List of People in the Book and Notes

This list of people includes all persons mentioned in the book and the notes. For each person, their full name, birth and death dates, nationality, and occupation are provided. Note: this list can be searched by any part of a person’s name, birth or death date, nationality, or occupation.




  • Van Aalst, no dates; grocer in Zundert
  • Edwin Austin Abbey, 1852-1911; American artist
  • Andreas Achenbach, 1815-1910; German artist
  • Jane Addams, 1860-1935; American social reformer
  • August Carl (Carel) Adler, 1835-1907; missionary in Amsterdam
  • Adriana Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1851-after 1883; daughter of Jan Aertsen
  • Cornelia Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1837-after 1910; daughter of Jan Aertsen
  • Hendrik (Hein) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1847-1929; farmer in Etten
  • Serfass Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1849-1905; farmer in Etten
  • Johannes (Jan) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1805-1877; farmer in Rijsbergen
  • Marijnus (Marijn) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), 1839-1880; farmer in Rijsbergen
  • Rigaumon Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen), no dates; police officer in Auvers
  • Jacomijna (Jacomina, Mientje) Aertsen-Honcoop, 1846-1948; wife of Serfass Aertsen and servant in the parson's household in Zundert
  • Aeschylus, 525 BCE-456 BCE; Greek playwright
  • Joaquin Agrasot y Juan, 1837-1919; Spanish artist
  • Adolphe Albert, 1869-1932; French artist
  • Prince Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, 1819-1861; prince consort of Queen Victoria
  • Tsar Alexander II (Aleksandr Nikolayevich), 1818-1881; Russian czar
  • Jean Pierre Alexandre-Antigna, 1817-1878; French artist
  • Paul Alexis (pseudonym Trublot), 1847-1901; French writer and co-founder of the Théâtre-Libre
  • King Alfonso XII (Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Austria-Lorena), 1857-1885; Spanish king
  • Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Italian poet
  • Henry Allan, 1865-1912; Irish art student at the Antwerp Academy
  • August Allebé, 1838-1927; Dutch artist
  • Helen (Mary Elizabeth Paterson) Allingham, 1848-1926; English artist
  • Auguste Allongé, 1833-1898; French artist
  • Hieronymus van Alphen, 1746-1803; Dutch writer
  • Hans Christian Andersen, 1805-1875; Danish writer
  • Johannes (Jan) Andries, 1848-1901; son of Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr.
  • Jean Baptiste Benajmin Luther Andry, 1845-1903; clergyman in Wasmes
  • Charles Théophile Angrand, 1854-1926; French artist
  • William Craibe Angus, 1830-1899; Scottish art dealer
  • Albert Samuel Anker, 1831-1910; Swiss artist
  • Anna, Duchess of Brittany (Anna of Brittany, Anne de Bretagne, Anna Vreizh), 1477-1514; duchess of Brittany
  • Louis Émile Anquetin , 1861-1932; French artist
  • Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna, 1817-1878; French artist
  • Marie Hélène Antigna, 1837-?; French artist
  • André-Léonard Antoine, 1858-1943; French artist
  • Antoine, no dates; healer in Jemeppe-sur-Meuse or Roux
  • Charles Antoine [Antonio Cristobal], pseudonym Tonio, no dates; Spanish artist
  • Queen Marie Antoinette (Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna), 1755-1793; archduchess of Austria and queen of France and Navarre
  • Lodewijk (Louis) Franciscus Hendrik Apol, 1850-1936; Dutch artist
  • (Miss) Applegarth, no dates; acquaintance of sister Anna
  • Jules Armand, 1846-1909; grocer in Arles
  • Joséphine Armand-Ronin, no dates; wife of grocer Jules Armand in Arles
  • Willem Arntsz, no dates; no known status
  • Gustave Arosa, 1818-1883; French businessman
  • David Adolph Constant Artz, 1837-1890; Dutch artist
  • Gheorghe Asachi, 1788-1869; Romanian writer
  • Alphonse Asselbergs, 1839-1916; Belgian artist
  • Moses Baruch (Bertold) Auerbach, 1812-1882; German artist
  • Gabriel-Albert Aurier, 1865-1892; French writer and art critic
  • Aussoleil, no dates; no known status
  • Francis Bacon (First Viscount Saint Alban), 1561-1626; English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and writer
  • Jules Gabriel François Baillarger, 1809-1890; French neurologist
  • (Madame) Baize, no dates; no known status
  • Alphonse Hubert François Balat, 1819-1895; Belgian architect
  • Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850; French writer
  • Charles Bargue, c. 1826/27-1883; French artist
  • Frederick Barnard, 1846-1896; English artist
  • Théodore Baron, 1840-1899; Belgian artist
  • Félix-Joseph Barrias, 1822-1907; French artist
  • Charles Barry, 1795-1860; English architect
  • Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, 1834-1904; French artist
  • Richard Baseleer, 1867-1951; Belgian artist
  • Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1848-1884; French artist
  • Eugène François Bonaventure Bataille, 1854-1891; French artist
  • Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867; French writer
  • Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry, 1828-1886; French artist
  • Professor Bax, no dates; no known status
  • Maurice Beaubourg, 1866-1943; French writer
  • Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989; Irish writer
  • Ardina (Dien) van der Beek, 1840-1901; model for the artist in Nuenen
  • Wilhelmus Beekmans, 1853-1919; clergyman in Nuenen
  • Jan van Beers, 1821-1888; Belgian poet
  • Ludwig von Beethoven, 1770-1827; German composer
  • Nicolaas Beets, 1814-1903; Dutch writer and clergyman
  • Jacobus Lodewijk (Louis) Begemann, 1838-1906; brother of Margot Begemann in Nuenen
  • Sientje Begemann, 1871-1949; daughter of Louis Begemann and sister of Margot Begemann in Nuenen
  • Willem Lodewijk (Louis) Begemann, 1804-1876; father of Margot Begemann and neighbor of the Van Gogh family in Nuenen
  • Margaretha (Margot) Carolina Begemann, 1841-1927; lover the artist in Nuenen
  • Lutgerarda (Lutgera) Wilhelmina Begemann, 1834-1906; sister of Margot Begemann in Nuenen
  • Wilhelmina Johanna Begemann, 1836-1922; sister of Margot Begemann in Nuenen
  • Abraham Hendrickszn. van Beijeren, 1620/21-1690; Dutch artist
  • Giovanni Bellini, 1427/30-1516; Italian artist
  • Georges de Bellio, 1828-1894; French art dealer and collector
  • José Belon, 1861-1927; French artist
  • Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, 1845-1902; French artist
  • Camille Benoît, 1851-1923; French composter, art historian, and art collector
  • Esther Bensusan, 1970-1951; English fiancée of Lucien Pissarro
  • Pierre-Jean de Béranger, 1870-1857; French writer
  • Jean Béraud, 1848-1935; French artist
  • Simon van den Berg, 1812-1891; Dutch artist
  • Hector Berlioz, 1803-1869; French composer
  • Émile Henri Bernard, 1868-1941; French artist
  • Madeleine Bernard, 1871-1895; French sister of Émile Bernard
  • Camille Bernier, 1823-1902; French artist
  • Eugène Bersier, 1831-1889; clergyman in Paris
  • Bersier (Bercier), no dates; French clergyman
  • Paul-Albert Besnard, 1849-1934; French artist
  • G. de Best, no dates; teacher at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Jean de Beucken , 1905-?; French writer
  • Catharina Beukema, 1835-1908; storekeeper in Hoogeveen, divorced from her first husband, Lucas Seijdel
  • Pierre Marie Beyle, 1838-1902; French artist
  • Alexandre Bida, 1823-1895; French artist
  • Gerard Bilders, 1838-1865; Dutch artist
  • Maria Philippina Bilders-Van Bosse, 1837-1900; Dutch artist
  • Paul Bilhaud, 1854-1933; French writer
  • Pierre Billet, 1837-1922; French artist
  • Siegfried Bing, 1838-1905; dealer in oriental art in Paris
  • Anna Birnie, 1845-?; governess in Van Gogh household in Zundert
  • Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen, 1815-1898; German statesman
  • Georges Bizet, 1838-1875; French composer
  • Louis (Jean Joseph Charles) Blanc, 1811-1882; French politician
  • Charles Blanc, 1813-1882; French writer
  • Jacques Émile Blanche, 1861-1942; French artist
  • Antoine Blanche, 1828-1893; French doctor
  • Silvestre Esprit Blanche, 1796-1852; French doctor
  • Antonie Blans, no dates; bricklayer in Geertruidenberg
  • David Joseph Bles, 1821-1899; Dutch artist
  • Numa Bles, 1871-1917; French singer
  • David Blok, 1832-1904; bookseller in The Hague
  • Jozef Blok, 1832-1905; bookseller in The Hague
  • G. J. Blom, no dates; clergyman and member of the Belgian Evangelization Committee of the Association of Churches
  • Bernadus Johannes Blommers, 1845-1914; Dutch artist
  • Abraham Blooteling, 1640-1690; Dutch artist
  • Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375; Italian writer
  • Eugène Guillaume Boch, 1855-1941; Belgian artist
  • Anna Boch, 1848-1936; Belgian artist and sister of Eugène Boch
  • Théophile Emile Achille de Bock, 1851-1904; Dutch artist
  • Arnold Böcklin, 1827-1901; Swiss artist
  • Karl Bodmer, 1809-1893; Swiss artist
  • Frank Boggs, 1855-1926; American artist
  • Countess Clara Levaillant de la Boissière, c. 1857-? ; French countess and wife of Eugène Levaillant de la Boissière
  • Dirk Rochus Bokma, 1831-1911; teacher at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Mari(n)us (Martinus) Boks, 1849-1885; Dutch artist
  • Ferdinand Bol, 1616-1680; Dutch artist
  • Schelte à Bolswert (Schelderic Adamsz Bolsward), c. 1586-1659; Flemish artist
  • Emmanuel de Bom, 1868-1953; Belgian writer
  • Hendrik Christiaan Bonger, 1828-1904; Dutch insurance broker and father of Andries Bonger and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
  • Andries (André or Dries) Bonger, 1861-1936; friend of Theo van Gogh in Paris and brother of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
  • Françoise Bonger, Baroness van der Borch van Verwolde, 1887-1975; second wife of Andries Bonger
  • Hermina (Mien) Bonger, 1858-1910; sister of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
  • Anne (Annie) Marie Louise Bonger-Van der Linden, 1859-1931; wife of Andries Bonger
  • Hermine Louise Bonger-Weissman, 1831-1905; mother of Andries Bonger and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
  • Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802-1828; English artist
  • Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat, 1833-1902; French artist
  • Dominique Bonnaud, 1864-1943; French songwriter
  • David Bonté, no dates; clergyman in Warquignies
  • Harm Boom, 1810-1885; Dutch journalist
  • William Booth, 1829-1912; English clergyman and founder of The Salvation Army
  • Caroline Booth, 1829-1890; wife of William Booth, English clergyman
  • Gerard ter Borch (the Younger), 1617-1681; Dutch artist
  • Egbert Rubertus Borchers, 1849-1932; civil servant in The Hague
  • Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986; Argentine writer
  • Johannes Bosboom, 1817-1891; Dutch artist
  • Johannes Bosscha, Jr., 1831-1911; Dutch physicist and writer
  • Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, 1627-1704; French writer
  • Sandro Botticelli or Il Botticello (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipep), c. 1445-1510; Italian artist
  • Edward Reginald Bottomley, 1865-1929; British artist
  • François Boucher, 1703-1770; French artist
  • Eugène Louis Boudin, 1824-1898; French artist
  • George Henry Boughton, 1835-1905; English artist
  • Adolphe William Bouguereau, 1825-1905; French artist
  • Georges Ernest Jean-Marie Boulanger, 1837-1891; French general and politican
  • Hippolyte Emmanuel Boulenger, 1837-1874; Belgian artist
  • Léon Boussod, 1826-1896; art dealer at Boussod, Valadon & Cie in Paris
  • Étienne Boussod, 1857-1918; art dealer at Boussod, Valadon & Cie in Paris and son of Léon Boussod
  • Jean Boussod, 1860-1907; art dealer at Boussod, Valadon & Cie in Paris and son of Léon Boussod
  • Martial Boyer, no dates; no known status
  • Frans (Franciscus) Braat, 1852-1888; employee at Goupil & Cie in Paris
  • Pieter Kornelis Braat, 1823-1888; manager of the Blussé & Van Braam bookshop in Dordrecht
  • Dirk Braat, 1851-1926; son of Pieter Kornelis Braat, manager of the Blussé & Van Braam bookshop in Dordrecht
  • Joseph Auguste Félix Bracquemond, 1833-1914; French artist
  • Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder, 1792-1883; Belgian artist
  • Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer, 1840-1888; Belgian artist
  • Adolphe Braun, 1812-1877; French publisher of reproductions
  • Gaston Braun, 1845-1928; French publisher of reproductions
  • Alexander Abraham Breebaard, 1814-1901; inhabitant of Hoogeveen
  • Samuel Breebaard, no dates; inhabitant of Hoogeveen
  • George Hendrick Breitner, 1857-1923; Dutch artist
  • Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen, 1813-1886; German artist
  • Clemens (Klemens) Brentano, 1778-1842; German poet and novelist
  • Émile Adélard Breton, 1831-1902; French artist
  • Jules (Adolphe Aimé Louis) Breton, 1827-1906; French artist and poet
  • Elodie Breton-De Vigne, 1836-1909; wife of Jules Breton
  • Johan Briedé, 1885-1980; Dutch artist
  • Arthur Henri Christiaan Briët, 1867-1939; Dutch art student at the Antwerp Academy
  • Hendrik van den Brink, 1841-1918; clergyman in Roesselaere, Belgium
  • Carel Leonhard Brinkman, Sr., 1820-1881; bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam
  • Gustave Brion, 1824-1877; French artist
  • Constant-Joseph Brochart, 1816-1899; French artist
  • Christiaan van de(n) Broek, 1840-after 1902; clerk at the Blussé & Van Braam bookshop in Dordrecht
  • Jan Hendrik Brom, 1860-1915; silversmith in Utrecht
  • Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855; English writer
  • Edmund Walpole Brooke, no dates; English artist
  • Adriaen Brouwer, 1605/06-1638; Flemish-Dutch artist
  • Aristide Bruant, 1851-1925; French singer and songwriter
  • Catharina Marianne Louise Du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis, 1850-1889; first wife of Jean Philippe Theodore Du Quesne van Bruchem
  • Albertina (Albertine, Albertien, Barend) Ludovica Brugsma, 1859-1891; friend of Lies van Gogh
  • Alfred Bruyas, 1821-1877; French art collector
  • Jean de La Bruyère, 1645-1696; French writer
  • Edwin Buckman, 1841-1930; English artist
  • H. J. Buddingh, 1810-1870; Dutch clergyman and founder of the Free Evangelical Congregation
  • Félix Hilaire Buhot, 1847-1898; French artist
  • Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton, 1803-1873; English writer
  • Henri L.L.F. Bungener, 1814-1874; French writer
  • John Bunyan, 1628-1688; English writer
  • Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1814-1906; English philanthropist and social reformer
  • Elisabeth (Betje) Petronella van der Burg (Aunt Betje), 1797-1879; daughter of Abraham van der Burg
  • Jacoba (Koos) Wilhelmina van der Burg (Aunt Koos), 1792-1863; daughter of Abraham van der Burg
  • Philippe Burty, 1830-1890; French artist and writer
  • George Gordon (Lord) Byron, 1788-1824; English poet
  • Alexandre Cabanel, 1823-1889; French artist
  • Louis Cabat, 1812-1893; French artist
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  • Eugène Alexandre Caillaux, 1822-1896; French engineer and politician, minister in the Third Republic
  • Paolo Caliari (Veronese), 1528-1609; Italian artist
  • F. van Calker, no dates; teacher of zoology at the Tilburg Academy, later first professor of geology in The Netherlands
  • John Calvin (Jean Cauvin), 1509-1564; French theologian
  • Pierre Jacques Étienne Cambronne (later Pierre, Viscount Cambronne), 1770-1842; French general
  • Dirk Rafaelsz Camphuysen, 1586-1626; Dutch artist, poet, and theologian
  • Willem Carbentus, 1792-1845; bookbinder in The Hague, father of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, and grandfather of the artist
  • Arie Carbentus, 1826-1875; brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Gerrit Carbentus, 1822-1869; brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Willem Carbentus, 1823-1864; brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Johannes (Jan) Rutgerus Carbentus, 1827-1875; brother of Anna Van-Gogh Carbentus
  • Katarina Carbentus, no dates; daughter of Gerrit Carbentus
  • Hendrica Pietronella Carbentus, 1797-?; daughter of Hermanus Carbentus
  • Katarina Carbentus, no dates; first wife of Gerrit Carbentus
  • Gerrit Carbentus, no dates; great-grandfather of Gerrit Carbentus, the artist's great-great-great-great-grandfather
  • Gerrit Carbentus, 1761-1797; great-grandfather of the artist
  • Hermanus Carbentus, 1732-1800; great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Gerrit Carbentus, 1697-1756; great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Clara Adriana Carbentus, 1817-1866; sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Gerarda Carbentus, 1831-1832; sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Willemina (Mina) Catharina Gerardina Carbentus, 1816-1904; sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Willem Carbentus, 1850-1920; son of Arie Carbentus
  • Willemina Carbentus-Hennevelt, no dates; wife of Gerrit Carbentus
  • Aliya Carbentus-Teekelenburg, no dates; wife of Gerrit Carbentus
  • Sophie (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth (Tante Fie) Carbentus-Van Bremmel (Aunt Fie), 1828-1897; wife of Arie Carbentus, brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Anna Cornelia Carbentus-Van der Gaag, 1792-1855; wife of Willem Carbentus, mother of Anna van-Gogh-Carbentus, and grandmother of the artist
  • Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881; English writer and philosopher
  • Naud Carp, no dates; friend of brother Cor van Gogh from Helmond
  • Albert Carrel, 1847-1912; owner of Hotel-Restaurant Carrel in Arles
  • Cathérine Carrel-Garcin, 1851-1931; owner of Hotel-Restaurant Carrel in Arles and wife of Albert Carrel
  • Adeline Carrié-Ravoux, 1877-1965; daughter of Arthur Gustave Ravoux, manager of the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, 1824-1887; French artist
  • Eugène Anatole Carrière, 1849-1934; French artist
  • Alfred Casile, 1848-1909; French artist
  • Armand Théophile Cassagne, 1823-1907; French artist
  • Jules-Antoine Castagnary, 1830-1888; French art critic
  • Fabian de Castro, 1868-?; Spanish artist
  • Jacobus (Jacob) Cats, 1577-1660; Dutch writer
  • Hubertus Amadeus Cavenaille, 1841-1914; doctor in Antwerp
  • Jean-Charles Cazin, 1841-1901; French artist
  • Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906; French artist
  • Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard, 1862-1930; French artist
  • Philippe de Champagne, 1602-1674; French artist
  • Ernest Chaplet, 1835-1909 ; French artist
  • Charles Chaplin, 1825-1891; French artist
  • Léonie Rose Charbuy-Davy, no dates; niece of Pierre Firmin Martin's wife
  • Jean-Martin Charcot, 1825-1893; French nuerologist
  • Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, 1699-1779; French artist
  • Charlemagne (Charles the Great), 747-814; king of the Franks and Holy Roman emperor
  • King Charles I, 1600-1649; king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
  • King Charles V, 1500-1558; Holy Roman emperor
  • Charles Charlopin, no dates; French inventor
  • Pierre Charron, 1541-1603; French priest and writer
  • Charles-Alexandre Chatrian, 1826-1890; French writer
  • Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400; English writer
  • Hippolyte François Alfred Chauchard, 1821-1909; French art collector
  • Ernest Amédée Chausson, 1855-1899; French composer
  • Théophile-Narcisse Chauvel, 1831-1910; French artist
  • Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-1898; French artist
  • Aline Marie Chazal Tristán, 1825-1867; mother of Paul Gauguin
  • Fleury Chenu, 1833-1875; French artist
  • Jean Jules Chéret, 1836-1932; French artist
  • Chevalier, no dates; French writer
  • Michel-Eugène Chevreul, 1786-1889; French chemist
  • Antoine Chintreuil, 1814-1873; French artist
  • Frédéric François (Fryderyk Franciszek) Chopin, 1810-1849; Polish composer
  • Pieter Jozef Chrispeels, 1859-1939; classmate of the artist at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Felix Chrispeels, no dates; classmate the artist at the Evangelical School in Brussels and brother of Pieter Jozef Chrispeels
  • Eugéne Cicéri, 1813-1890; French artist
  • Cenni (Benciviene) di Pepo (Giovanni) Cimabue, 1240-1302; Italian artist
  • George Clausen, 1852-1944; English artist
  • Paul Jean Clays, 1819-1900; Belgian artist
  • César (Cézar) de Cock (Cocq), 1823-1904; Belgian artist
  • Pieter Jacobsz Codde, 1599-1678; Dutch artist
  • Marie Collart, 1842-1911; Belgian artist
  • William Wilkie Collins, 1824-1889; British writer
  • P. de Comte, no dates; French artist
  • Henri (Hendrik) Conscience, 1812-1883; Belgian writer
  • Victor (Prosper) Considérant, 1808-1893; French Socialist
  • John Constable, 1776-1837; English artist
  • Constantine the Great, 272-337 CE; Roman emperor
  • Elizabeth Cookson, no dates; French courtesan and mistress of King Willem III
  • Joseph Théodore Coosemans, 1828-1904; Belgian artist
  • François Edouard Joachim Coppée, 1842-1908; French poet
  • Gustave Coquiot, 1865-1926; French writer and art critic
  • Vittorio Matteo Corcos, 1859-1933; Italian artist
  • Fernand Piestre Cormon, 1845-1924; French artist
  • Carl August Peter Cornelius, 1824-1874; German composer
  • Jean Baptiste Camille Corot, 1796-1875; French artist
  • Antonio Allegri Correggio, c. 1489/94-1534; Italian artist
  • Blum Cortez, no dates; doctor in The Hague
  • Isaac da Costa, 1798-1860; Dutch poet
  • Tuimen Hendrik Blom Coster, 1817-1904; doctor in The Hague
  • Daniel Cottier, 1838-1891; Scottish art dealer in London
  • Henri Cottu, no dates; director of the Compagnie du Canal de Panama
  • Gustave Courbet, 1819-1877; French artist
  • Charles Courtry, 1846-1897; French artist
  • Jacobus Craandijk, 1834-1912; Dutch writer
  • Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, 1826-1887; English writer
  • Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1472-1553; German artist
  • Johannnes Marinus Schmidt Crans, 1830-1908; Dutch
  • François Damase Crevoulin, 1844-1903; grocer and neighbor of the artist in Arles
  • Marguerite Crevoulin-Favier, 1856-1927; grocer and neighbor of the artist in Arles and wife of François Damase Crevoulin
  • Antonio Cristobal (Charles Antoine), 1870- ?; Spanish artist
  • John Crome (Old Crome), 1768-1821; English artist
  • Oliver Cromwell, 1599-1658; English statesman
  • Aelbert Cuyp, 1620-1681; Dutch artist
  • Petrus Josephus Hubertus (Pierre) Cuypers, 1827-1921; Dutch architect
  • Joseph d'Ornano, 1843-?; chief of police in Arles
  • Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, 1452-1519; Italian artist
  • Frank Dadd, 1851-1929; English artist
  • Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquis of Dalí de Púbol, 1904-1989; Spanish-Catalan artist
  • Aimé Jules Dalou, 1838-1902; French artist
  • Charles-François Daubigny, 1817-1878; French artist
  • Marie Sophie Daubigny-Garnier, 1817-1890; wife of Charles François Daubigny
  • Alphonse Daudet, 1840-1926; French writer
  • Honoré Daumier, 1808-1879; French artist
  • Marie Alexandrine Daumier-Dassy (d'Assy), 1822-1895; wife of Honoré Daumier
  • Albert Dauprat, 1857-1921; French writer
  • Jacques Louis David, 1748-1825; French artist
  • Pierre Jean David d'Angers, 1788-1856; French artist
  • Francois Adriaan de Klerck, no dates; possible classmate or staff member at Provily's school in Zevenbergen
  • Thomas De Quincey, 1785-1859; English writer
  • Claude-Achille Debussy, 1862-1918; French composer
  • Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, 1803-1860; French artist
  • Charles Louis Decrucq, 1822-1884; landlord of the artist in Cuesmes
  • Daniel Defoe, 1660-1731; English writer
  • (Hilaire Germain) Edgar Degas, 1834-1917; French artist
  • Charles Camille Auguste Degroux, 1825-1870; Belgian artist
  • Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker, 1836-1905; Dutch artist
  • Eduard (Douwes) Dekker (Multatuli), 1820-1887; Dutch writer
  • Hendricus (Driek) Dekkers, 1875-1952; inhabitant of Neunen
  • Pieter Dekkers, 1837-1899; weaver in Nuenen
  • Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix, 1798-1863; French artist
  • Raymond Delandes , 1825-1892; French composer
  • François Joseph Delarebeyrette, 1825-1886; French art dealer
  • Gabriel Delarebeyrette (Gabriel de la Roquette), 1862-1891; French art dealer
  • Paul (Hippolyte) Delaroche, 1797-1856; French artist
  • Auguste Delâtre, 1822-1907; French artist
  • Alfred Alexandre Delauney, 1872-1890; French artist
  • Henri Delavallée, 1862-1943; French artist
  • Albert Delon, 1857-? ; doctor in Arles
  • Virginie Demont-Breton, 1859-1935; French artist
  • Maurice Denis, 1870-1943; French artist
  • Jean-Baptiste Denis, 1825-1893; landlord of the artist in Petit-Wasmes
  • Esther Denis, no dates; landlord of the artist in Petit-Wasmes and wife of Jean-Baptiste Denis
  • Léopold Denis, no dates; son of Jean-Baptiste Denis, landlord of the artist in Petit-Wasmes, and a baker and farmer
  • Jean Denis, 1849-1933; son of Jean-Baptiste Denis, the artist's landlord in Petit-Wasmes
  • Gustave Desault, no dates; Protestant in Cuesmes
  • Émile Auguste Étienne Martin Deschanel, 1819-1904; French writer
  • Deschanel (Sister Épiphane), no dates; mother superior of the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe, 1830-1901; French artist
  • Louis Desmoulins, 1860-1924; French artist
  • Édouard Jean Baptiste Détaille, 1848-1912; French artist
  • Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, 1808-1876; French artist
  • Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870; English writer
  • Aimé François Désiré Diot, 1842-1897; art dealer in Paris
  • Jan Dirks, 1822-?; schoolmaster in Zundert
  • Hendrikus Dirks, no dates; trainee (and son) to schoolmaster Dirks in Zundert
  • Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881; British prime minister and earl of Beaconsfield
  • Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), 1832-1898; English writer
  • Carlo (Carolo, Carlino) Dolci, 1616-1686; Italian artist
  • Johannes (Jan) Doomen (Domen), 1817-1896; gardener in Zundert
  • Johannes Doorenbos, 1813-1884; clergyman in Helvoirt
  • Gustave Doré, 1832-1883; French artist
  • Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Dostoieffsky), 1821-1881; Russian writer
  • Gerard Dou, 1613-1675; Dutch artist
  • Enid Plowman Dove-Meadows, no dates; daughter of Eugénie Loyer
  • Ernest Christopher Dowson, 1867-1900; English writer
  • Petrus Gerardus Dreesman, no dates; pastor in Nuenen
  • (Antoine) Gustave Droz, 1832-1895; French writer
  • Jean Philippe Theodore Du Quesne van Bruchem, 1840-1921; French lawyer and husband of Lies van Gogh
  • Catharina Marianne Louise Du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis, 1850-1889; wife of Jean Philippe Theodore Du Quesne van Bruchem
  • Elisabeth (Lies) Huberta Du Quesne-Van Gogh, 1859-1936; sister of the artist and second wife of Jean Philippe Theodore Du Quesne van Bruchem
  • Paul Dubois, 1829-1905; French artist
  • Jean-Antoine Dubois, 1756-1837; French doctor
  • Albert Dubois-Pillet, 1846-1890; French artist
  • Albrecht Dürer, 1471-1528; German artist
  • Ernest Ange Duez , 1843-1896; French artist
  • Edward Dujardin, 1817-1889; Belgian artist and art teacher
  • Édouard Dujardin, 1861-1945; French writer and art critic
  • Alexandre Dumas, père (Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie ), 1802-1870; French writer
  • Alexandre Dumas, fils, 1824-1895; French writer and playwright
  • Louis Jules Dumoulin, 1860-1924; French artist
  • Amandine Lucile (Lucie) Aurore Dupin (George Sand), 1804-1876; French writer
  • Jules Dupré, 1811-1889; French artist
  • Ernest Durand, c.1855-?; Belgian art student at the Antwerp Academy
  • Godefroy Durand, 1832-1920; English artist
  • Charles Auguste Émile Durand, 1837-1917; French artist
  • Paul Durand-Ruel, 1831-1922; French art dealer
  • Charles Durand-Ruel, 1865-1892; French art dealer and son of Paul Durand-Ruel
  • Georges Durand-Ruel, 1866-1933; French art dealer and son of Paul Durand-Ruel
  • Joseph Durand-Ruel, 1862-1928; French art dealer and son of Paul Durand-Ruel
  • Louis-Émile-Edmond Duranty, 1833-1880; French writer and art critic
  • Théodore Duret, 1838-1927; French art critic
  • Dussauze, no dates; French clergyman
  • Pierre Louis Duval, 1811-1870; owner of restaurants in Paris
  • Anthony van Dyck, 1599-1641; Flemish artist
  • Thomas Alva Edison, 1847-1931; American inventor
  • James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor, 1860-1949; Belgian artist
  • Edwin Edwards, 1823-1879; English artist
  • Frederik Villem van Eeden, 1860-1932; Dutch writer
  • Otto Eerelman, 1839-1926; Dutch artist
  • Paul Ehrlich, 1854-1915; German scientist
  • Ikeda (Kesai) Eisen, 1790-1848; Japanese artist
  • George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819-1880; English writer
  • Queen Elizabeth Tudor (Elizabeth I), 1533-1603; queen of England
  • Max Elskamp, 1862-1931; Belgian poet
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882; American writer
  • Alfred Edward Emslie, 1848-1918; English artist
  • Friedrich Engels, 1820-1895; German writer and philosopher
  • Desiderius Erasmus , 1469-1536; Dutch scholar
  • Émile Erckmann, 1822-1899; French writer
  • Patience Escalier, no dates; gardener at Arles
  • Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol, 1772-1840; French psychiatrist
  • Henri Alphonse Esquiros, 1812-1876; French writer
  • Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (George Eliot), 1819-1880; English writer
  • Hubert (Huybrecht) van Eyck, c. 1385/90-1426; Flemish artist
  • Jan van (Johannes de) Eyck, c. 1380/90-c. 1441; Flemish artist
  • Marguerite van Eyck, 1406- ?; possible wife or sitter of Flemish artist Jan van Eyck
  • Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533-1592; French writer
  • Fabian, no dates; artist
  • Carel Fabritius, 1622-1654; Dutch artist
  • Thomas Faed, 1826-1900; English artist
  • L. Fahze, no dates; no known status
  • Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, 1831-1900; French artist
  • Jules Philippe Joseph Falret, 1824-1902; French psychiatrist
  • Henri Fantin-Latour, 1836-1904; French artist
  • Léon Fauche, 1868-1950; French artist
  • André Félibien, 1619-1695; French art chronicler and official historian in the court of Louis XIV
  • Nicolaas Felix, 1847-1926; later headmaster of Theo van Gogh's school in Oisterwijk
  • Félix Fénélon, 1861-1944; French writer
  • W. N. Fenger, no dates; German headmaster of Tilburg Academy
  • Jules Descartes Ferat, 1819-1889; French artist
  • Jacques Ferny (Georges Chervelle), 1863-1946; French singer
  • Alfred Feydeau, 1823-1891; French architect and art collector
  • (Jacques) Eugène Feyen, 1815-1908; French artist
  • François Nicolas Auguste Feyen-Perrin, 1826-1888; French artist
  • (Benjamin) Eugène Fichel, 1826-1895; French artist
  • Leslie Aaron Fiedler, 1917-2003; American literary critic
  • Samuel Luke Fildes, 1844-1927; English artist
  • George C. Finden, 1848-1883; English artist
  • Edmund Henry Fisher, 1835-1879; English clergyman
  • Michael FitzGerald, 1848-1922; Irish artist
  • Nicolas Camille Flammarion, 1842-1925; French astronomer and writer
  • Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, 1809-1864; French artist
  • Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880; French writer
  • Fles, no dates; headmaster of the Tilburg Academy before the artist arrived
  • Jean Louis Forain, 1852-1931; French artist
  • John Forster, 1812-1876; friend and biographer of Charles Dickens
  • Mariano José Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó, 1838-1874; Spanish artist
  • Charles Fourier, 1772-1837; French social theorist
  • Jean Alfred Fournier, 1832-1914; French dermatologist
  • Fra Angelico, c 1395/1400-1455; Italian artist
  • Jean-Honoré Fragonard, 1732-1806; French artist
  • Louis-François Français, 1814-1897; French artist
  • Frans Francken II, 1581-1642; Flemish artist
  • Edouard Joseph (Joseph Edouard) Francq (Frank), 1819-1902; foreman in a coal mine and evangelist in Cusmes
  • J. Franken, no dates; carpenter in Zundert
  • J. Frantzen, no dates; teacher of German at the Tilburg Academy
  • Frédéric Régamey, 1849-1925; French artist
  • King Frederick II (Frederick the Great), 1712-1786; king of Prussia
  • Edouard Frère, 1819-1886; French artist
  • Sigismund (Sigmund) Schlomo Freud, 1856-1939; Austrian psychiatrist
  • Jacques Victor Eugène Froment, 1820-1900; French artist
  • Eugène Fromentin, 1820-1876; French artist and writer
  • Anne (Anna) Catherine Fuchs , 1876?-?; wife of Cornelis Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Cor)
  • Antoine Louis Cornelis Furnée, 1867-1965; pharmacist in The Hague
  • Hendrik Jan Furnée, 1833-1894; seller of artists' supplies in The Hague
  • Antoine Philippe Furnée, 1861-1897; surveyor in The Hague and son of Hendrik Jan Furnée
  • Jan Fyt, 1611-1661; Flemish artist
  • Clara Cornelia Petronella van der Gaag, 1817-?; daughter of Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus
  • Gerarda van der Gaag, 1829-?; daughter of Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus
  • Pieter van der Gaag, no dates; first husband of Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus
  • Arie van der Gaag, 1821-1822; son of Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus
  • Gerrit van der Gaag, 1819-?; son of Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus
  • Johannus Rutgerus van der Gaag, 1819-?; no known status
  • Hendrica van der Gaag-Carbentus, no dates; daughter of Willem Carbentus and wife of Pieter van der Gaag
  • Cornelia van der Gaag-Van den Bergh, no dates; mother of Johanna Ewaldina Stricker-Van der Gaag
  • Clémentine Elisa Marguerite (Marguerite-Clémentine) Gachet , 1869-1949; daughter of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, Sr.
  • Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, Sr., 1828-1909; doctor in Auvers-sur-Oise
  • Paul Louis Lucien Gachet, Jr. , 1873-1962; son of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, Sr.
  • Ferdinand Henri Gagnebin, 1816-1890; clergyman in Amsterdam
  • Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788; English artist
  • Gaius Marius, 157-86 BCE; Roman general
  • Franz Joseph Gall, 1758-1828; German doctor
  • Paul Gallimard, no dates; French art collector
  • Guiseppe Garibaldi, 1807-1882; Italian military officer and politician
  • (Jean-Louis) Charles Garnier, 1825-1898; French architect
  • Aline Gauguin, 1877-1897; daughter of Paul Gauguin
  • Guillaume Clovis Pierre Gauguin, 1814-1849; father of Paul Gauguin
  • (Eugène Henri) Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903; French artist
  • Paul (Eugène Henri) Gauguin, 1848-1903; French artist
  • Clovis Gauguin, 1814-1849; French journalist and father of Paul Gauguin
  • Émile Gauguin, 1874-1955; son of Paul Gauguin
  • Marie (María Fernanda) (Marie Uribe-Buenaventura) Gauguin Chazal, 1847-?; sister of Paul Gauguin and wife of Juan Nepomuceno Uribe-Buenaventura
  • Mette Sophie Gauguin-Gad, 1850-1920; wife of Paul Gauguin
  • Louis Léon (Leo) Gausson, 1860-1944; French artist
  • Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872; French writer
  • Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (Paul Gavarni), 1804-1866; French artist
  • Paul Gavarni (Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier), 1804-1866; French artist
  • Émile Gavet, 1830-1904; French art collector and patron of Millet
  • Otto Greeling, 1829-1900; Belgian architect
  • Joanna Chrispeels Geerling, no dates; daughter of Otto Geerling, Belgian architect, and wife of Pieter Jozef Chrispeels, the artist's classmate at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Katharina van Geffen , no dates; inhabitant of Zundert
  • Gustave Geffroy, 1855-1926; French writer
  • Gendre, no dates; French? art collector
  • Petrus Augustus (Pieter August) de Génestet (Genestet), 1829-1861; Dutch theologian and writer
  • Ludovicus Cornelis van Genk, 1832-1888; doctor in Etten
  • (Jean Louis André) Théodore Géricault, 1791-1824; French artist
  • Julius Caesar Germanicus, 15 BCE-19 CE; Roman general
  • Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1824-1904; French artist
  • Leo Gestel, 1881-1941; Dutch artist
  • Dimmen Gestel, 1862-1945; printer and student of the artist in Eindhoven
  • Hector Giacomelli, 1822-1904; French artist
  • Jean (Jean-François) Gigoux, 1806-1894; French writer and artist
  • James Giles, no dates; English composer
  • Eugène Louis Gillot, 1868-1925; French artist and engraver
  • Cornelis van Ginneken, 1815-1871; doctor in Zundert who delivered the artist
  • Charles van Ginnekin, no dates; inhabitant of Zundert
  • Joseph Michel Ginoux, 1835-1902; proprietor of Café de la Gare in Arles
  • Marie Ginoux-Julien, 1848-1911; proprietress of the Café de la Gare in Arles and wife of Joseph Michel Ginoux
  • Giorgio (Giorgione) Barbarelli da Castelfranco, c. 1477/8-1510; Italian artist
  • Giotto di Bondone, 1267/75-1337; Italian artist
  • Marius Girard, 1838-1906; French writer
  • Édouard Girardet, 1819-1880; French artist
  • Victor Julien Giraud, 1840-1871; French artist
  • Eugène Giraud, 1833-?; magistrate in Arles
  • Giovanni Giusti, 1485-1549; Italian artist
  • Henry William Gladwell, 1834-1893; father of Harry Gladwell, friend of the artist in Paris
  • Harry Gladwell, 1857-1927; friend of the artist in Paris
  • Susannah Eleanor Gladwell, 1858/59-1876; sister of Harry Gladwell, friend of the artist in Paris
  • Charles Gleyre, 1806-1874; Swiss artist
  • Hugo van der Goes, c. 1440-1482; Flemish artist
  • Raymond Eugène Goethals, 1804-1864; French artist
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832; German writer
  • Vincent Willem van Gogh, 1851-1910; administrator at Payung and son of Johannes van Gogh
  • Josina Beilevelt van Gogh, 1676-1754; ancestor of the artist
  • Cornelis (Cor) Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor or C.M.), 1824-1908; art dealer and bookseller in Amsterdam and brother of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Vincent (Cent) van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent), 1820-1888; art dealer and brother of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1866-1911; art dealer in Amsterdam and son of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor)
  • Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein), 1814-1877; art dealer in Brussels and brother of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Theo van Gogh, 1857-1891; art dealer in Paris and brother of the artist
  • Gerrit van Gogh, 1700-1752; brother of David van Gogh
  • Cornelis (Cor) Vincent van Gogh, 1867-1900; brother of the artist
  • Willem Daniël van Gogh, 1818-1872; brother of Theodorus van Gogh and uncle of the artist
  • Johanna Hendrina van Gogh, 1863-1945; daughter of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor)
  • Hendrina van Gogh, 1759-1852; daughter of Josina van Gogh Abdon and collateral relative of the artist
  • Elizabeth Hubertha (Bertha) Vincentia van Gogh, 1859-1938; daughter of Willem Daniel van Gogh
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1720-1802; Dutch artist (sculptor in Paris) and brother of Johannes van Gogh
  • Theodorus van Gogh, 1822-1885; Dutch clergyman, husband of Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, and father of the artist
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1674-1746; father of David van Gogh and great-great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Gerrit van Gogh, 1590/1600-1648; father of Gerrit van Gogh and great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Jan van Gogh, 1530/40-?; father of Gerrit van Gogh and great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Johannes van Gogh , 1763-1840; father of Vincent van Gogh and great-grandfather of the artist
  • Gerrit van Gogh, 1636/9-1714; father of Vincent van Gogh and great-great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • David van Gogh, 1697-1740; father of Vincent van Gogh and Jan van Gogh and great-great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1789-1874; grandfather of the artist
  • Jan van Gogh, 1722-1784; grandfather of Vincent van Gogh and great-great-grandfather of the artist
  • Johannes (Jan) van Gogh, Sr. (Uncle Jan), 1817-1885; rear admiral, director of the naval dockyard in Amsterdam, and brother of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Willemina (Wil or Willemien) Jacoba van Gogh, 1862-1941; sister of the artist
  • Johanna (Antje) Wilhelmina van Gogh (Aunt Antje), 1812-1883; sister of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Maria (Mietje) Johanna van Gogh (Aunt Mietje), 1831-1911; sister of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Daniël van Gogh, 1867-1909; son of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1634-?; son of Gerrit van Gogh and brother of Gerrit van Gogh
  • Hendrik Jacob Eerligh van Gogh (Cousin Hendrik), 1853-1886; son of Johannes van Gogh
  • Johannes van Gogh, Jr., 1854-1913; son of Johannes van Gogh and planter on Java
  • Vincent Willem van Gogh, 1890-1978; son of Theo van Gogh and Johanna van Gogh-Bonger and nephew of the artist
  • Willem Jacob van Gogh, 1863-1934; son of Willem Daniël van Gogh and Magdalena Susanna van Gogh-Van Stockum
  • Vincent van Gogh, 1852-1852; stillborn brother of the artist
  • Vincent Willem van Gogh, 1853-1890; the artist
  • Josina van Gogh-Abdon, 1725-1806; collateral relative of the artist
  • Johanna (Jo or Net) Gezina van Gogh-Bonger, 1862-1925; wife of Theo van Gogh
  • Maria (Mietje) Johanna van Gogh-Boon (Aunt Mietje), 1819-1885; wife of Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein)
  • Wilhelmina (Elize) van Gogh-Bruins, 1819-1864; wife of Johannes (Jan) van Gogh (Uncle Jan)
  • Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, 1819-1907; wife of Theodorus van Gogh and mother of the artist
  • Cornelia (Cornelie) van Gogh-Carbentus (Aunt Cornelie), 182-1913; wife of Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Cent) and sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
  • Alida van Gogh-Dulken, 1718-1751; collateral relative of the artist
  • Johanna van Gogh-Franken, 1836-1919; second wife of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor)
  • Maria Christina Elisabeth van Gogh-Musch, 1858-1948; wife of Vincent Wilhelm van Gogh
  • Magdalena Susanna van Gogh-Van Stockum, 1828-1904; sister of Wilhelmus Petrus van Stockum and wife of Theodorus's brother Willem Daniël van Gogh
  • Maria (Marie) Elisabeth van Gogh-Vos, 1853-c.1894; wife of Hendrik Jacob Eerligh van Gogh
  • Jeanette Louise van Gogh-Vos, 1854-1906; wife of Johannes van Gogh
  • Elisabeth Huberta Vrijdag van Gogh-Vrijdag, 1790-1857; wife of Vincent van Gogh and grandmother of the artist
  • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, 1809-1852; Russian writer
  • Oliver Goldsmith, 1728/30-1774; Irish playwright
  • Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas, 1580-1645; Spanish writer
  • F. S. Gomm, no dates; teacher of English at the Tilburg Academy
  • Edmond de Goncourt, 1822-1896; French writer
  • Jules Huot de Goncourt, 1830-1870; French writer
  • Louis Gonse, 1846-1921; French writer
  • Charles George Gordon, 1833-1885; British general
  • Paulus Coenraad Görlitz, 1851-1921; teacher in Dordrecht
  • Johan Henri Gustaaf Cohen Gosschalk, 1873-1912; Dutch artist and writer and second husband of Johanna van Gogh-Bonger
  • Émile Goudeau, 1849-1906; French writer
  • Charles Gounod, 1818-1893; French composer
  • Adolphe Goupil, 1806-1893; founder of Goupil & Cie in Paris
  • Albert Goupil, 1840-1884; French art collector and son of Adolphe Goupil
  • Jules Adolphe Goupil, 1839-1883; French artist
  • Rémy de Gourmont, 1858-1915; French writer
  • Abraham Govaerts, 1589-1626; Flemish artist
  • Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, 1746-1828; Spanish artist
  • Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656; Dutch artist
  • Alexander de Graaf, 1848-1938; carpenter and sexton of the church in Etten
  • Abraham Anthonie ‘s Graeuwen, 1824-1902; commander in the Dutch navy, husband of Geertruida Johanna van Gogh, brother-in-law of Theodorus van Gogh, and uncle of the artist
  • Henry Graves, 1806-1892; English publisher
  • Renier de Greef, 1855-1910; farmer in Nuenen
  • Samuel Essenius Greeff, 1832-1885; clergyman in Dordrecht
  • Alfred Rozelaar Green, 1917-?; English artist
  • Charles Green, 1840-1898; English artist
  • Henry Towneley Green, 1836-1899; English artist
  • Edward John Gregory, 1850-1909; English artist
  • Jean Baptiste Greuze, 1725-1805; French artist
  • Wilhelm Griesinger, 1817-1868; German neurologist
  • Hendrikus (Hendrikus, Driek) de Groot, 1863-1909; brother of Gordina de Groot
  • Peter (Peer) de Groot, 1865-1935; brother of Gordina de Groot
  • Cornelis de Groot, 1818-1883; father of Gordina de Groot
  • Antonie (Toon) de Groot, 1829-1909; inhabitiant of Nuenen
  • Gordina (Dien, Sien) de Groot, 1855-1927; lover of the artist in Nuenen
  • Cornelis de Groot, 1885-1951; son of Gordina de Groot
  • Cornelia de Groot-Van Rooij, 1825-1891; mother of Gordina de Groot
  • Antione Jean Gros, 1771-1835; French artist
  • Henri Jules Charles Corneille de Groux, 1867-1930; Belgian artist and art critic
  • David Gruby, 1810-1898; doctor in Paris
  • Emil Otto Grundmann, 1844-1890; German artist
  • Charles Paul Gruppe, 1860-1940; American artist, born in Canada
  • Auguste Gruson, no dates; French writer
  • Los Rios de Guadalquivir (Dario de Regoyos y Valdés), 1857-1913; Spanish artist
  • (Jean Baptiste) Armand Guillaumin, 1841-1927; French artist
  • Émile Étienne Guimet, 1838-1919; French industrialist
  • Gerardus Guizing, 1847-1924; farmer in Nuenen
  • François Pierre Guillaume Guizot, 1787-1874; French historian and prime minister under Louis Philippe I
  • Constantin Guys, 1802-1892; French artist
  • Aron de Haan, 1859-1936; brother of Meijer Isaac de Haan
  • Meijer Isaac de Haan, 1852-1895; Dutch artist
  • Jannetje (Annet) Cornelia Haanebeek, 1851-1875; daughter of Carl Adolph Haanebee and sister of Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
  • Carl Adolph Haanebeek, 1821-1906; wine merchant in The Hague and father of Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
  • Leonarda (Leentje) Catharina Adriana Haanebeek-Stricker (Aunt Leentje), 1822-1904; second wife of Carl Adolph Haanebeek
  • Cornelia Jacoba Haanebeek-Van Zuylen, 1823-1857; first wife of Carl Adolph Haanebeek
  • Bernard ter Haar, 1806-1880; Dutch writer
  • Susan(n)us Marinus Hackstroh, 1830-1901; stationmaster in Etten
  • Elisabeth Clara Johanna Hackstroh-De Bock, 1827-after 1895; wife of Susan(n)us Marinus Hackstroh
  • Théodore van der Haeghen (van der Haagen), no dates; colporteur in Pâturages
  • Willem Vander Haeghen (van der Haeghen, van der Haagen), 1850-?; son of Théodore van der Haeghen and classmate of the artist at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • August Hagborg, 1852-1921; Swedish artist
  • Victor Hageman, 1868-138; Belgian artist and art teacher
  • Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, 1799-1862; French composer
  • Ludovic Halévy, 1834-1908; French writer
  • Frans Hals, 1581/85-1666; Dutch artist
  • Édouard Hamman, 1819-1888; Belgian artist
  • Alexis Hamming, no dates; tax collector in Zundert
  • Jean Louis Hamon, 1821-1874; French artist
  • George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759; German-born English composer
  • Arabella Catherine (Katherine) Hankey, 1834-1911; English evangelist
  • Arabella Catherine Hankey, 1872-1890; English writer
  • Hannibal, 248-183/2 BCE; Carthaginian general
  • Marinus Hannick, no dates; son of of family the artist boarded with in Tilburg
  • J. Hannicks, 1812-?; boardinghouse owner in Tilburg
  • Hannicks, 1808-?; wife of J. Hannicks, boardinghouse owner in Tilburg
  • William (St. John) Harper, 1851-1910; American artist
  • Henri Joseph Harpignies, 1819-1916; French artist
  • Johannes (Jos) van der Harten, 1852-1925; student of the artist in Nuenen
  • Archibald Standish Hartrick, 1864-1950; British artist
  • Catharina Geertruida Hartsuiker, 1871-1896; daughter of Albertus and Catharina Hartsuiker, lodging-house keepers in Hoogeveen
  • Albertus Hartsuiker, 1827-1902; lodging-house keeper in Hoogeveen
  • Adrianus Hartsuiker, 1874-?; son of Albertus and Catharina Hartsuiker, lodging-house keepers in Hoogeveen
  • Hilbertus Hartsuiker, 1872-1951; son of Albertus and Catharina Hartsuiker, lodging-housekeepers in Hoogeveen
  • Catharina Hartsuiker-Beukema, 1835-1908; secod wife of Albertus Hartsuiker, lodging-housekeeper in Hoogeveen
  • Fennigje(n) Hartsuiker-Veen, 1829-1865; first wife of Albertus Hartsuiker, lodging-house keeper in Hoogeveen
  • Johannes Petrus Hasebroek, 1812-1896; clergyman in Amsterdam
  • Georges-Eugène (Baron) Haussmann, 1809-1891; French civic planner
  • Pieter (Piet) van Havermaet, 1834-1897; Belgian artist
  • Hendrik Johannes Haverman, 1857-1928; Dutch artist
  • Ernest Hébert, 1817-1908; French artist
  • Ferdinand Heilbuth, 1826-1889; French artist
  • Heinrich Heine, 1797-1856; German poet
  • Cornelis Adriaan Heintz, no dates; headmaster of Theo van Gogh's school in Oisterwijk
  • Gerke Henkes, 1844-1927; Dutch artist
  • Jean Jacques Henner, 1829-1905; French artist
  • Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-1669; queen of France, wife of Charles I, and queen consort of England, Scotland, and Ireland
  • Marie Henry, no dates; proprietress of an inn in Le Pouldu, la Buvette de la Plage
  • Boele van Hensbroek, 1853-1912; housemate of the artist in The Hague
  • Georg (Friedrich Carl) F. C. Herbst, 1828-1898; clergyman in Brussels
  • Jules Héricourt, 1850-?; French physiologist
  • Hubert von Herkomer, 1849-1914; English artist
  • Petrus Antonius (Antoon) Hermans, 1822-1914; amateur artist and patron of the artist in Eindhoven
  • Théodore Herpin, 1799-1865; French neurologist
  • John (Frederick William) Herschel, 1792-1871; English mathematician, astronomer, chemist, and inventor
  • Hans Olaf Heyerdahl, 1857-1913; Norwegian artist
  • Octavia Hill, 1838-1912; English social reformer
  • Johannes Hillen, 1829-1905; catechist in The Hague
  • Dorothée Hingway, no dates; servant of Uncle Cent
  • Hippocrates of Cos, c. 460 BCE-c. 370 BCE; Greek physician
  • Utagawa Hiroshige, 1797-1858; Japanese artist
  • Anthonius (Anton, Tony) Matthais Hirschig, 1867-1939; Dutch artist
  • Meindert Hobbema, 1638-1709 ; Dutch artist
  • Thomas Hobbes, 1688-1679; English philosopher
  • Sytze Hoekstra, no dates; Dutch clergyman
  • Henri van den Hoeven, 1843-1924; family friend in Zundert
  • Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, 1776-1822; German writer, composer, critic, and caricaturist
  • Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849; Japanese artist
  • Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497-1543; German artist
  • Francis (Frank) Montague Holl, 1845-1888; English artist
  • H. Hollidee (Elard Albert Rovers), 1848-1908; Dutch writer
  • Johannes van Hombergh, 1814-1895; mayor of Nuenen
  • Homer, c 800-750 BCE; Greek poet
  • Cornelis Honcoop, no dates; chaperone for the artist from Breda to Zundert
  • Melchior de Hondecoeter, 1636-1695; Dutch artist
  • Honorius, 384-423 CE; Byzantine emperor
  • Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684; Dutch artist
  • Johan Bernard de Hoog, 1866-1943; Dutch artist
  • Johannes Marinus van Hoogstraaten, no dates; bookseller in The Hague and husband of Willemina Catrina van Stockum
  • Willemina Catrina van Hoogstraaten-Stockum, 1823-?; cousin of Anna Carbentus and wife of Johannes Marinus van Hoogstraaten
  • Piet van Hoorn, 1873-1974; inhabitant of Neunen
  • Willem Hoornik, 1882-c. 1958/60; son of Sien Hoornik, the artist's prostitute-lover in The Hague
  • Clasina (Sien, Christien, Christine, Xtien) Maria Hoornik, 1850-1904; prostitute-lover of the artist in the Hague
  • Maria Wilhelmina Hoornik-Pellers, 1829-1910; mother of Clasina Maria Hoornik, the artist's prostitute-lover in The Hague
  • Jan Hendrik Hooyer, 1844-1892; clergyman in Dordrecht
  • Arthur Hopkins, 1848-1930; English artist
  • Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers, 1819-1866; Dutch artist
  • Hendrik Hoppenbrouwers, no dates; inhabitant of Zundert and classmate of the artist
  • Höring, no dates; German physician
  • Victor Horta, 1861-1947; Belgian architect
  • Arthur Boyd Houghton, 1836-1875; English artist
  • Harmen van Houten, no dates; Dutch writer
  • Joan Marius van Houten, 1850-1945; husband of Anna van Houten-Van Gogh
  • Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van Gogh, 1855-1930; wife of Joan Marius van Houten and sister of the artist
  • Bart van Hove, 1856-1914; Dutch artist
  • Anna Susan Johanna van der Hoven, 1841-1844; inhabitant of Zundert
  • Paul Huet, 1803-1873; French artist
  • Victor Marie Hugo, 1802-1885; French writer
  • Manuel Martínez Hugué, 1872-1945; Spanish artist
  • Clovis Hugues, 1851-1907; French writer
  • Gerardus Huizing, 1847-1924; farmer in Nuenen
  • William Holman Hunt, 1827-1910; English artist
  • Jules Huret, 1864-1915; French writer
  • M. Hutton, no dates; replacement for the artist in Wasmes
  • Constantinus Cornelis (C. C.) (Huijsmans) Huysmans, 1810-1866; Dutch artist and teacher of art at the Tilburg Academy
  • Joris-Karl Huysmans, 1848-1907; French writer
  • Vincent Hyspa, 1865-1938; French actor and singer
  • Petrus Johannes Idenburg, 1825-1899; doctor in Utrecht
  • Rosine Alexandrine Frederike Idenburg-Van der Hegge Spies, 1835-?; wife of Dr. Petrus Johannes Idenburg in Utrecht
  • Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1780-1867; French artist
  • Eugène Ionesco, 1909-1994; Romanian/French writer
  • Irene, no dates; sister of Gustave Arosa
  • Henry Irving (John Henry Brodribb), 1838-1905; English actor
  • Joseph Jacob Isaäcson, 1859-1942; Dutch artist/ writer
  • Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey, 1803-1886; French artist
  • Isaac Lazarus Israëls, 1865-1934; Dutch artist
  • Jozef Israëls, 1824-1911; Dutch artist
  • Teunis van Iterson, 1847-1925; employee at Goupil & Cie in The Hague
  • John Hughlings Jackson, 1835-1911; English neurologist
  • Aletta Jacobs, 1854-1929; Dutch physician
  • Edward Levien Jacobson, 1802-1875; English art collector
  • Jacob de Vos Jacobszn, 1803-1878; Dutch art collector
  • Jacobszoon, no dates; no known status
  • Claude Jacquand, 1803-1878; French artist
  • Charles Émile Jacque(s), 1813-1894; French artist
  • Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart, 1837-1880; French artist
  • Achille Jacquet, 1846-1908; French artist
  • Gustave Jean Jacquet, 1846-1909; French artist
  • Charles François Jalabert, 1819-1901; French artist
  • Henry James, 1843-1916; American writer
  • Diedrik Franciscus Jamin, 1838-1865; Dutch artist
  • Viggo Jastrau, 1857-1946; Danish artist
  • Georges Jeannin, 1841-1925; French artist
  • John Richard Jefferies, 1848-1887; English writer
  • William Blanchard Jerrold, 1826-1884; English writer
  • Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc), 1412-1431; French saint
  • Nicolaas de Jonge, 1845-1898; clergyman and teacher at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1819-1891; Dutch artist
  • Wilhelm Jonker, 1848-1932; clergyman in Hoogeveen
  • Jacob Jordaens, 1593-1678; Flemish artist
  • Jos. Smulders & Co, no dates; stationers and lithographers in The Hague
  • Ernst Josephson, 1851-1906; Swedish artist
  • Adolphe Jourdan, 1825-1889; French artist
  • Auguste Jouve, 1846-?; French artist
  • Maurice Joyant, 1864-1930; French art dealer
  • Gaius Julius Caesar, 100 BCE-44 CE; Roman emperor
  • Gaius Julius Caesar, 100-44 BCE; Roman emperor
  • Gustave Adolphe Jundt, 1830-1884; French artist
  • Franz Kafka, 1883-1924; German writer
  • Gustave Kahn, 1859-1936; French writer and art critic
  • Ando Kaïghetsudo, 18th century; Japanese artist
  • Jan Gerrit Kam, 1833-1917; clergyman in Leur
  • Adrianus Cornelis Kam, 1862-?; family friend in Etten and later a doctor
  • J. B. (Jan Benjamin) Kam, c. 1861-?; family friend in Etten and later a doctor
  • Willem Hendrik Kam, 1863-?; family friend in Etten and later an architectural engineer
  • Alphonse Karr, 1808-1890; French writer
  • Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate, 1819-1889; Dutch clergyman and poet
  • Piet Kaufmann, 1864-1940; gardener in Etten
  • John Keats, 1795-1821; English poet
  • Charles Samuel Keene, 1823-1891; English artist
  • Petrus Marinus Keller van Horn, 1825-1908; clergyman in Dordrecht
  • Thomas à Kempis, 1379/80-1471; Dutch writer
  • Antonius (Anton) Cornelius Augustinius Kerssemakers, 1846-1924; tanner in Eindhoven and student of the artist
  • Jacob Simon Hendrik Kever, 1854-1922; Dutch artist
  • Thomas de Keyser, 1596/97-1667; Dutch artist
  • Willem Laurens Kiehl, ?-1875; housemate of Theo van Gogh in The Hague
  • Willem Kiesenberg, 1814-1904; carpenter in The Hague
  • Ludwig Knaus, 1829-1910; German artist
  • Roland Knoedler, 1856-1932; American art dealer
  • James Sheridan Knowles, 1784-1862; Irish playwright and actor
  • Charles Paul de Kock, 1793-1871; French writer of Dutch lineage
  • Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, 1803-1862; Dutch artist
  • Philips (de) Koninck, 1619-1688; Dutch artist
  • Salomen (de) Koninck, 1609-1656; Dutch artist
  • Arnold Hendrik Koning, 1860-1945; Dutch artist
  • Diederick Johannes (D. J.) Korteweg, no dates; teacher of mathematics and cosmography at the Tilburg Academy
  • J. L. Koster, no dates; classmate of the artist at the Tilburg Academy
  • G. Kraus, no dates; doctor
  • F. W. Krecke, no dates; teacher of mathematics and physics at the Tilburg Academy
  • Johannes Kuylman (Kuijlman), 1845-1913; clergyman in Princenhage
  • François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénélon, no dates; French archbishop
  • Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1704-1788; French artist
  • Hans Laban, no dates; Dutch acquaintance of the Van Gogh family
  • Victor Lagye, 1825-1896; Belgian artist
  • Thérèse Anne-Pierre Laisnay, no dates; great-grandmother of Paul Guaguin
  • Gijsbertus Jan van Lakerveld, 1831-1901; clergyman in Helmond
  • Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine, 1790-1869; French writer
  • Jef Lambeaux, 1852-1908; Belgian artist
  • Émile Charles Lambinet, 1815-1877; French artist
  • (Hugues) Félicité Robert de Lamennais, 1782-1854; French writer
  • Jean Pierre François Lamorinière, 1828-1911; Belgian artist
  • Auguste André Lançon, 1836-1885; French artist
  • Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802-1873; English artist
  • Willem Nicolaas Lantsheer, 1826-1883; Dutch art collector
  • Jean-Paul Laurens, 1838-1891; French artist
  • Eliza Laurillard, 1830-1908; clergyman and poet in Amsterdam
  • Auguste Marie Lauzet, 1865-1898; French artist
  • Nino Laval, no dates; brother of French artist Charles Laval
  • Charles Laval, 1862-1894; French artist
  • Johann Caspar (Kaspar) Lavater, 1741-1801; Swiss clergyman and physiognomist
  • Eugéne Antoine Samuel Lavieille, 1820-1889; French artist
  • Jacques Adrien Lavieille, 1818-1862; French artist
  • Paul Edme Le Rat, 1849-1892; French artist and engraver
  • Julien Leclercq, 1865-1901; French poet and art critic
  • Alexandre Charles Lecocq, 1832-1918; French composer
  • Anna Cornelia Lecomte-Carbentus, 1854-1926; wife of Adolf Lecomte
  • Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin, 1807-1874; French politician
  • John Leech, 1817-1864; English artist
  • Jules Joseph Lefebvre, 1836-1911; French artist
  • Adolphe Renè Lefevre, 1834-1868; French artist
  • Ernest Legouvé, 1807-1903; French writer
  • Legrand, no dates; French art dealer
  • Alphonse Legros, 1837-1911; French artist
  • Carl Ernst Rudolf Heinrich Salem (Henri) Lehmann, 1814-1882; German-born French artist
  • Charles Henri Joseph Leickert, 1816-1907; Belgian artist
  • Frederic Leighton (Baron Leighton of Stetton), 1830-1896; English artist
  • Catherine Lemaire, 1827-1894; Meillet's second wife
  • Georges Lemmen, 1865-1916; Belgian artist
  • (Antione Louis) Camille Lemonnier, 1844-1913; Belgian writer
  • Aimé de Lemud, 1816-1887; French artist
  • François Joseph Aimé de Lemud, 1817-1887; French artist
  • Jacob van Lennep, 1802-1868; Dutch writer
  • Simon Léon, no dates; doctor
  • Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor (Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; King Léopold II), , 1835-1909; king of Belgium
  • Auguste-Louis Lepère, 1849-1918; French artist.
  • Stanislas Victor Edouard Lépine, 1835-1892; French artist
  • Edgar Leroy, no dates; doctor at the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • Louis Leroy, no dates; French artist and playwright
  • Henri Jean Beptiste Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, 1842-1912; French publicist and historian
  • Ferdinand (Marie) de Lesseps, 1805-1894; French writer and builder of the Suez Canal
  • Wilhemus Johannes Leurs, 1828-1895; Dutch seller of artists' supplies
  • Joseph S. de Levie, no dates; great-grandson of Alexander Abraham Breebaard
  • Émile Levy, 1826-1890; French artist
  • (Jean Auguste) Henri (Hendrik) Leys, 1815-1869; Belgian artist
  • Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1884-1925; French artist
  • Madame Liberge, no dates; inhabitant of Auvers
  • Max Liebermann, 1847-1935; German artist
  • Jan Lievens, 1607-1674; Dutch artist
  • Philippe Jacques Linder, 1835-1914; French artist
  • Willem Linnig the Elder, 1819-1885; Belgian artist
  • Willem Linnig the Younger, 1849-1890; Belgian artist
  • Jan Theodor Joseph (Jozef) Linnig, 1815-1891; art dealer in Antwerp
  • James Dromgole Linton, 1840-1916; British artist
  • Franz Liszt (Ferencz Liszt, Ferenc Liszt, from 1859 to 1867 Franz Ritter von Liszt ), 1811-1886; Hungarian composer
  • Horace Mann Livens, 1862-1936; English artist
  • Timoléon Marie Lobrichon, 1831-1914; French artist
  • Cesare Lombroso, 1835-1909; Italian criminologist
  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882; American poet
  • Arnold Louis Karel Hubert van de Loo, 1852-1898; doctor in Eindhoven
  • Pons de l'Orme, no dates; French architect
  • Louis Marie Julien Viaud (Pierre Loti), 1850-1923; French writer
  • King Louis XII, 1462-1515; king of France
  • King Louis XV, 1710-1774; king of France
  • King Louis XVIII, 1755-1824; king of France
  • Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, 1808-1873; French emperor
  • Eugenie Loyer, 1854-1911; daughter of Sarah Ursula Loyer-Wilson, the artist's landlord in London
  • Jean-Baptiste Loyer, 1801-1859/60; husband of Ursula and father of Eugénie Loyer
  • Sarah Ursula Loyer-Wilson, 1815-1895; lodging-house keeper in London
  • Martin Luther, 1483-1546; German theologian
  • Lycurgus, c. 800-730 BCE.; Greek lawgiver
  • Amédee Ernest Lynen, 1852-1938; Belgian artist
  • M. Manzy, no dates; no known status
  • Jacobus (Jacob, Jakob) Jan van Der Maaten, 1820-1879; Dutch artist
  • William Macfarlane, 1838-1905; clergyman in Amsterdam
  • Th. W. MacGillavry, no dates; teacher of cosmography at the Tilburg Academy who later taught at Leyden
  • Dodge MacKnight, 1860-1950; American artist
  • Percy Macquoid, 1852-1925; English artist
  • Adriaan Johannes (Jan) Madiol, 1845-1927; Dutch artist
  • Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, 1841-1927; Spanish artist
  • Nicolaas Maes, 1632/34-1693; Dutch artist
  • Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard (Count Maeterlinck), 1862-1949; Belgian writer
  • Nicolaas (Nico) Mager, 1957-?; clerk at the Blussé & Van Braam bookshop in Dordrecht
  • James Mahoney, 1816-1879; English artist
  • Albert Mairet, 1852-1935; French professor of psychiatry
  • Hans Makart, 1840-1884; Austrian artist
  • Stéphane (Étienne) Mallarmé, 1842-1898; French poet, art critic, and teacher of English
  • Eugène Manet, 1834-1892; brother of Édouard Manet and husband of Berthe Morisot
  • Édouard Manet, 1832-1883; French artist
  • Andrea Mantegna, c. 1431-1506; Italian artist
  • Paul Mantz, 1821-1895; French art critic
  • Rachel Manzano-Pomié, ?-1889; mother of Camille Pissarro
  • Michel Manzi, 1849-1915; Italian art dealer and printer
  • M. Manzy, no dates; no known status
  • Evariste Marandon de Montyel, 1851-1908; French psychiatrist
  • Charles François Marchal, 1825-1877; French artist
  • Marcus Aurelius Marius, no dates; emperor of the Gallic Empire in the 3rd century
  • Jeanette Geertruida Marda, 1808-after 1895; publican in The Hague
  • Princess Marianne van Oranje-Nassau, 1810-1883; princess of Prussia, daughter of King Willem I of the Netherlands
  • Paul Mariéton, 1862-1911; French poet
  • Marinier, no dates; no known status
  • Jacob (Jaap) Hendrik Maris, 1837-1899; Dutch artist
  • Matthijs (Thijs) Maris, 1839-1917; Dutch artist
  • Willem Maris, 1844-1910; Dutch artist
  • Henry Stacy Marks, 1829-1898; British artist
  • Philips van Marnix of St. Aldegonde, 1538-1598; Dutch poet and diplomat
  • Paul Marre, 1843-?; magistrate in Arles
  • Pierre Firmin (Père) Martin, 1817-1891; art dealer in Paris
  • Étienne-Lucien Martin, no dates; no known status
  • Martinez, no dates; artist
  • Louis Marvy, 1815-1850; French artist
  • Roger Marx, 1859-1913; French writer
  • Karl (Heinrich) Marx, 1818-1883; German philosopher, historian, and political economist
  • Mary Duchess of Burgundy (Mary the Rich), 1457-1482; duchess of Burgundy
  • Quinten Massys (Matsys), c. 1460/66-1530; Flemish artist
  • Mastenbroek, no dates; inhabitant of Zundert
  • Jean-Baptist Mathijsen, 1817-1909; teacher at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Guy de Maupassant, 1850-1893; French writer
  • George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier, 1834-1896; French artist
  • Madeleine Octave Maus, 1856-1919; Belgian editor and art critic
  • Anthonij (Anton) Rudolf Mauve, 1838-1888; Dutch artist
  • Ariëtte (Jet) Sophia Jeanette Mauve-Carbentus, 1856-1894; wife of Anton Mauve
  • Auguste Marie Mauzet, 1865-1898; French artist
  • Henry Mayhew, 1812-1887; English sociologist and writer
  • Katheleen Eugénie Maynard, no dates; granddaughter of Eugénie Loyer
  • Jean Mazéry, 1845-c. 1925; French doctor
  • Queen Marie de Medici, 1575-1642; queen of France
  • Johan de Meester, 1860-1931; Dutch art critic
  • Henri Meilhac, 1831-1897; French opera singer
  • Ernest Meissoner, 1815-1891; French artist
  • Xavier Mellery, 1845-1921; Belgian artist
  • Herman Melville, 1819-1891; American writer
  • Hans Memling (Memlinc), 1430/40-1494; German-Flemish artist
  • Maurits Benjamin Mendes da Costa, 1851-1938; teacher of the artist in Amsterdam
  • Bernardin Mendozy (Bernardino de Mendoza), c. 1540-1604; Spanish military commander and diplomat
  • Theodor Menke, 1819-1892; German mapmaker
  • Adolph Menzel, 1815-1905; German artist
  • Marius Jean Antonin Mercié, 1845-1916; French artist
  • Paolo Mercuri, 1804-1884; French artist
  • Prosper Merimée, 1803-1870; French writer and archaeologist
  • Hugues Merle, 1823-1881; French artist
  • Charles Meryon, 1821-1868; French artist
  • Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1831-1915; Dutch artist
  • Albertina (Albertine) Elisabeth Mesdag-Fockens, 1859-1936; daughter of Hendrik Willem Mesdag
  • Francois (Frans) Pieter ter Meulen, 1843-1927; Dutch artist
  • Constantine Émile Meunier, 1831-1905; Belgian artist
  • Mathieu Meusnier (Georges Karl Robert), fl. 1874-1882; French writer and artist
  • Georges-Bernard Michel, 1763-1843; French artist
  • Claude Étienne Michel, 1772-1815; French general
  • Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564; Italian artist
  • Jules Michelet, 1798-1874; French writer
  • Pierre Mignard I (Le Romain), 1612-1695; French artist
  • John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873; British philosopher
  • John Everett Millais, 1829-1896; English artist
  • G. Millaudy, no dates; no known status
  • Jean-Louis-Nicolas Millet, no dates; father of Jean-François Millet
  • Jean-François Millet, 1914-1875; French artist
  • Paul Eugène Milliet, 1863-1943; French lieutenant of the Zouaves
  • John Milton, 1608-1674; English poet
  • Frédéric Mistral, 1830-1914; French writer
  • (Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) Molière, 1622-1673; French playwright
  • Gerrit Alexander Godart Philip (Alexander) Mollinger, 1836-1867; Dutch artist
  • Robert Mols, 1848-1903; Belgian artist
  • Johannes Mondriaan, 1759-1794; wife of Hendrina van Gogh and great-great-grandfather of the painter Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, Piet Mondrian
  • Pieter (Piet) Cornelis Mondriaan (Mondrian), 1872-1944; Dutch artist
  • Claude Oscar Monet, 1840-1926; French artist
  • Georges-Daniel de Monfreid, 1856-1929; French artist and collector
  • Frédéric Montenard, 1849-1926; French artist
  • Montezuma (Moctezuma, Moteczoma, Motecuhzoma, Moteuczomah), c. 1466-1520; Aztec ruler
  • Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli, 1824-1886; French artist
  • Countess Eugénie de Montijo, 1826-1920; Spanish countess
  • Évariste Marandon de Montyel, 1851-1908; French psychiatrist
  • Dwight Lyman Moody, 1837-1899; American evangelist
  • Thomas Moore, 1779-1852; Irish Poet
  • Thomas More (Sir Thomas More, Saint Thomas More), 1478-1535; English lawyer, writer, philosopher, and statesman
  • Étienne Moreau-Nélaton, 1859-1927; French artist and writer
  • Bénédict Augustin Morel, 1809-1873; French psychiatrist
  • Domenico Morelli, 1823-1901; Italian artist
  • Henry Moret, 1856-1913; French artist
  • Gerhard Morgen-stjerne Munthe, 1875-1927; German artist
  • Edmond (Edward) Morin, 1824-1882; French artist
  • Berthe Morisot, 1841-1895; French artist
  • Hishigava Moronobu, 1618-1694; Japanses artist
  • Phillip Richard Morris, 1836-1902; English artist
  • John Lothrop Motley, 1814-1877; American writer
  • Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen, 1858-1945; Danish artist
  • Wolfgang Amadeus (Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Thophilus) Mozart, 1756-1791; Austrian composer
  • Charles Müller, 1815-1892; French artist
  • Muhammed (Muhammad), c. 570/571-632; prophet of Islam
  • Ludwig Munthe, 1841-1896; Norwegian artist
  • Eugène Murer, 1846-1906; French art collector
  • Henri Murger, 1822-1861; French writer
  • Bartholomé Esteban Murillo, 1618-1682; Spanish artist
  • William Bazett Murray, fl. 1871-1890; English artist
  • (Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset, 1810-1857; French poet
  • (Jacques) Alfred van Muyden, 1818-1898; Swiss artist
  • Felicien de Myrbach-Rheinfeld, 1853-1940; Austrian artist
  • Myron, c. 480-440 BCE; Greek sculptor
  • Naillé, no dates; Dutch governess living in England
  • Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleone Bonaparte), 1769-1821; French general and emperor
  • Thomas Nast, 1840-1902; American artist
  • Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus), 37-68; Roman emperor
  • Albert Neuhuys, 1844-1914; Dutch artist
  • Alphonse (Alfred) de Neuville, 1835-1885; French artist
  • Isaac Newton, 1643-1727; English mathematician and physicist
  • Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, 1866-1915; Dutch artist
  • Erskine Nicol, 1825-1904; English artist
  • Nino?, no dates; Charles Laval's brother
  • Giuseppe de Nittis, 1846-1884; Italian artist
  • Carl Nordenfalk, 1907-1992; Dutch art historian
  • Hubertina Normance, 1886-1969; daughter of Lies van Gogh
  • Michael Nostradamus (Michel de Nostredame), 1503-1566; French astrologer and physician
  • Wijnandus Johannes Josephus Nuyen, 1813-1839; Dutch artist
  • Charles (Carl) Obach, 1840/41-?; manager of Goupil & Cie in London
  • Gaspar Ofhuys, 1456-1532; monk at Roode Clooster
  • Georges Ohnet, 1848-1918; French writer
  • Pauline Virginie Ono, 1821-1844; first wife of Jean-François Millet
  • J. A. Oosteryck (Johannes Andries Oostrijck), 1843-1888; farmer in Etten
  • Max Osborn, 1870-1946; German writer
  • Adriaen van Ostade, 1610-1685; Dutch artist
  • Isaac van Ostade, 1621-1649; Dutch artist
  • Achille Oudinot, 1820-1891; French artist
  • Johann Friedrich Overbeck, 1789-1869; German artist
  • Jacques Michel Paillard, 1808-1878/84; seller of artists' supplies in Paris
  • Bernard Palissy, 1510-1589/90; French artist and writer
  • John Parker, no dates; boardinghouse keeper in Kennington
  • Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662; French mathematician and philosopher
  • Alberto Pasini, 1826-1899; Italian artist
  • Willem Passtoors, 1784-1859; owner of stables in Zundert
  • C.W.H. (Christian William Henry) Pauli, 1800-1877; missionary in Amsterdam
  • Andreas Pauwels, 1826-1889; clergyman in Nuenen
  • Cora Pearl, 1835-1886; French courtesan, mistress of King Willem III and of Crown Prince Willem
  • Cenni (Benciviene) di Pepo Cimabue, 1240-1302; Italian artist
  • Pierre Péron, 1828-1920; clergyman in Dour
  • George Léon Alfred Perrichon, ?-1907; French artist
  • Aimée-Henriette-Adelaide Henry du Perron, ?-1851; mother of Jean-François Millet
  • Simon Peter (Saint Peter, Simon Cephas, Šimʻōn Kêfâ‎), 1 BCE-AD 67; AD; Apostle of Christ
  • Peter I (Peter the Great), 1672-1725; Russian tsar
  • Georges Petit, 1865-1920; French art dealer
  • Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca), 1304-1374; Italian poet
  • Théophile Zacharie Auguste Peyron, 1827-1895; director of the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • H. Pfaff, no dates; sergeant-instructor at the Tilburg Academy
  • Franz Pforr, 1788-1812; German artist
  • Phidias (Pheidias), c 490-430 BCE; Greek artist
  • King Philip II, 1527-1598; king of Spain and Portugal
  • King Louis Philippe I, 1773-1850; king of France
  • Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, 1881-1973; Spanish artist
  • Louis Piérard, 1886-1952; Belgian politician and writer
  • Allard Pierson, no dates; Dutch clergyman
  • Fernand Piestre, 1845-1924; French artist
  • Evert Pieters, 1856-1932; Dutch artist
  • Abraham van der Wayen Pieterszen, 1817-1880; clergyman in Mechelen and later St. Maria-Horebeke
  • Charles Henri Pille, 1844-1897; French artist
  • Philippe Pinel, 1745-1826; French psychiatrist
  • George John Pinwell, 1842-1875; English artist
  • Julie Pissarro-Vellay, 1838-1926; wife of Camille Jacob Pissarro
  • Camille Jacob Pissarro, 1830-1903; French artist
  • Lucien Pissarro, 1863-1944; French artist and son of Camille Pissarro
  • Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy, 1793/4 - 1881; French writer
  • Frederik van de Plas, no dates; Dutch tailor
  • Albert Plasschaert, 1866-1941; Dutch art critic
  • Jan Ploeger, 1913-1994; South African colonel and author
  • Sam Plowman, no dates; husband of Eugenie Loyer
  • Pieter Jacobus (P. J.) Plugge, 1837-1931; lodging-house keeper in Laeken and elder of Reverend De Jonge's church
  • Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849; American writer
  • Henri Poincaré, 1854-1912; French mathematician
  • Emmanuel Poiré (Caran d'Ache), 1859-1909; French artist
  • Abraham Pompe, Sr. (Uncle Pompe), 1831-1909; Dutch commander, later lieutenant-colonel, wife of Theodorus's sister Eliszabeth Hubertha van Gogh, and the artist's uncle
  • Elizabeth Hubertha (Bertha) Pompe-Van Gogh (Aunt Bertha), 1823-1895; second wife of Abraham Pompe and sister of Theodorus van Gogh
  • Alphonse Portier, 1841-1902; French art dealer
  • F.H.M. Post, 1829-1894; English art collector
  • Reinier Posthumus Meijjes, Sr., 1803-1891; clergyman in Amsterdam
  • Catharina Posthumus Meijjes, 1873-1945; daughter of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Guliana Cornelia Posthumus Meijjes, 1869-1942; daughter of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Jeremias (Jeremie Meyes) Posthumus Meijjes, 1831-1908; Dutch clergyman, son of Reiner Posthumus Meijes, Sr.
  • Christiaan Bernard Posthumus Meijjes, 1858-1922; son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Egbert Johannes Wernhardt Posthumus Meijjes, 1871-1949; son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Leonard Posthumus Meijjes, Jr., 1866-1890; son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Reinier Poshumous Meijjes, Jr., 1860-1939; son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Willem Posthumus Meijjes, Jr., 1861-1933; son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Jeanne Louise Agathe Posthumus Meijjes-Tilanus, 1834-1881; wife of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
  • Paulus Potter, 1625-1654; Dutch artist
  • Jean François Poulet, c. 1862-?; orderly in the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • Nicolas Poussin, 1594-1665; French artist
  • Louis Prado (Count Louis Prado, Linska de Castillon), no dates; French murderer
  • Henri Pranzini, 1856-1887; French murderer, born in Egypt, known as the rue Montaigne assassin
  • Praxiteles, 4th century BCE; Greek artist
  • Charles Eugène Prévost, 1855-?; French artist
  • Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804; British clergyman and scientist
  • Antonie (Toon) Prins, 1849-1932; farmer in Zundert and classmate of the artist
  • Petrus (Piet) Prins, 1851-1892; farmer in Zundert and classmate of the artist
  • Wouterina (Woutje) Prins, 1832-1897; servant in the parson's household in Zundert
  • Valentine Cameron Prinsep, 1836/38-1904; English artist
  • Paul Alexandre Protais, 1826-1908; clergyman in Dordrecht
  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, 1809-1865; French politician and philosopher
  • Antonin Proust, 1832-1905; French politician, writer, and art critic
  • (Valentin Louis Georges Eugène) Marcel Proust, 1871-1922; French writer
  • Jan Provily, 1800-1875; headmaster of Provily's school in Zevenbergen
  • Pieter Cornelis Provily, no dates; son of Jan and Christina Provily who ran the girl's department at Provily's school in Zevenbergen
  • Adriana Christina Provily-de Klerck, no dates; wife of Jan Provily who ran the household and kitchen at Provily's school in Zevenbergen
  • Pierre Paul Prud'hon, 1758-1823; French artist
  • Augustus (Auguste) Charles Pugin, 1762-1832; French-born English artist and architectural draftsman
  • Ferdinand Loyen du Puigaudeau, 1864-1930; French artist
  • Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-1898; French artist
  • Howard Pyle, 1853--1911; American artist
  • Artus Quellinus the Elder (Artus Quellijn, Arnoldus, Artus I), 1609-1668; Flemish artist
  • Artus Quellinus the Younger (Artus Quellijn, Arnoldus, Artus II), 1653-after 1686; Flemish artist
  • Fransisco Gómez de Quevedo y Villegas, 1580-1645; Spanish writer
  • Edgar Quinet, 1803-1875; French writer
  • Joseph Quinez, 1825-1895; miner in Petit-Wasmes
  • Ernest Quost, 1844-1931; French artist
  • François Rabelais, 1494-1553; French writer
  • Rachel, no dates; prostitute in Arles
  • Jean-François Raffaëlli, 1850-1924; French artist
  • Johannes Nicolaas Ramaer, 1817-1887; doctor in The Hague
  • Raphael (Rafaello Sanzio), 1483-1520; Italian artist
  • Frans Alexander Johan Frederik Ridder van Rappard, 1854-1923; brother of Anthon van Rappard, Dutch artist
  • Anthon Gerard Alexander Ridder van Rappard, 1858-1892; Dutch artist
  • François Vincent Raspail, 1794-1878; French chemist
  • Paul Edme Le Rat, 1849-1892; French artist and engraver
  • Karl Georg von Raumer, 1783-1865; German writer
  • Germaine Ravoux, 1888-?; daughter of Arthur Gustave Ravoux
  • Arthur Gustave Ravoux, 1848-1914; manager of the Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise
  • George R. Read, no dates; acquaintance of the artist at Goupil & Cie in London
  • Madame Reboul, no dates; no known status
  • Odilon Redon, 1840-1916; French artist
  • Félix Elie Régamey, 1844-1907; French artist
  • Frédéric Régamey, 1849-1925; French artist
  • Guillaume Urbain Régamey, 1837-1875; French artist
  • George Robert Reid, 1851-after 1916; English artist
  • Alexander Reid, 1854-1928; Scottish art dealer
  • J. M. Reinders, no dates; teacher of French at the Tilburg Academy
  • Charles Stanley Reinhart, 1844-1896; American artist
  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669; Dutch artist
  • (Joseph-Ernest) Ernest Renan, 1823-1892; French writer
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841-1919; French artist
  • Charles Paul Renouard, 1845-1924; French artist
  • Alfred Rethel, 1816-1859; German artist
  • Fritz Reuter, 1810-1874; German writer
  • (Jean) Félix Rey, 1865-1932; assistant physician in the hospital in Arles
  • Joshua Reynolds, 1723-1792; English artist
  • José de Ribera, 1591-1652; Spanish artist
  • Théodule Augustin Ribot, 1823-1891; French artist
  • Louis Gustave Ricard, 1823-1873; French artist
  • Jacques Jeremie Richard, 1823-1897; clergyman in Vlissingen
  • King Richard I (Lionheart), 1157-1199; king of England
  • Anna Jacoba Maria Geertruida Richard-Nieuwenhuis, 1826-1877; wife of Jacques Jeremie Richard
  • Richardson, no dates; acquaintance of the artist at Goupil & Cie in London
  • Thomas Richardson, 1816-1872; art dealer in London
  • Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (Cardinal Richelieu), 1585-1642; French clergyman
  • Jean (Auguste-Jules) Richepin, 1849-1926; French writer
  • Jean Richez , no dates; nephew of Jean Denis, son of Jean-Baptiste Denis, the artist's landlord in Petit-Wasmes
  • Johann Paul (Jean Paul) Friedrich Richter, 1783-1825; German writer
  • M. W. Ridley, 1837-1888; British artist
  • Matthew White Ridley, 1837-1888; English artist
  • Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1659-1743; French artist
  • Rigaumon, no dates; police officer in Auvers
  • Adriaan Rijken, 1834-1915; gardener in Nuenen
  • Pieter Rijken, 1841-1922; landlord in Dordrecht
  • Theo van Rijsselberghe, 1862-1926; Belgian artist
  • Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud, 1854-1891; French poet
  • Paulus (Paul) Philippus Rink, 1861-1903; Dutch art student at the Antwerp Academy
  • Klaas Ris, no dates; Dutch sawmill worker
  • Louis Marie Hippolyte Rivet, 1851-1931; French doctor
  • Henri Rivière, 1864-1951; French artist
  • Alphonse Robert, no dates; police officer in Arles
  • Edmund Roche, 1828-1861; French poet
  • Émile Rochedieu, 1825-1892; president of the Belgian Evangelization Committee of the Association of Churches
  • Victor Henri Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, 1831-1913; French journalist
  • Charles Rochussen, 1814-1894; Dutch artist
  • Édouard Rod, 1857-1910; Swiss writer
  • Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917; French artist
  • Willem Roelofs, 1822-1897; Dutch artist
  • Alfred Philippe Roll, 1845-1919; French artist
  • Jacob Roman, 1640-1716; Dutch architect and sculptor
  • Arnold Ronin, no dates; no known status
  • Maria ("Mieke") van Rooij , 1837-?; aunt of Gordina de Groot
  • Anthonius (This) van Rooij, 1823-1908; cousin of Gordina de Groot
  • Francis ("Sis") van Rooij, 1839-1917; uncle of Gordina de Groot
  • Hendrikus Roolant, no dates; assistant to schoolmaster Dirks in Zundert
  • Willem Marinus Roos, 1816-1893; landlord of the artist in The Hague
  • M.C.J.W.H (Margaretha, Margaretha Cornelia Johanna) Roosenboom, 1843-1896; Dutch artist
  • Dina (Dientje) Margrieta van Roos-Van Aalst, 1813-1904; wife of Willem Marinus Roos, the artist's landlord in The Hague
  • Félicien Joseph Victor Rops, 1833-1898; Belgian artist
  • A. Z. von Rosenthal, no dates; teacher of mathematics at the Tilburg Academy
  • Jacques Rosseels, 1828-1912; Belgian artist
  • Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828-1882; English artist
  • Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1860-1894; English poet
  • Lucius Rossi, 1846-1913; Italian artist
  • Marcelle Roulin, 1888-1980; daughter of Joseph Roulin, postal worker in Arles and Marseille
  • Joseph Étienne Roulin, 1841-1903; postal worker in Arles and Marseille
  • Armand Joseph Désiré Roulin, 1871-1945; son of Joseph Roulin, postal worker in Arles and Marseille
  • Camille Roulin, 1877-1922; son of Joseph Roulin, postal worker in Arles and Marseille
  • Augustine Alex Roulin-Pelicot, 1851-1930; wife of Joseph Roulin, postal worker in Arles and Marseille
  • Théodore Rousseau, 1812-1867; French artist
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778; Swiss philosopher, writer, and composer
  • Louis Roy, 1862-1907; French artist
  • Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640; Flemish artist
  • Friedrich Rückert, 1788-1866; German poet
  • Luis Ruipérez, 1832-1867; Spanish artist
  • John Ruskin, 1819-1900; English art critic, artist, and social thinker
  • John Peter Russell, 1858-1930; Australian artist
  • Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael (Ruysdael), 1628/29-1682; Dutch artist
  • Salomon van Ruysdael, c. 1600-1670; Dutch artist
  • Michiel Adriaenszde Ruyter, 1607-1676; Dutch admiral
  • Jan de Ruyter, fl. c. 1820; Dutch artist
  • Ryckebusch (Ryckebus), fl. 1850-1872; French artist
  • Henry Ryland, 1856-1924; British artist
  • Théo (Théophile) van Rysselberghe, 1862-1926; Belgian artist
  • Georg Eduard Otto Saal, 1818-1870; German artist
  • Philip Lodewijck Jacob Frederik Sadée, 1837-1904; Dutch artist
  • Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, 1804-1869; French poet
  • Raoul Saisset, no dates; photographer in Paris
  • (Louis) Rodolphe Salis, 1851-1897; founder of Le Chat Noir in Paris
  • Frédéric Salles, 1841-1897; clergyman in Arles
  • George Sand (Amandine Lucile Aurore Dupin, Lucie), 1804-1876; French writer
  • Jannetje van de Sande Bakhuysen-Van Gogh, 1731-1796; daughter of Gerrit van Gogh and wife of Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuysen (Bakhuijsen)
  • Geraldina (Gerardina) Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen, 1826-1895; Dutch artist
  • Julius (Jules) Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Bakhuijsen), 1835-1925; Dutch artist
  • Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuysen (Bakhuijsen), 1729-1812; Dutch artist; husband of Jannetje van de Sande Bakhuysen-Van Gogh
  • Hendrikus (Hendrik) van de Sande Bakhuyzen (Bakhuijsen), 1795-1860; great-grandfather of Julius van de Sande Bakhuyzen
  • Margaret Sanger, 1879-1966; American nurse and social reformer
  • Ira David Sankey, 1840-1908; American clergyman and Gospel composer
  • Jacob (Jacques) van Santen Kolff, 1848-1896; Dutch art critic
  • Samuel Sarpharti, 1813-1866; Dutch doctor and Amsterdam city planner
  • Jean-Paul (Charles Aymard) Sartre, 1905-1980; French philosopher and writer
  • Sophie de Saux-De Bouteillier (Henriette Browne), 1829-1901; French artist
  • Girolamo Savonarola, 1452-1498; Dominican friar in Florence
  • Johannes Schafrat, 1847-1924; sexton and the artist's landlord in Nuenen
  • Adriana Schafrat-Van Eerd, 1853-1930; wife of the sexton Johannes Schafrat in Nuenen
  • J. M. Schalekamp, no dates; bookseller in Amsterdam
  • Leonardus Scheenhouwer, no dates; servant of Uncle Cent
  • Ary Scheffer, 1795-1858; Dutch artist
  • Andreas Schelfhout, 1787-1870; Dutch artist
  • Tobias Victo Schmidt, 1842-1903; manager of Goupil & Cie in Brussels
  • Jowina-Clazina (Jowina Klasina) Scholte, 1870-1943; daughter of Hendrik Scholte, lodging house keeper in Nieuw-Amsterdam
  • Hendrik Scholte, 1841-1915; proprietor of the artist's lodging house in Nieuw-Amsterdam
  • Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860; German philosopher
  • Benno Schotz, 1891-1984; Scottish artist
  • Adrianus (Janus) Schrauwen, 1834-1920; carpenter in Breda
  • Christiaan (Christianus) Schrauwen, 1800-1885; farmer in Zundert
  • Adolphe Schreyer, 1828-1899; German artist
  • Johannes (Johan) Christiaan Schröder, 1838-1891; bookseller in Amsterdam
  • Johannes Elias Schröder, 1851-1930; clergyman in Zwolle
  • Claude Émile Schuffenecker, 1851-1934; French artist
  • Anke Maria Schuil, 1850-?; governess in the Van Gogh household in Zundert
  • Cornelis Schuitemaker, 1813-1884; Dutch farmer
  • (Jules) Théophile Schuler, 1821-1878; French artist
  • Robert (Alexander) Schumann, 1810-1856; German composer
  • Marcel Schwob, 1867-1905; French writer
  • Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 235-183 BCE; Roman general
  • Pierre-Étienne Secrétan, 1874-1957; French art collector
  • René Secrétan, 1874-1957; French businessman
  • Gaston Secrétan, 1871-1943; French singer
  • Agostina Segatori, 1841-1910; proprietress of Le Timbourin in Paris
  • Gerard Seghers, 1591-1651; Flemish artist
  • Jacob Seijdel, 1864-1933; son of Lucas Seijdel, storekeeper in Hoogeveen
  • Johan Frans Seijdel, 1863-1892; son of Lucas Seijdel, storekeeper in Hoogeveen
  • Lucas Seijdel, 1840-?; storekeeper in Hoogeveen and first husband of Catharina Hartsuiker-Beukema
  • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, c. 4 BCE- 65 CE; Roman writer
  • Alfred (Jean Philippe Auguste) Sensier, 1815-1877; French writer
  • Charles Emmanuel Serret, 1824-1900; French artist
  • Paul Sérusier, 1864-1927; French artist
  • Georges-Pierre Seurat, 1859-1891; French artist
  • Jef van Severdonck, 1819-1905; Belgian artist
  • William Shakespeare, 1564-1616; English playwright
  • Mary Shelley (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin), 1797-1851; British writer
  • Percy Bysshe Shelly, 1792-1822; English writer
  • Eugène François Joseph Siberdt, 1851-1931; Belgian artist and teacher at the Antwerp Academy
  • Paul Signac, 1863-1935; French artist
  • Armand Silvestre, 1837-1901; French writer
  • Théophile Louis Silvestre, 1823-1876; French writer
  • Mason Gustave Simonau, 1812-1870; proprietor of a lithography company in Brussels
  • Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899; English artist
  • Jan Six, 1618-1700; mayor of Amsterdam
  • Walter William (W. W.) Skeat, 1835-1912; English philologist
  • Thomas Slade-Jones, 1829-1883; clergyman and headmaster of school in Isleworth
  • Annie Slade-Jones, 1838-1924; wife of Thomas Slade-Jones, clergyman and headmaster of a school in Isleworth
  • Alberdina Slot, 1821-1883; neighbor of the artist in Hoogeveen
  • William Small, 1843-1929; English artist
  • Joseph Burn Smeeton, fl. 1840-1870; English artist
  • Sydney Smirke, 1798-1877; English artist and architect
  • Socrates, 469-399 BCE; Greek philosopher
  • Frans Soek, ?-1879; employee at Goupil & Cie in Paris
  • F. C. Soer, no dates; headmaster at the grammar school at Oldenzaal, teacher of Dutch and geography at the Tilburg Academy
  • John Henry Sorby, 1800-1900; English artist
  • Bernard Soulé, 1826-1903; agent of the artist's landlord in Arles
  • Emile Souvestre, 1806-1854; French writer
  • Cornelis (C.) van Spaendonck, 1756-1840; Dutch artist
  • François Spijker, ?-after 1890; friend of Theo van Gogh's in Paris
  • Spoerlein, no dates; teacher at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Karl von Spruner von Merz, 1803-1882; German mapmaker
  • Charles Haddon Spurgeon, 1834-1892; English clergyman and writer
  • St. Augustine, 354-430; bishop of Hippo
  • Aurelius Augustinus (St. Augustine, St. Augustine of Hippo), 354-430; Christian philosopher
  • St. Dymphna (Dympna, Dimpna), 7th century; daughter of a pagan Irish chief and his Christian wife murdered by her father
  • Saint Paul (Paulus or Paullus, Apostle Paul, Paul of Tarsus, Saul of Tarsus), 5-67 A.D; New Testament writer
  • Joseph Stallaert, 1825-1903; Belgian artist
  • Willem Hendrik Stam, 1831-1874; Dutch artist and seller of artists' supplies
  • Allegonda Johanna Stam-Liernur, 1828-1891; Dutch seller of artists' supplies
  • Charles Joseph Staniland, 1838-1916; English artist
  • Jan Steen, 1626-1679; Dutch artist
  • Louise Eugénie Steffens, 1841-1865; Dutch artist
  • Georges Stein, 1818-1890; French artist
  • Alphonse Stengelin, 1852-1938; French artist
  • George Stephenson, 1781-1848; English engineer
  • Alfred Stevens, 1823-1906; Belgian artist
  • Henry Stevens, no dates; British medical official who toured Geel in 1856
  • Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894; Scottish writer
  • Robert Macaulay Stevenson, 1854-1952; Scottish writer
  • Hendrik Stevin, 1614-1668; Dutch engineer
  • Adolf Stieler, 1775-1836; German mapmaker
  • Wilhelmus Petrus van Stockum, no dates; father of Willem Jacob van Stockum
  • Willem Jacob van Stockum, 1846-1900; husband of Caroline Haanebeek
  • Welmina (Willemina) Catrina van Stockum, 1823-?; no known status
  • Carolina (Caroline) Adolphina van Stockum-Haanebeek, 1852-1926; wife of Willem Jacob van Stockum
  • James Stokes, no dates; father of William Port Stokes
  • William Port Stokes, 1832-1890; teacher and minister in Ramsgate
  • Lydia Ann Stokes, before 1835-1878; wife of William Port Stokes
  • Gerrit Jan van der Stouwe, no dates; assistant teacher at Provily's school in Zevenbergen
  • Harrier Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896; American writer
  • Johan (Jean) Theodore Stracké, 1817-1891; German/Dutch artist
  • Carl Adolph Streckfuß, 1823-1895; German writer
  • Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr. (J.P.S. or Uncle Stricker), 1816-1888; clergyman in Amsterdam and uncle of the artist
  • Maria Leonarda Stricker, no dates; daughter of Carolina (Caroline) Adolphina van Stockum-Haanebeek
  • Johan Andries Stricker, no dates; father-in-law of the artist's Aunt Willemina, Anna Carbentus's oldest sister, and father of Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr.
  • J. A. Stricker, no dates; son of Johan Andries Stricker and brother of Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr.
  • Willemina (Mina) Catharina Gerardina Stricker-Carbentus, 1816-1904; wife of Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr., and mother of Kee Vos
  • Johanna Ewaldina Stricker-Van der Gaag, no dates; wife of Johan Andries Stricker
  • (Miss) Strunck, no dates; acquaintance of sister Anna van Gogh
  • Queen Mary Stuart (Mary Queen of Scots), 1542-1587; queen of Scotland
  • Joseph Marie Eugène Sue, 1804-1857; French writer
  • (David Pierre Giottin) Humbert de Superville, 1770-1849; Dutch artist and scholar
  • Johan Severin Svendsen, 1840-1911; Norwegian composer and conductor
  • Joseph Swain, 1820-1909; British artist
  • Elizabeth (Sara) de Swart, 1861-1951; Dutch artist
  • Johan van Swieten, no dates; Dutch architect
  • Gerard van Swieten, 1700-1772; Dutch doctor
  • Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745; Irish writer
  • Toon Swinkels, 1867-1947; weaver in Nuenen
  • Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip, 1824-1905; Dutch minister of the Navy
  • Adolphe Tabarant, 1863-1950; French writer, art critic, and politician
  • Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, 1828-1893; French writer and philosopher
  • Julien François (Père) Tanguy, 1825-1894; seller of artists' supplies in Paris
  • Renée Julienne Tanguy-Briend, 1821-1897; wife of Julien Tanguy, seller of artists' supplies in Paris
  • José Tapiro y Baro, 1830-1913; Spanish artist
  • Jacques Tardieu, 1834-after 1894; mayor of Arles
  • Nicolas François Octave Tassaert, 1800-1874; French artist
  • Guillame Charles Tasset, 1843-1925; seller of artists' supplies in Paris
  • Torquato Tasso, 1544-1595; Italian poet
  • Nahum Tate, 1652-1715; Irish playwright and poet
  • Hermanus Teekelenburg, no dates; Dutch, born in Germany, father of Aliya Carbentus-Teekelenburg, and ferryman
  • Esaias Tegner, 1782-1846; Swedish poet, bishop, and teacher
  • Isaäc Teixeira da Mattos, 1821-1904; teacher of the artist in Amsterdam
  • David Teniers the Younger, 1610-1690; Flemish artist
  • John Tenniel, 1820-1914; English artist
  • Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809-1883; English poet
  • Elisabeth (Betsy) Tersteeg, 1869-1938; daughter of Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg, manager of Goupil & Cie in The Hague
  • Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg (H. G., H.G.T., T., or Mr. T.), 1845-1927; gérant of Goupil in The Hague
  • Johan Tersteeg, no dates; son of H. G. Tersteeg, manager of Goupil & Cie in The Hague
  • Maria Magdalena Alida Tersteeg-Pronk, 1845-1925; wife of H.G. Tersteeg, manager of Goupil & Cie in The Hague
  • William Makepiece Thackeray, 1811-1863; English artist
  • Louis-Adolphe Thiers, 1797-1877; president of the French Republic
  • Elise Dosne Thiers, 1818-1880; wife of Louis-Adolphe Thiers, president of the French Republic
  • Georges (Père) Thomas, ?-after 1908; art dealer in Paris
  • Étienne Joseph Théophile Thoré (W. Bürger), 1807-1869; French art critic
  • Auguste Tilly, ?-1898; French artist
  • James (Jacques-Joseph) Tissot, 1836-1902; French artist
  • Titian (Titiano Vecellio), 1477-1576; Italian artist
  • Ljev (Leo) Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Tolstoi), 1828-1910; Russian writer
  • William Toovey, 1821-?; English artist and proprietor of a lithography company in Brussels
  • Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, 1864-1901; French artist
  • Charles Émile Vacher de Tournemine, 1812-1872; French artist
  • Arnold Toynbee, 1852-1883; English historian and social reformer
  • Charles-Elzéard Trabuc, 1830-1896; orderly in the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • Jeanne Trabuc-Lafuye, 1834-1903; wife of Charles-Elzéard Trabuc, orderly in the asylum of Saint Paul de Mausole in Saint-Rémy
  • Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristan y Moscoso (Flora Celestina Teresa Henriette Tristán Laisnay), 1803-1844; French writer and activist and grandmother of Paul Gauguin
  • Don Mariano de Tristan y Moscoso, ?-1807; Spanish-Peruvian colonel and Gauguin's great-grandfather
  • Jan Zoetelief Tromp, 1872-1947; Dutch artist
  • Constant Troyon, 1810-1865; French artist
  • Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, 1818-1883; Russian writer
  • Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775-1851; English artist
  • Marie Tussaud (Anna Maria Grosholtz, Madame Tussaud), 1761-1850; French-born English modeler of wax figures
  • Fredrich (Fritz) Karl Hermann von Uhde, 1848-1911; German artist
  • Ludwig Uhland, 1787-1862; German poet
  • Pope Urban V (Guillame Grimoard), 1310-1370; pope
  • Juan Nepomuceno Uribe-Buenaventura, 1849-1894; husband of Marie Gauguin and brother-in-law of Paul Gauguin
  • Marie Jules Joseph Urpar, 1857-1915; chief physician in the hospital in Arles
  • Saskia van Uylenburgh, 1612-1642; wife of Rembrandt van Rijn
  • René Valadon, 1848-1921; art dealer at Boussod, Valadon & Cie in Paris
  • Suzanne (Marie-Clémentine) Valadon, 1865-1938; French artist
  • Maurits Willem van der Valk, 1857-1935; Dutch artist
  • Willem Marinus Valkis, 1853-1935; fellow boarder with the artist at William Marinus Roos house in The Hague
  • Andries van Trijffel, no dates; classmate of the artist at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Pietro di Christoforo Vannucci, 1450-1523; Italian artist
  • Giorgio Vasari, 1511-1574; Italian writer and artist
  • Benjamin Vautier (the Elder), 1829-1898; Swiss artist
  • Jacobus Veerman, no dates; civil servant in Zundert
  • Helena (Leen, Lientje) Elisabeth Veerman, 1813-1898; nursemaid in the Van Gogh household in Zundert
  • Sebastiaan Veerman, no dates; trainee to schoolmaster Dirks in Zundert and brother of Hendrikus Dirks
  • Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, 1599-1660; Spanish artist
  • Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, 1599-1660; Spanish artist
  • Petrus (Piet) van der Velden, 1837-1913; Dutch artist
  • Hannes van der Velden, 1871-1956; inhabitant of Neunen
  • Eugène Verboeckhoven, 1798-1881; Belgian artist
  • Lucien Aimé Antoine Verdier, 1813-?; owner of the Yellow House in Arles
  • Émile Verhaeren, 1855-1916; Belgian writer
  • Paul (Marie) Verlaine, 1844-1896; French writer and poet
  • Charles (Karel) Michel Marie Verlat, 1824-1890; Belgian artist and director of the Antwerp Academy
  • Johannes (Jan) Vermeer, 1632-1675; Dutch artist
  • Vernay, no dates; coalmine foreman in Cuesmes
  • Jules Gabriel Verne, 1828-1905; French writer
  • Émile Jean-Horace Vernet, 1789-1863; French artist
  • Veronese (Paolo Caliari), 1528-1588; Italian artist
  • Willem van Versevelt, no dates; gardener of Uncle Cent
  • Petrus Gerardus Vertin, 1819-1893; Dutch artist
  • Salomon (Sam) Verveer, 1813-1876; Dutch artist
  • Françoise Bonger, Baroness van der Borch van Verwolde, 1887-1975; second wife of Andries Bonger
  • Jan Pieter Veth, 1834-1925; Dutch artist and writer
  • Queen Alexandrina Victoria, 1819-1901; queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, empress of India
  • Daniel Urrabieta Vierge, 1851-1904; Spanish-born French artist
  • Victor Alfred Vignon, 1847-1909; French artist
  • Villeeas, no dates; artist
  • Jean Villian, no dates; medical officer in Auvers
  • François Villon, 1431-1463; French writer
  • Frans (François) Kasper Huibrecht Vinck, 1827-1903; Belgian artist
  • Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil), 70-19 BCE; Roman poet
  • L. Vitet, no dates; French writer
  • Johannes van Vloten, 1818-1883; Dutch scientist, theologian, philosopher, and writer
  • Monsieur de Vogué, no dates; no known status
  • (François Marie Arouet) Voltaire, 1694-1778; French writer and philosopher
  • Catharinus Henri Vos, 1876-1877; son of Christoffel and Kee Vos
  • Christoffel Martinus Vos, 1841-1878; clergyman in Amsterdam and husband of Kee Vos-Stricker
  • Maria Vos, 1824-1906; Dutch artist
  • Maerten de Vos, 1532-1603; Flemish artist
  • Johannes (Jan) Paulus Vos, 1873-1928; son of Cornelia Adriana Stricker ("Kee Vos") and Christoffel Marinus Vos
  • Carel Vosmaer (Flanor), 1826-1888; Dutch writer
  • Cornelia (Kee) Adriana Vos-Stricker (or K. V.), 1846-1918; daughter of Johannes Paulus Stricker, Sr., and wife of Christoffel Martinus Vos
  • Albrecht François Lieven Vriendt, 1843-1900; Belgian artist
  • Daniël Joost Vrijdag, 1834-1879; merchant in Amsterdam
  • Clara Vrijdag-Cramer, 1836-1914; wife of Daniël Joost Vrijdag, merchant in Amsterdam
  • (Wilhelm) Richard Wagner, 1813-1883; German composer
  • Alfred (Herman Alfred Leonard) Wahlberg, 1834-1906; Swiss artist
  • Willem van der Wakker, 1859-1927; telegraph operator, amateur artist, and student of the artist in Nuenen
  • Antonie Waldrop, 1803-1866; Dutch artist
  • Frederick Walker, 1840-1875; English artist
  • Charles Emile van de Wall, no dates; inhabitant of Zundert
  • Richard Wallace (Sir Richard Wallace), 1818-1890; 1st Baronet and English art collector
  • Thomas Wallis, no dates; art dealer in London
  • William Henry Wallis, 1804-1890; art dealer in London
  • Susan Bogert Warner (Elizabeth Wetherell), 1819-1885; American writer
  • Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1684-1721; French artist
  • Alphonse Jules Wauters, 1845-1916; Belgian art historian and brother of Émile Wauters
  • Émile Wauters, 1846-1933; Belgian artist
  • Pieter Jozef Wauters, no dates; classmate of the artist at the Evangelical School in Brussels
  • Otto Weber, 1832-1888; German artist
  • Johannes Wilhelmus Weehuizen, 1852-1875; housemate of Theo van Gogh in The Hague
  • Herman van der Weele, 1852-1930; Dutch artist
  • Paul Weil, no dates; no known status
  • Johan (Jan) Hendrik Weissenbruch, 1824-1903; Dutch artist
  • Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington), 1769-1852; Anglo-Irish field marshal and statesman
  • Ludwig Willem Reijmert Wenckebach, 1860-1937; Dutch artist
  • Edward Wheelwright, 1824-1900; American artist and lawyer
  • James Abbot McNeill Whistler, 1834-1903; American artist
  • Walt Whitman, 1819-1892; American poet
  • Jan Willem Wierda, 1837-1904; employee at Uncle Cor's bookshop in Amsterdam
  • Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900; Irish writer
  • Johan Wilhelm (J. W.) Kaiser, 1813-1900; Dutch artist
  • Kaiser Wilhelm I, 1797-1888; German emperor
  • Crown Prince Willem, 1840-1879; crown prince of the Netherlands
  • Willem Frederik van Oranje-Nassau (King Willem I of the Netherlands), 1772-1843; duke of Luxemburg
  • Willem Frederick George Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau (King Willem II of The Netherlands), 1792-1849; prince of Orange-Nassau, grand duke of Luxembourg, grand duke of Limburg
  • Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk (William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis, King Willem III), 1817-1890; king of the Netherlands and grand duke of Luxembourg
  • Elbert Jan van Wisselingh, 1848-1912; Dutch art dealer
  • Hendrik Jan van Wisselingh, 1816-1884; Dutch art dealer
  • Ernest Sigismund Witkamp, 1854-1897; Dutch artist
  • Albert Wolff, 1835-1891; German art critic
  • Johann David Wyss, 1743-1818; Swiss clergyman
  • Téodor de Wyzewa, 1862-1917; Polish-born French critic
  • Xantippe, no dates; wife of Socrates
  • Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497-1543; German artist
  • Victor Frèdèrique Alexandre Ysabeau, 1793-1873; French writer
  • Albert von Zahn, 1836-1873; German art historian
  • Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, 1842/3-1871; Spanish artist
  • Frederico Zandomeneghi, 1841-1917; Italian artist
  • Félix-Francois Georges Philibert Ziem, 1821-1911; French artist
  • Émile François Zola, 1840-1902; French writer
  • Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, 1833-1895; Spanish military officer
  • Adrianus Jacobus Zuyderland, 1810-1897; inhabitant of the Old Men's and Women's Home in The Hague
  • Pieter Willem de Zwart, 1826-1905; landlord of the artist in The Hague
  • Michiel Anthonie de Zwart, 1853-1922; son of the artist's landlord in The Hague, Pieter Willem de Zwart
  • Jo(h)an de Jong(e) van Zwijnsbergen, 1821-1881; inhabitant of Helvoirt