Leiden
Leiden is a city in the Dutch province of South Holland. It's known for its centuries-old architecture and for Leiden University, the country's oldest, dating from 1575. The university houses the Hortus botanicus Leiden Botanical Garden, founded in 1590, where the tulip was introduced to Western Europe. The Museum de Lakenhal displays works by the Dutch Masters including Rembrandt, who was born in Leiden.
People died in Leiden (First 49 people) - Page 1
Johannes Cocceius
Theologian
Jacobus Golius
Mathematician
Rembert Dodoens
Physician
Willem de Sitter
Dutch mathematician
Gerhard Noodt
Dutch jurist
Justinus van Nassau
William the Silent's son
Johann Christian Schickhardt
Annie Bos
Dutch theater actress
Ludolph van Ceulen
Dutch-German mathematician
Rudolph Snellius
Dutch linguist
Carolus Clusius
Doctor
J.J.L. Duyvendak
Dutch translator
David Bailly
Dutch painter
Pieter Bast
Dutch cartographer
Christian Friedrich Ruppe
Dutch-German composer
Franciscus Sylvius
Physician
Gustaaf Schlegel
Dutch sinologist
Joannes Antonides van der Linden
Dutch physician
Kees Damsteegt
Thomas van Erpe
Joseph Justus Scaliger
French scholar
Rudy Kousbroek
Dutch poet
Pieter van der Aa
Dutch illustrator
Peter Kloos
Dutch anthropologist
hermann witsius
Dutch theologian
Henry G. Schermers
Writer
Willem Jan Mari Eysinga
Dutch judge
Jan Palthe
1717–1769
Louis de Moni
Painter
Johannes van der Aeck
Dutch painter
Pierre Jean Baptiste Charles van der Aa
Dutch author
Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg
Dutch glazier
Floris Verster
Dutch painter
Charles Pahud de Mortanges
Olympic athlete
Adolphus Vorstius
Dutch physician
Carl Ludwig Blume
German-Dutch botanist
Sebald Justinus Brugmans
Dutch botanist
Tiberius Hemsterhuis
Dutch author
Henri Baudet
Dutch teacher
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
German anatomist
Govert Bidloo
Dutch physician
Siauw Giok Tjhan
Indonesian Politician
Ivo Schöffer
Historian
Ton Alblas
Dutch Politician
Michael Jan de Goeje
William Brede Kristensen
Norwegian historian
Theo Klouwer
Musical artist
