former member of the Dutch House of Representatives Ingrid van Engelshoven (1989, MSc) – Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Hans van Mierlo (1960, LLM) – former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Rita Verdonk (1983, MA) – former Dutch Minister for Immigration and Asylum Affairs, former member of the Dutch House of Representatives Academics Anna Akhmanova (1999, PhD) – cell biologist and winner of the 2018 Spinoza Prize Wim Crusio (1984, PhD) – neurobehavioural geneticist Frans de Waal (1970, MSc) – biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates. Jos Engelen (1973, MSc & 1979, PhD) – experimental physicist Halleh Ghorashi (2001, PhD) – Iranian-born anthropologist, member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Sir Konstantin Novoselov (PhD) – discoverer of graphene, awarded 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics Harald E.L. Prins (1976, BA) anthropologist, ethnohistorian, documentary filmmaker and expert witness on indigenous rights in United States and Canadian courts, distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University Business Marijn Emmanuel Dekkers, (1979, BSc) – Chief Executive Officer of Bayer (2010–2016) and Unilever (2016–2019) Aart Jan de Geus (1981, LMM) – Chief Executive Officer of the Bertelsmann Stiftung and chairman of the Triodos Bank Louis Reijtenbagh (1975, MSc) – founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Plaza Group Herna Verhagen, (1988, LLM) – Chief Executive Officer of PostNL, most influential Dutch woman 2014 Sports Karapet Karapetyan (2011, LLM) – Armenian-Dutch kickboxer, ranked #3 welterweight in the world in November 2015 by GLORY Björn Kuipers (2001, MSc) – football referee, leader of multiple UEFA Europa League finals and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final Koen Metsemakers (2019, MSc) – rower, winner of a golden medal in the men's quad scull in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan Nelleke Penninx (1998, MSc) – rower, winner of a silver medal in the women's eight with coxswain in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia Annemarieke van Rumpt (2004, MSc) – rower, winner of a bronze medal in the women's four coxless in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Milan, Italy Literature Godfried Bomans (1943, not completed) – popular Dutch author, famous for his children fantasy novel "Eric in the Land of the Insects" Henri Nouwen (1964, MSc) – Catholic priest and writer, most known for his book "The Return of the Prodigal Son" Mark Retera (1989, MSc) – popular Dutch cartoonist, best known for