Alkmaar
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Alkmaar Template:IPA-nl is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of Noord Holland. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination.
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Born in Alkmaar
- Petrus Forestus (1521), physician
- Willem Blaeu (1571), cartographer (may have been born in Uitgeest)
- Metius (1571), geometer / astronomer
- Cornelis Drebbel (1572), inventor of the first navigable submarine
- Joan Blaeu (1598), cartographer
- Cornelis van der Lijn (1608), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Caesar van Everdingen (1616/7), painter
- Emanuel de Witte (1617), painter
- Allaert van Everdingen (1621), painter
- Willem de Fesch (1687), composer
- Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), novelist
- Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom (1854), chemist
- Kees Boeke (1884), educator and pacifist
- Jan Wils (1891), architect and founding member of the De Stijl movement
- Cornelis Berkhouwer (1919), President of the European Parliament 1973-1975
- Alfred Peet (1920), founder of American coffee retailer Peet's Coffee & Tea
- Rudi Carrell (1934), entertainer
- Rudi Vis (1941) British politician
- Sybilla Dekker (1942), cabinet minister
- Harm Ottenbros (1943), cyclist, 1969 world champion
- Jos Punt (1946), bishop
- Dick Quax (1948), long distance runner
- Patrick Cammaert (1950), UN peacekeeping mission /Force commander
- Gerard Joling (1960), singer
- Marco Borsato (1966), singer
- Jakko Jan Leeuwangh (1972), speed skater
- Steven de Jongh (1973), cyclist
- Tom Six (1973), horror filmmaker
- Maarten van der Weijden (1981), long distance swimmer; Dutch Sportsman of the year 2008
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