Vandenberg or Vandenburg is a surname that is a variation on the Dutch and Flemish surname "van den Berg", literally meaning "from the mountain" (a Dutch reference to a somewhat higher place in the landscape). The version treating it as a single word is current mainly in English-speaking countries.
Notable people with the name include:
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nations. He is best known for leading the Republican Party from a foreign policy of isolationism to one of internationalism, and supporting the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. He served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1947 to 1949.
Van der Plas is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the pool / pond / lake". People with this name include:
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence.
Adrian Vandenberg is a Dutch rock guitarist, best known for his tenure as one of the guitarists in Whitesnake during their successful late 1980s period and the band Vandenberg which he started in 1981. In 2013, Adrian formed a new band, Vandenberg's MoonKings, and recorded a new studio album which was released in early 2014.
Vandenberg may refer to:
Vandenberg is a Dutch–American hard rock band from Amsterdam and Los Angeles, formed in 1981. The group is named after guitarist Adriaan "Adje" van den Berg.
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:
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. The name is sometimes concatenated as vanden Heuvel,VandenHeuvel or Van De Heuvel. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Den Burgh is a Dutch surname, meaning of the village. Not to be confused with van den Berg meaning of the mountain. It may refer to:
Van den Bergh, Van Den Bergh is a Dutch surname, a variant of Van den Berg. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Bos is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the forest".
Ten Berge is a Dutch toponymic surname originally meaning "at the hill / mound". A much more common name with a similar meaning is Van den Berg. Ten Berge may refer to:
Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Belgian toponymic surname meaning in [Flemish] "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:
Van den Berghen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Van Gool is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from Goirle". "Gool" is a phonetic approximation of the regional pronunciation of Goirle. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Burg is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress / stronghold". Variations are Van de Burg, Van den Burg, Van den Burgh and Van der Burgh. Anglicized versions of these names show a variety of agglutinations and capitalizations. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest, with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
Ham or Hahm is a Western and Korean surname.
Van den Eynde, Van Den Eynde, van den Eynde or Vanden Eynde is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: