Nina Foch (1924–2008), born in Leiden, Netherlands, was a Dutch-American actress nominated for an Academy Award for An American in Paris. After a prolific film career in the 1940s–50s, she became a respected acting and directing instructor at USC and the American Film Institute.
Henry Fonda (1905–1982) was an acclaimed American actor known for films such as The Grapes of Wrath, 12 Angry Men, and On Golden Pond. Descended from early Dutch settlers of New York, he became one of Hollywood’s most respected performers.
Jane Fonda (born 1937) is an acclaimed American actress, producer, and activist. The daughter of Henry Fonda, she won two Academy Awards for Klute and Coming Home and later gained fame for bestselling fitness videos and political activism.
Peter Fonda (1940–2019) was an American actor, writer, and director, best known for co-writing and starring in Easy Rider. Son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda, he continued the family’s distinguished acting legacy in film.
Bridget Fonda (born 1964) is an American actress from the renowned Fonda acting family, daughter of Peter Fonda and granddaughter of Henry Fonda. Known for films such as Single White Female, Point of No Return, and Jackie Brown, she later retired from acting.
Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016) was a pioneering American recording engineer known for shaping the sound of modern jazz. Working with labels such as Blue Note, Prestige, and Impulse!, he engineered classic recordings by artists including Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar (born 1974) is a Dutch American television actor best known for his role as Zack Morris on Saved by the Bell. He later starred in series including NYPD Blue and Raising the Bar.
Samuel A. Goudsmit (1902–1978) was a Dutch American physicist who, with George E. Uhlenbeck, discovered electron spin in 1925. He later worked in the United States, contributing to atomic physics and serving in scientific intelligence during World War II.
Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967) was an American physicist and engineer best known for inventing the Van de Graaff generator, a high-voltage electrostatic device used in nuclear physics research and particle acceleration. He spent much of his career at MIT.
Betty Grable (1916–1973) was an American film star, singer, and dancer who became one of Hollywood’s most popular actresses of the 1940s. A leading musical-comedy star at Twentieth Century Fox, she was also the top World War II pin-up girl.
