Alfred Henry (Freddy) Heineken (1923-2002) Powerful force behind Heineken. Under his leadership Heineken became a global brand. Heineken had been founded by Freddy's grandfather Gerard Adriaan Heineken. Alfred Heineken started working at the company in 1941. He stepped down as general manager in 1989.

Daniël Noteboom (1910-1932) One of the greatest chess talents the Netherlands has ever known. Noteboom played for the Netherlands during the 1930 Chess Olympics in Hamburg and the 1931 Olympics in Prague. He is buried in Noordwijk (in the public graveyard), where there is also a chess club in his name. Upon his grave is a chessboard and a number of chess pieces.

Maria Montessori (1870-1952) Founder of the Montessori schools. In 1934 leaves Maria Montessori Italy, because Mussolini wanted to intervene in her education system: she especially could not accept his decision to have children wear school uniforms. She moves to Barcelona, where she had to leave in 1936 because of the Spanish civil war. In the same year, she moves to in the Netherlands, where the headquarters of the Montessori movement had already been established. In 1950, she was appointed a "Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau" and was awarded an honourable doctorate by the University of Amsterdam.