- Edwin Austin Abbey (1852-1911) American artist
- Andreas Achenbach (1815-1910) German artist
- Sarah Flower Adams (1805-1848) English writer
- August Carl Adler (1835-1907) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Adriana Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1851-after 1883) daughter of Jan Aertsen
- Cormelia Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1837-after 1910) daughter of Jan Aertsen
- Hendrik (Hein) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1847-1929) farmer in Rijsbergen
- Johannes (Jan) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1805-1877) farmer in Rijsbergen
- Marijnus (Marijn) Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1839-1880) farmer in Rijsbergen
- Serfaas Aertsen (Aerssen or Aarssen) (1849-1905) farmer in Etten
- Jacomijna (Mientje) Aertsen-Honcoop (1846-1948) wife of Serfaas Aertsen
- Johanna Aertsen-Kaufman (1840-1885) wife of Marijn Aertsen
- Adriana Aertsen-van Eekelen (1811-1865) wife of Johannes Aertsen
- Aeschylus (525 BC-456 BC) Greek playwright
- Gustave Aimard (1818-1883) French writer
- John White Alexander (1856-1915) American artist
- Arsène Pierre Urbain Alexandre (1859-1937) French writer
- Paul Alexis (1847-1901) French writer
- Henry Allan (1865-1912) Irish art student at the Antwerp academy
- August Allebé (1838-1927) Dutch artist
- Julius Allgaijer (Allgeyer) (1829-1900) German artist
- Auguste Allongé (1833-1898) French artist
- Hieronymus van Alphen (1746-1803) Dutch writer
- Amand-Durand (1831-1905) French artist
- Eugène Emmanuel Amaury-Duval (1808-1885) French artist
- Auguste-Paul-Charles Anastasi (1820-1889) French artist
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) Danish writer
- Jean Baptiste Benjamin Luther Andry (1845-1903) clergyman in Wasmes
- Fra Angelico (c. 1395/1400-1455) Italian artist
- Charles Angrand (1854-1926) French artist
- Isabella Murray Mowat Angus (1858-1931) wife of Elbert Jan van Wisselingh
- William Craibe Angus (1830-1899) Scottish art dealer
- Albert Anker (1831-1910) Swiss artist
- Louis Emile Anquetin (1861-1932) French artist
- Nicolaas Anslijn (1777-1838) Dutch writer
- Jean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (1817-1878) French artist
- André Antoine (1858-1943) French actor, theatrical director and critic
- Cristóbal de Antonio (1862 or 1870-?) Spanish artist
- Lodewijk (Louis) Franciscus Hendrik Apol (1850-1936) Dutch artist
- Miss Applegarth (?-?) acquaintance of Anna van Gogh
- Jules Armand (1846-1909) grocer in Arles
- James Charles Armytage (1820-1897) English artist
- François Marie Arouet (Voltaire) (1694-1778) French writer
- David Adolph Constant Artz (1837-1890) Dutch artist
- Alphonse Asselbergs (1839-1916) Belgian artist
- Théodore Aubanel (1829-1886) French poet
- Moses Baruch (Berthold) Auerbach (1812-1882) German writer
- Augustine (354-430) Bishop of Hippo
- Gabriel-Albert Aurier (1865-1892) French writer and art critic
- Joseph Autran (1813-1877) French poet
- Mary Bacon Martin (?-?) friend of Alexander Reid
- Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher
- Athanase Bague (1843-1893) art dealer in Paris
- Baijens (Wed. J.L. Baijens & Zonen) artists' materials shop in Eindhoven
- Johannes Josephus Baijens (1838-1914) seller of artists' materials in Eindhoven
- Joseph Baillarguet (?-?) art dealer in Paris
- Jan Bakker (1842-1896) Dutch merchant, husband of Maria Louisa van Stockum
- Joel Ballin (1822-1885) Danish artist
- Thérèse Balmoissière (1839-1924) Van Gogh's charwoman in the Yellow House in Arles
- Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) French writer
- Théodore Faullain de Banville (1823-1891) French writer
- Charles Bargue (c. 1826/27-1883) French artist
- Frederick Barnard (1846-1896) English artist
- Robert Barnes (1840-1895) English artist
- Henri Charles Antoine Baron (1816-1885) French artist
- Théodore Baron (1840-1899) Belgian artist
- Albert Bartholomé (1848-1928) French artist
- Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) French sculptor
- Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) French artist
- Pierre Albert Bataille (1856-1899) French journalist
- Charles Baude (1853-1935) French artist
- Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French writer
- Paul Jacques Aimé Baudry (1828-1886) French artist
- Marius Alexander Jacques Bauer (1867-1932) Dutch artist
- Maurice Beaubourg (1866-1943) French writer
- A. Beaugrand (?-?) artist
- Ardina (Dien) van der Beek (1840-1901) model for Van Gogh in Nuenen
- Wilhelmus Beekmans (1853-1919) clergyman in Nuenen
- Jan Maria Constantijn van Beers (1852-1927) Belgian artist
- Jan van Beers (1821-1888) Belgian poet
- J.A. Beerten (?-?) Dutch writer
- Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) German composer
- Dirk Beets (1842-1916) Dutch translator
- Nicolaas Beets (1814-1903) Dutch writer and clergyman
- Maria Suzanna Begemann-Lelyvelt (1831-1890) wife of Louis Begemann
- Amalia Polixena Rosina Begemann-Schröter (1806-1877) mother of Margot Begemann
- Aart Maria Anthonij Begemann (1868-1944) son of Louis Begemann
- Amalia Polixena Rosina Begemann (1840-1919) sister of Margot Begemann
- Jacobus Lodewijk (Louis) Begemann (1838-1906) brother of Margot Begemann
- Lutgera Wilhelmina Begemann (1834-1906) sister of Margot Begemann
- Margaretha (Margot) Carolina Begemann (1841-1907) girl friend of Van Gogh in Nuenen
- Sientje Begemann (1871-1949) daughter of Louis Begemann
- Wilhelmina Johanna Begemann (1836-1922) sister of Margot Begemann
- Abraham Hendrickszn. van Beijeren (1620/21-1690) Dutch artist
- Auguste Belinfante (1841-1908) bookseller and publisher in The Hague
- Camille Bellaigue (1858-1930) French writer
- Hippolyte Bellangé (1800-1866) French artist
- Clément Edouard Bellenger (1851-1898) French artist
- Giovanni Bellini (1427/30-1516) Italian artist
- Petrus Henricus van Bemmel (1857-?) photographer in Eindhoven
- Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant (1845-1902) French artist
- Camille Benoit (1851-1923) French writer and composer
- Joan Frans Berg (1851-1935) Dutch artist
- Johanna Ewaldine Bergh-Stricker (1820-1887) wife of Arie van den Bergh
- Arie van den Bergh (1817-1879) chemist and distiller in The Hague
- Willem Jan van den Berghe (1823-1901) Dutch artist
- W.A. van Berkel (?-1899) Dutch clergyman
- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) French composer
- Héloïse Henriette Bernard-Bodin (1838/39-1909) mother of Emile Bernard
- Emile Bernard (1868-1941) French artist and writer
- Ernest Bernard (1841/42-1911) father of Emile Bernard
- Madeleine Bernard (1871-1895) sister of Emile Bernard
- Camille Bernier (1823-1902) French artist
- Eugène Bersier (1831-1889) clergyman in Paris
- Charles Albert Bertall, vicomte d’Arnoux (1820-1882) French artist
- Léon Berville (?-?) art dealer and seller of artists' materials in Paris
- Walter Besant (1836-1901) English writer
- (Paul) Albert Besnard (1849-1934) French artist
- Johannes Wilhelmus Beversen (1834-1897) clergyman in Dordrecht
- Pierre Marie Beyle (1838-1902) French artist
- Alexandre Bida (1823-1895) French artist
- Maria Philipina Bilders-Van Bosse (1837-1900) Dutch artist
- Albertus Gerardus (Gerard) Bilders (1838-1865) Dutch artist
- Johannes Warnardus Bilders (1811-1890) Dutch artist
- Pierre Billet (1837-1922) French artist
- Charles Jean Binder (1819-1891) patron of Dupré and collector in Isle-Adam
- Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) dealer in oriental art in Paris
- Robert Jefferson Bingham (1825-1870) English photographer
- Anna Birnie (?-?) governess Van Gogh in Zundert
- William Biscombe Gardner (1847-1919) English artist
- Otto von Bismarck-Schönhausen (1815-1898) German statesman
- Christoffel Bisschop (1828-1904) Dutch artist
- Francesco Bissolo (c.1470-1554) Italian artist
- William Black (1841-1898) English writer
- Charles Blanc (1813-1882) French writer
- Auguste Blanchard (1819-1898) French artist
- Peter Blanpain (fl. 1880-1895) English artist
- Fernand Blayn (1853-1892) French artist
- David Blok (1823-1904) bookseller in The Hague
- Jozef Blok (1832-1905) bookseller in The Hague
- Tuimen Hendrik Blom Coster (1817-1904) doctor in The Hague
- Bernardus Johannes Blommers (1845-1914) Dutch artist
- Abraham Blooteling (1640-1690) Dutch artist
- Blussé & Van Braam booksellers and publishers in Dordrecht
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Italian writer
- Anna Boch (1848-1936) Belgian artist
- Eugène Guillaume Boch (1855-1941) Belgian artist
- Victor Boch (1817-1920) director of the china factory Villeroy & Boch, father of Eugène Guillaume Boch
- Théophile Emile Achille de Bock (1851-1904) Dutch artist
- Karl Bodmer (1809-1893) Swiss artist
- Ernest Philippe Boetzel (1830-1913) French artist
- Frank Myers Boggs (1855-1926) American artist
- Nicolas Boileau Despréaux (1636-1711) French writer
- Emile Boilvin (1845-1899) French artitst
- Countess Clara Levaillant de la Boissière (c. 1857-?) wife of Eugène Levaillant de la Boissière
- Eugène Levaillant de la Boissière (c. 1841-?) man of independent means in Asnières
- Eugénie Jeanne Boissière (c. 1874-?) daughter of Eugène Levaillant de la Boissière
- Dirk Rochus Bokma (1831-1911) director of the Flemish college in Brussels
- Mari(n)us (Martinus) Boks (1849-1885) Dutch artist
- Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) Dutch artist
- Giovanni Giusto (Jean) Boldini (1842-1931) Italian artist
- Horatius Bonar (1808-1889) Scottish writer
- R. Bong (?-?) (German?) artist
- Anne (Annie) Marie Louise Bonger-Van der Linden (1859-1931) wife of Andries Bonger
- Hermine Louise Bonger-Weissman (1831-1905) mother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Andries (André or Dries) Bonger (1861-1936) friend of Theo in Paris, brother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Hendrik Christiaan Bonger (1828-1904) father of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Hermina (Mien) Bonger (1858-1910) sister of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Willem (Wim) Adriaan Bonger (1876-1940) brother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Marie-Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur (1822-1899) French artist
- Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828) English artist
- Léon Bonnat (1833-1922) French artist
- Gerard ter Borch (the Younger) (1617-1681) Dutch artist
- Haika Borchers-Middel (1822-1891) mother of Egbert Rubertus Borchers
- Boukje Borchers (1853-1914) sister of Egbert Rubertus Borchers
- Egbert Rubertus Borchers (1849-1932) civil servant in The Hague
- Johannes Bosboom (1817-1891) Dutch artist
- Jacques Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704) French writer
- Sandro Botticelli (1444/45-1510) Italian artist
- François Boucher (1703-1770) French artist
- Eugène Louis Boudin (1824-1898) French artist
- George Henry Boughton (1833-1905) English artist
- Adolphe William Bouguereau (1825-1905) French artist
- Georges Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger (1837-1891) French general and politician
- Gustave Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-1888) French artist
- Louis Boulanger (1806-1867) French artist
- Auguste Boulard (1825-1897) French artist
- Hippolyte Boulenger (1837-1874) Belgian artist
- François Alexandre Joseph Léon Bourgeois (1830-1892) seller of artists’ materials and owner of a paint factory in Paris
- Boussod, Valadon & Cie art dealers in Paris, successors of Goupil & Cie
- Etienne Boussod (1857-1918) art dealer in Paris, son of Léon Boussod
- Léon Boussod (1826-1896) art dealer in Paris
- Jean Marie Boyer (1850-after 1906) frame maker in Paris
- Dirk Braat (1851-1926) son of Pieter Kornelis Braat
- Frans Braat (1852-1888) employee at the Goupil gallery in Paris
- Pieter Kornelis Braat (1823-1888) 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 de Braekeleer (1840-1888) Belgian artist
- Anna Wilhelmina Huberta Brandel-Steegmans (1859-after 1895) wife of Willem Henricus Brandel
- Willem Henricus Brandel (1857-1892) housemate of Van Gogh in Antwerp
- Arnold Herman Wilhelm Brandt (1811-1882) Dutch clegryman
- Adolphe Braun (1812-1877) French publisher of reproductions
- Gaston Braun (1845-1928) French publisher of reproductions
- George Hendrik Breitner (1857-1923) Dutch artist
- Hendricus Petrus Bremmer (1871-1956) Dutch art historian
- Clemens Brentano (1778-1842) German poet
- Madeleine Bressy-Ferrary (1850-?) acquaintance of Van Gogh in Arles, wife of Antoine Bressy
- Antoine Bressy (1847-?) acquaintance of Van Gogh in Arles
- Anne de Bretagne (Anne of Brittany) (1488-1514) daughter of King François II of France
- Elodie Breton-De Vigne (1836-1909) wife of Jules Breton
- Emile Adélard Breton (1831-1902) French artist
- Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (1827-1906) French artist and poet
- Edward Frederick Brewtnal (1846-1902) English artist
- Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847-1928) American artist
- Johan Briedé (1885-1980) Dutch grafic designer
- Catharina Alberta van den Brink (?-?) daughter of Hendrik van den Brink
- Hendrik van den Brink (1841-1918) clergyman in Brussels
- Carel Leonhard Brinkman Jr (1853-1938) bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam
- Carel Leonhard Brinkman Sr (1820-1881) bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam
- Gustave Brion (1824-1877) French artist
- Arthur Henri Christiaan Briët (1867-1939) Dutch art student at the Antwerp academy
- Constant-Joseph Brochart (1816-1899) French artist
- Christiaan van de(n) Broek (1840-after 1902) clerk at Blussé & Van Braam in Dordrecht
- Jan Hendrik Brom (1860-1915) silversmith in Utrecht
- Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell) (1816-1855) English writer
- Edmund Walpole Brooke (1865-1938) Australian artist
- Adriaen Brouwer (1605/06-1638) Flemish/Dutch artist
- John Lewis Brown (1829-1890) French artist
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Peasant Bruegel) (c. 1525/30-1569) Flemish artist
- Jan Brueghel the Elder (Velvet Brueghel) (1568-1625) Flemish artist
- Albertina (Albertine, Albertien) Ludovica Brugsma (1859-1891) friend of Lies van Gogh
- Pieter Bruijn (1828-?) Dutch editor
- Catharina Helena Bruininga (1828-1918) inhabitant of Tongerle (near Nuenen)
- Jean Brunet (1823-1894) French poet
- Alfred Bruyas (1821-1877) French art collector
- Edwin Buckman (Buckmann) (1841-1930) English artist
- H. Buckman (fl. 1875-1880) English artist
- François (Frans) Buffa & fils publishers and art dealers in Amsterdam
- Pieter Buffa (1781-1863) publisher and art dealer in Amsterdam
- Félix Hilaire Buhot (1847-1898) French artist
- Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) English writer
- Kawamura Bumpo (1779-1821) Japanese artist
- Laurence Louis Félix Bungener (1814-1874) French writer
- John Bunyan (1628-1688) English writer
- 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
- Louisa (Louise) Christina van der Burg (Aunt Louise) (1804-1897) daughter of Abraham van der Burg
- Abraham van der Burg (1772-1849) clergyman in Zundert, predecessor of Theodorus van Gogh
- Emile-Louis Burnouf (1821-1907) Franch orientalist
- Philippe Burty (1830-1890) French writer and artist
- Ulysse Louis Auguste Butin (1838-1883) French artist
- Pierre Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) French writer
- Jean Béraud (1848-1935) French artist
- Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889) French artist
- Louis Cabat (1812-1893) French artist
- Alfred Cadart (1828-1875) French artist and publisher
- Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC) Roman general and statesman
- Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) French artist
- Luigi Calamatta (1801/02-1869) Italian artist
- Alexandre Calame (1810-1864) Swiss artist
- Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886) English artist
- Pierre Jacques Etienne Cambronne (1770-1842) French general
- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) English writer
- Dirk Rafaelsz. Camphuysen (1586-1627) Dutch poet
- Constant Aimé Marie Cap (1842-1915) Belgian artist
- V. Capobianchi (1817-1876) Italian artist
- Sophie (Fie) Cornelia Elisabeth (Tante Fie) Carbentus-Van Bemmel (Aunt Fie) (1828-1897) wife of Arie Carbentus, brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
- Anna Cornelia Carbentus-Van der Gaag (1792-1855) mother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, grandmother of Vincent
- Arie Carbentus (1826-1875) brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
- Johannus (Jan) Rutgerus Carbentus (1827-1875) brother of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
- Willem Carbentus (1792-1845) father of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, grandfather of Vincent
- Willem Carbentus (1850-1920) son of Arie Carbentus
- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) English writer and philosopher
- (Marie François) Sadi Carnot (1837-1894) president of France
- Carolus-Duran (Charles Emile Auguste Durand) (1837-1917) French artist
- Cathérine Carrel-Garcin (1851-1931) owner of Hotel-Restaurant Carrel in Arles, wife of Albert Carrel
- Albert Carrel (1847-1912) owner of Hotel-Restaurant Carrel in Arles
- Armand Théophile Cassagne (1823-1907) French artist
- Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844-1926) American artist
- Bruno Cassirer (1872-1941) German publisher and art dealer
- Paul Cassirer (1871-1921) German art dealer and publisher
- Siebe Johannes ten Cate (1858-1908) Dutch artist
- Hubertus Amadeus Cavenaille (1841-1914) doctor in Antwerp
- William Caxton (c.1415/22-1491) English printer
- Jean-Charles Cazin (1841-1901) French artist
- Daniël Bernardus Centen (1838-1908) bookseller and publisher in Amsterdam
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) Spanish writer
- Jean Ferdinand Chaigneau (1830-1906) French artist
- Ernest Ponthier de Chamaillard (1862-1930) French artist
- Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) Flemish/French artist
- Fëlicien Champsaur (1858-1934) French writer
- Charles Chaplin (1825-1891) French artist
- Léon Louis Chapon (1836-1918) French artist
- Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699-1779) French artist
- Charles I (1600-1649) King of England
- Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (1792-1845) French artist
- Charlopin (?-?) French inventor
- Alexandre-Louis-Marie Charpentier (1856-1909) French artist
- (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian (1826-1890) French writer
- Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855-1899) French composer
- Théophile-Narcisse Chauvel (1831-1910) French artist
- Paul Marc Joseph Chenavard (1807-1895) French artist
- Fleury Chenu (1833-1875) French artist
- Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (Paul Gavarni) (1804-1866) French artist
- Chevignard (?-?) artist
- Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889) French scientist and colour theoretician
- Antoine Chintreuil (1814-1873) French artist
- Jean Jules Chéret (1836-1932) French artist
- Eugène Cicéri (1813-1890) French artist
- Cenni (Benciviene) di Pepo Cimabue (1240-1302) Italian artist
- Emile Clarembaux (1844-1910) Belgian art dealer
- Matthias Claudius (1740-1815) German theologian and poet
- George Clausen (1852-1944) English artist
- Paul Jean Clays (1819-1900) Belgian artist
- Gustav Adolf Closs (1864-1938) German artist
- Alfred Jean André Cluysenaar (1837-1902) Belgian artist
- Pierre Cluzel (1850-1894) frame maker in Paris
- Henry Cochin (1854-1926) French writer
- César (Cézar) de Cock (Cocq) (1823-1904) Belgian artist
- Xavier de Cock (1818-1896) Belgian artist
- Pieter Codde (1599-1678) Dutch artist
- Johan Henri Gustaaf Cohen Gosschalk (1873-1912) Dutch artist and second husband of Jo van Gogh-Bonger
- Marie Collart (1842-1911) Belgian artist
- Jacques Albin Simon Collin de Plancy (1793/94-1881) French writer
- Louis Joseph Raphaël Collin (1850-1916) French artist
- François-Claudius Compte-Calix (1813-1880) French artist
- P. de Comte? (?-?) artist
- Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (1812-1883) Belgian writer
- John Constable (1776-1837) English artist
- Douglas Cooper (1911-1984) English art historian and critic
- Joseph Théodore Coosemans (1828-1904) Belgian artist
- François Edouard Joachim Coppée (1842-1908) French poet
- Gustave Coquiot (1865-1926) French writer and art historian
- Fernand Piestre Cormon (1845-1924) French artist
- Jacques Louis Corot (1771-1847) father of Camille Corot
- Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875) French artist
- Antonio Allegri Correggio (c. 1489/94-1534) Italian artist
- Uriël da Costa (1585-1640) Portuguese religious philosopher
- Daniel Cottier (1838-1891) art dealer in London
- Jeanne Coulomb-Corrias (1842-?) dressmaker in Arles
- Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) French artist
- Charles Courtry (1846-1897) French artist
- Henry Cousins (c. 1809-1864) English artist
- Thomas Couture (1815-1879) French artist
- Anthony Cornelis Cramer Nz. (1842-1914) Dutch artist
- Clara Cramer (1836-1914) wife of Daniël Vrijdag
- Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) German artist
- Carlo Crivelli (1430/35-1495) Italian artist
- John Crome (Old Crome) (1768-1821) English artist
- Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) English statesman
- George Cruikshank (1792-1878) English artist
- Marguerite Crévoulin-Favier (1856-1927) grocer, neighbour of Van Gogh in Arles, wife of François Damase Crévoulin
- François Damase Crévoulin (1844-1903) grocer, neighbour of Van Gogh in Arles
- Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch artist
- Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594-1652) Dutch artist
- Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) French artist
- Frank Dadd (1851-1929) English artist
- Pascal Adolphe Jean Dagnan-Bouveret (1852-1929) French artist
- Carel Lodewijk Dake (1857-1918) Dutch artist
- Edouard Daliphard (1833-1877) French artist
- Jules (Aimé-Jules) Dalou (1838-1902) French sculptor
- Edward Gurden Dalziel (1849-1889) English artist
- George Dalziel (1815-1902) English artist
- Thomas Bolton Dalziel (1823-1906) English artist
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian poet
- Jules Joseph Dauban (1822-1908) French artist
- Marie Sophie Daubigny-Garnier (1817-1890) wife of Charles-François Daubigny
- Charles-François Daubigny (1817-1878) French artist
- Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) French writer
- Marie Alexandrine Daumier-Dassy (d’Assy) (1822-1895) wife of Honoré Daumier
- Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) French artist
- Edmond Daumont (?-?) artist
- Jacques Louis David (1748-1825) French artist
- Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803-1860) French artist
- Jeanne Decrucq-Heeren (1833-1886) wife of Charles Louis Decrucq
- Charles Louis Decrucq (1822-1884) Van Gogh's landlord in Cuesmes
- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English writer
- (Hilaire Germain) Edgar Degas (1834-1917) French artist
- Charles Camille Auguste Degroux (1825-1870) Belgian artist
- Henry Degroux (1867-1930) Belgian artist
- Alfred Dehodencq (1822-1882) French artist
- Hendrik Adriaan Christiaan Dekker (1836-1905) Dutch artist
- Driek Dekkers (1875-1952) inhabitant of Nuenen
- Henri Delaborde (1811-1899) French writer and artist
- Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) French artist
- Gabriel Delarebeyrette (Gabriel de la Roquette) (1862-1891) art dealer in Paris
- Evelina Delarebeyrette-Lassarre (?-after 1891) art ealer in Paris
- François Joseph Delarebeyrette (1825-1886) art dealer in Paris
- Paul (Hippolyte) Delaroche (1797-1856) French artist
- Alfred Alexandre Delauney (1830-1894) French artist
- Albert Delon (1857-1938) doctor in Arles
- Lucien Delormel and Léon Garnier
- Lucien Delormel (1847-1899) French songwriter
- Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (1841-1895) French artist
- Juliette Delpal-Bloyet (1829/30-?) Joseph Roulin's landlord in Marseille
- Joseph Delpal (?-?) husband of Juliette Delpal-Bloyet
- Virginie Demont-Breton (1859-1935) daughter of Jules Breton, French artist
- Jean Baptiste Denis (1825-1893) Van Gogh's landlord in Petit-Wasmes
- Jean Denis (1849-1933) son of Jean-Baptiste Denis
- Marcellin Gilbert Desboutin (1823-1902) French artist
- Blaise Alexandre Desgoffe (1830-1901) French artist
- Johannes Joseph Destrée (1827-1888) Belgian artist
- Edouard Jean Baptiste Detaille (1848-1912) French artist
- Jan Frederik van Deventer (1822-1886) Dutch artist
- Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1808-1876) French artist
- Charles Dickens Jr (1837-1896) son of Charles Dickens
- Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) English writer
- John Dicks (1818-1881) English publisher
- Frank Dicksee (1853-1928) French artist
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French writer
- Auguste Marcel Dieulafoy (1844-1920) French archaeologist
- Aimé François Désiré Diot (1842-1897) art dealer in Paris
- Henri Dochy (fl. 1879-1909) French artist
- Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832-1898) English writer
- Carlo (Carlino) Dolci (1616-1686) Italian artist
- John Charles Dollmann (1851-1934) English artist
- Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis (1846-1919) Dutch socialist
- Albert Doms (?-?) Belgian artist
- George Thomas Doo (1800-1886) English artist
- Johannes (Jan) Doomen (Domen) (1817-1896) gardener in Zundert
- Johanna Doomen-Belet (1824-1884) wife of Johannes Doomen
- Johannes Doorenbos (1813-1884) clergyman in Helvoirt
- Count Armand Doria (1824-1896) French art collector
- Gustave Doré and William Blanchard Jerrold
- Gustave Doré (1832-1883) French artist
- Fjodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821-1881) Russian writer
- Gerard Dou (1613-1675) Dutch artist
- Eduard Douwes Dekker (Multatuli) (1820-1887) Dutch writer
- Adrianus Johannes van der Drift (?-1882) Van Gogh's landlord in The Hague
- (Antoine Gustave) Gustave Droz (1832-1895) French writer
- George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier (1834-1896) French artist
- Catharina Marianne Louise Du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis (1850-1889) wife of Jean Philippe Theodore du Quesne van Bruchem
- Hubertine Normance Du Quesne van Bruchem (?-?) daughter of Elisabeth Du Quesne-Van Gogh
- Jean Philippe Theodore Du Quesne van Bruchem (1840-1921) husband of Catharina Marianne Louise du Quesne van Bruchem, later of Elisabeth van Gogh
- Elisabeth (Lies) Huberta Du Quesne-Van Gogh (1859-1936) sister of Vincent, second wife of Jean Philippe Theodore du Quesne van Bruchem
- Albert Dubois-Pillet (1846-1890) French artist
- Paul Dubois (1829-1905) French artist
- (Louis) Edouard Dubufe (1819-1883) French artist
- Guillaume Dubufe (1853-1909) French writer
- Erneste Ange Duez (1843-1896) French artist
- Edouard Dujardin (1861-1949) French writer
- Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895) French writer
- François-Guillaume Dumas (1847-?) French publisher
- Henri Dumesnil (1823-?) French writer
- Louis Jules Dumoulin (1860-1924) French artist
- Balthasar Anton Duncker (1746-1807) German artist
- Amandine Lucile (Lucie) Aurore Dupin (George Sand) (1804-1876) French writer
- Leendert Dupper Wzn. (1799-1870) art collector in Dordrecht
- Jules Dupré (1811-1889) French artist
- Julien Dupré (1851-1910) French artist
- Félix Dupuis (1834-1888) French artist
- Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French art dealer
- Ernest Durand (c.1855-?) Belgian art student at the Antwerp academy
- Godefroy Durand (1832-1896) French artist
- Dussauze (?-?) French clergyman
- Denis Dussoubs (1818-1851) French activist
- Pierre Louis Duval (1811-1870) owner of restaurants in Paris
- Théophile Emmanuel Duverger (1821-1886) French artist
- Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) Flemish artist
- Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) German artist
- Albert Gustaf Aristides Edelfelt (1854-1915) Finnish artist
- G. Edouard (?-?) seller of artists’ materials in Paris
- Edwin Edwards (1823-1879) English artist
- Mary Ellen Edwards (1839-c. 1910) English artist
- Frederik Willem van Eeden (1860-1932) Dutch writer
- Maria van Eekelen (1806-1884) wife of Willem van Eekelen
- Willem van Eekelen (1808-1887) farmer in Etten
- Otto Eerelman (1839-1926) Dutch artist
- Philipp Hermann Eichens (1813-1886) German artist
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American writer
- Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918) English artist
- Lodewijk Cornelis Enthoven (1854-1920) industrialist in The Hague
- Desiderius Erasmus (Erasmus of Rotterdam) (1466?-1536) Dutch theologian
- Emile Erckmann and (Charles) Alexandre Chatrian
- Emile Erckmann (1822-1899) French writer
- Ernest (?-?) acquaintance of Van Gogh in Paris
- Patience Escalier (?-?) gardener in Arles
- Charles Ferdinand Escombard (1827-1893) clergyman in Saintes-Maries
- Henri Alphonse Esquiros (1812-1876) French writer
- Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (George Eliot) (1819-1880) English writer
- Arnoldus Petrus Eversteijn (1840-?) Dutch art dealer
- Hubert van Eyck (c. 1370-1426) Flemish artist
- Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) Flemish artist
- Margaretha van Eyck (?-?) sister of Jan and Hubert van Eyck
- Adriana Margaretha Faber (?-?) domestic help in Uncle Jan's house
- Fabián de Castro (1868-after 1905) Spanish artist
- Barent Fabritius (1624-1673) Dutch artist
- Carel Fabritius (1622-1654) Dutch artist
- Thomas Faed (1826-1900) English artist
- Fagel (?-?) (Dutch?) art collector
- Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière (1831-1900) French artist
- Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) French artist
- Edgard Farasyn (1858-1938) Belgian artist
- Jean Baptiste Faure (1830-1914) French art collector
- Rhijnvis Feith (1753-1824) Dutch writer
- Jules Descartes Ferat (1819-1889) French artist
- (Jacques) Eugène Feyen (1815-1908) French artist
- François Nicolas Auguste Feyen-Perrin (1826-1888) French artist
- Jan Fijt (1611-1661) Flemish artist
- Samuel Luke Fildes (1844-1927) English artist
- Charles Filiger (1863-1928) French artist
- George C. Finden (fl. 1848-1883) English artist
- Edmund Henry Fisher (1835-1879) English clergyman
- Michael FitzGerald (1848-1922) Irish artist
- Léopold Flameng (1831-1911) French artist
- Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) French writer
- John Flavel (1627-1691) English writer and clergyman
- Maurice de Fleury (1860-1931) French writer
- Govert Flinck (1615-1660) Dutch artist
- Charles Thomas Floquet (1828-1896) French politician
- Jean Louis Forain (1852-1931) French artist
- James Staats Forbes (1823-1904) English art collector
- Paul Emile Daurand Forgues (Old Nick) (1813-1883) French writer
- John Forster (1812-1876) English writer
- Mariano José Maria Bernardo Fortuny y Carbó (1838-1874) Spanish artist
- Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899) English artist
- Marcel Fouquier (1866-1961) French writer
- Fr. Schoenfeld GmbH & Co. German manufacturer of artists’ pigments
- Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) French artist
- Frans Francken II (1581-1642) Flemish artist
- Céleste (Celestine) Julie Francq-Batalje (Bataille) (1803-1889) wife of Edouard Joseph Francq
- Edouard Joseph (or Joseph Edouard) Francq (1819-1902) evangelist in Cuesmes
- Daniël Franken Dzn (1838-1898) Dutch banker, brother of Johanna Van Gogh-Franken
- Louis-François Français (1814-1897) French artist
- Frank French (1850-1933) American artist
- Henry French (fl. 1868-1875) English artist
- Johannes Pieter de Frey (1770-1834) Dutch artist
- Richard Friese (1854-1918) German artist
- Adrien Frissant (?-?) French writer
- Eugène Froment (1844-1900) French artist
- Eugène Fromentin (1820-1876) French artist and writer
- Roger Eliot Fry (1866-1934) English artist and art critic
- Edouard Frère (1819-1886) French artist
- Nicole Françoise Judith Frère (1777-1857) mistress of Pierre Jean de Béranger
- Armand Auguste Fréret (1830-1919) French artist
- Anna Catherine Fuchs (?-?) wife of Cornelis Vincent van Gogh
- Frances Sara Fuller-Maitland (1809-1877) English writer
- Harry Furniss (1854-1925) English artist
- Antoine Philippe Furnée (1861-1897) surveyor, son of Hendrik Jan Furnée
- Hendrik Jan Furnée (1833-1894) seller of artists' materials in The Hague
- François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon (1651-1715) French writer
- Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) French writer
- August Gaber (1823-1894) German artist
- Paul Joseph Constantin (Constant) Gabriël (1828-1903) Dutch artist
- Paul Louis Lucien (Paul) Gachet Jr (1873-1962) son of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet
- Paul-Ferdinand Gachet Sr (1828-1909) doctor in Auvers-sur-Oise
- Blanche Elisa Gachet-Castets (1840-1875) wife of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet
- Clémentine Elisa Marguerite (Marguerite-Clémentine) Gachet (1869-1949) daughter of Paul-Ferdinand Gachet
- Charlotte-Henriette Gagnebin-Junod (1823-after 1889) wife of Ferdinand Henri Gagnebin
- Ferdinand Henri Gagnebin (1816-1890) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Marie Madeleine Gagnebin (1863-after 1889) daughter of Ferdinand Henri Gagnebin
- Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) English artist
- Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) German doctor
- S. Gap (?-?) artist
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) Italian military and politician
- Jean Louis Charles Garnier (1825-1898) French architect
- Léon Garnier (?-?) French songwriter
- Léon Gaucherel (1816-1886) French artist
- Mette Sophie Gauguin-Gad (1850-1920) wife of Paul Gauguin
- Jean René Gauguin (1881-1961) son of Paul Gauguin
- Paul (Eugène Henri) Gauguin (1848-1903) French artist
- Eugène Gaujean (1850-1900) French artist
- Louis Léon (Leo) Gausson (1860-1944) French artist
- Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) French writer
- Emile Gavet (1830-1904) French art collector
- Otto Geerling (1829-1900) Belgian architect
- Gustave Geffroy (1855-1926) French writer
- Aert de Gelder (1645-1727) Dutch artist
- Gendre (?-?) (French?) art collector
- Ludovicus Cornelis van Genk (1832-1888) doctor in Etten
- Johannes Christiaan d'Arnaud Gerkens (1823-1892) Dutch artist
- Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (15 BC-AD 19) Roman general
- Dimmen Gestel (1862-1945) printer in Eindhoven
- Hector Giacomelli (1822-1904) French artist
- Paul Giera (1816-1861) French poet
- Jean (Jean-François) Gigoux (1806-1894) French writer and artist
- Achille Isidore Gilbert (1828-1899) French artist
- John Gilbert (1817-1897) English artist
- James Giles (?-?) English composer
- John Gill (1697-1771) English theologian
- Eugène Louis Gillot (1868-1925) French artist
- Maria Johanna Geertruida van Ginneken-Van Mens (1853-1927) wife of Charles van Ginneken
- Charles (Karel) van Ginneken (1851-1928) tanner in Zundert
- Marie Ginoux-Julien (1848-1911) manageress of Café de la Gare in Arles, wife of Joseph Ginoux
- Joseph Michel Ginoux (1835-1902) manager of Café de la Gare in Arles
- Giotto di Bondone (1267/75-1337) Italian artist
- Alexis François Girard (1787-1870) French artist
- Girardet and Pelé
- Edouard Henri Girardet (1819-1880) Swiss artist
- Eugène Alexis Girardet (1853-1907) French artist
- Paul Girardet (1821-1893) French artist
- François Girardon (1628-1715) French sculptor
- Eugène Giraud (1833-?) Justice of the Peace in Arles
- Victor Julien Giraud (1840-1871) French artist
- P.W. (Piet) Gisolf (1850-1926) servant at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
- Harry Gladwell (1857-1927) friend of Van Gogh in Paris
- Henry William Gladwell (1834-1893) father of Harry Gladwell
- Susannah Eleanor Gladwell (1858/59-1876) sister of Harry Gladwell
- Auguste Barthelemy Glaize (1807-1893) French artist
- Pierre Paul Léon Glaize (1842-1932) French artist
- Charles Gleyre (1806-1874) Swiss artist
- Marie Jeanne Gloanec-Morvan (1839-1915) boarding-house keeper in Pont-Aven
- Joseph Marie Aimé Gloanec (1829-1906) husband of Marie Jeanne Gloanec-Morvan
- Jan Goedeljee (1824-1905) Dutch photographer
- Hugo van der Goes (c. 1440-1482) Flemish artist
- Raymond Eugène Goethals (1804-1864) French artist
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German writer
- 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
- Cornelis (Cor) Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor or C.M.) (1824-1908) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer and bookseller in Amsterdam
- Hendrik (Hein) Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Hein) (1814-1877) brother of Theodorus van Gogh
- Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent) (1820-1888) brother of Theodorus van Gogh, art dealer
- Johannes van Gogh Jr (1854-1913) son of Johannes van Gogh, planter on Java
- Johannes (Jan) van Gogh Sr (Uncle Jan) (1817-1885) rear admiral, director of the naval dockyard in Amsterdam, brother of Theodorus van Gogh
- 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
- Cornelia (Cornelie) van Gogh-Carbentus (Aunt Cornelie) (1829-1913) wife of Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Cent), sister of Anna van Gogh-Carbentus
- Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus (1819-1907) wife of Theodorus van Gogh, mother of Vincent
- Johanna van Gogh-Franken (1836-1919) second wife of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh
- Maria Christina Elisabeth van Gogh-Musch (1858-1948) wife of Vincent Wilhelm van Gogh
- Magdalena Susanna van Gogh-Van Stockum (1828-1904) wife of Willem Daniël van Gogh
- Jeanette Louise van Gogh-Vos (1854-1906) wife of Johannes van Gogh Jr.
- Maria (Marie) Elisabeth van Gogh-Vos (1853-c. 1894) wife of Hendrik Jacob Eerligh van Gogh
- Elisabeth Huberta Vrijdag Gogh-Vrijdag (1790-1857) grandmother Van Gogh, wife of Vincent van Gogh
- Cornelis (Cor) Vincent van Gogh (1867-1900) brother of Vincent
- Daniël van Gogh (1867-1909) son of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh
- Elisabeth Hubertha (Bertha) Vincentia van Gogh (1859-1938) daughter of Willem Daniel van Gogh
- Hendrik Jacob Eerligh van Gogh (1853-1886) son of Johannes van Gogh
- Jannetje van Gogh (1731-1796) wife of Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen
- Johanna Hendrina van Gogh (1863-1945) daughter of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh
- Theo van Gogh (1857-1891) brother of Vincent, art dealer in Paris
- Theodoor (Theo) van Gogh (1920-1945) son of Vincent Willem van Gogh
- Theodorus van Gogh (1822-1885) husband of Anna Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus, father of Vincent, clergyman
- Vincent Wilhelm van Gogh (1851-1910) son of Johannes van Gogh Sr., administrator at Payung
- Vincent Willem van Gogh (1890-1978) son of Theo van Gogh
- Vincent van Gogh (1789-1874) grandfather of Vincent
- Vincent van Gogh (1866-1911) son of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh, art dealer in Amsterdam
- Willem Daniel van Gogh (1818-1872) brother of Theodorus van Gogh
- Willemina (Wil or Willemien) Jacoba van Gogh (1862-1941) sister of Vincent
- Marianne Goldschmidt-Rothschild (née Friedländer-Fuld) (1892/94-1973) formerly owner of the letters to Bernard
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728/30-1774) Irish writer
- Edmond de Goncourt and Jules Huot de Goncourt
- Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) French writer
- Jules Huot de Goncourt (1830-1870) French writer
- Louis Gonse (1846-1921) French writer
- Jacobus van Gorkom (1827-1880) Dutch artist
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893) French composer
- Goupil & Cie art dealers and publishers with branches in Paris, London, The Hague and Brussels
- Adolphe Goupil (1806-1893) founder of Goupil & Cie
- Albert Goupil (1840-1884) French art collector
- Jules Adolphe Goupil (1839-1883) French artist
- Andrew Carrick Gow (1848-1920) English artist
- Francisco José de Goya (y Lucientes) (1746-1828) Spanish artist
- Jan van Goyen (1596-1656) Dutch artist
- Nicolaas Hendrik de Graaf (1823-1886) Dutch clergyman
- Geertruida (Truitje) Johanna 's Graeuwen-Van Gogh (1826-1891) sister of Theodorus van Gogh, wife of Abraham Anthonie ’s Graeuwen
- Abraham Anthonie 's Graeuwen (1824-1903) Commander in the Dutch navy
- Elisabeth (Bet) Hubertha 's Graeuwen (1862-1898) daughter of Abraham Anthonie 's Graeuwen
- Francina (Fanny) (Fan) 's Graeuwen (1859-1935) daughter of Abraham Anthonie 's Graeuwen
- Maria Quirina Alida 's Graeuwen (1827-1864) wife of Abraham Pompe
- Achille Granchi-Taylor (1857-1927) French artist
- Henry Graves (1806-1892) English publisher
- Renier de Greef (1855-1910) farmer in Nuenen
- Samuel Essenius Greeff (1832-1885) clergyman in Dordrecht
- Charles Green (1840-1898) English artist
- Henry Towneley Green (1836-1899) English artist
- John Greenaway (1818-1890) English artist
- Edward John Gregory (1850-1909) English artist
- Albert Greiner (1833-1890) Dutch photographer
- Jean Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) French artist
- Cornelia de Groot-Van Rooij (1825-1891) mother of Gordina de Groot
- Antonie (Toon) de Groot (1829-1909) inhabitiant of Nuenen
- Cornelis de Groot (1818-1883) father of Gordina de Groot
- Cornelis de Groot (1885-1951) son of Gordina de Groot
- Gordina (Dien, Sien) de Groot (1855-1927) inhabitiant of Nuenen
- Hendrikus de Groot (1863-1909) brother of Gordina de Groot
- Peter de Groot (1865-1935) brother of Gordina de Groot
- Antoine Jean Gros (1771-1835) French artist
- David Gruby (1810-1898) doctor in Paris
- Auguste Gruson (?-?) (French?) writer
- Paul Guigou (1834-1871) French artist
- Guillaume (?-?) artist
- Gustave Achille Guillaumet (1840-1887) French artist
- (Jean Baptiste) Armand Guillaumin (1841-1927) French artist
- Jenny le Guillou (1801-1869) servant and mistress of Eugène Delacroix
- François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787-1874) French writer
- Karl (Charles) Gussow (1843-1907), German artist
- Petrus Augustus de Génestet (1829-1861) Dutch poet
- Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (Grandville) (1803-1847) French caricaturist
- Jules Gérard (1817-1864) French writer
- (Jean Louis André) Théodore Géricault (1791-1824) French artist
- Jean Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) French artist
- Paulus Coenraad Görlitz (1851-1921) teacher in Dordrecht
- Aron de Haan (1859-1936) brother of Meijer Isaac de Haan
- Meijer Isaac de Haan (1852-1895) Dutch artist
- Samuel de Haan (1855-1899) brother of Meijer Isaac de Haan
- 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
- Carl Adolph Haanebeek (1821-1906) wine merchant in The Hague, father of Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
- Jannetje (Annet) Cornelia Haanebeek (1851-1875) daughter of Carl Adolph Haanebeek, sister of Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
- Bernard ter Haar (1806-1880) Dutch writer
- Eugène Habert (1846-1916) French artist
- Elisabeth Clara Johanna Hackstroh-De Bock (1827-after 1895) wife of Susan(n)us Marinus Hackstroh
- Susan(n)us Marinus Hackstroh (1830-1901) stationmaster in Etten
- Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910) English artist
- Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922) English artist
- Frans Hals (1581/85-1666) Dutch artist
- Ludovic Halévy (1834-1908) French writer
- Abraham (Bram) Marie Wilhelmus Jacobus Hammacher (1897-2002) Dutch art critic and museum director
- Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman (1819-1888) Belgian artist
- Edouard Michel Ferdinand Hamman (1854-1952) son of Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman
- Gijsbertha (Bertha) Hamming (1849-after 1877) friend of the Van Gogh children in Zundert
- Jean Louis Hamon (1821-1874) French artist
- Bertha Hanebeek (?-?) unidentified person
- Arabella Catherine Hankey (1834-1911) English writer
- William Vernon Harcourt (1827-1904) English lawyer and politician
- Heywood Hardy (1842-1933) English artist
- Jean-Baptiste Harmegnies (1827-1879) former mine foreman in the Borinage
- Palmyre Harmegnies (1858-1941) fiancée of Jean Denis, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Harmegnies
- Fletcher Harper (1806-1877) American publisher
- William St John Harper (1851-1910) American artist
- Henri Joseph Harpignies (1819-1916) French artist
- Horace Harral (1817-1905) English artist
- Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908) American writer and journalist
- Alexander (Thomas Alexander) Harrison (1853-1930) American artist
- Johannes Renier Joseph van der Harten (1852-1925) friend of Antoon Hermans
- Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864-1950) English artist
- Catharina Hartsuiker-Beukema (1835-1908) second wife of Albertus Hartsuiker
- Fennigje(n) Hartsuiker-Veen (1829-1865) first wife of Albertus Hartsuiker
- Adrianus Hartsuiker (1874-?) son of Albertus Hartsuiker
- Albertus Hartsuiker (1827-1902) lodging-house keeper in Hoogeveen
- Catharina Geertruida Hartsuiker (1871-1896) daughter of Albertus Hartsuiker
- Hilbertus Hartsuiker (1872-1951) son of Albertus Hartsuiker
- Louis Jacob Hartz (1869-1935) Dutch artist
- Johannes Petrus Hasebroek (1812-1896) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Joshua Hatton (Guy Roslyn) (1850-c. 1920) English writer
- Just Havelaar (1880-1930) Dutch art critic
- Egbert Haverkamp Begemann (1848-1919) general manager of the Royal Dutch engineering factory at Helmond
- Hendrik Johannes Haverman (1857-1928) Dutch artist
- Louis Hayet (1864-1940) French artist
- Jeanne Heeren (1833-1886) wife of Charles Louis Decrucq
- Emil Heilbut (1861-1921) German painter
- Ferdinand Heilbuth (1826-1889) French artist
- Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) German poet
- Ott(h)o Gerhard Heldring (1804-1876) Dutch clergyman
- Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670) Dutch artist
- Gerke Henkes (1844-1927) Dutch artist
- Jean Jacques Henner (1829-1905) French artist
- William John Hennessy (1839-1917) English artist
- Charles Frédéric Henriet (1826-1918) French writer
- Henrietta-Maria of France (1609-1669) wife of Charles I, king of England
- Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont (1797-1892) French artist
- Charles Henry (1859-1926) French scientist and colour theoretician
- Georg Friedrich Carl Herbst (1828-1898) clergyman in Brussels
- Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) English artist
- Antonius (Antoon) Petrus Hermans (1822-1897) amateur artist in Eindhoven, friend of Van Gogh
- Louis Henri Victor Jules François (Adolphe) Hervier (1818-1879) French artist
- Pierre Jules Hetzel (1814-1886) French publisher and writer
- Hans Olaf Heyerdahl (1857-1913) Norwegian artist
- Edward Hildebrandt (1818-1869) German artist
- Henri-Adolphe Hildi (Hildibrand/ Hildebrand?) (1824-1897) (French?) artist
- Johannes Hillen (1829-1905) catechist in The Hague
- Hippocrates of Cos (c. 460 BC-c. 370 BC) Greek physician
- Anthonius (Anton, Tony) Matthias Hirschig (1867-1939) Dutch artist
- Meindert Hobbema (1638-1709) Dutch artist
- John Evan Hodgson (1831-1895) English artist
- Philippus Jacobus Hoedemaker (1839-1910) Dutch clergyman
- Emile Hoeterickx (1853-1923) Belgian artist
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) German writer
- Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Japanese artist
- Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) German artist
- Francis (Frank) Montague Holl (1845-1888) English artist
- William Hollidge (?-?) artist
- Holloway & Sons art dealers in London
- Johannes van Hombergh (1814-1895) mayor of Nuenen
- Homer (c. 800 BC-c. 750 BC) Greek poet
- Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695) Dutch artist
- Pieter de Hooch (1629-c. 1683) Dutch artist
- Thomas Hood (1799-1845) English writer
- Piet van Hoorn (1873-1974) inhabitant of Nuenen
- Clasina (Sien) Maria Hoornik (also Christien, Christine, Xtien, Sien) (1850-1904) Van Gogh’s girl friend in The Hague
- Maria Wilhelmina Hoornik-Pellers (1829-1910) mother of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Johanna Elisabeth Angenita Hoornik-Rombouts (1863-after 1890) wife of Carolus Ernestus Jacobus Hoornik
- Carolus Ernestus Jacobus Hoornik (1856-1904) brother of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Maria Wilhelmina Hoornik (1872-1931) sister of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Maria Wilhelmina Hoornik (1877-1940) daughter of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Pieter Anthonie Hoornik (1853-1904) brother of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Pieter Hoornik (1823-1875) father of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Wilhelmus Hoornik (1879-1880) son of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Willem Hoornik (1882-c. 1958/60) son of Clasiena Maria Hoornik
- Jan Hendrik Hooyer (1844-1892) clergyman in Dordrecht
- Arthur Hopkins (1848-1930) English artist
- Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers (1819-1866) Dutch artist
- Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BC-8 BC) Roman poet
- Victor Horta (1861-1947) Belgian architect
- Arthur Boyd Houghton (1836-1875) English artist
- Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van Gogh (1855-1930) sister of Vincent, wife of Joan Marinus van Houten
- Anna (Annie) Theodora van Houten (1883-1969) daughter of Anna van Gogh
- Joan Marius van Houten (1850-1945) husband of Anna van Gogh
- Sara (Saar) Maria van Houten (1880-1977) daughter of Anna van Gogh
- Marius Huard (1830-1895) bursar at the hospital in Arles
- Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (1831-1853) Dutch student of law
- Paul François Hubrecht (1829-1902) Dutch lawyer and key official
- Paul Huet (1803-1869) French artist
- François-Victor Hugo (1828-1873) French translator, son of Victor Hugo
- Victor Marie Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
- Clovis Hugues (1851-1907) French poet
- Jan Derk Huibers (1829-1919) Dutch artist
- Gerardus Huizing (1847-1924) farmer in Nuenen
- Alfred Hunt (active 1860-1884) English artist
- William Holman Hunt (1827-1910) English artist
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848-1907) French writer
- Ernest Hébert (1817-1908) French artist
- Pierre Edmond Alexandre Hédouin (1820-1889) French artist
- Jan Leonardus Chanfleury van IJsselstein (1819-1905)
- Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Norwegian playwright
- Rosine Alexandrine Frederike Idenburg-Van der Hegge Spies (1835-?) wife of Petrus Johannes Idenburg
- Petrus Johannes Idenburg (1825-1899) doctor in Utrecht
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) French artist
- Washington Irving (1783-1859) American writer
- Louis Gabriel Eugène Isabey (1803-1886) French artist
- Joseph Jacob Isaäcson (1859-1942) Dutch writer and artist
- Isaac Lazarus Israëls (1865-1934) Dutch artist
- Jozef Israëls (1824-1911) Dutch artist
- Francina Adriana Iterson-Jacobs (1819-?) mother of Willem Frederik van Iterson
- Everardus van Iterson (1811-1879) father of Willem Frederik van Iterson
- Franciscus van Iterson (1849-?) brother of Teunis van Iterson
- Teunis van Iterson (1847-1925) employee at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
- Willem Frederik van Iterson (1856-after 1879) son of Everardus van Iterson
- Edward Levien Jacobson (1802-1875) Dutch art collector
- Claude Jacquand (1803-1878) French artist
- Charles Emile Jacque(s) (1813-1894) French artist
- Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart (1837-1880) French artist
- Edmond Jacques (?-?) French writer
- Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1909) French artist
- Charles François Jalabert (1819-1901) French artist
- Diederik Franciscus Jamin (1838-1865) Dutch artist
- Jan (?-?) servant at Goupil's in The Hague
- Harm Jansen (1849-1942) shepherd in Drenthe
- Alexandre Jean Louis Japhet (Jazet) (1814-after 1864) French artist
- Anaïs Jauffret (1847-?) bookseller in Arles
- Georges Jeannin (1841-1925) French artist
- Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) English writer
- William Blanchard Jerrold (1826-1884) English writer
- José Jiménez Aranda (1837-1903) Spanish artist
- Tony Johannot (1803-1852) French artist
- Auguste Joliet (fl. 1861-1878) French artist
- Jo(h)an de Jong(e) van Zwijnsbergen (1821-1881) inhabitant of Helvoirt
- Nicolaas de Jonge (1845-1898) clergyman in Brussels
- Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) Dutch artist
- Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678) Flemish artist
- Ernst Josephson (1851-1906) Swedish artist
- Adolphe Jourdan (1825-1889) French artist
- Emile Jourdan (1860-1931) French artist
- Louis Journot (?-?) artist
- Auguste Jouve (1846-?) (French?) artist
- Pierre Julien (1731-1804) French sculptor
- Gustave Adolphe Jundt (1830-1884) French artist
- Richard Julius Jungtow (1828-?) German artist
- Johannes Jørgensen (1866-1956) Danish writer
- Hugo Kaeseberg (1847-1893) German artist
- Gustave Kahn (1859-1936) French writer and art critic
- Johann Wilhelm Kaiser (1813-1900) Dutch artist
- Jan Benjamin Kam (1860-1932) son of Jan Gerrit Kam and Dutch architect
- Jan Gerrit Kam (1833-1917) clergyman in Leur
- Alphonse Karr (1808-1890) French writer
- Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate (1822-1891) Dutch artist
- Jan Jacob Lodewijk ten Kate (1819-1889) Dutch poet and clergyman
- Paul de Katow (1834-1897) French writer and artist
- Paul Adolphe Kauffmann (1849-1935?) French artist
- Johanna Kaufman (1840-1885) wife of Marijn Aertsen
- Piet Kaufmann (1864-1940) gardener in Etten
- Ando Kaïghetsudo (18th century) Japanese artist
- John Keats (1795-1821) English poet
- Charles Samuel Keene (1823-1891) English artist
- Petrus Marinus Keller van Hoorn (1825-1908) clergyman in Dordrecht
- Thomas a Kempis (1379/80-1471) Dutch writer
- Josephina Dymphina Kerssemakers-Simonis (1843-1888) wife of Anton Kerssemakers
- Antonius (Anton) Cornelius Augustinus Kerssemakers (1846-1924) tanner in Eindhoven, pupil of Van Gogh
- Nicolaes de Keyser (1681-after 1752) Flemish artist
- Thomas de Keyser (1596/97-1667) Dutch artist
- Willem Laurens Kiehl (?-1875) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
- Willem Kiesenberg (1814-1904) acquaintance of Van Gogh in The Hague
- Shōhachi Kimura (?-?) Japanese artist
- Edward R. King (1862-1951) English artist
- Francis Scott King (1850-1913) American artist
- Moritz Klinkicht (1845-after 1912) German artist
- Ludwig Knaus (1829-1910) German artist
- Johannes Kneppelhout (1814-1885) Dutch writer
- Mich(a)el Knoedler (1823-1878) American art dealer
- Roland Knoedler (1856-1932) American art dealer
- Davidson Knowles (fl. 1879-1902) American artist
- Carl Koch (1827-1905) German artist
- Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862) Dutch artist
- Wolter Alberts Kok (1805-1891) clergyman in Hoogeveen
- Philips (de) Koninck (1619-1688) Dutch artist
- Salomon Koninck (1609-1656) Dutch artist
- Arnold Hendrik Koning (1831-1895) Dutch lawyer, father of Arnold Hendrik Koning
- Arnold Hendrik Koning (1860-1945) Dutch artist
- Edzard Koning (1869-1954) Dutch artist
- Daniël Koorders (1830-1869) Dutch jurist and writer
- Andrey Alexandrovich Kraevsky (1810-1889) Russian journalist and publisher
- Johannes Willem Frederik Kraft (1838-after 1895) publican in The Hague
- S. Krakow (?-?) artist
- Maria Kroes- Delvendiep (1823-1905) wife of Jacobus Cornel(i)us Kroes
- Jacobus Cornel(i)us Kroes (1829-1899) sexton in Amsterdam
- Line (Lientje) Kruysse (1858-1937) friend of Willemien van Gogh
- Helene Kröller-Müller (1869-1939) Dutch collector
- Peter Severin Krøyer (1851-1909) Danish artist
- Franz Theodor Kugler (1808-1858) German writer
- J. Kuijper (?-?) Dutch mapmaker
- Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) Japanese artist
- Johannes Kuylman (1845-1913) clergyman in Princenhage
- Louis La Caze (1798-1869) French art collector
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) French writer
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) French artist
- Cornelis Johan Laarman (1844-1889) carpenter in The Hague
- Dirk Laarman (1807-1886) carpenter in The Hague
- Pierre Antoine Labouchère (1807-1873) French artist
- Carel Eliza van der Sande Lacoste (1860-1894) Dutch artist
- Jean Baptiste Adolphe Lafosse (1810-1879) French artist
- Victor Lagye (1825-1896) Belgian artist
- Maxime François Antoine Lalanne (1827-1886) French artist
- Alphonse Marie Louis Prat de Lamartine (1790-1869) French writer
- Jef Lambeaux (1852-1908) Belgian sculptor
- Emile Charles Lambinet (1815-1877) French artist
- Marie Henriette Pauline Lamblot-Gaudin (1852-1903) bookseller in Arles
- (Hugues) Félicité Robert de Lamennais (1782-1854) French writer
- Ary Johannes Lamme (1812-1900) Dutch artist
- Jean Pierre François Lamorinière (1828-1911) Belgian artist
- Charles Zacharie Landelle (1821-1908) French artist
- Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) English artist
- Jules Louis Laurent Langeval (fl. 1868-1900) French artist
- Willem Nicolaas Lantsheer (1826-1883) Dutch art collector
- Auguste André Lançon (1836-1885) French artist
- Carel Christiaan Antony Last (1808-1876) Dutch artist
- Louis Latouche (1829-1884) seller of artists' materials in Paris
- Jean Paul Laurens (1838-1921) French artist
- Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens (1825-1901) French artist
- Eliza Laurillard (1830-1908) Dutch poet, clergyman in Amsterdam
- Auguste Marie Lauzet (1865-1898) French artist
- Charles Laval (1861-1894) French artist
- Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801) Swiss physiognomist
- Adrien (Jacques Adrien) Lavieille (1818-1862) French artist
- Eugène Antoine Samuel Lavieille (1820-1889) French artist
- Francis Wilfred Lawson (1842-1935) English artist
- Jean Philippe Le Bas (1701-1783) French artist
- Eugène Le Roux (1807-1863) French artist
- Nicolas Lebel (1838-1891) French designer of weapons
- Adolf Lecomte (Le Comte) (1850-1921) husband of Anna Cornelia Lecomte-Carbentus
- Anna Cornelia Lecomte-Carbentus (1854-1926) wife of Adolf Lecomte
- Georges Lecomte (1867-1958) French art critic
- Hippolyte Lecomte (1781-1857) French artist
- Lionel Aristide Lecouteux (1847-1909) French artist
- John Leech (1817-1864) English artist
- Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) French artist
- Augustin Lefèvre (1802-1882) minutes secretary at the Belgian Christian missionary church of Wasmes
- Ernest Legouvé (1807-1903) French writer
- Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) French artist
- Wilhelm Maria Hubertus Leibl (1844-1900) German artist
- Frederick Leighton (1830-1896) English artist
- (Antoine Louis) Camille Lemonnier (1844-1913) Belgian writer
- André Lemoyne (1822-1907) French writer
- Aimé de Lemud (1816-1887) French artist
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Italian artist
- Eugène Modest Edmond Lepoittevin (1806-1870) French artist
- Auguste Louis Lepère (1849-1918) French artist
- Paul Edmé Lerat (1849-1892) French artist
- Henry Lerolle (1848-1929) French artist
- (Henri Jean Baptiste) Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1842-1912) French writer
- George Dunlop Leslie (1835-1921) English artist
- Ferdinand (Marie) de Lesseps (1805-1894) French writer
- Emile Aubert Lessore (1805-1876) French artist
- Henri Emile Lessore (1830-1894) French artist
- Jules Lessore (?-1895) French artist
- Wilhelmus Johannes Leurs (1828-1895) seller of artists' materials and frame maker in The Hague
- (Jean Auguste) Henri (Hendrik) Leys (1815-1869) Belgian artist
- Léon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) French artist
- Max Liebermann (1847-1935) German artist
- Jan Lievens (1607-1674) Dutch artist
- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) President of the United States
- Gerrit van de Linde (1808-1858) Dutch writer
- Philippe Jacques Linder (?-?) French artist
- Mark Prager Lindo (De heer Smits) (1819-1877) Dutch writer
- Jan Theodor Jozef Linnig (1815-1891) art dealer in Antwerp
- Henry Linton (1816-1899) English artist
- James Dromgole Linton (1840-1916) English artist
- Friedrich Lippmann (1838-1903) German writer
- Jacobus Lips (1810-1877) farmer in Etten
- Johan van Lith (1814-1893) inhabitant of Tongerle (near Nuenen)
- Horace Mann Livens (1862-1936) English artist
- Maurice Lobre (1862-1951) French artist
- Timoléon Marie Lobrichon (1831-1914) French artist
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet
- Arnold Louis Karel Hubert van de Loo (1852-1898) doctor in Eindhoven
- Jacob van Loo (1614-1670) Dutch artist
- Theodorus Matthijs Looman (1816-1900) Dutch clergyman
- Victor Lorie (1835-1912) German artist
- Louis Philippe I (1773-1850) King of France
- Louis XIV (1638-1715) King of France
- Louis XV (1710-1774) King of France
- Jean Baptiste Victor Loutrel (1821-1908) French artist
- Louvry (?-?) artist
- Jacobus Marinus Wilhelmus de Louw (1823-1907) Dutch photographer
- Johannes de Louw (1816-1891) inhabitant of Nuenen
- Charles Auguste Loye (G. Montbard) (1841-1905) French artist
- Sarah Ursula Loyer-Wilson (1815-1895) lodging-house keeper in London
- Eugenie Loyer (1854-1911) daughter of Sarah Ursula Loyer-Wilson
- Jean-Baptiste Loyer (?-?) husband of Sarah Ursula Loyer-Wilson
- Alfred Lucas (fl. c. 1847-c. 1879) artist
- John Seymour Lucas (1849-1923) English artist
- John Templeton Lucas (1836-1880) English artist
- Richard Cockle Lucas (1800-1883) English artist
- Maximilien Luce (1858-1941) French artist
- Lucie (?-?) domestic help in Theo’s apartment
- Martin Luther (1483-1546) German theologian
- Amédée Ernest Lynen (1852-1938) Belgian artist
- Lazare Lévy-Bing (1814-1888) French banker
- Emile Lévy (1826-1890) French artist
- Nephtalie Lévy (?-?) manager at Siegfried Bing's gallery in Paris
- Leopold Löwenstam (1842-1898) German artist
- Jacobus (Jakob) Jan van der Maaten (1820-1879) Dutch artist
- Robert Walker Macbeth (1848-1910) Scottish artist
- William Macfarlane (1838-1905) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Dodge Macknight (1860-1950) American artist
- Percy Thomas Macquoid (1852-1925) English artist
- Adriaan Johannes (Jan) Madiol (1845-1927) Dutch artist
- Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841-1920) Spanish artist
- Nicolaes Maes (1632/34-1693) Dutch artist
- Nicolaas (Nico) Mager (1857-?) clerk in Dordrecht
- James Mahoney (1816-1879) English artist
- Hans Makart (1840-1884) Austrian artist
- Henri Abraham César Malan (1787-1864) French writer
- Stéphane (Étienne) Mallarmé (1842-1898) French poet and critic
- Edouard Manet (1832-1883) French artist
- Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506) Italian artist
- Paul Mantz (1821-1895) French art critic
- Jean Paul Marat (1743-1793) French revolutionary
- Charles François Marchal (1825-1877) French artist
- Ludovico Marchetti (1853-1909) Italian artist
- Jeanette Geertruida Marda (1808-after 1886) tobacconist in The Hague
- Leon Mariani (?-?) artist
- Marie (?-?) girlfriend of Theo in Paris
- Adrien Emmanuel Marie (1848-1891) French artist
- Jacob (Jaap) Hendrik Maris (1837-1899) Dutch artist
- Matthijs (Thijs) Maris (1839-1917) Dutch artist
- Willem Maris (1844-1910) Dutch artist
- Paul Mariéton (1862-1911) French writer
- Jacob Cornelis van Marken (1809-1886) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Henry Stacy Marks (1829-1898) English artist
- Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) English writer
- Philips van Marnix of St. Aldegonde (1538-1598) Dutch poet and diplomat
- Paul Marre (1843-?) Justice of the Peace in Arles
- John Marshall (1818-1891) English writer
- Adolphe Martial (1831-1905) French artist
- Pierre Firmin Martin (père Martin) (1817-1891) art dealer in Paris
- David Martin (1639-1721) French theologian
- Martinez (?-?) artist
- Louis Marvy (1815-1850) French artist
- Alphonse Masson (1814-1898) French artist
- Quinten Massys (Matsys) (c. 1460/66-1530) Flemish artist
- Paul Mathey (1844-1929) French artist
- Anselme Mathieu (1828-1895) French poet
- Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) French writer
- Charles Maurand (1824-1904) French artist
- (Jean Baptiste Joseph Antonin) Charles Maurin (1856-1914) French artist
- Octave Maus (1856-1919) secretary of Les Vingt in Brussels
- Margarete Mauthner (1863-1947) German translator and collector
- Ariëtte (Jet) Sophia Jeanette Mauve-Carbentus (1856-1894) wife of Anton Mauve
- Anton Mauve (1838-1888) Dutch artist
- Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max (1840-1915) Czech artist
- Augustine (Annie) Hermin de Meester-Obreen (1866-1953) wife of Johan de Meester
- Johan de Meester (1860-1931) Dutch writer and journalist
- Julius Meier-Graefe (1867-1935) German art historian and writer
- Meisenbach (?-?) artist
- Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891) French artist
- Xavier Mellery (1845-1921) Belgian artist
- Hans Memling (Memlinc) (1430/40-1494) German/Flemish artist
- Maurits Benjamin Mendes da Costa (1851-1938) Van Gogh's teacher in Amsterdam
- Theodor Menke (1819-1892) German map-maker
- Adolf Friedrich Erdmann Menzel (1815-1905) German artist
- Michel Louis Victor Mercier (1810-c. 1894) French sculptor
- Charles (Karel) Mertens (1865-1919) Belgian artist
- Charles Meryon (1821-1868) French artist
- Sina (Sientje) Mesdag-Van Houten (1834-1909) Dutch artist
- Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915) Dutch artist
- Jan Mesker (1843-1890) Dutch artist
- Theodorus (Theo) Ludovicus Mesker (1853-1894) Dutch artist
- François (Frans) Pieter ter Meulen (1843-1927) Dutch artist
- Constantin Emile Meunier (1831-1905) Belgian artist
- Bernhard van Meurs (1835-1915) Dutch poet
- Mathieu Meusnier (Georges Karl Robert) (fl. 1874-1882) French writer and artist
- Claas Meyboom (Meijboom) (1851-1911) brother of Margreet Meyboom
- Louis Suson Pedro Meyboom (Meijboom) (1817-1874) father of Margreet Meyboom
- Margreet Anna Sophia Meyboom (Meijboom) (1856-1927) girlfriend of Paul Stricker
- Johann Georg Meyer von Bremen (1813-1886) German artist
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) German composer
- Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842-1915) German artist
- Claude Etienne Michel (1772-1815) French general
- Georges Michel (1763-1843) French artist
- Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) Italian artist
- Jules Michelet (1798-1874) French writer
- Middelbeek (?-?) acquaintance of the Stricker family in Amsterdam
- Pierre Mignard I (1612-1695) French artist
- John Everett Millais (1829-1896) English artist
- Jean Baptiste Millet (1831-1906) French artist
- Jean-François Millet (1814-1875) French artist
- Charles Hubert Millevoye (1782-1816) French poet
- Paul Eugène Milliet (1863-1943) French lieutenant of the Zouaves
- Vincente Minelli (1903-1986) American film director
- George Minne (1866-1941) Belgian artist
- Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917) French writer
- Frédéric Mistral (1830-1914) French writer
- Mohammed (570-632) prophet
- Henricus Johannes de Mol (1818-1898) doctor in Lieshout
- Cornelis Anthonie Molenaar (1856-1887) assistant physician in The Hague
- Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Molière (1622-1673) French writer
- Frederick William Moller (fl. 1862-1865) English artist
- Gerrit Alexander Godart Philip (Alexander) Mollinger (1836-1867) Dutch artist
- Robert Mols (1848-1903) Belgian artist
- Claude Oscar Monet (1840-1926) French artist
- Jules Monge (1855-1934) French artist
- Henry Bonaventure Monnier (1799-1877) French writer
- François du Mont (?-?) Belgian artist
- Clara Montalba (1842-1929) English artist
- Frédéric Montenard (1849-1926) French artist
- Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli (1824-1886) French artist
- Dwight Lyman Moody (1837-1899) American clergyman
- Cornelis Josephus Mooijman (?-?) salesman at the lottery office in The Hague
- Jacobus Wilhelmus Mooijman (?-?) salesman at the lottery office in The Hague
- Thérèse Moons-Kirkels (1855-?) wife of Pierre Gustave Moons
- Pierre Gustave Moons (1849-?) shoe shop owner in Brussels
- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) Irish poet
- Franciscus (Frans) Leonardus Johannes Moormans (1832-after 1886) Dutch artist
- Domenico Morelli (1823-1901) Italian artist
- Henry Moret (1856-1913) French artist
- Rafaelle Morghen (1758-1833) Italian artist
- Charles Morice (1860-1919) French writer
- Edmond (Edward) Morin (1824-1882) French artist
- Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) French artist
- François Eugène Morriaux (1825-after 1888) Belgian merchant
- Philip Richard Morris (1836-1902) English artist
- Auguste Achille Morse (fl. 1863-1900) French artist
- W.I. Mosses (fl. 1880s) English artist
- John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) American writer
- Charles Mottram (1807-1876) English artist
- Adolphe Mouilleron (1820-1881) French artist
- Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen (1858-1945) Danish artist
- Charles Louis Lucien Muller (1815-1892) French artist
- Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (1826-1887) English writer
- Mihály (Michael) (von) Munkácsy (Lieb) (1844-1909) Hungarian artist
- Ludwig Munthe (1841-1896) Norwegian artist
- Eugène Murer (1845-1906) 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
- Mutters (?-?) acquaintance of Theo in Paris
- (Jacques) Alfred van Muyden (1818-1898) Swiss artist
- Fortuné Louis Méaulle (1844-?) French artist
- Johan Willem Anton Naber (1797-1876) Dutch civil servant
- Félix Nadar (1820-1910) French photographer
- Willem Carel (Karel) Nakken (1835-1926) Dutch artist
- Célestin François Nanteuil-Leboeuf (1813-1873) French artist
- Napoleon I (Napoleon Bonaparte) (1769-1821) French general and emperor
- Napoleon III (Louis Napoleon Bonaparte) (1808-1873) French statesman and emperor
- Jean Denis Nargeot (1795-after 1865) French artist
- Joseph Nash Jr (?-1922) English artist
- Joseph Nash (1808-1878) father of Joseph Nash Jr.
- Anne-Louise Germaine Necker, baroness of Staël-Holstein (Mme de Staël) (1766-1817) French/Swiss writer
- Nelly (?-?) housemate of Anna in Welwyn
- Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) (37-68) Roman emperor
- Johannes Albert Neuhuys (1844-1914) Dutch artist
- Jozef Hendrikus Neuhuys (1841-1889) Dutch artist
- Herman Nicolas Neven (1812-1885) Belgian clergyman
- Isaac Newton (1643-1727) English mathematician and physicist
- Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig (1866-1915) Dutch artist
- Erskine Nicol (1825-1904) English artist
- Paul Emile Nicolié (1828-1894) art dealer in Antwerp
- Nathaniel Niles (1835-1917) English poet
- Giuseppe de Nittis (1846-1884) Italian artist
- Alphonse Léon Noël (1807-1884) French artist
- Wijnand Nuijen (1813-1839) Dutch artist
- Adolf Carel Nunnink (1813-1894) Dutch artist
- Aloysius O'Kelly (1853-1892) Irish artist
- Charles (Carl) Obach (1840/41-?) manager at the Goupil gallery in London
- Lena Obach (?-?) daughter of Charles Obach
- Malchen Obach (?-?) daughter of Charles Obach
- Pauline Obach (1847-?) wife of Charles Obach
- Adam Adolf Oberländer (1845-1923) German artist
- Adrien Louis Herman Obreen (1845-1915) Dutch journalist
- Kaspar Erhardt Oertel (1840-?) German artist
- Anton (Tony) Lodewijk George Offermans (1854-1911) Dutch artist
- Georges Ohnet (1848-1918) French writer
- Old Nick (Paul Emile Daurand Forgues) and Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard)
- Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824-1889) English artist
- Johannes Andries Oostrijck (1843-1888) farmer in Etten
- Lambregt Oostrijck (1836-1903) farmer in Etten
- Charles, duc d' Orléans (1394-1465) French writer
- Joseph d’ Ornano (1842-1906) chief of police in Arles
- Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) Dutch artist
- Isaac van Ostade (1621-1649) Dutch artist
- John Outrim (1813-fl. 1874) English artist
- William Heysham Overend (1851-1898) English artist
- Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (43 BC-AD 17) Roman poet
- Henri Pierre Paillard (1844-1912) French artist
- Jacques Michel Paillard (1808-between 1878 and 1884) seller of artists’ materials and owner of a paint factory in Paris
- Bernard Palissy (1510-1589/90) French artist and writer
- John Palmer (fl. 1856-1887) English artist
- William James Palmer (fl. 1858-1896) English artist
- Stéphane Pannemaker (1847-1930) Belgian artist
- Frederik Carel Antonius Pantekoek (1832-1878) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Johan Marius Jacob Pantekoek (1857-1902) son of Frederik Carel Antonius Pantekoek
- Elizabeth Parker (1862-1875) daughter of John Parker
- John Parker (?-?) boarding-house keeper in Kennington
- Matthew Parker (1504-1575) English theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Mrs Parker (?-?) boarding-house keeper in Kennington, wife of John Parker
- Alfred Parsons (1847-1920) American artist
- Nuri Osman Pasha (1837-1900) Turkish field marshal
- Alberto Pasini (1826-1899) Italian artist
- Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) French chemist and bacteriologist
- Helen Paterson (Allingham) (1848-1926) English artist
- Andreas Pauwels (1826-1889) clergyman in Nuenen
- Rosalie Pelicot-Décès (1816-1892) mother of Augustine Alex Roulin-Pelicot
- Antoine Pelissier (1833-1895) acquaintance of Van Gogh in Arles
- Pierre Pelé (Pelée) (1801-1871) French artist
- Léon Jean Basile Perrault (1832-1908) French artist
- Aimé Perret (1847-1927) French artist
- George Léon Alfred Perrichon (?-1907) French artist
- Marcellin Perruchot (1836-?) restaurant owner and wine merchant in Asnières
- Perugino (Pietro di Christoforo Vannucci) (c. 1450-1523) Italian artist
- Georges Petit (1856-1920) art dealer in Paris
- Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) (1304-1374) Italian poet
- Théophile Zacharie Auguste Peyron (1827-1895) director of the asylum in Saint-Rémy
- Henry Picou (1824-1895) French artist
- Jan Willem Pieneman (1779-1853) Dutch artist
- Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860) Dutch artist
- Charles Henri Pille (1844-1897) French artist
- George John Pinwell (1842-1875) English artist
- Eugène Louis Pirodon (1819-1882) French artist
- Héliodore Joseph Pisan (1822-1883) French artist
- Julie Pissarro-Vellay (1838-1926) wife of Camille Pissarro
- Camille Jacob Pissarro (1830-1903) French artist
- Georges Pissarro (1871-1961) French artist, son of Camille Pissarro
- Lucien Pissarro (1863-1944) French artist, son of Camille Pissarro
- Louis Piérard (1886-1951) French writer
- Albert Charles Auguste Plasschaert (1874-1941) Dutch artist critic
- Plato (c. 428/27 BC-347 BC) Greek philosopher
- Pliny the Elder (Gaius Plinius Secundus maior) (c. 23-79) Roman writer
- Pieter Jacobus Plugge (1837-1931) lodging-house keeper in Laeken
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) American writer
- Emmanuel Poiré (Caran d'Ache) (1859-1909) French artist
- Emile Ferdinand Polack (1859-after 1904) French artist
- Abraham Pompe Jr (1864-1864) son of Abraham Pompe
- Abraham Pompe Sr (Uncle Pompe) (1831-1909) Dutch commander, later lieutenant-colonel, Uncle of Van Gogh
- Maria Quirina Alida Pompe-'s Graeuwen (1827-1864) first wife of Abraham Pompe
- Elisabeth Hubertha (Bertha) Pompe-Van Gogh (Aunt Bertha) (1823-1895) second wife of Abraham Pompe, sister of Theodorus van Gogh
- Jacobus (Koos) Cornelius Matthias Pompe (1861-?) son of Abraham Pompe
- Jan Pompe (1857-1881) son of Abraham Pompe
- Willem Lodewijk Pompe (1859-?) son of Abraham Pompe
- Jean François Portaels (1818-1895) Belgian artist
- Alphonse Portier (1841-1902) art dealer in Paris
- Franciscus Hermanus Marinus Post (1829-1894) banker and art collector in The Hague
- Reinier Posthumus Meijjes Jr (1860-1939) son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Reinier Posthumus Meijjes Sr (1803-1891) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Jeanne Louise Agathe Posthumus Meijjes-Tilanus (1834-1881) wife of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Willemina Petronella Posthumus Meijjes-Van Maanen (1807-1880) wife of Reinier Posthumus Meijjes Sr
- Catharina Posthumus Meijjes (1873-1945) daughter of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Christiaan Bernard Posthumus Meijjes (1858-1922) son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Egbert Johannes Wernhardt Posthumus Meijjes (1871-1949) son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Guliana Cornelia Posthumus Meijjes (1869-1942) daughter of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Jeremias (Jeremie) Posthumus Meijjes (1831-1908) clergyman in Amsterdam, son of Reinier Posthumus Meijjes Sr
- Leonard Posthumus Meijjes (1866-1890) son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Willem Posthumus Meijjes (1861-1933) son of Jeremias Posthumus Meijjes
- Everhardus Johannes Potgieter (1808-1875) Dutch writer
- Paulus Potter (1625-1654) Dutch artist
- Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) French artist
- Edward James (John) Poynter (1836-1886) English artist
- Antonie (Toon) Prins (1849-1932) farmer in Zundert, classmate of Van Gogh
- Petrus (Piet) Prins (1851-1892) farmer in Zundert, classmate of Van Gogh
- Wouterina (Woutje) Prins (1832-1897) servant to the Van Gogh family in Zundert
- Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1836/38-1904) English artist
- Paul Alexandre Protais (1826-1890) French artist
- Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865) French writer
- Jan Provily (1800-1875) boarding school proprietor in Zevenbergen
- Sully (René François Armand) Prudhomme (1839-1907) French writer
- Pierre Paul Prud’hon (1758-1823) French artist
- Jules Prével (1835-1889) French writer
- Charles Eugène Prévost (1855-?) French artist
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) French artist
- Howard Pyle (1853-1911) American artist
- Jan Symonsz. Pynas (1581/82-1631) Dutch artist
- Pierre Péron (1828-1920) Belgian clergyman
- William Michael Roberts Quick (1838-1927) English artist
- Edgar Quinet (1803-1875) French writer
- Joseph Quinez (1828-1895) mine-worker in Petit-Wasmes
- Ernest Quost (1844-1931) French artist
- Franciscus Raaijmakers (1841-?) husband of Dien van der Beek
- François Rabelais (c. 1494-1554) French writer
- Rachel (?-?) prostitute in Arles
- Jean-François Raffaëlli (1850-1924) French artist
- Auguste (Denis Auguste Marie) Raffet (1804-1860) French artist
- Paul Adolphe Rajon (1843-1888) French artist
- John McL. Ralston (fl. 1872-1880) English artist
- Johannes Nicolaas Ramaer (1817-1887) doctor in The Hague
- Johannes Nicolaas Ramaer (1817-1887) Dutch psychiatrist and inspector of mental health services
- Léon Ramser (?-?) draughtsman floorplan yellow house
- Edmond Joseph Ramus (1822-1890) French artist
- Raoul (?-?) student in Paris
- Raphael (Rafaello Sanzio) (1483-1520) Italian artist
- Suzanna Adriana Carolina van Rappard-Lantsheer (1832-1902) mother of Anthon van Rappard
- Anthon Gerard Alexander, ridder van Rappard (1858-1892) Dutch artist
- Frans Alexander Lodewijk, ridder van Rappard (1828-1888) father of Anthon van Rappard
- Wilhelmina Elisabeth van Rappard (1861-1934) sister of Anthon van Rappard
- François Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) French chemist
- Karl Georg von Raumer (1783-1865) German writer
- Adeline Louise Ravoux-Touillet (1855-?) wife of Arthur Gustave Ravoux
- Adeline Ravoux (1877-1965) daughter of Arthur Gustave Ravoux
- Arthur Gustave Ravoux (1848-1914) manager of Auberge Ravoux in Auvers-sur-Oise
- Germaine Ravoux (1888-?) daughter of Arthur Gustave Ravoux
- David Charles Read (1790-1851) English artist
- George R. Read (?-?) acquaintance of Van Gogh at Goupil & Cie, London
- Samuel Read (1815-1883) English artist
- Charles Reade (1814-1884) English writer
- Odilon Redon (1840-1916) French artist
- Alexandre Georges Henri Regnault (1843-1871) French artist
- Dario de Regoyos y Valdés (1857-1913) Spanish artist
- Alexander Reid (1854-1928) Scottish art dealer
- George Robert Reid (1851-after 1916) English artist
- Charles Stanley Reinhart (1844-1896) American artist
- Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch artist
- Remilleret
- (Joseph-Ernest) Ernest Renan (1823-1892) French writer
- Johanna Hendrika Amilda van Renesse (1800-1890) inhabitant of Nuenen
- Guido Reni (1575-1642) Italian artist
- Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) French artist
- Charles Paul Renouard (1845-1924) French artist
- Emile Renouf (1845-1894) French artist
- Alfred Rethel (1816-1859) German artist
- Fritz Reuter (1810-1874) German writer
- Félix Rey (1865-1932) assistant physician in the hospital in Arles
- Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) English artist
- José (Jusepe) de Ribera (1591-1652) Spanish artist
- Théodule Ribot (1823-1891) French artist
- Louis Gustave Ricard (1823-1873) French artist
- James Rice (1843-1882) English writer
- Anna Jacoba Maria Geertruida Richard-Nieuwenhuis (1826-1877) wife of Jacques Jeremie Richard
- Jacques Jeremie Richard (1823-1897) clergyman in Vlissingen
- Richardson (?-?) acquaintance of Van Gogh at Goupil & Cie, London
- Jean (Auguste-Jules) Richepin (1849-1926) French writer
- Johann Paul Friedrich Richter (Jean Paul) (1763-1825) German writer
- Philippe Ricord (1800-1889) French venereologist
- Matthew White Ridley (1837-1888) English artist
- Maria Rijken-Aelmans (1863-1922) wife of Pieter Rijken
- Adriaan Rijken (1834-1915) gardener in Nuenen
- Pieter Rijken (1841-1922) lodging-house keeper in Dordrecht
- Elisabeth Maria Rijsinge (?-?) domestic help in Uncle Jan's house
- Theo van Rijsselberghe (1862-1926) Belgian artist
- Paulus (Paul) Philippus Rink (1861-1903) Dutch art student at the Antwerp academy
- Louis Marie Hippolyte Rivet (1851-1931/32?) doctor in Paris
- Adrianus (Adriaan) Philippus de la Rivière (1857-1941) Dutch artist
- Charles Roberts (fl. 1870-1897) English artist
- Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921) English artist
- C. Robinson (?-1881) English artist
- Edmond Roche (1828-1861) French poet
- Emile 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
- Edouard Rod (1857-1910) Swiss writer
- Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) French artist
- Willem Roelofs (1822-1897) Dutch artist
- Catharina (Cato) Roessingh-Van de Stadt (1849-1926) wife of Hendrik Roessingh
- Hendrik Roessingh (1851-1929) cousin of Arnold Hendrik Koning
- E. Roevens (?-?) artist
- William Allen Rogers (1854-1931) American artist
- Richard Roland Holst (1868-1938) Dutch artist
- Alfred Philippe Roll (1846-1919) French artist
- Giulio Romano (1499?-1546) Italian artist
- George Romney (1734-1802) English artist
- Anthonius van Rooij (1823-1908) cousin of Gordina de Groot
- Francis (Frans) van Rooij (1839-1917) cousin of Gordina de Groot
- Dina (Dientje) Margrieta van Roos-Van Aalst (1813-1904) wife of Willem Marinus Roos
- Willem Marinus Roos (1816-1893) lodging-house keeper in The Hague
- Isabella Adriana de Roosmaelen-Duerwaerder (1830-1928) landlady in Antwerp
- Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833-1898) Belgian artist
- Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan (Rocoplan) (1803-1855) French artist
- Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) Italian artist
- Constantin David Rosenthal (1820-1851) Hungarian artist
- Jacques Rosseels (1828-1912) Belgian artist
- Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894) English poet
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) English artist
- Fredericus Jacobus van Rossum du Chattel (1856-1917) Dutch artist
- Antonio Rotta (1828-1903) Italian artist
- Louis Oscar Roty (1846-1911) French artist
- Augustine Alex Roulin-Pelicot (1851-1930) wife of Joseph Roulin
- Armand Joseph Désiré Roulin (1871-1945) son of Joseph Roulin
- Camille Roulin (1877-1922) son of Joseph Roulin
- Joseph Etienne Roulin (1841-1903) postal worker in Arles and Marseille
- Marcelle Roulin (1888-1980) daughter of Joseph Roulin
- Joseph Roumanille (1818-1891) French poet
- Théodore Rousseau (1812-1867) French artist
- Elard Albert Rovers (H. Hollidee) (1848-1908) Dutch writer
- Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) English artist
- Françoise Virginie Royer-Seynave (1832-1886) wife of Louis Vincent Royer
- Louis Vincent Royer (1831-1882) butcher in Brussels
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Flemish artist
- Luis Ruipérez (1832-1867) Spanish artist
- Jacob Isaackszn. Van Ruisdael (1628/29-1682) Dutch artist
- Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1828-1896) English writer
- Anna-Maria (Marianna) Antoinetta Russell-Mattiocco (1865-1908) wife of John Peter Russell
- Rachel Russell-Wriothesley (1636-1723) wife of Lord William Russell
- John Peter Russell (1858-1930) Australian artist
- Lord William Russell (1639-1683) English politician
- Salomon van Ruysdael (c. 1600-1670) Dutch artist
- Michiel Adriaenszn. De Ruyter (1607-1676) Dutch admiral
- Félix Elie Régamey (1844-1907) French artist
- Guillaume Urbain Régamey (1837-1875) French artist
- Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) German poet
- S. (?-?) girlfriend of Theo in Paris
- Georg Eduard Otto Saal (1818-1870) German artist
- Philip Lodewijck Jacob Frederik Sadée (1837-1904) Dutch artist
- Hermann Sagert (1822-1889) German artist
- Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869) French poet
- Raoul Saisset (?-?) photographer in Paris
- Frédéric Salles (1841-1897) clergyman in Arles
- Edward Linley Sambourne (1845-1910) English artist
- Gerardina Jacoba van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1826-1895) Dutch artist
- Hendrikus (Hendrik) van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1729-1812) husband of Jannetje van Gogh
- Hendrikus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1795-1860) Dutch artist
- Julius (Jules) Jacobus van de Sande Bakhuyzen (1835-1925) Dutch artist
- Ira David Sankey (1840-1908) American clergyman
- Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Italian artist
- John Saulnier (?-1886) art collector
- Sophie de Saux-De Bouteillier (Henriette Browne) (1829-1901) French artist
- Adriana Schafrat-Van Eerd (1853-1930) wife of Johannes Schafrat
- Johannes Schafrat (1847-1924) sacristan and Van Gogh's landlord in Nuenen
- Schalekamp, Van de Grampel & Bakker booksellers in Amsterdam
- J.M. Schalekamp bookseller in Amsterdam
- Edmond de Schampheleer (1824-1899) Belgian artist
- Ary Scheffer (1795-1858) Dutch artist
- Rudolph Herman Christiaan Carel Scheffer (1844-1880) director of the botanical gardens at Buitenzorg (Java)
- Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) Dutch artist
- Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870) Dutch artist
- Pieter Adrianus Schipperus (1840-1929) Dutch artist
- Johan Michaël Schmidt Crans (1830-1907) Dutch artist
- Tobias Victor Schmidt (1842-1903) manager at Goupil & Cie in Brussels
- Gezina Alberta Scholte-Arink (1840-1897) wife of Hendrik Scholte
- Alida Wilhelmina Scholte (1883-1963) daughter of Hendrik Scholte
- Berendina Jantina Scholte (1874-1910) daughter of Hendrik Scholte
- Hendrik Scholte (1841-1915) lodging-house keeper in Nieuw-Amsterdam
- Jowina Klasina Scholte (1870-1943) daughter of Hendrik Scholte
- Johannes Christianus Schotel (1787-1838) Dutch artist
- Adrianus (Janus) Schrauwen (1834-1920) carpenter in Breda
- Adolphe Schreyer (1828-1899) German artist
- Johannes (Johan) Christiaan Schröder (1838-1891) bookseller in Amsterdam
- Johannes Elias Schröder (1851-1930) clergyman in Zwolle
- Claude Emile Schuffenecker (1851-1934) French artist
- Cornelis Schuitemaker (1813-1884) farmer in Etten
- Ed. Schulder (?-?) artist
- (Jules) Théophile Schuler (1821-1878) French artist
- Charles Louis Schuler (1782/85-1852) German artist
- Woutherus Stephanus Schüller (1844-1874) employee at Goupil & Cie in Paris
- Pierre-Etienne Secrétan (1836-1899) French art collector
- Seeley & Co. publishers and booksellers in London
- Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) Italian artist
- Agostina Segatori (1841-1910) manageress of restaurant Le Tambourin in Paris
- Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c. 4 BC-65 AD) Roman writer
- Alfred Jean Philippe Auguste (Alfred) Sensier (1815-1877) French poet
- Charles Emmanuel Serret (1824-1900) French artist
- Georges Seurat (1859-1891) French artist
- Joseph van Severdonck (1819-1905) Belgian artist
- Julius Lodewijk Willem Seyffardt (1827-1912) bookseller in Amsterdam
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English playwright
- Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) Scottish-American artist
- Eugène François Joseph Siberdt (1851-1931) Belgian artist, teacher at the Antwerp academy
- Christiaan Siebenhaar (1824-1885) Dutch fencing teacher
- Paul Signac (1863-1935) French artist
- Friedrich Silcher (1789-1860) German composer
- Armand Silvestre (1837-1901) French writer
- Théophile Silvestre (1823-1876) French writer
- William Henry Simmons (1811-1882) English artist
- Gustave Simonau (1812-1870) owner of a lithographic firm in Brussels
- George Robert Sims (1847-1922) English writer
- Otto Sinding (1842-1909) Norwegian artist
- Emmanuel Siron (?-?) owner of Hotel de l’Exposition in Barbizon
- mère Siron (?-?) wife of Emanuel Siron
- Alfred Sisley (1839-1899) French artist
- Jan Six (1618-1700) mayor of Amsterdam
- Annie Slade-Jones-Dawson (1838-1924) wife of Thomas Slade-Jones
- Edward C. Slade-Jones (1866-?) son of Thomas Slade-Jones
- Thomas Slade-Jones (1829-1883) clergyman and headmaster of a school in Isleworth
- Dirk Jurriaan Sluyter (1811-1886) Dutch artist
- William Small (1843-1929) English artist
- William Thomas Smedley (1858-1920) American artist
- Burn Smeeton (fl. 1840-1870) English artist
- (G.)F. Smith (fl. 1872-1874) English artist
- J.G. Smithwick (?-?) artist
- Jos. Smulders & Co. stationers and lithographers in The Hague
- Lionel Percy Smythe (1839-1918) English artist
- Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) Greek philosopher
- Frans Soek (?-1879) employee at Goupil & Cie in Paris
- Solomon (Salomo) King of Israel, 993-953 BC
- Hendrik Somerwil (1839-1874) employee at Goupil & Cie in The Hague
- Sophia Frederika Mathilda (1818-1877) Queen of The Netherlands, wife of King Willem III
- Sophocles (496 BC–406/405 BC) Greek playwright
- Bernadette Soubirous (1844-1879) girl who had a vision of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes
- Bernard Soulè (1826-1903) agent of Van Gogh's landlord in Arles
- Emile Souvestre (1806-1854) French writer
- François Spijker (?-after 1890) friend of Theo in Paris
- Cornelis Springer (1871-1891) Dutch artist
- Karl von Spruner von Merz (1803-1882) German map-maker
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) English clergymanr and writer
- Frederick Stacpoole (1813-1907) English artist
- Guurtje van de Stadt (1854-1936) niece of Catharina (Cato) Roessingh-Van de Stadt
- Joseph Stallaert (1825-1903) Belgian artist
- Stam seller of artists’ materials and stationer in The Hague
- Allegonda Johanna Stam-Liernur (1828-1891) seller of artists' materials in The Hague
- Willem Hendrik Stam (1831-1874) seller of artists' materials in The Hague and Dutch artist
- Clarkson Stanfield (?-?) English artist
- Charles Joseph Staniland (1838-1916) English artist
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (1833-1908) American writer
- Anna Wilhelmina Huberta Steegmans (?-?) housemate of Van Gogh in Antwerp
- Jan Steen (1626-1679) Dutch artist
- Herman Steenberg (1823-1883) Dutch clergyman
- Louise Eugénie Steffens (1841-1865) Dutch artist
- Gustav Richard Steinbrecher (1828-1887) German artist
- Lieuwe Steinfort (1823-1885) clergyman in Amsterdam
- Alphonse Stengelin (1852-1938) French artist
- George Stephenson (1781-1848) English engineer
- James Stephenson (1808-1886) English artist
- Alfred Stevens (1823-1906) Belgian artist
- Joseph Stevens (1819-1892) Belgian artist
- Adolf Stieler (1775-1836) German map-maker
- Arthur Stocks (1846-1889) English artist
- Maria van Stockum-De Langen (1814-1882) mother of Willem Jacob van Stockum
- Carolina (Caroline) Adolphina van Stockum-Haanebeek (1852-1926) wife of Willem Jacob van Stockum
- Casparus Marinus van Stockum (1854-1949) brother of Willem Jacob van Stockum
- Leonarda Catharina Adriana van Stockum (1874-1934) daughter of Willem and Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek
- Maria Louisa van Stockum (1849-1883) sister of Willem Jacob van Stockum
- Wilhelmus Petrus van Stockum (1810-1898) father of Willem Jacob van Stockum
- Willem Jacob van Stockum (1846-1900) husband of Carolina Adolphina Haanebeek
- Lydia Ann Stokes-Blyth (1834-1878) wife of William Port Stokes
- William Port Stokes (1833-1890) teacher and minister in Ramsgate
- William Port Stokes (1855-?) son of William Port Stokes
- Irving Stone (1903-1989) American writer
- Charles (Carel Nicolaas) Storm van 's Gravesande (1841-1924) Dutch artist
- Pieter Stortenbeker (1828-1898) Dutch artist
- Catherine Stothard (?-?) acquaintance of Anna in Welwyn
- Ernest Stothard (1865-1875) son of Catherine Stothard
- Thomas Stotthard (1755-1834) English artist
- Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American writer
- Johan Theodore (Jean Theodore) Stracké (1817-1891) German/Dutch artist
- Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) Italian violin-maker
- David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874) German writer
- Carl Adolph Streckfuß (1823-1895) German writer
- Johannes Paulus (Paul) Stricker Jr (1854-1928) son of Johannes Paulus Stricker Sr
- Johannes Paulus Stricker Sr (J.P.S. or Uncle Stricker) (1816-1886) clergyman in Amsterdam, Uncle of Van Gogh
- Willemina (Mina) Catharina Gerardina Stricker-Carbentus (Aunt Mina) (1816-1904) wife of Johannes Paulus Stricker Sr
- Johannes (Jan) Andries Stricker (1848-1901) son of Johannes Paulus Stricker Sr
- Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c. 71-c. 135) Roman writer
- Joseph Swain (1820-1909) English artist
- Elisabeth Sara Clasina de (Sara) Swart (1861-1951) Dutch sculptor
- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Irish writer
- Alexandre Ségé (1818-1885) French artist
- Paul Sérusier (1863-1927) French artist
- Willem Frederik van Erp Taalman Kip (1824-1905) Dutch Minister of the Navy
- Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (1828-1893) French writer
- Johanna (Anna) Elisabeth Tak-Van Gogh (1844-1883) daughter of Johannes van Gogh Sr, wife of Johannes Adriaan Tak
- Johannes (Jan) Adriaan Tak (1836-1897) husband of Johanna Elisabeth Tak-Van Gogh
- E. de Tamisier (1824-1894) almoner of the asylum in Saint-Rémy
- Julien François Tanguy (père Tanguy) (1825-1894) seller of artists' materials in Paris
- Renée Julienne Tanguy-Briend (1821-1897) wife of JulienTanguy
- José Tapiró y Baró (1830-1913) Spanish artist
- Jacques Tardieu (1834-after 1894) mayor of Arles
- Nicolas François Octave Tassaert (1800-1874) French artist
- Tasset & Lhote artists' materials shop in Paris
- Guillaume Charles Tasset (1843-1925) seller of artists' materials in Paris
- Alphonse Tavan (1833-1905) French poet
- Edward Taylor (fl. 1872-1901) English artist
- Richard Taylor (fl. 1872-1901) English artist
- Isaäc Teixeira de Mattos (1821-1904) teacher of Van Gogh in Amsterdam
- Isaäc Teixeira de Mattos (1847-1918) clerk in Amsterdam
- John Tenniel (1820-1914) English artist
- Alfred Tennyson (1809-1883) English writer
- Terence (Publius Terentius) (195/185 BC-159 BC) Roman playwright
- Félix Terlinden (1836-1912) Belgian artist
- Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg (H.G.T., T. or Mr T.) (1845-1927) art dealer at the Goupil gallery in The Hague
- Maria Magdalena Alida Tersteeg-Pronk (1845-1925) wife of Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg
- Elisabeth (Betsy) Tersteeg (1869-1938) daughter of Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg
- Johan Tersteeg (1873-1953) son of H.G. Tersteeg
- Marie Tersteeg (1877-1877) daughter of Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863) English writer
- Henry Thiriat (1866-after 1900) French artist
- Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931) Dutch artist
- Thomas & Cie seller of artists’ materials and art dealer in Paris
- Georges Thomas (père Thomas) (?-after 1908) art dealer in Paris
- Louis Nicolas André Thomas, duc de Bojano (1818-1881) French art collector
- Abraham Everard Simon Thomas (1820-1886) professor of obstetrics in Leiden
- George Housman Thomas (1824-1868) English artist
- Jean Joseph Thomas (1814-1898) seller of artists' materials in Paris
- William Luson Thomas (1830-1900) English artist
- Gordon Thompson (fl. 1864-1893) English artist
- David Croal Thomson (1855-1930) director of Goupil & Cie in London
- James Thomson (1700-1748) Scottish poet
- Johan Thorn Prikker (1868-1932) Dutch artist
- William Thornley (1857-1935) French artist
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) Danish sculptor
- Etienne Joseph Théophile Thoré (W. Bürger) (1807-1869) French art critic
- Thure (Bror Thure) de Thulstrup (1848-1930) Swedish artist
- Gerrit Pieter van Tienhoven (1836-1901) director of the Municipal hospital in The Hague
- Christiaan Bernard Tilanus (1796-1883) professor of medicine in Amsterdam
- Auguste Tilly (?-1898) French artist
- Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti) (1518-1594) Italian artist
- Domenico Tintoretto (1560-1635) Italian 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
- Jan Toorop (1858-1928) Dutch artist
- William Toovey (1821-?) English artist, owner of a lithographic firm in Brussels
- Sato Torakiyo (?-?) Japanese artist
- Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) French artist
- Charles Emile Vacher de Tournemine (1812-1872) French artist
- Jeanne Trabuc-Lafuye (1834-1903) wife of Charles Elzéard Trabuc
- Charles-Elzéard Trabuc (1830-1896) orderly in the asylum in Saint-Rémy
- Auguste Trichon (1814-?) French artist
- Hendrik Albert van Trigt (1829-1899) Dutch artist
- Richard Howard Tripp (Trip) (?-?) English art dealer
- Tropsch (?-?) artist
- Constant Troyon (1810-1865) French artist
- Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818-1883) Russian writer
- Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) English artist
- Petrus (Piet) Joannes Tyck (1821-between 1888 and 1900) seller of artists' materials and owner of a paint factory in Paris
- Friedrich (Fritz) Karl Hermann von Uhde (1848-1911) German artist
- Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862) German poet
- Heinrich Sigismund Uhlrich (1846-after 1905) German artist
- William Unger (1837-1932) German artist
- Friedrich Ludwig Unzelmann (1797-1854) German artist
- Marie Jules Joseph Urpar (1857-1915) chief physician in the hospital in Arles
- Daniel Urrabieta Vierge (1851-1904) Spanish artist
- Samuel Urrabieta Vierge (?-?) Spanish artist
- Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806) Japanese artist
- René Valadon (1848-1921) art dealer in Paris
- Henri Valentin (1820-1855) French artist
- Hendrik Valkenburg (1826-1896) Dutch artist
- Willem Marinus Valkis (1853-1935) boarder with Willem Marinus Roos in The Hague
- Alfred Vallette (1858-1935) publisher of Mercure de France
- Théodore Valério (1819-1879) English artist
- Benjamin Vanderhaegen (1824-1905) evangelist in Pâturages
- Amadée Varin (1818-1883) French artist
- Eugène Napoléon Varin (1831-1911) French artist
- Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574) Italian writer and artist
- Benjamin Vautier (the Elder) (1829-1898) Swiss artist
- Helena (Leen) Elisabeth Veerman (1838-1919) nursemaid in Zundert
- Henry Velde van de (1863-1957) Belgian artist
- Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672) Dutch artist
- Petrus (Pieter) van der Velden (1837-1913) Dutch artist
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660) Spanish artist
- Alexander Willem Maurits Carel Ver Huell (1822-1897) Dutch artist and writer
- Eugène Verboeckhoven (1798-1881) Belgian artist
- Louis Verboeckhoven (1802-1889) Belgian artist
- Pierre Verdeil (1812-after 1874) French artist
- Marcel-Antoine Verdier (1817-1856) French artist
- Marie Louise Verdier (?-?) owner of the Yellow House in Arles
- Pieter (Piet) Verhaert (1852-1908) Belgian artist
- Jan Verhas (1834-1896) Belgian artist
- Willem Frederik Verhey van Wijk (1852-1938) manufacturer in Leiden
- François Antoine Verkissen (1839-1881) mustard manufacturer in Sint-Gillis
- Paul Marie (Paul) Verlaine (1844-1896) French poet
- Charles (Karel) Michel Marie Verlat (1824-1890) Belgian artist, director of the Antwerp academy
- Johannes (Jan) Vermeer (1632-1675) Dutch artist
- August Vermeylen (1872-1945) Belgian writer and critic
- Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) French writer
- Charles Vernier (1831-1887) French artist
- Emile Louis Vernier (1829-1887) French artist
- Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (c. 1528-1609) Italian artist
- Wouterus (Wouter) Verschuur (1812-1874) Dutch artist
- Petrus Gerardus Vertin (1819-1893) Dutch artist
- Maurits Verveer (1817-1903) photographer in The Hague
- Hendrik Verzijl (1797-1881) retired tutor of Helvoirt
- Anna Dorothea Veth-Dirks (1863-1929) wife of Jan Veth
- Jan Pieter Veth (1864-1925) Dutch writer and artist
- Jules Jacques Veyrassat (1828-1893) French artist
- Marie Viany-Ourtoule (1846-after 1909) wife of Charles Zéphirin Viagny
- Charles Zéphirin Viany (1846-1909) tobacconist in Arles
- Louis Marie Julien Viaud (Pierre Loti) (1850-1923) French writer
- Marie de Vichy-Champrond, Marquise du Deffand (1697-1780) French writer
- Félix de Vigne (1806-1862) Jules Breton’s former teacher
- Victor Alfred Paul Vignon (1847-1909) French artist
- Frans (François) Kasper Huibrecht Vinck (1827-1903) Belgian artist
- Alexandre Rudolphe Vinet (1797-1847) Swiss theologian
- Gerardus Johannes Vinke (1820-1881) Dutch clergyman
- Willem Frederik Vinkenbos (1831-1896) photographer in The Hague
- Cornelia Wilhelmina Vintcent-De Lezenne Greve (1822-1876) acquaintance of the Van Gogh family in The Hague
- Johannes Bernardus Lodwijk Philippus Vintcent (1811-1864) husband of Cornelia Wilhelmina Vintcent-De Lezenne Greve
- Lodewijk Antonie Vintcent (1812-1842) Dutch artist
- Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) French architect
- Dominique Vivant-Denon (1747-1825) French artist
- Johannes van Vloten (1818-1883) Dutch writer
- Jan Voerman Sr (1857-1941) Dutch artist
- Johannes Gijsbert Vogel (1828-1915) Dutch artist
- Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939) French art dealer and publisher
- Antoine Vollon (1833-1900) French artist
- Antoine Marie Eusèbe Voncken (1827-1863) Belgian artist
- Gerrit Jan Vos Adr.zn. (1836-1912) Dutch clergyman
- Jacob de Vos Jacobszn. (1803-1878) Dutch art collector
- Cornelia (Kee) Adriana Vos-Stricker (Kee Vos, Kee or K.V.) (1846-1918) daughter of Johannes Paulus Stricker Sr, wife of Christoffel Martinus Vos
- Catharinus Henri Vos (1876-1877) son of Christoffel and Kee Vos
- Christoffel Martinus Vos (1841-1878) clergyman in Amsterdam, husband of Kee Vos-Stricker
- Jan Vos (1817-1884) father of Maria Elisabeth van Gogh-Vos, naval officer
- Johannes (Jan) Paulus Vos (1873-1928) son of Christoffel and Kee Vos
- Maerten de Vos (1532-1603) Flemish artist
- Maria Vos (1824-1906) Dutch artist
- Carel Vosmaer (1826-1888) Dutch writer
- Sara Vreeswijk-Van Toorn (1826-1899) wife of Jacobus Vreeswijk
- Jacobus Vreeswijk (1831-1900) domestic servant of Vincent van Gogh (Uncle Cent) in Princenhage
- Albert (Albrecht) Frans Lieven de Vriendt (1843-1900) Belgian artist
- Juliaan (Julien) de Vriendt (1842-1935) Belgian artist
- Theodorus de Vries (1836-1890) carpenter in Nuenen
- Clara Vrijdag-Cramer (1836-1914) wife of Daniël Joost Vrijdag
- Daniël Joost Vrijdag (1834-1879) merchant in Amsterdam
- Marguerite Vénissac-Canin (1818-1897) owner of restaurant Vénissac in Arles
- Pierre Véron (1831-1900) French writer
- Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen (1817-1880) clergyman in Mechelen
- Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German composer
- Alfred (Herman Alfred Leonard) Wahlberg (1834-1906) Swiss artist
- Willem van de Wakker (1859-1927) telegraph operator and amateur artist in Nuenen who lived in Eindhoven
- Antonie Waldorp (1803-1866) Dutch artist
- Francis S. Walker (1848-1916) English artist
- Frederick Walker (1840-1875) English artist
- Richard Wallace (1818-1890) art collector in London
- Samuel Edmund Waller (1850-1903) English artist
- Thomas Wallis (?-?) art dealer in London
- William Henry Wallis (1804-1890) art dealer in London
- Charles Albert Waltner (1846-1925) English artist
- Susan Warner (Elizabeth Wetherell) (1819-1885) American writer
- George Washington (1732-1799) American politician
- John Dawson Watson (1832-1892) English artist
- Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) French artist
- Emile Wauters (1846-1933) Belgian artist
- Otto Weber (1832-1888) German artist
- Johannes Wilhelmus Weehuizen (1852-1875) housemate of Theo in The Hague
- Herman Johannes van der Weele (1852-1930) Dutch artist
- Frederik Hendrik Weissenbruch Dzn. (1828-1887) Dutch artist
- Jan Weissenbruch (1822-1880) Dutch artist
- Johan Hendrik (Jan Hendrik) Weissenbruch (1824-1903) Dutch artist
- Ludwig Willem Reijmert Wenckebach (1860-1937) Dutch artist
- Frederick Wentworth (fl. 1865-1894) English artist
- Erik Theodor Werenskiold (1855-1938) Norwegian artist
- James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) American artist
- Henry Kirke White (1785-1806) English writer
- Walt Whitman (1819-1892) American poet
- Elizabeth Pauline Ottilie Louise of Wied (Carmen Sylva) (1843-1916) German writer, Queen of Romania
- Jan Willem Wierda (1837-1904) employee at the bookshop of Cornelis Marinus van Gogh in Amsterdam
- Wilhelm I (1797-1888) German emperor and King of Prussia
- Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk Willem III (King of The Netherlands) (1817-1890) husband of Sophia Frederika Mathilda
- Florent Willems (1823-1905) Belgian artist
- Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) French artist
- William the Silent (Willem I, Prince of Orange) (1533-1584) Dutch statesman
- G.F. Williams (?-?) American artist
- Peter Williams (1722-1796) English poet
- Peter Willkims (1726-1794) English poet
- Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) English artist
- Elbert Jan van Wisselingh (1848-1912) Dutch art dealer
- Ernest Witkamp (1854-1897) Dutch artist
- Elizabeth Amalie Eugenie Wittelsbach (1837-1898) Empress of Austria
- Léon Alexis Wocquier (1821-1864) Belgian translator
- Henry Wolf (1852-1916) American artist
- Henry Woods (1846-1921) English artist
- Richard Caton Woodville (II) (1856-1927) English artist
- Jules Worms (1832-1924) French artist
- Edouard Wouters (?-?) Belgian artist
- William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931) English artist
- Edmond Charles Joseph Yon (1836/41-1897/1907) French artist
- Victor Frédérique Alexandre Ysabeau (1793-1873) French writer
- Albert von Zahn (1836-1873) German writer
- Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala (1842/43-1871) Spanish artist
- Félix Ziem (1821-1911) French artist
- Charles Louis Philippe Zilcken (1857-1930) Dutch artist
- W. Zimmerman (?-?) American artist
- George Zobel (1810-1881) English artist
- Emile Zola (1840-1902) French writer
- Anders Leonard Zorn (1860-1920) Swedish artist
- Everard Ambroise Zubli (1808/09-1880) clergyman in The Hague
- Cornelius Johannes van Zuijlen (Father Bernhard) (1836-1901) clergyman in The Hague
- Adrianus Jacobus Zuyderland (1810-1897) inhabitant of the Old Men’s and Women’s Home in The Hague
- Michiel Antonie de Zwart (1853-1922) Van Gogh's landlord in The Hague
- Pieter Willem de Zwart (1826-1905) landlord in The Hague, father of Michiel Antonie de Zwart
- Wilhelmus (Willem) Hendrikus Petrus Johannes Zwart (1862-1931) Dutch artist