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17th-century Dutch businesspeople

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)

Petrus Plancius

Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman

Dutch cartographer (1596-1673)

Menasseh Ben Israel

Portuguese rabbi, kabbalist, writer, diplomat, printer and publisher

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten

Dutch Protestant merchant, traveller and historian (1563–1611)

Dutch politician, industrialist, gun merchant (1587-1652)

Dutch grain trader, traveller and diplomat (1586–1643)

Abraham van Riebeeck

governor-general of the VOC (1653-1713)

Director of New Netherland (1597–1647)

Jacques l'Hermite

Dutch admiral and explorer (1582-1624)

Johan Palmstruch

Dutch merchant (1611-1671)

Lawrence Prince

Pieter van den Broecke

Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

Dutch merchant (1558-1624)

Lord of Engelenburg, member of Amsterdam regency, representative of the States-General of the Netherlands and board member VOC (1586-1652)

Kiliaen van Rensselaer

(1586-1643) Netherlands merchant

Pieter de la Court

Dutch economist and businessman, lived (1618–1685)

Lodewijk Elzevir

Belgian printer (1540-1617)

Dutch merchant and diplomat

Margaret Hardenbrook Philipse

New Netherland businesswoman

Nicholas van Hoorn

Marie Jonas de la Motte

Dutch art model (1627-1683)

Gerrit van Wuysthoff

Margaretha van Bancken

Editor of the Haarlems Dagblad (1628-1694)

Cornelia van Nijenroode

Wife of Dutch hero

Colette van den Keere

Geurt van Beuningen

Dutch mayor (1565-1633)

Lucas van Uffelen

merchant and art collector (1586-1638)

Jan Jacobszoon Hinlopen

Dutch art collector and merchant

Joan Huydecoper van Maarsseveen

Dutch businessman and mayor of Amsterdam (1599-1661)

Aletta Hannemans

brewer from the Northern Netherlands

Balthasar de Moucheron

Furniture and frame-maker from the Northern Netherlands (1595-1650)