn graduated from the Koninklijke Militaire Academie in 1973.
WRobert Antonius Cornelis "Rob" Bertholee is a retired lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army who served the head of the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) from 2011 to 2018. He previously was Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 2008 to 2011. Born in Haarlem, Bertholee is married and has one daughter.
WTheodorus Hendrikus "Theo" Bot was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist.
WHanke Gerdina Johannette Bruins Slot is a Dutch politician and former army officer serving as a member of the House of Representatives since 17 June 2010. A member of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), she focuses on matters of defence personnel, local government, healthcare science, medical law, psychiatry and sports.
WHendrikus "Hendrik" Colijn (22 June 1869 – 18 September 1944) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. He served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 August 1925 until 8 March 1926, and from 26 May 1933 until 10 August 1939.
WAlexis Michel Eenens was a Belgian lieutenant-general, military historian, and politician.
WDoctor Frederik Carel Gerretson was a Dutch writer, essayist, historian, and politician.
WJoseph Constant Eugène "Joop" Haex was a Dutch politician of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), an army officer and lieutenant general of the Royal Netherlands Army he served during World War II and the post-war years.
WSultan Hamid II, born Syarif Abdul Hamid Alkadrie was the eighth Sultan of Pontianak and the only President of the State of West Kalimantan from 1946 to its disestablishment in 1950. He was the eldest son of Sultan Syarif Muhammad Alkadrie. He was of mixed Malay-Arab ancestry and was raised by two British nationals— Salome Catherine Fox and Edith Maud Curteis.
WFrederic Adolph Hoefer was a Dutch lieutenant-general, militaria collector and archivist. He trained at the Koninklijke Militaire Academie and is notable for founding the Legermuseum and restoring Doorwerth Castle.
WBrigadier General Leanne van den Hoek is an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army. She is the first woman to hold a flag officer rank in the Dutch military. She is married, but has chosen not to have any children.
WGovert Huijser was a Dutch general and Chief of the Defence Staff between 1983 and 1988.
WColonel Thomas Jakob Peter Karremans was the commander of Dutchbat troops in Srebrenica at the time of the Srebrenica massacre during Bosnian War. Dutchbat had been assigned to defend the Bosniak enclave made the U.N. "safe area", but it failed to prevent the Serbs from taking the city.
WWillem Jan Knoop was a Dutch lieutenant-general, military historian, and politician. As a young captain of the Dutch General Staff he wrote a rebuttal of the British military historian William Siborne's account of the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo, published as History of the war in France and Flanders in 1815 in 1844, in which Siborne disparaged the conduct of the Dutch army at these battles. Siborne's book had caused a furore in the Netherlands as he saw fit to insult the honor of the Dutch army, and of king William II of the Netherlands, who as Prince of Orange had commanded that army at both battles, and was revered as a national hero by the Dutch. As Siborne's book is still in use as a source for Anglophone historiography of the battles, and is still the subject of controversy, Knoop's criticisms are still relevant, and play a role in this controversy.
WRaymond Willem Knops is a Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He is the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations in the Cabinet Rutte III since 26 October 2017
WMajor Marinus Johannes "Marco" Kroon, RMWO is a Dutch officer serving with the Korps Commandotroepen. Kroon is one of only four living knights of the Military William Order and the first new member appointed to this very exclusive Dutch Order in over half a century. The Military William Order is the highest honour in the Netherlands, bestowed for "performing excellent acts of Bravery, Leadership and Loyalty in battle".
WMart de Kruif MSM is a three-star general in the Royal Netherlands Army and served as its executive commander.
WTon van Loon is a commander from the Netherlands. He is a Lieutenant General employed by NATO who took control of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), Regional Command South (RC-S) on November 1, 2006 until May 1, 2007. From April 13, 2010 until September 25, 2013, he commanded I. German/Dutch Corps. He is married and has two children.
WAbraham Pierre Tony Luteyn was a Dutch officer who successfully escaped from the German prisoner of war camp of Colditz. Sometimes he is referred to as Anthony Luteyn.
WThomas Antonius "Tom" Middendorp is a retired general of the Royal Netherlands Army. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 28 June 2012 until 3 October 2017. He previously served as the Commander of Task Force Uruzgan part of the International Security Assistance Force from 2 February 2009 until 3 August 2009.
WJoannes Josephus van Mulken was a Dutch military officer and Secretary of War.
WAdrianus Antonius van Nijnatten was a Dutch military officer who served in World War II.
WMajor-general Ludolph Hendrik van Oyen was the Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1942 to 1946, during World War II.
WAlexander Schnitger was a general in the Royal Netherlands Air Force who served as Commander of the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
WRichard Leonard Arnold Schoemaker was a Dutch Olympic fencer, engineer in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, professor of architecture at Bandung Institute of Technology and Delft University of Technology, and leader of a resistance group during World War II, for which he was executed at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
WCharles Prosper Wolff Schoemaker was a Dutch architect who designed several distinguished Art Deco buildings in Bandung, Indonesia, including the Villa Isola and Hotel Preanger. He has been described as "the Frank Lloyd Wright of Indonesia," and Wright had a considerable influence on Schoemaker's modernist designs. Although he was primarily known as an architect, he was also a painter and sculptor.
WHendrik Alexander Seyffardt was a Dutch general, who during World War II collaborated with Nazi Germany during the occupation of the Netherlands, most notably as a figurehead of the Dutch Legion, a unit of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front.
WTahi Bonar Simatupang was a soldier who served in the Indonesian National Revolution and went on to become chief of staff of the Indonesian Armed Forces.
WGeneral Simon Hendrik Spoor was the Chief of Staff of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and the Royal Dutch Army in the Dutch East Indies, from 1946 to 1949, during the Indonesian National Revolution.
WAbraham "Bram" Stemerdink is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and army officer.
WDieter Stöckmann is a retired German general of the Bundeswehr. He was Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe from 1996-98.
WLodewijk Willem Johan Karel Thomson was a Dutch military commander and politician. He served as a member of the Dutch parliament between 1905 and 1913. In 1914, he became the commander of a newly created International Gendarmerie force in the Principality of Albania. He was killed during fighting in the town of Durrës on 15 June 1914, becoming the first Dutch soldier to be killed during a peacekeeping mission.
WGeneral Richard G. Tieskens is a three-star general with the Royal Netherlands Army. As of February 2012 he serves as Chief of Staff at Joint Force Command Brunssum.
WWillem den Toom was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
WLieutenant Colonel Gijs Pepijn Tuinman is an officer of the Royal Netherlands Army. Tuinman is one of the only four living knights of the very exclusive Military Order of William, the highest order of chivalry of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
WPetrus Johannes Mathias "Peter" van Uhm is a retired Royal Netherlands Army general. He served as Chief of Defence of the Armed forces of the Netherlands from 17 April 2008 until 28 June 2012. He previously served as the Commander of the Royal Netherlands Army from 5 September 2005 until 13 March 2008.
WGeneral Marius van Zeijts was born on May 29, 1958 in Gorssel, the Netherlands. He is an international sports director who is currently Chairman of the KNZB Royal Dutch Swimming Federation and board member of the Ligue Européenne de Natation. In his military career he achieved the rank of Brigadier General and held his last position until the end of 2017 with NATO in Aix-en-Provence, France.
WPierre Marie Robert Versteegh was a Dutch horse rider who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
WJan Joseph Godfried, Baron van Voorst tot Voorst Jr. was the second highest officer in command of the Dutch armed forces during World War II and a renowned strategist, who wrote numerous articles and books on modern warfare.
WJacob Gabe "Jack" de Vries is a retired Dutch politician of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and political consultant.
WHenri Gerard Winkelman was a Dutch military officer who served as Commander-in-chief of the Armed forces of the Netherlands during the German invasion of the Netherlands.