Valkenburg or Van Valkenburg is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in Valkenburg, Dutch Limburg or Valkenburg, South Holland.[1] The name occurs with or without the tussenvoegsel van and has many spelling variants. People with the name include:
- Diane Valkenburg (born 1984), Dutch speed skater
- Dirk Valkenburg (1675–1721), Dutch landscape, bird and still life painter
- Heidi Valkenburg (born 1980s), Australian actress, artist and writer
- Matthew Valkenburg (died 1649), Dutch-born English baronet
- Patti Valkenburg (born 1958), Dutch media theorist
- Piet Valkenburg (1888–1950), Dutch footballer
Medieval people of the Land of Valkenburg, Dutch Limburg
- Beatrix of Valkenburg (c.1254–1277), Queen consort of the Romans 1269–77, daughter of Dirk II
- Dirk I of Valkenburg (c.1190–1227), originally from the Duchy of Cleves
- Dirk II of Valkenburg (1221–1268), son of Dirk I
- Engelbert II of Valkenburg (c.1220–1274), Archbishop of Cologne 1261–71, son of Dirk I
- Goswin I of Valkenburg-Heinsberg (died 1128), builder of Valkenburg Castle
- Goswin II of Valkenburg (c.1105–1168), son of Goswin I
- Johannes von Valkenburg (fl. 1299), Franciscan friar, calligrapher, and miniaturist
Van Valkenburg
- Catharine Van Valkenburg Waite (1829–1913), American author, lawyer and women's suffrage activist
- Catherine E. Van Valkenburg (1880–1961), American concert pianist
- Fred Van Valkenburg (born 1948), American (Montana) Democratic politician
- Mac Van Valkenburg (1921–1997), American electrical engineer
- Schuyler VanValkenburg (born 1982), American (Virginia) Democratic politician
- Zach VanValkenburg (born 1998), American football player
- Richard Van Valkenburg (1823–1912), American pioneer settler in Colorado
- Wade Van Valkenburg (1899–1985), American (Michigan) Republican politician
(Van) Valckenburch / Valckenburgh / Valkenburgh
- Jan Valckenburgh (1623–1667), Dutch civil servant, Director-General of the Dutch Gold Coast 1656–1669
- Margaretha van Valckenburch (1565–1650), Dutch shipowner and Dutch East India Company stockholder
- Van Valkenburgh, a variant spelling extant in the United States
(Van) Valckenborch / Valckenborgh / Valkenborgh
- A Flemish family of landscape painters
- Marten van Valckenborch (1535–1612), brother of Lucas
- Frederik van Valckenborch (1566–1623), son of Marten
- Gillis van Valckenborch (1570–1622), son of Marten
- Lucas van Valckenborch (c.1537–1597), brother of Marten
- Marten van Valckenborch (1535–1612), brother of Lucas
- Jan van Valckenborgh (c.1575–1624), Dutch military engineer and fortress builder
- Sam Valkenborgh (born 1975), Belgian pop and rap musician
See also
edit- Falkenburg (disambiguation), including a surname
- Falckenberg, German surname
- Falkenberg (surname), German surname
References
edit- ^ Valkenburg at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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