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Also Known As Gerardus Magnus • Gerhard Groote • Gerard Groote
Born October 1340 • Deventer • Netherlands
Died August 20, 1384 (aged 43) • Deventer • Netherlands
Herman de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Frederik de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Paul de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Cornelis de Houtman
Dutch explorer
Jean de Limbourg
Flemish artist
Meindert De Jong
American author
Petrus Josephus Hubertus Cuypers
Dutch architect
Miep Gies
Austrian-born heroine
Nina Foch
American actress and teacher
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Benedict de Spinoza
Benedict de Spinoza
Dutch-Jewish philosopher
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.
Piet Mondrian
Dutch painter
Frans Hals: The Merry Toper
Frans Hals
Dutch painter
Hugo Grotius
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman