List of people associated with Utrecht University

Notable alumni, faculty and administrators of Utrecht University.

Nobel Prize laureate alumni

• Christiaan Eijkman, physician, pathologist
• Nicolaas Bloembergen, physicist
• Peter Debye, physicist
• Willem Einthoven, physician, physicist
• J. H. van 't Hoff
  , chemist
• Gerardus 't Hooft
  , physicist
• Tjalling Koopmans, mathematician, physicist, economist
• Wilhelm Röntgen, physicist
• Lavoslav Ruzicka
  , chemist
• Martinus J.G. Veltman
  , physicist

Alumni

• Dutch royal family
• Arend Jan Boekestijn, historian, politician
• Arie A. Kruithof, physicist
• Aristid Lindenmayer, biologist
• Anna Maria van Schurman, classicist and painter
• Abraham Pais, physicist, science historian
• Clarence Barlow, composer
• C.H.D. Buys Ballot
  , meteorologist
• Elisabeth Bik, microbiologist and science writer
• Debby Bogaert, professor of pediatrics^[1]
• Els Borst, former Dutch minister of Health
• Johannes Martin Bijvoet, chemist
• Lulzim Basha, Mayor of Tirana, politician, former Albanian minister
• Henk J. M. Bos, historian of mathematics
• James Boswell, author, lawyer
• Rutger Bregman (born 1988), historian
• Peter Braam, computer scientist, mathematician and entrepreneur
• Jan K. Buitelaar, medical doctor, psychiatrist, author, and academic
• Pieter Burmann the Younger
  , philologist
• David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, author, lawyer
• René Descartes, philosopher, mathematician
• Michael Clyne, linguist
• Johann Georg Graevius, scholar
• Louis Grondijs
  , Byzantologist, war correspondent
• Saba Hamzah, poet and scholar
• Jacoba Hol, physical geographer
• Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten, Director Department of Economic Affairs in colonial Indonesia
• J. G. ten Houten, phytopathologist and botanist
• Jacobus Kapteyn, astronomer
• Izaak Maurits Kolthoff
  , chemist
• Philip G. Kreyenbroek, iranist
• Jan van Leeuwen, computer scientist
• Jack van Lint
  , mathematician
• John Henry Livingston, academic, fourth president of Rutgers University
• Renate Loll, physicist
• Rudolf Magnus, pharmacologist and physiologist
• Andrea 't Mannetje, epidemiologist
• Maung Maung, 7th President of Burma
• Cecilia Medina, jurist, lawyer
• Erik Meijer, computer scientist
• Marcel Minnaert, astronomer
• Heiko Oberman, historian
• Mark Overmars, computer scientist
• Perizonius, scholar
• Maarten van Rossem, historian
• Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, physician, scientist
• Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz, phytopathologist
• Jan Hendrik Scholten, theologian
• Jansje Gretha Schuiringa, one of first Dutch dentists, professor of prosthetic dentistry
• Boudewijn Sirks, specialist in Roman law
• J. Slauerhoff, poet; novelist; assistant at the university's clinic for Dermatology and Venereal Diseases 1929–1930
• Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, politician
• Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, poet
• Jan Terlouw, politician, novelist
• Gerard Verschuuren, from the former Institute of Human Biology
• Frans de Waal, zoologist and ethologist
• Hugh Williamson, politician
• Jan Pol, from The Incredible Dr. Pol a Nat Geo Wild
  reality show, Veterinarian
• Wim Aantjes
  , politician
• Willem Marcus van Weede, law
• Anne Wyllie, scientist
• Pieter Kok, physicist

Faculty

• Mario Alinei
• Cornelis Dirk Andriesse
• Frans Andriessen
• Barnita Bagchi
• Julia Bailey-Serres
• Mieke Bal
• Marc Baldus
• Johann Conrad Barchusen, first chemistry professor
• Nicolaas Beets
• Reinout Willem van Bemmelen
• Jan Hendrik van den Berg
• Jan Bergstra
• Frits Beukers
• Johannes Martin Bijvoet
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing
• Fred van der Blij
• Pieter Boddaert
• Hans L. Bodlaender
• Els Borst
• Henk J. M. Bos
• Onno J. Boxma
• Rosi Braidotti
• Sjaak Brinkkemper
• Marcel Van den Broecke
• Hendrik Brugmans
• Martin van Bruinessen
• C. H. D. Buys Ballot
• Hans Clevers
• Heinrich von Cocceji
• Floris Cohen
• Wim Cohen
• Jacqueline Cramer
• Paul J. Crutzen
• Dirk van Dalen
• Gerrit De Geest
• Peter Debye
• Cees Dekker
• Dennis Dieks
• Isbrand van Diemerbroeck
• Jurriaan ten Doesschate
• Franciscus Donders
• Hans Duistermaat
• Carl Andreas Duker
• Thomas von der Dunk
• Cornelis van Eck
• Christiaan Eijkman
• Peter Ester
• Daan Frenkel
• Hans Freudenthal
• Bas de Gaay Fortman
• Robert van Genechten
• Johann Georg Graevius
• Louis Grondijs
• Piet Gros
• Hendrik Jacob Hamaker
• A. G. van Hamel
• Sadik Harchaoui
• Pieter Harting
• Majid Hassanizadeh
• Michiel Hazewinkel
• Albert J.R. Heck
• William S. Heckscher
• Karl Heilbronner
• Philip Willem van Heusde
• Jacob van der Hoeden
• Martin Hoek
• Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
• Jan Hogendijk
• Paulien Hogeweg
• Jacoba Hol
• Gerard 't Hooft
• Johannes Hoornbeek
• Pieter Willem van der Horst
• Ambrosius Hubrecht
• Johannes Alphonsus Huisman
• John Huizinga
• G.P. van Itterzon
• Cornelis de Jager
• Mark Janse
• Hans Jansen
• Nico van Kampen
• Paul Joan George Kapteyn
• Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald
• Ilse Kokula
• Jan Koster
• Jan Lambooy
• Jan van Leeuwen
• Jan Christiaan Lindeman
• Rudolf Magnus
• Rob Meens, medieval historian
• Lambert Meertens
• Annette Merz
• Marcel Minnaert
• Ieke Moerdijk
• Bert Mosselmans
• Pieter van Musschenbroek
• Frits van Oostrom
• Cornelis Willem Opzoomer
• Leonard Ornstein
• Ab Osterhaus
• Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans
• Mark Overmars, computer scientist
• Jean Henri Pareau
• Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak
• Petrus van Mastricht
• Herman Philipse
• Pieter Hendrik van Cittert
• Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk
• Ronald Plasterk
• Sacha Prechal
• August Adriaan Pulle
• Jan de Quay
• Henricus Regius
• Henricus Reneri
• Maarten van Rossem
• Job de Ruiter
• Leopold Ružička
• Heleen Sancisi Weerdenburg
• Willem Saris
• Mirko Tobias Schäfer
• Hans Schenk
• Paul Schnabel
• Peter Schrijver
• Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit
• Hermann Snellen
• Sami Solanki
• T. A. Springer
• Hendricus Stoof
• Dirk Jan Struik
• Karel van der Toorn
• Uğur Ümit Üngör
• William Uricchio
• Peter van der Veer
• Jan G.F. Veldhuis
• Martinus J. G. Veltman
• Co Verdaas
• Pieter verLoren van Themaat
• Willem Anton van Vloten
• Johannes Voet
• Gisbertus Voetius
• Henk van der Vorst
• Petrus Johannes Waardenburg
• Willem Albert Wagenaar
• Stefan E. Warschawski
• C. E. A. Wichmann
• David de Wied
• Bernard de Wit
• Hermann Witsius
• George Weijer

Rectors

(Dates as rectors)

• Jan Ackersdijck 1840 to 1841^[2]
• Antonius Aemilius 1644 to 1645, and 1659 to 1660^[3]
• Christian Bernhard Albinus 1728 to 1729, and 1741 to 1742^[4]
• Hieronymus Simons van Alphen 1717 to 1718, and 1733 to 1734^[5]
• Henricus Johannes Arntzenius 1793 to 1794^[6]
• Hermann Arntzenius 1803 to 1804, and 1820 to 1821^[7]
• Johan d’Aulnis de Bourouill 1888 to 1889^[8]
• Johannes Marinus Simon Baljon 1904 to 1905^[9]
• Nicolaas Beets 1877 to 1878
• Daniel Berckringer 1648 to 1649^[10]
• Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma 1843 to 1844^[11]
• Jan Bleuland 1799 to 1800, and 1816 to 1817^[12]
• Hendrik Bolkestein 1934 to 1935^[13]
• Peter Bondam 1776 to 1777, and 1788 to 1789^[14]
• Gisbert Bonnet 1764 to 1765, 1779 to 1780, and 1792 to 1793^[15]
• Hermannus Bouman 1829 to 1830, and 1844-1845^[16]
• Willem Gerard Brill 1871 to 1872^[17]
• Arnoldus Johannes Petrus van den Broek 1923 to 1924^[18]
• William Laurence Brown 1789 to 1790
• Jan Richard de Brueys 1825 to 1826^[19]
• Johannes de Bruin 1663 to 1664, and 1672 to 1674^[20]
• Frans Burman (theologian, born 1628) 1664 to 1665, and 1670 to 1671^[21]
• Frans Burman (theologian, born 1671) 1718 to 1719^[22]
• Frans Burman (theologian, born 1708) 1746 to 1747, 1766 to 1767, and 1782 to 1783 ^[23]
• Pieter Burman the Elder 1703 to 1704, and 1711 to 1712
• Christophorus Henricus Didericus Buys Ballot
  1863 to 1864
• Giovanni Salvemini (Johann Castillon) 1758 to 1759
• Ernst Julius Cohen
  1915 to 1916
• Jacob Cramer (theologian) 1892 to 1893^[24]
• Hendrik Cornelis Dibbits 1894 to 1895^[25]
• Bernardus Schotanus 1635 to 1641^[26]

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