This is a chronological list of notable people from Groningen, who were either born and raised there, were long-term residents, or otherwise have a strong association with the area.
Before 1750
Wessel Gansfort (1419–1489), theologian and early humanist
Volcher Coiter (1534–1576), anatomist, founder of comparative osteology and first to identify cerebrospinal meningitis Christiaan Coevershoff (1595–1659), Dutch Golden Age painter Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer (1604–1665), admiral Adriaan Geerts Wildervanck (1605–1661), businessman and coloniser Albert Eckhout (c.1610–1665), portrait and still life painter Roche Braziliano (c.1630–c.1671), pirate Joris Andringa (1635–1676), naval officer Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685–1766), philologist and critic Albert Schultens (1686–1750), philologist Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782), mathematician and physicist Johannes Antiquus (1702–1750), painter Albertus Antonius Hinsz (1704–1785), organ-builder Bernard II van Risamburgh (c.1710—c.1767), cabinetmaker Willem Arnold Alting (1724–1800), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1780 until 1797 Elisabeth Wassenbergh (1729–1781), painter Etta Palm d'Aelders (1743–1799), early feminist and spy Leopold von Goeckingk (1748–1828), German lyric poet, journalist and Prussian official. Johann August Just (c.1750–c.1791), pianist, violinist, and composer Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603–1659), explorer, seafarer, merchant for the Dutch East India Company
1750–1870
John Goodricke (1764–1786), astronomer, observed the variable star Algol
Albert Dominicus Trip van Zoudtlandt (1776—1835), lieutenant-general at the Battle of Waterloo Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp (1786–1865), classical scholar and critic. Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899), first validated supercentenarian and last living veteran of Napoleon's Grande Armée Coos Cremers (1806-1882), politician, member of the Senate from 1850 to 1877 Schelto van Heemstra, Baron Heemstra (1807–1864), politician, Prime minister from 1861 to 1862. Jozef Israëls (1824–1911), painter of the Hague School Joseph Ascher (1829–1869), composer and pianist Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831–1915), marine art painter Samuel van Houten (1837–1930), politician, cabinet minister, founder of the Liberal Party Alexander de Savornin Lohman (1837–1924), politician, leader of the Christian Historical Union Otto Eerelman (1839–1926), painter, known for his depictions of dogs and horses Klaas Plantinga (1846–1922), distiller, founded the Plantinga Distillery Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853–1926), Nobel laureate physicist who pioneered refrigeration and superconductivity Gerard Bolland (1854–1922), autodidact, linguist, philosopher, biblical scholar and lecturer René de Marees van Swinderen (1860–1955), diplomat and politician Barbara Elisabeth van Houten (1863–1950), painter Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), painter and artist Dirk Jan de Geer (1870–1960), Dutch Prime Minister (1926–29, 1939–40)
1870–1900
Jantina Tammes (1871–1947), botanist and geneticist, first professor of genetics in the Netherlands. Johan Huizinga (1872–1945), historian Jaap Eden (1873–1925), only male athlete to have won world championships in both speed skating and cycling Bert Nienhuis (1873–1960), ceramist, designer, and jewelry designer Gerrit David Gratama (1874–1965), artist, writer, and director of the Frans Hals Museum Jan Gratama (1877–1947), architect Albert Hahn (1877–1918), political cartoonist, poster artist, and book cover designer C. U. Ariëns Kappers (1877–1946), neurologist and anatomist Herman de Vries de Heekelingen (1880–1942), scholar and author, professor of palaeography at the University of Nijmegen Julia Culp (1880–1970), mezzo-soprano Dirk Janssen (1881–1986), gymnast in the 1908 Summer Olympics who was 105 at the time of his death, making him the longest-lived Olympic competitor Jonny Heykens (1884–1945), composer of light classical music Wilhelm Baehrens (1885–1929), classical scholar Jan Janssen (1885–1953), gymnast who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics Tonnis van der Heeg (1886-1958), trade unionist and political activist Pieter Korteweg (1888–1970), philatelist Alida Jantina Pott (1888–1931), artist Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (1888–1978), last colonial Governor-General of the Netherlands East Indies Jaap Kunst (1891–1960), ethnomusicologist Michel Velleman (1895–1943), Jewish magician Hendrik de Vries (1896–1989), poet and painter, early surrealist Paul Schuitema (1897–1973), graphic artist