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* [[Nicolaas van Nieuwland]] (1510 in Maartensdijk – 1580) Bishop of Haarlem and abbot of [[Egmond Abbey]] 1562 to 1569.
* [[Joan Gideon Loten]] (1710 in Groenekan – 1789) worked in the [[Dutch East India Company]], the 29th [[Governor of Zeylan]]
* The [[Vanderbilt_familyVanderbilt family]], prominent in the USA during the [[Gilded Age]], has its name from the town, meaning 'from De Bilt'.
* [[Johan Beyen]] (1897 in Bilthoven – 1976) a politician, helped create the [[European Economic Community]]
* [[Auke Bloembergen]] (1927 in De Bilt – 2016) a jurist, justice at the [[Supreme Court of the Netherlands]] 1979 to 1993