List of notable people

This is a list of notable people from the 17th century to the 20th century.

Business

• Cornelis Jonkman (1676-1723), founder of Jonkman Enterprises
• Tagawa Shichizaemon (1629-1688), Japanese merchant and brother of Koxinga

Clergy and religion

Missionaries

• Jacobus Corneliszoon (1764-1818), Dutch-Tussenlander Protestant missionary and trekker

Religious figures

• Abajomie (1802-1853), founder of Zoekerism
• Elijah I (1823-1878), founder of the Prohibitionists
• Jeb Teuling (1756-1818), New Netherlander millenarian and founder of the Church of Christ the Redeemer

Politics

Revolutionaries

• Balderama Jacinto (1877-1936), Filipino independence leader
• Koxinga (1624-1658), Sino-Japanese pirate, mutineer, and legend

Leaders

• Adriaen van der Donck (1618-1666), Director-General of New Netherland
• Augustine Spiga (1757-1817), Director of the First French Republic
• Jacob van Aertens (1625-1686), Governor-General of Dutch Formosa
• John White Owl (1894-1949), dictator of Opdamsland
• Jan Theodorus de Gelüs-Clérisseau (1863-1915), last Stadtholder of New Netherland
• Matthew Washington (1836-1912), President and Protector of Virginia
• Oguen Oesstekin (1882-1947), Ottoman Grand Vizier

Royalty

Monarchs

• Constantine Zhu (r. 1662-1720), de facto head of the House of Zhu
• Henrietta I (r. 1667-1692), Queen of England
• Tedjo the Great (r. 1883-1919), first monarch of the Corean state of Sjakwang

Scholars and philosophers

• Ki Tsjangdjin (1798-1883), Corean Silhak scholar and father of Tedjo the Great

Science and technology

Computing

• Adelaide de Chantereine (1904-), founder of modern theoretical computer science