Van den Brink explained

Van den Brink is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the village center". The name is quite common, particularly in the Veluwe region, with 13,185 people in the Netherlands in 2007.^[1] People with this surname include:

Van den Brink

• (born 1944), Dutch sculptor
• Bas van den Brink (born 1982), Dutch footballer
• (born 1958), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
• Dolf van den Brink (born 1973), Dutch CEO of HEINEKEN
• Eric Van Den Brink, Dutch musician and record producer
• Hans Maarten van den Brink (born 1956), Dutch journalist and writer
• Harry van den Brink (born 1961), Dutch military commander
• Jan van den Brink (1915-2006), Dutch politician
• Jeroen van den Brink (born 1968), Dutch theoretical physicist
• Marcel R.M. van den Brink (born 1960), Dutch hematologist
• Nina van den Brink (born 1966), Finnish-Swedish author and journalist
• Patrick van den Brink (born 1967), Dutch politician
• Wim van den Brink (born 1952), Dutch psychiatrist

Bakhuizen van den Brink

• (1896–1987), Dutch theologian
• Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1881–1945), Dutch botanist
• Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1911–1987), Dutch botanist

See also

• Vandenbrink Design, Dutch car design and coachbuilding company, a.o. of the Vandenbrink GTO
• Ten Brink, surname with a similar origin
• Brink (surname)

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=van+den+Brink&nfd_naam=Brink%2C+van+de+%2F+den+%2F+der&info=aantal+en+verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Brink, van den