75x Dutchman of the Year

Sports heroes such as Fanny Blankers-Koen, Marco van Basten and Dafne Schippers, politicians such as Willem Drees, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Wouter Bos, writers such as Godfried Bomans, Willem Frederik Hermans and Hella Haasse, Nobel Prize winners such as Jan Tinbergen, Martin Veltman and Gerard 't Hooft , entrepreneurs such as Freddy Heineken, Sylvia Tóth and Joop van den Ende, whiz kids such as Rop Gongrijp and Boyan Slat: they are all women and men who made a difference in the years 1945 to 2020 and were elected Dutch by the editors of EW of the year.

This collection contains the written portraits of all 75 Dutch people of the Year according to EW .

You become Dutchman of the Year if you have left your mark on the year in a positive or negative sense, have achieved a special achievement in that year, or symbolize that year.

The book was published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of EW , the first issue of which appeared on October 27, 1945. It has 344 pages, including a personal register.