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Also Known As	Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden
Date	1575 - present
Notable Alumni	Enrico Fermi • Ayaan Hirsi Ali • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer • Hendrik Antoon Lorentz • Beatrix • Nicolaas Bloembergen • Paul Verhoeven • Mark Rutte

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