De Grootste Nederlander
In 2004, the broadcasting company, KRO (Publieke Omroep) conducted a vote to discover the greatest Dutchmen/Dutchwomen of all time (De Grootste Nederlander). The series is based on BBC's 100 Greatest Britons. During the series, it included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme.
The assassinated politician Pim Fortuyn was announced as the winner in a live television broadcast on November 15, 2004, two weeks after Theo van Gogh was brutally murdered in Amsterdam. This was said to be an "embarrassing" choice by several journalists and historians. The amount of calls was so large that not all could be counted before the end of the show; later it was announced that if all calls had counted, William of Orange would have won.
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The top ten
- Pim Fortuyn
- Willem van Oranje
- Willem Drees
- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
- Desiderius Erasmus
- Johan Cruijff
- Michiel de Ruyter
- Anne Frank
- Rembrandt van Rijn
- Vincent van Gogh
From 11-50
13 Annie M.G. Schmidt
14 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
16 Majoor Bosshardt
17 Anton Philips
20 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
22 Toon Hermans
23 Prince Claus
26 Piet Hein
27 Joop den Uyl
28 Jan Adriaenszoon Leeghwater
34 Multatuli
36 Wim Kok
37 M.C. Escher
38 Marco Borsato
40 DJ Tiësto
41 Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
42 Titus Brandsma
44 Hans Teeuwen
45 Joseph Luns
46 Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel
47 Willem Kolff
48 Godfried Bomans
50 Abel Tasman
From 51-100
52 André van Duin
55 Mies Bouwman
57 Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis
58 Ruud Lubbers
60 Wim Sonneveld
61 Joke Smit
63 Jeroen Bosch
64 Johnny Kraaykamp, sr
65 Marga Klompé
67 Dick Bruna
68 Albert Plesman
70 Hella Haasse
72 Koning-Stadhouder Willem III of Orange
73 Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer
74 Johannes Diderik van der Waals
75 Wubbo Ockels
76 Anna Maria van Schurman
78 Ruud Gullit
79 Monique van der Ven
80 Freek de Jonge
81 Anton Pieck
82 Boudewijn de Groot
85 Albert Heijn
86 Paul de Leeuw
87 Jac. P. Thijsse
88 Jan Wolkers
90 Simon Stevin
91 Willem Groen van Prinsterer
92 Rutger Hauer
96 Wim Kan
99 Ramses Shaffy
100 Abe Lenstra
From 101-202
101 Gerard Reve
102 Anton de Kom
103 Max Euwe
104 Ko van Dijk
105 Gerrit Jan van der Veen
108 Anton Geesink
109 Bert Haanstra
110 Claudius Civilis
113 Samuel van Houten
114 Ard Schenk
115 Nico Tinbergen
116 King Willem I of the Netherlands
117 Mary Dresselhuys
118 Simon Carmiggelt
119 John de Mol
120 Gerrit Rietveld
122 Hans van Mierlo
123 Hadewych
125 Geert Groote
126 Sonja Barend
127 Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol
128 Jan van Speijk
129 Anton Corbijn
131 Bernard Haitink
132 Willem van Loon
133 Karel Appel
134 Johan Huizinga
135 Suze Groeneweg
136 Graaf Floris V
137 Koning Lodewijk Napoleon
138 L.E.J. Brouwer
139 Tobias Asser
140 Rem Koolhaas
141 Jacob Cats
142 Alexandra Radius
143 Eva Besnyö
144 Jan Rutgers
145 Reinier Paping
146 Paul Huf
147 P. J. H. Cuypers
148 Paul Crutzen
149 Samuel Sarphati
150 Frits Fentener van Vlissingen
151 Joris Ivens
152 Pieter Brueghel
153 Frans Hals
154 Simon Vestdijk
156 Hendrik Colijn
157 Willem Beukelszoon
158 Viktor en Rolf
159 Cornelis Verolme
160 Lucebert
161 Sjoukje Dijkstra
162 Henri Polak
163 Loe de Jong
164 Ed van der Elsken
165 Hans van Manen
166 Theo Thijssen
167 Jan Steen
168 Anton Dreesmann
169 Jaap Eden
171 Johnny Jordaan
172 Benno Premsela
173 Louis Davids
174 Marlene Dumas
175 Erwin Olaf
176 Martinus Nijhoff
177 Christina Deutekom
178 Jacob Olie
180 Remco Campert
181 Herman Gorter
182 Faas Wilkes
183 W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft
184 Ada Kok
185 Herman Daendels
186 Rudi Carrell
187 Pierre Bokma
188 Louis Andriessen
189 Henk Hofland
190 Jacob van Campen
191 Pieter Willem Adriaan Cort van der Linden
194 Pieter Saenredam
195 Ootje Oxenaar
196 Rineke Dijkstra
197 Hendrik Doeff
198 Fons Rademakers
199 Reinbert de Leeuw
200 Erik de Vries
201 Jan Dibbets
203 Prins Bernard
External links
Other Great People
- 100 Greatest Britons (Great Britain)
- Unsere Besten (Germany)
- The Greatest Canadian (Canada)
- Great South Africans (South Africa)
- Suuret Suomalaiset (Finland)
- Belg der Belgen (Belgium)