Van den Heuvel is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the hill". In the Netherlands 20,583 people carried the name in 2007, making it the 31st most common surname.[1] The name is sometimes concatenated as vanden Heuvel,VandenHeuvel or Van De Heuvel. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aad van den Heuvel (1935–2020), Dutch journalist and television producer
- André van den Heuvel (1927–2016), Dutch film and television actor
- Andrew Vanden Heuvel, American professor at Calvin College, Michigan, and discoverer of minor planets
- Antoon van den Heuvel (c. 1600 – 1677), Flemish history painter and draughtsman
- Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel (born 1987), Dutch field hockey player
- Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), American haiku poet
- Ed van den Heuvel (born 1940), Dutch astronomer after whom asteroid (3091) is named
- Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), Dutch politician and banker
- Erica van den Heuvel (born 1966), Dutch badminton player
- Ien van den Heuvel (1927–2010), Dutch politician and peace activist
- Ivy van den Heuvel (born 1988), Dutch ice hockey player
- Jan L. van den Heuvel (born 1950), Dutch organ builder (J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw)
- John van den Heuvel (born 1962), Dutch crime reporter
- Jules Van den Heuvel (1854–1926), Belgian lawyer and government minister
- Katrina vanden Heuvel (born 1959), American editor and publisher of the magazine The Nation, daughter of William
- Kiff VandenHeuvel (born 1970), American actor
- Koen Van den Heuvel (born 1964), Belgian politician
- Machiel van den Heuvel (1900–1946), Dutch escape-officer for Dutch POW's held in Germany during world war two
- William vanden Heuvel (1930–2021), American lawyer, businessman, writer, and diplomat, father of Katrina
- Sophie Van De Heuvel
See also
edit- 3091 van den Heuvel, an asteroid named in honor of Ed van den Heuvel
References
edit- ^ The Top 100 Surnames in the Netherlands at the Database of Dutch surnames