This is a list of people associated to Leiden University, including alumni as well as people who have taught or studied at Leiden University.
A
- Piet Aalberse, politician
 - Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, theologian
 - John Quincy Adams, 6th President of the United States
 - Princess Aimée of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-Söhngen
 - Nebahat Albayrak, politician
 - Johannes Alberti, theologian
 - Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, anatomist
 - Alexander, Prince of Orange
 - Josette Altmann Borbón, First Lady of Costa Rica 1994–1998
 - Tinde van Andel, ethnobotanist
 - Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven-van Eijk
 - Sophia Antoniadis, first female professor at Leiden
 - Ayaan Hirsi Ali, activist
 - János Apáczai Csere, mathematician
 - Jacobus Arminius, theologian
 - Tobias Asser, Nobel laureate (Peace 1911)  

 - Jimly Asshiddiqie, 1st Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
 - Touraj Atabaki, academic
 
B
- Caspar Barlaeus, theologian
 - Johann Bartsch, physician
 - Beatrix, Former Queen of the Netherlands
 - Johann Peter Berg, German Protestant theologian, historian, and Orientalist
 - Alexander Johan Berman, theologian and literary critic
 - Joost Berman, lawyer, judge and poet
 - Kune Biezeveld, theologian
 - C. Jouco Bleeker, scholar of religion
 - Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel laureate (Physics 1981) 

 - Thomas Blondeau, novelist
 - Leonard Blussé, historian
 - Herman Boerhaave, physician
 - Herman Bavinck, theologian
 - Bart Bok, astronomer
 - Frits Bolkestein, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister 2005–06
 - Gerardus Johannes Petrus Josephus Bolland, philosopher
 - Ben Bot, politician
 - Alexander Boswell, judge
 - Rolf Bremmer, academic
 - Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, politician
 - Thomas Browne, writer
 - Sebald Justinus Brugmans, botanist
 - Ian Buruma, writer
 - Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of Ghana 1969–72
 - Ditmir Bushati, Albanian politician
 - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, U.K. Prime Minister 1762–63
 - Paulus Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1572–84
 - Boediono, Vice President of Indonesia
 
C
- Archibald Cameron, Jacobite physician
 - Hendrik Casimir, physicist
 - Lisa Cheng, Chair Professor of Linguistics
 - Carolus Clusius, botanist
 - Jacques Cohen, embryologist
 - Job Cohen, politician
 - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
 - Jodocus Crull, miscellaneous writer
 - Petrus Cunaeus, academic
 - Janus Henricus Donker Curtius, last Opperhoofd of the Dutch trading post in Japan (1852–1855)
 
D
- Baron d'Holbach, philosopher
 - Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Netherlands Prime Minister 1918–25, 1929–33
 - Michiel Jan de Goeje, orientalist
 - Geertruida de Haas-Lorentz, physicist
 - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, 11th Secretary-General of NATO
 - Pieter de la Court, economist
 - René Descartes, philosopher and mathematician
 - Willem de Sitter, physicist
 - Gijs de Vries, politician
 - Jouke de Vries, academic
 - Hendrik de Wit, botanist
 - Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1653–72
 - Tim de Zeeuw, astronomer
 - Nicolaas Diederichs, President of South Africa 1975–78
 - René Diekstra, psychologist
 - Kanta Dihal, research scientist and author
 - Edsger W. Dijkstra, computer scientist
 - Djumhana Wiriaatmadja, Prime Minister of Pasundan 1949–1950
 - Volkert Doeksen, CEO
 - Ana Dolidze, lawyer
 - Janus Dousa, statesman
 - Otto Duintjer, philosopher
 
E
- Paul Ehrenfest, physicist
 - Willem Einthoven, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1924) 

 - Albert Einstein, Nobel laureate (Physics 1921) 

 - Willem Anthony Engelbrecht, jurist and colonial administrator
 - Simon Episcopius, theologian
 - Paul Sophus Epstein, physicist
 
F
- Enrico Fermi, Nobel laureate (Physics 1938) 

 - Henry Fielding, novelist
 - Horst Fischer, lawyer
 - Paul Fleming, poet
 - Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau
 - Justin Fox (born 1964), American financial journalist, commentator, and writer
 - John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, jurist
 - Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
 - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
 
G
- Richard D. Gill, professor of mathematical statistics
 - Thomas Girdlestone, physician
 - Franciscus Gomarus, theologian
 - Samuel Goudsmit, physicist
 - Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff, diplomat, statesman
 - Gerrit de Graeff (I.) van Zuid-Polsbroek, patrician, politician
 - Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, politician, burgomaster of Amsterdam
 - Johann Georg Graevius, academic
 - Christian Greco, Egyptologist
 - Richard T. Griffiths, historian
 - Jane Grogan, immunologist and cancer researcher
 - Jacobus Gronovius, academic
 - Hugo Grotius, jurist
 
H
- Hendrik Jacob Hamaker, jurist
 - Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Vice-President of Indonesia 1973–78
 - Mohammad Hatta, First Vice President of Indonesia
 - David Hartley (the Younger), politician
 - Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, writer, resistance fighter, RAF pilot
 - Daniel Heinsius, scholar
 - Tiberius Hemsterhuis, philologist
 - Paul Hermann, botanist and physician
 - Felienne Hermans, computer scientist
 - Johannes Hevelius, astronomer and jurist
 - Nina den Heyer, politician in Bonaire
 - Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice
 - George Howe (physician), Scottish physician active in London; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
 - Johannes Hudde, politician and mathematician
 - Johan Huizinga, historian
 - Christiaan Huygens, mathematician and physicist
 - Constantijn Huygens, Jr., statesman
 
I
- Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician
 
J
- Maarten Jansen, academic
 - Marius Jeuken, theoretical biologist
 - Ernst de Jonge, lawyer, Olympic rower, resistance fighter
 - Stefanie Joosten, actress and model
 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
 
K
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Nobel laureate (Physics 1913) 

 - Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern, linguist
 - Ko Kwat Tiong, lawyer, politician, Indonesian nationalist and civil servant
 - Theodorus Klompe, geologist
 - Pieter Kooijmans, judge of the International Court of Justice
 - Ton Koopman, conductor
 - Tjalling Charles Koopmans, Nobel laureate (Economics 1975) 

 - Maarten Kossmann, linguist who specializes in Berber languages.
 - Hugo Krabbe, jurist and legal philosopher
 - Hendrik Anthony Kramers, physicist
 - Dirk Willem van Krevelen, chemical engineer and scientist
 - Abraham Kuijper, theologian and politician (Prime Minister 1901–05)
 - Aert H. Kuipers, linguist
 - Erik Kwakkel, codicologist
 
L
- Jona Lendering, historian
 - Hendrik Lenstra, mathematician
 - Arend Lijphart, political scientist
 - Justus Lipsius, philologist
 - J. H. A. Lokin, jurist
 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) 

 
M
- Peter Mair, political scientist
 - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
 - Paul-Henri Marron, French Reformed pastor
 - Alireza Mashaghi, physicist
 - Eric Mazur, physicist
 - Richard Mead, physician
 - Jeroen Mettes, essayist and poet
 - Victor Muller, CEO
 
N
O
- Jan Hendrik Oort, astronomer
 - Ivo Opstelten, politician
 - Cornelis Ouwehand, anthropologist
 
P
- Nathan Paget, Puritan physician
 - Peter Simon Pallas, zoologist
 - Antonie Pannekoek, astronomer and political theorist
 - Senarath Paranavithana, archaeologist and epigraphist
 - Thomas Parker, minister and scholar
 - Alexander Pechtold, Dutch politician
 - Perizonius, scholar
 - Phoa Liong Gie, Indonesian jurist, politician and newspaper owner
 - Frank N. Pieke, cultural anthropologist
 - Nicolaas Gerard Pierson, Netherlands Prime Minister 1897–1901
 - Theodoor Gautier Thomas Pigeaud, academic
 - Archibald Pitcairne, physician
 - Ronald Plasterk, scientist and politician
 - Prijono, politician
 
R
- Hans Ras, academic
 - Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, botanist
 - Caspar Reuvens, archaeologist
 - John Robinson, Pilgrim Fathers pastor
 - Wil Roebroeks, archaeologist
 - Olaus Rudbeck, scientist and university rector
 - David Ruhnken, scholar
 - Mark Rutte, Netherlands Prime Minister
 
S
- Ali Sastroamidjojo, Prime Minister of Indonesia
 - Joseph Justus Scaliger, theologian and scholar
 - Henry G. Schermers, jurist
 - Edith Schippers, politician
 - Sander Schimmelpenninck, opinion writer & -commentator, and television presenter
 - Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1805–6
 - Gerard Schouw, politician
 - William Sherard, botanist
 - Boudewijn Sirks, academic
 - Jan Six, politician
 - Willebrord Snell, astronomer
 - Rudolph Snellius, mathematician and linguist
 - Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, orientalist
 - Achmad Soebardjo, diplomat
 - Soenario, politician
 - Soetan Sjahrir, Prime Minister of Indonesia 1945–47
 - Andreas Sparman, 17th-century Swedish court physician and author
 - Myles Standish, military leader
 - Jan Steen, painter
 - Miep Stegmann, first woman psychiatrist in Belgium
 - Simon Stevin, engineer, scientist
 - Martinus Theunis Steyn, lawyer, Orange Free State president
 - Pieter Steyn, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1749–72
 - Dirk Jan Struik, mathematician
 - Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist
 - Albert Szent-Györgyi, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1937) 

 
T
- Morris Tabaksblat, CEO
 - Igor Tamm, Nobel laureate (Physics 1958) 

 - Paul-Peter Tak, immunologist
 - Julius Terpstra, politician
 - Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, Netherlands Prime Minister 1871–72
 - Jan Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Economics 1969) 

 - Nikolaas Tinbergen, Nobel laureate (Medicine 1973) 

 - Isaac Titsingh, surgeon, scholar, merchant-trader and ambassador (Law 1765)
 - Jaana Toivari-Viitala, egyptologist and chair of the Finnish Egyptology Society
 - Nicolaes Tulp, surgeon and politician
 
U
- Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck, linguist and anthropologist
 
V
- Coenraad van Beuningen, diplomat
 - Armin van Buuren, musician
 - Ludolph van Ceulen, mathematician
 - Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Netherlands Prime Minister 1877–79
 - Marcel R.M. van den Brink, oncologist and medical researcher
 - Johannes van den Driesche, theologian
 - Adriaen van der Donck, lawyer
 - Lousewies van der Laan, politician
 - Max van der Stoel, politician
 - Bram van der Stok, aviator
 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Nobel laureate (Physics 1910) 

 - Thomas van Erpe, orientalist
 - Melanie Schultz van Haegen, politician
 - Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Nobel laureate (Peace 1954) 

 - Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp, Netherlands Prime Minister 1813–14
 - Egbert van Kampen, mathematician
 - Pieter van Musschenbroek, scientist
 - Rembrandt van Rijn, painter
 - Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Nobel laureate (Chemistry 1901) 

 - Cornelis van Vollenhoven, academic
 - Pieter van Vollenhoven, royalty
 - Ronald Venetiaan, Surinam President
 - Maxime Verhagen, Netherlands Deputy Prime Minister
 - Paul Verhoeven, film director
 - Marjolijn Verspoor, linguist
 - Gisbertus Voetius, theologian
 - Thomas von der Dunk, historian
 - Gerhard Johann Vossius, theologian
 
W
- Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands 1890–1948
 - John Wilkes, politician
 - William I, Prince of Orange, royalty
 - Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, King of the Netherlands
 - Willem Witteveen, legal scholar and politician
 - William III of England, King of England 1689–1702
 
Z
- Pieter Zeeman, Nobel laureate (Physics 1902) 

 - Petrus Josephus Zoetmulder, academic
 - Ben Zonneveld, botanist
 - Han Zuilhof, chemist
 
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