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Van den Berg is a Dutch-language toponymic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007. Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. "Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg". People with the surname include:
Sidney Van den Bergh, OC, FRS is a retired Canadian astronomer.
George van den Bergh was a Dutch law professor and amateur astronomer.
4230 van den Bergh, provisional designation 1973 ST1, is a Hildian asteroid and member of the Schubart family from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 37 kilometers (23 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1973, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S Palomar Observatory, California. The assumed carbonaceous asteroid has a very long rotation period of 88 hours and is likely of elongated shape. It was named for Dutch–Canadian astronomer Sidney Van den Bergh.
Henri W.PH.E. van den Bergh van Eysinga was Dutch religious socialist. He was born in The Hague and he died in Zutphen. He was revolutionary and a philosophical writer. In his book The soul of mankind he describes how children should be raised not to harm anyone and respect life.
Willem IV, Count van den Bergh was Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen from 1581 until his arrest for suspected treason in 1583.
Johannes van den Bergh is a German footballer who plays as a left back for Holstein Kiel.
Van der Pol is a Dutch, toponymic surname, originally meaning "from the raised land". Notable people with the surname include:
Hendrik Graaf van den Bergh, lord of Stevensweert, was a Dutch soldier in Spanish service during the Eighty Years' War and stadhouder of Spanish Upper Guelders.
Van den Bergh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Simon van den Bergh was a Dutch businessperson. He founded a margarine factory in the Netherlands that became world-famous.
Sidney James van den Bergh was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
Gustaaf Adolf van den Bergh van Eysinga was a Dutch theologian. From 1936 to 1944 he was professor in New Testament exegesis at the University of Amsterdam. He belonged to the Dutch school of Radical Criticism. Bergh van Eysinga was an advocate of the Christ myth theory.
Matthias Jansz. van den Bergh, was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the mountain". The first form is most common in East Flanders while the concatenated version is most abundant in West Flanders. Closely related names are Van den Berg, common in the Netherlands, and Van den Bergh. Notable people with the surname include:
The Grafelijke Korenmolen van Zeddam is a tower mill in Zeddam, the Netherlands, which has been restored to working order. The mill may have been built before 1441, making it the oldest windmill in existence in the Netherlands. It is listed as Rijksmonument number 9290.
Oort is a Dutch toponymic surname most commonly referring to the astronomer Jan Oort. Oort was one spelling of a Middle Dutch word for "edge" or "end", as in "the edge of town". Variant forms are Oord, Oordt and Ort, as well as Van Oort, Van den Oord etc.. People with these surnames include:
Johannes Antonius Arnoldus 'Joris' van den Bergh was a Dutch author and journalist. He is considered a pioneer of Dutch sports journalism.
