LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.rotterdam.nl/

Population:
598,923 (2004)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Erasmus University	1913

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra	1918

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

Company	Founded
Mittal Steel	1976
Unilever	1930
Robeco	1929

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dirk Brouwer	Astronomer	1-Sep-1902	31-Jan-1966	Celestial mechanics
Antony Burgmans	Business	13-Feb-1947		Chairman of Unilever, 1999-2007
Willem de Kooning	Painter	24-Apr-1904	19-Mar-1997	Abstract expressionist
Edsger Dijkstra	Computer Programmer	11-May-1930	6-Aug-2002	Enemy of the goto statement
Wim Dik	Business	1939		PTT Telecom
Erasmus	Scholar	27-Oct-1469	12-Jul-1536	In Praise of Folly
Grinling Gibbons	Sculptor	4-Apr-1648	3-Aug-1721	English wood carver
Jacobus H. van 't Hoff	Chemist	30-Aug-1852	1-Mar-1911	Three-dimensional molecular properties
Pieter de Hooch	Painter	1629	c. 1684	Dutch painter, Delft school
Richard Krajicek	Tennis	6-Dec-1971		Winner, 1996 Wimbledon
Hendrik Kramers	Physicist	17-Feb-1894	24-Apr-1952	Kramers dispersion theory
Neelie Kroes	Government	19-Jul-1941		EU Commissioner of Competition
Hendrik Willem van Loon	Historian	14-Jan-1882	11-Mar-1944	Juvenile historian, Story of Mankind
Ruud Lubbers	Head of State	7-May-1939		Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1982-94
Joseph Luns	Politician	28-Aug-1911	17-Jul-2002	Dutch Foreign Minister, 1952-71
Morris Tabaksblat	Business	1937		Chairman of Reed Elsevier, 1999-2005
Robin van Persie	Soccer	6-Aug-1983		FC Arsenal
Robert Wolders	Actor	28-Sep-1936		Erik Hunter on Laredo

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