Van den Heuvel explained

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.^[1] The name is sometimes concatenated as vanden Heuvel,VandenHeuvel or Van De Heuvel. Notable people with the surname include:

• Aad van den Heuvel (1935–2020), Dutch journalist and television producer
• André van den Heuvel (1927–2016), Dutch film and television actor
• Andrew Vanden Heuvel, American professor at Calvin College, Michigan, and discoverer of minor planets
• Antoon van den Heuvel (c. 1600 – 1677), Flemish history painter and draughtsman
• Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel (born 1987), Dutch field hockey player
• Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931), American haiku poet
• Ed van den Heuvel (born 1940), Dutch astronomer after whom asteroid (3091) is named
• Elly Blanksma-van den Heuvel (born 1959), Dutch politician and banker
• Erica van den Heuvel (born 1966), Dutch badminton player
• Ien van den Heuvel (1927–2010), Dutch politician and peace activist
• (born 1988), Dutch ice hockey player
• (born 1950), Dutch organ builder (J. L. van den Heuvel Orgelbouw)
• John van den Heuvel (born 1962), Dutch crime reporter
• Jules Van den Heuvel (1854–1926), Belgian lawyer and government minister
• Katrina vanden Heuvel (born 1959), American editor and publisher of the magazine The Nation, daughter of William
• Kiff VandenHeuvel (born 1970), American actor
• (born 1964), Belgian politician
• Machiel van den Heuvel (1900–1946), Dutch escape-officer for Dutch POW's held in Germany during world war two
• William vanden Heuvel (1930–2021), American lawyer, businessman, writer, and diplomat, father of Katrina
• Sophie Van De Heuvel

See also

• 3091 van den Heuvel, an asteroid named in honor of Ed van den Heuvel

Notes and References

1. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/documenten/top100.pdf The Top 100 Surnames in the Netherlands