the 1902 Nobel Prize in Physics Willem de Sitter (1872–1934) a Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer Albert Einstein (1879–1955) lecturer/researcher at Leiden University, variously between 1916 and 1930 Paul Ehrenfest (1880–1933) an Austrian/Dutch theoretical physicist, contributed to statistical mechanics Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz (1885–1973) a female Dutch physicist, worked on Brownian motion and electrical noise theory Jan Oort (1900–1992) a Dutch astronomer, pioneer in radio astronomy Hendrik Casimir (1909–2000) a Dutch physicist Ewine van Dishoeck (born 1955) a Dutch astronomer, chemist, molecular astrophysicist and academic Ariel Cabello (2014–Present) Born in Argentina in 1980, Physicist & Music Expert at Catawiki.com Sport Willem Slijkhuis (1923–2003) a Dutch middle-distance runner, won two bronze medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics Sandra Le Poole (born 1959) a retired field hockey player, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics Ronald Florijn (born 1961) a former rower, twice team gold medallist, at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics Carina Benninga (born 1962) & Taco van den Honert (born 1966) former Dutch field hockey players, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics and team bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics Alfons Groenendijk (born 1964) a former footballer with 413 club caps and current manager Gerritjan Eggenkamp (born 1975) a Dutch rower, team silver medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rodney Glunder (born 1975) a retired kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and boxer Tim de Cler (born 1978) a Dutch former footballer with 361 club caps Erik van den Doel (born 1979) a Dutch chess Grandmaster Merel Witteveen (born 1985) a sailor, team silver medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics Biurakn Hakhverdian (born 1985) & Iefke van Belkum (born 1986) Dutch water polo players, team gold medallist at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gegard Mousasi (born 1985) a Dutch mixed martial artist and former kickboxer Laurine van Riessen (born 1987) a long track speed skater and track cyclist, bronze medallist at the 2010 Winter Olympics Kjeld Nuis (born 1989) a Dutch speed skater, world record holder and gold medallist at the 2018 Winter Olympics over 1000 metre and 1500 metre Chantal de Ridder (born 1989) a Dutch football striker, 46 caps with the Netherlands women's national football team Esmee Visser (born 1996) a long-distance speed skater, gold medallist in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the women's 5000 metres Others Maria Swanenburg (1839–1915) a Dutch serial killer, murdered at least 27 people and suspected of killing more than