Van Rossum Explained

Van Rossum is a Dutch toponymic surname. Rossum could refer to a number of places, including Rossum, Gelderland, Rossum, Overijssel and in Flemish Brabant.^[1] People with this surname include:

• Eric van Rossum (born 1963), Dutch footballer
• (1856–1917), Dutch landscape painter and etcher
• (born 1939), Belgian composer and pianist
• (born 1947), German historian
• Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch computer programmer and author of the Python programming language
• Henk van Rossum (1919–2017), Dutch Reformed Political Party politician
• (1809–1873), Dutch partner of Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
• Just van Rossum (born 1966), Dutch typeface designer and computer programmer, brother of Guido
• Maarten van Rossum (1478–1555), Dutch (Guelders) warlord and later field marshal
• Willem Marinus van Rossum (1854–1932), Dutch Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

See also

• Rossum (disambiguation)
• Van Rossem, surname of the same origin

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=van+Rossum&nfd_naam=Rossum%2C+van&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal= Rossum, van