Van de Velde
Van de Velde, Vande Velde, or Vandevelde is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". Van de Velde is the 32nd most common name in Belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008,[1] while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "Van de Velde" in The Netherlands.[2] Among other variations on this name are Van der Velde, Vandevelde, Van Velde, Van de Velden, and Van der Velden.
Artists
- Peter van de Velde (1503-1586), Flemish painter born Pieter de Kempeneer and a.k.a. Pedro Campaña (each: "Peter of the Field")
- Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630), Dutch landscape painter
- Jan van de Velde the Elder or I, Dutch engraver
- Jan van de Velde II (1593-1641), Dutch engraver and painter; son of Jan I, cousin of Esias
- Jan Jansz van de Velde III (1620-1662), Dutch still life painter; son of the above
- Jan van de Velde IV, printmaker
- Willem van de Velde, the elder (c. 1611-1693), Dutch seascape painter; no relation to the above
- Willem van de Velde, the younger (1633-1707), Dutch marine painter; son of Willem the Elder
- Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), Dutch animal and landscape painter; son of Willem the Elder
- Peter van de Velde (1634 – after 1723), Flemish marine painter
- Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), Dutch Lieutenant-at-sea and painter
- Henry van de Velde (1863-1957), Belgian painter, architect and interior designer
Others
- Abraham Momber van de Velde (fl. 1705-1710), last Dutch governor of Mauritius
- Bruce Van De Velde, American sports administrator
- Chris VandeVelde (b. 1987), American ice hockey player
- Christian Vande Velde (b. 1976), American cyclist, son of John Vande Velde
- James van de Velde, former Yale University lecturer and a figure in the 1998 Suzanne Jovin case
- James Oliver Van de Velde (1795–1855), Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago
- Jean van de Velde (b. 1957), Dutch film director, father of Yannick van de Velde
- Jean van de Velde (b. 1966), French golfer
- John Vande Velde (b. 1950), American cyclist
- Philippe Vandevelde (b. 1957), Belgian comics writer
- Roger van de Velde (1925-1970), Belgian writer
- Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873-1923), Dutch physician and gynæcologist
- Vivian Vande Velde (b. 1951), American author
- Wannes Van de Velde (1937-2008), Flemish singer and poet
- Yannick van de Velde (b. 1989), Dutch actor, son of Jean van de Velde (director)
See also
- Van de Velde N.V., Belgian lingerie company
References
- Most common surnames in Belgium. However, familienaam.be provides much larger numbers with 10,795 people named "Van de Velde" , 4,732 named "Vandevelde" and 1,309 "Vande Velde"
- Velde, van de / den / der at the Dutch Family Name Database. "Vande Velde" and "Vandevelde" are rare in the Netherlands.
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