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Also Known As Jakob Gijsbert de Hoop Scheffer
Born April 3, 1948 (age 76) • Amsterdam • Netherlands

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Dutch nobleman
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Dutch statesman and scholar
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Mark Rutte
prime minister of the Netherlands and secretary-general of NATO
Willem Drees
prime minister of the Netherlands
Huygens, Constantijn
Constantijn Huygens
Dutch diplomat and poet
William I
William I
stadholder of United Provinces of The Netherlands
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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Dutch statesman
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Geert Wilders
Dutch politician
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Dutch politician
William I
William I
king of The Netherlands
Pieter Geyl
Dutch historian
Bernhard, prince of the Netherlands, prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld
prince of the Netherlands
Louis of Nassau, panel portrait by an unknown artist, 1574; in the Orange Nassau Museum, Delft, Neth.
Louis of Nassau
Dutch political leader
Filips van Montmorency, count van Horne
Dutch statesman
Abraham Kuyper
Abraham Kuyper
Dutch theologian and statesman
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud
Dutch architect
William II
William II
king of The Netherlands
Karel Doorman
Dutch admiral
Juliana, detail of an oil painting by W.G. Hofker, 1949.
Juliana
queen of The Netherlands
Pieter Jelles Troelstra
Dutch statesman