Van der Heide explained

Van der Heide is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the heath". The surnames Van der Heijden and Verheijen have the same origin. People with this surname include:

Henning van der Heide (ca. 1460 - 1521), German late Gothic sculptor
Jan van der Heide (died 1959), Dutch tennis player
Joop van der Heide (1917-1980), Dutch footballer
Petra van der Heide (born 1971), Dutch harpist
Rogier van der Heide (born 1970), Dutch lighting designer
Sandor van der Heide (born 1978), Dutch footballer
Willy van der Heide, pseudonym of Willem van den Hout (1915-1985), Dutch children's writer

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Abraham van der Heiden (1597-1678), Dutch Calvinist minister and controversialist
Jan van der Heiden (1637-1712), Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and inventor
Mischa van der Heiden (born 1971), Dutch DJ

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Frederick Maurice van Heiden (1821–1900), Russian governor of Finland, son of Lodewijk
Lodewijk van Heiden (1772–1850), Dutch admiral and Imperial Russian Navy admiral

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