- Not related to the Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, but is precisely five days older than him.
- Medical doctor
- Son of German director, actor and writer Paul Verhoeven (1901-1975).
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1992
- Founded -together with Senta Berger- the production company "Sentana" to finance difficult projects such as The White Rose (1982) or The Nasty Girl (1990).
- Brother of Lis Verhoeven.
- Verhoeven was one of the founding members of the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy, an organisation akin to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) in 2003.
- His 1970 anti-Vietnam War film o.k. was entered into the 20th Berlin International Film Festival, but led to a scandal that forced the collapse of the festival without the awarding of any prizes.
- Father of Simon Verhoeven and Luca Verhoeven.
- Uncle of Stella Adorf.
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