Editing Assen (section)

=== Sport ===
* [[Johan Bontekoe]] (1943 in Assen– 2006) a freestyle swimmer, competed in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Klenie Bimolt]] (born 1945 in Assen) a former breaststroke swimmer, silver medallist at the [[1964 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Egbert Streuer]] (born 1954 in Assen) a former professional sidecar driver
* [[Harry Sinkgraven]] (born 1966) a football coach and former footballer with 334 club caps
* [[Peter Hoekstra (footballer)|Peter Hoekstra]] (born 1973 in Assen) retired footballer with 273 club caps
* [[Bas Roorda]] (born 1973 in Assen) a football player with 280 club caps
* [[Timothy Beck]] (born 1977 in Assen) a sprinter and bobsledder, competed in the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Sergio van Dijk]] (born 1982 in Assen) a Dutch-Indonesian football player, over 330 club caps
* [[Marc de Maar]] (born 1984 in Assen) professional cyclist, [[Quick-Step]]
* [[Boy Westerhof]] (born 1985 in Assen) a professional tennis player
* [[Inge Dekker]] (born 1985 in Assen) a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer, bronze medallist at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Brian Kamstra]] (born 1993 in Assen) a professional cyclist, [[Team Novo Nordisk]]
* [[Maike van der Duin]] (born 2001 in Assen) a professional cyclist, [[Le Col–Wahoo]]