Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey 1562 to 1569.

Joan Gideon Loten (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the Dutch East India Company, the 29th Governor of Zeylan
The Vanderbilt family, prominent in the USA during the Gilded Age, has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'.

Johan Beyen (1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the European Economic Community
Auke Bloembergen (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands 1979 to 1993
Els Borst (1932 – 2014 in Bilthoven) a Dutch politician, academic and physician
Ad Donker (1933 in Bilthoven – 2002) a pioneering publisher of social critical works in South Africa
Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939 in Maartensdijk – 2019) a maths professor the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam.

Madelon Hooykaas (born 1942 in Maartensdijk) a video artist, photographer and film maker
Madelon Vriesendorp (born 1945 in Bilthoven) an artist, co-founded of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture
Erik van der Wurff (1945 in De Bilt – 2014) a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor
Frederik de Groot (born 1946 in Bilthoven) a Dutch actor and TV spokesman for ING Direct Canada
Thomas von der Dunk (born 1961) a cultural historian, writer and columnist; raised in Bilthoven
Albert Schram (born 1964 in De Bilt) the Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Bas Haring (born 1968 in De Bilt) a writer of popular science and children's literature and TV presenter
Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972 in De Bilt) a Dutch female television presenter
Nicolaas van Nieuwland (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of Egmond Abbey 1562 to 1569.
Joan Gideon Loten (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the Dutch East India Company, the 29th Governor of Zeylan
The Vanderbilt family, prominent in the USA during the Gilded Age, has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'.
Johan Beyen (1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the European Economic Community
Auke Bloembergen (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands 1979 to 1993
Els Borst (1932 – 2014 in Bilthoven) a Dutch politician, academic and physician
Ad Donker (1933 in Bilthoven – 2002) a pioneering publisher of social critical works in South Africa
Anne Sjerp Troelstra (1939 in Maartensdijk – 2019) a maths professor the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation at the University of Amsterdam.
Madelon Hooykaas (born 1942 in Maartensdijk) a video artist, photographer and film maker
Madelon Vriesendorp (born 1945 in Bilthoven) an artist, co-founded of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture
Erik van der Wurff (1945 in De Bilt – 2014) a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor
Frederik de Groot (born 1946 in Bilthoven) a Dutch actor and TV spokesman for ING Direct Canada
Thomas von der Dunk (born 1961) a cultural historian, writer and columnist; raised in Bilthoven
Albert Schram (born 1964 in De Bilt) the Vice Chancellor of the Papua New Guinea University of Technology
Bas Haring (born 1968 in De Bilt) a writer of popular science and children's literature and TV presenter
Jetske van den Elsen (born 1972 in De Bilt) a Dutch female television presenter
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