Van der Burg explained

Van der Burg is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress / stronghold".^[1] Variations are Van de Burg, Van den Burg, Van den Burgh and Van der Burgh. Anglicized versions of these names show a variety of agglutinations and capitalizations. Notable people with the surname include:

Van der Burg / Vanderburg

• Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733), Dutch painter
• Agnes Vanderburg (1901–1989), Native American (Salish) translator and writer
• Ben van der Burg (born 1968), Dutch speed skater
• Brigitte van der Burg (born 1961), Dutch politician
• Dave van der Burg (born 1993), Dutch off-road bicycle racer
• Dirk van der Burg (1721–1773), Dutch landscape painter and watercolorist
• George VanderBurg (born 1957), Canadian politician
• Helen Vanderburg (born 1959), Canadian synchronized swimmer
• Johan van der Burg (died 1640), Dutch Governor of Formosa
• Joost van der Burg (born 1993), Dutch track cyclist
• Willem H. Vanderburg (born 1944), Dutch-born Canadian technologist and writer

Van Deburg

• William L. Van Deburg (born 1948), American professor of Afro-American Studies

Van den Burg / Vandenburg

• Hans Vandenburg (born 1946), Dutch pop musician
• Herman Vandenburg Ames (1865–1935), American legal historian and documentary preservationist
• Ieke van den Burg (1952–2014), Dutch politician
• Malcolm VandenBurg (born c.1950), English physician

Van den Burgh / Vandenburgh

• G. van den Burgh (fl. 1938), Netherlands Indies footballer
• Jane Vandenburgh (born 1948), American writer
• John Van Denburgh (1872–1924), American herpetologist
• Shelli VanDenburgh (born 1969), American politician

Van der Burgh / Vanderburgh

• Cameron van der Burgh (born 1988), South African swimmer
• Charles E. Vanderburgh (1829–1898), American jurist
• Federal Vanderburgh (1788–1868), American physician and homeopath
• Hendrick van der Burgh (1627–aft.1664), Dutch genre painter
• Henry Vanderburgh (1760–1812), Indiana Territory judge, namesake of Vanderburgh County, Indiana
• Pieter Daniel van der Burgh (1805–1879), Dutch landscape painter
• Stephen Vanderburgh Harkness (1818–1868), American businessman

See also

• Van der Burgh, Dutch surname
• Van den Berg, Dutch surname
• Vandenberg (surname), concatenated form of Dutch surname

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Burg%2C+van+de+%2F+den+%2F+der&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Burg, van de / den / der