Van de Velde explained

Van de Velde, Vande Velde, or Vandevelde is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". Van de Velde is the 32nd most common name in Belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008,^[1] while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "Van de Velde" in The Netherlands.^[2] Among other variations on this name are Van der Velde, Vandevelde, Van Velde, Van de Velden, and Van der Velden.

Artists

• Peter van de Velde (1503-1586), Flemish painter born Pieter de Kempeneer and a.k.a. Pedro Campaña (each: "Peter of the Field")
• Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630), Dutch landscape painter
• Jan van de Velde the Elder or I, Dutch engraver
• Jan van de Velde II (1593-1641), Dutch engraver and painter; son of Jan I, cousin of Esias
• Jan Jansz van de Velde III (1620-1662), Dutch still life painter; son of the above
• Willem van de Velde, the elder (c. 1611-1693), Dutch seascape painter; no relation to the above
• Willem van de Velde, the younger (1633-1707), Dutch marine painter; son of Willem the Elder
• Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), Dutch animal and landscape painter; son of Willem the Elder
• Peter van de Velde (1634 – after 1723), Flemish marine painter
• Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), Dutch Lieutenant-at-sea and painter
• Henry van de Velde (1863-1957), Belgian painter, architect and interior designer
• Wannes Van de Velde (1937-2008), Flemish singer and poet

Film

• Jean van de Velde (b. 1957), Dutch film director, father of Yannick van de Velde
• Yannick van de Velde (b. 1989), Dutch actor, son of Jean van de Velde

Sports

• Chris VandeVelde (b. 1987), American ice hockey player
• Christian Vande Velde (b. 1976), American cyclist, son of John Vande Velde
• Darryl Van de Velde, (1951–2024), Australian rugby league footballer, coach and administrator
• Jean van de Velde (b. 1966), French golfer
• John Vande Velde (b. 1950), American cyclist
• Steven van de Velde (b. 1994), Dutch beach volleyball player and convicted rapist

Writers

• Philippe Vandevelde (1957–2019), Belgian comics writer
• Roger van de Velde (1925-1970), Belgian writer
• Vivian Vande Velde (b. 1951), American author

Others

• Abraham Momber van de Velde (fl. 1705-1710), last Dutch governor of Mauritius
• James van de Velde, former Yale University lecturer and a figure in the 1998 Suzanne Jovin case
• James Oliver Van de Velde (1795–1855), Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago
• Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873-1937), Dutch physician and gynæcologist

See also

• Van de Velde N.V., Belgian lingerie company

Notes and References

1. http://statbel.fgov.be/nl/statistieken/cijfers/bevolking/andere/namen/fam/ Most common surnames in Belgium
2. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Velde,%20van%20de%20/%20den%20/%20der Velde, van de / den / der