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This is a list of chancellors (rectores magnifici) of Leiden University, as from 1575. Three Nobel laureates are among these  chancellors: Hendrik Lorentz, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Willem Einthoven.


== 16th century ==


=== 1575–1600 ===


== 17th century ==


=== 1601–1620 ===


=== 1621–1640 ===


=== 1641–1660 ===


=== 1661–1680 ===


=== 1681–1700 ===


== 18th century ==


=== 1701–1720 ===


=== 1721–1740 ===


=== 1741–1760 ===


=== 1761–1780 ===


=== 1781–1800 ===


== 19th century ==


=== 1801–1820 ===


=== 1821–1840 ===


=== 1841–1860 ===


=== 1861–1880 ===


=== 1881–1900 ===


== 20th century ==


=== 1901–1920 ===


=== 1921–1940 ===


=== 1941–1960 ===


=== 1961–2000 ===


== 21st century ==


== See also ==
List of Leiden University people


== Literature ==
Harm Beukers [et al.].: Album Scholasticum academiae Lugduno-Batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX. (1575–1989), Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden, 1991
R.E.O. Ekkart: Athenae Batavae. De Leidse Universiteit / The University of Leiden 1575-1975. Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1975. ISBN 90-6021-222-3
Icones Leidenses. Leiden, Universitaire Pers, 1973. ISBN 9060211839


== References ==


== External links ==
Website Leiden University