Editing Delft (section)

=== Science and business ===
*[[Adolphus Vorstius]] (1597–1663), physician and botanist
*[[Martin van den Hove]] (1605–1639), astronomer and mathematician
*[[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek]] (1632–1723), father of [[microbiology]] and developer of the [[microscope]]
*[[Nicolaas Kruik]] (1678–1754), land surveyor, cartographer, astronomer, weatherman and eponym of the [[Museum De Cruquius]]
*[[Bernard Romans]] (ca. 1720-ca. 1783), land surveyor, artist, naturalist, and author 
*[[Martin van Marum]] (1750–1837), physician, inventor, scientist and teacher<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Marum,_Martin_van |volume=17 |short=x}}</ref>
*[[Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda]] (1788–1867), biologist and geologist
*[[Philippe-Charles Schmerling]] (1791–1836), prehistorian, geologist and pioneer in [[paleontology]]
*[[Martinus Beijerinck]] (1851–1931), microbiologist, discovered [[virus]]es, lived and worked in Delft
*[[Guillaume Daniel Delprat]] [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (1856–1937), metallurgist, mining engineer and businessman
*[[Frederik H. Kreuger]] (1928–2015), high-voltage scientist, academic and inventor
*[[Marjo van der Knaap]] (born 1958), professor of pediatric neurology, [[white matter]] researcher
*[[Antoni Folkers]] (born 1960), architect, humanist
*[[Peter Schrijver]] (born 1963), historical linguist
*[[Ionica Smeets]] (born 1979), mathematician, science journalist, TV presenter and academic
*[[Boyan Slat]] (born 1994), inventor and entrepreneur, CEO of [[The Ocean Cleanup]]