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Famous people who grew up or lived in and around Amsterdam
4 notable people grew up or lived in and around Amsterdam. Each listing explores the home and neighbourhood, and how the place shaped the person they became.
Anne Frank1942–1944
📍 Prinsengracht 263–267, 1016 GV Amsterdam, Netherlands
We called it the Secret Annex — eight of us hiding in the back rooms above my father's office, for 761 days. I wrote in my diary because I needed somewhere to put everything I was feeling…
Johan Cruyff1947–1959
📍 Akkerstraat 32, Amsterdam, Netherlands
I was born in Amsterdam in April 1947, the second son of Hermanus Cruijff and Petronella Draaijer, and I grew up in a ground-floor flat at Akkerstraat 32 in Betondorp, the Concrete Village…
Rembrandt van Rijn1639–1669
📍 Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam, Netherlands
I bought the house on the Sint Anthonisbreestraat — now the Jodenbreestraat — in Amsterdam's Jewish quarter in 1639, at the height of my success. It was a large house and I filled it with…
Ruud Gullit1962–1972
📍 Jordaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Ruud Gullit was born Rudi Dil in Amsterdam in September 1962 and grew up in the Jordaan, the old working-class district of narrow streets and canals in the west of the city centre. His…