Van Rijn Explained

Van Rijn is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) Rhine river".^[1] Common spelling variations are Van Rhijn and the anglicized version Van Ryn. People with this surname include:

Van Rijn

• Anna van Rijn (ca.1512–1607), Dutch philanthropist^[2]
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669), Dutch painter and etcher
• Titus van Rijn (1641 - 1668), single surviving child of Rembrandt and Saskia van Uylenburgh
• Guido van Rijn (born 1950), Dutch blues and gospel historian
• Martin van Rijn (born 1956), Dutch business leader and politician
• Karen van Rijn (born 1960s), Dutch cricketer
• Wilma van Rijn née van Hofwegen (born 1971), Dutch freestyle swimmer
• Rolf van Rijn (born 1972), Dutch basketball player

Van Reijn

• Theo van Reijn (1884–1954), Dutch sculptor

Van Rhijn

• Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn (1742-1808), Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
• Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960), Dutch astronomer
  • 2203 van Rhijn (asteroid) and Van Rhijn (crater) named after him
• (1890–1971), South African politician and diplomat
• (1892-1986), Dutch government minister and state secretary
• Willem van Rhijn (1903–1979), Dutch modern pentathlete
• (1931–1999), Dutch footballer
• Lia van Rhijn (born 1953), Dutch ceramist and sculptor
• Marlou van Rhijn (born 1991), Dutch Paralympic sprint runner
• Ricardo van Rhijn (born 1991), Dutch footballer

Van Rhyn

• Ernst van Rhyn (born 1997), South African rugby player

Van Ryn

• John Van Ryn (1905–1999), American tennis player
• Marjorie Van Ryn née Gladman (1908-1999), American tennis player
• Ben Van Ryn (born 1971), American baseball player
• Mike Van Ryn (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player
• Laura Van Ryn (1984–2006), American car crash victim with mistaken identity

Fictional characters

• Nicholas van Rijn (2376 to c. 2500 AD), main character in Poul Anderson's science fiction novels

See also

• Van der Ryn, surname of same origin
• Vanryn, extraterrestrials from the planet Ryn in the science fiction novel The Haunted Stars
• Anna van Rijn College, Dutch secondary school named after Anna fvan Rijn (1512–1607)
• Van Ryn & DeGelleke, American architectural firm co-founded by Henry J. Van Ryn (1864–1951)

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=van%20rijn&gba_naam=van%20Rijn&nfd_naam=Rijn,%20van&operator=eq&taal= Rijn, van
2. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Rijn van Jutphaes, Johanna van