# The greatest Dutch person (De grootste Nederlander)

The top ten of KRO's show De grootste Nederlander (2004). Pim Fortuyn was announced the winner, but a recount showed William of Orange had received the most votes.

- 3 votes · 14 items
- Oct 2, 2018 · Marloes
- https://even.best/en/l/687/the-greatest-dutch-person-de-grootste-nederlander

## Top 10

1. **William of Orange** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1533-1584. Father of the Nation; received the most votes after the recount.
2. **Willem Drees** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1886-1988. Prime Minister of four post-war cabinets.
3. **Antoni van Leeuwenhoek** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1632-1723. Pioneer of microbiology with his microscopes.
4. **Pim Fortuyn** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1948-2002. Politician murdered in 2002; announced as winner on the night.
5. **Erasmus** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1466-1536. Humanist and philosopher.
6. **Johan Cruyff** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1947-2016. Footballer and coach, three-time Ballon d'Or winner.
7. **Michiel de Ruyter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1607-1676. Admiral.
8. **Anne Frank** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1929-1945. Wrote her diary in the Secret Annex.
9. **Rembrandt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1606-1669. Painter of The Night Watch.
10. **Vincent van Gogh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1853-1890. Painter of The Starry Night and Sunflowers.
11. **Johan van Oldenbarnevelt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — State Advocate of Holland and one of the founders of the Republic (1547-1619).
12. **Christiaan Huygens** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Physicist and astronomer (1629-1695), inventor of the pendulum clock and discoverer of Titan.
13. **Aletta Jacobs** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — First woman to study at a university in the Netherlands (1871) and fighter for women's suffrage.
14. **Annie M.G. Schmidt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Author of Jip and Janneke and Pluk van de Petteflet (1911-1995).

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.