Van Kampen Explained

Van Kampen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Kampen", where Kampen usually refers to Kampen, Overijssel.^[1] People with this surname include:

Aad van Kampen, (1919–?), Dutch footballer, ADO The Hague, center back, twice Dutch champion
Claire van Kampen (born 1953), English director, composer and playwright
(born 1939), Dutch painter, sculptor and draughtsman
Egbert van Kampen (1908–1942), Dutch mathematician
- He devised the Van Kampen theorem in topology and the Van Kampen diagram in group theory
Jacob van Campen (1596–1657), Dutch artist and architect
Johannes van Kampen (1899–1969), Dutch sprinter
Judith van Kampen (born 1978), Dutch softball player
Michiel van Kampen (born 1976), Dutch baseball player
Nico van Kampen (1921–2013), Dutch theoretical physicist
- He pioneered the Van Kampen's expansion, technique in the analysis of stochastic processes
Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1776–1839), Dutch Mennonite author and deacon
Paul van Kampen, singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor
Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen (1878–1937), Dutch zoologist
Robert Van Kampen (1938–1999), American businessman and Christian fundamentalist
Robin van Kampen (born 1994), Dutch chess grandmaster and prodigy
Stephen van Kampen, singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor

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