's-Hertogenbosch
Public thinking and public service
### Public thinking and public service

[140px\|thumb\|Macropedius, 1572](/wiki/File:Portret_Macropedius%2C_Philips_Galle.jpg "Portret Macropedius, Philips Galle.jpg")
[140px\|thumb\|Jan de Quay, 1962](/wiki/File:Jan_de_Quay_1962_%281%29.jpg "Jan de Quay 1962 (1).jpg")
* [Erasmus](/wiki/Erasmus "Erasmus") (1484–1497\), priest and humanist scholar
* [Macropedius](/wiki/Macropedius "Macropedius") (1487–1558\), a Dutch humanist, schoolmaster and Latin playwright
* [John Slotanus](/wiki/John_Slotanus "John Slotanus") (died 1560\), a Dutch Roman Catholic polemical writer.
* [Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre](/wiki/Johannes_Chrysostomus_vander_Sterre "Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre") (1591–1652\), an ecclesiastical writer and abbot
* [Johan Bax van Herenthals](/wiki/Johan_Bax_van_Herenthals "Johan Bax van Herenthals") (1637–1678\), the governor of the [Dutch Cape Colony](/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony "Dutch Cape Colony") 1676/1678
* [Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande](/wiki/Laurens_Storm_van_%27s_Gravesande "Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande") (1704–1775\), governor of [Essequibo](/wiki/Essequibo_%28colony%29 "Essequibo (colony)") and [Demerara](/wiki/Demerara "Demerara")
* [Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois](/wiki/Petrus_Josephus_Johannus_Sophia_Marie_van_der_Does_de_Willebois "Petrus Josephus Johannus Sophia Marie van der Does de Willebois") (1843–1937\), a Dutch jonkheer, politician and Mayor of 's\-Hertogenbosch
* [Joseph Sweens](/wiki/Joseph_Sweens "Joseph Sweens") (1858–1950\), an [RC](/wiki/Catholic_Church "Catholic Church") missionary bishop in [South Nyanza](/wiki/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Southern_Victoria_Nyanza "Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Victoria Nyanza") in [German East Africa](/wiki/German_East_Africa "German East Africa")
* [Christiaan Cornelissen](/wiki/Christiaan_Cornelissen "Christiaan Cornelissen") (1864–1942\), a Dutch syndicalist writer, economist and trade unionist
* [Henk Sneevliet](/wiki/Henk_Sneevliet "Henk Sneevliet") (1883–1942\), a Dutch Communist, active in both the Netherlands and the [Dutch East Indies](/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies "Dutch East Indies")
* [Frans Teulings](/wiki/Frans_Teulings "Frans Teulings") (1891–1966\), a Dutch politician and economist
* [Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen](/wiki/Pieter_Godfried_Maria_van_Meeuwen "Pieter Godfried Maria van Meeuwen") (1899–1982\), a Dutch judge and a politician
* [Jan de Quay](/wiki/Jan_de_Quay "Jan de Quay") (1901–1985\), a politician and psychologist; [Prime Minister of the Netherlands](/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Netherlands "Prime Minister of the Netherlands") 1959/1963
* [Bert Röling](/wiki/Bert_R%C3%B6ling "Bert Röling") (1906–1985\), a Dutch jurist and founding father of [polemology](/wiki/Polemology "Polemology"), the study of war
* [Louis van de Laar](/wiki/Louis_van_de_Laar "Louis van de Laar") (1921–2004\), a Dutch politician and historian
* [Bram Stemerdink](/wiki/Bram_Stemerdink "Bram Stemerdink") (born 1936\), a retired Dutch politician and army officer
* [Don Burgers](/wiki/Don_Burgers "Don Burgers") (1932–2006\), a Dutch politician, mayor of 's\-Hertogenbosch from 1989 to 1996
* [Marco Kroon](/wiki/Marco_Kroon "Marco Kroon") (born 1970\), soldier with the [Korps Commandotroepen](/wiki/Korps_Commandotroepen "Korps Commandotroepen")
* [Matthijs van Miltenburg](/wiki/Matthijs_van_Miltenburg "Matthijs van Miltenburg") (born 1972\), a politician, municipal councillor 2010/2014 and [MEP](/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament "Member of the European Parliament") 2014/2019


When did John Slotanus die?