Van den Brink is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the village center". The name is quite common, particularly in the Veluwe region, with 13,185 people in the Netherlands in 2007.[1] People with this surname include:
- Van den Brink
- Ad van den Brink (born 1944), Dutch sculptor
- Bas van den Brink (born 1982), Dutch footballer
- Bert van den Brink (born 1958), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
- Dolf van den Brink (born 1973), Dutch CEO of HEINEKEN
- Eric Van Den Brink, Dutch musician and record producer
- Hans Maarten van den Brink (born 1956), Dutch journalist and writer
- Harry van den Brink (born 1961), Dutch military commander
- Jan van den Brink (1915-2006), Dutch politician
- Jeroen van den Brink (born 1968), Dutch theoretical physicist
- Marcel R.M. van den Brink (born 1960), Dutch hematologist
- Nina van den Brink (born 1966), Finnish-Swedish author and journalist
- Patrick van den Brink (born 1967), Dutch politician
- Wim van den Brink (born 1952), Dutch psychiatrist
- Bakhuizen van den Brink
- Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink (1896–1987), Dutch theologian
- Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1881–1945), Dutch botanist
- Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1911–1987), Dutch botanist
See also
edit- Vandenbrink Design, Dutch car design and coachbuilding company, a.o. of the Vandenbrink GTO
- Ten Brink, surname with a similar origin
- Brink (surname)
References
edit- ^ Brink, van den at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames.