Van den Broeck explained
Van den Broeck or Vandenbroeck is a Dutch toponymic surname most common in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and East Flanders. "Broeck" is an archaic spelling of "broek" meaning "swamp". Notable people with the surname include:
- Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876–1925), German historian and writer
- Ann Van den Broeck (born 1976), Belgian actress and musician
- Charles Van den Broeck, Belgian tug of war competitor and Olympian
- Charlotte Van den Broeck (nl), Belgian poet
- Clemens van den Broeck (born 1943), Dutch goldsmith, sculptor and craftsman
- Chrispijn van den Broeck (1523–1591), Flemish painter
- David Vandenbroeck (born 1985), Belgian footballer
- Elias van den Broeck (1649–1708), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Hendrick van den Broeck (1519–1597), Flemish painter and brother of Willem van den Broecke
- Jan van den Broeck (b. 1989), Belgian middle-distance runner
- Jonathan Vandenbroeck (b. 1981), Belgian singer-songwriter known as "Milow"
- Joris Pieters van den Broeck (1610–1652), Frisian sailor in the service of the Admiralty of Friesland
- Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1983), Belgian cyclist
- Nicole Vandenbroeck (1946–2017), Belgian road race cyclist
- Paul Van den Broeck (1904 – after 1924), Belgian bobsledder and ice hockey player
- Remi Van den Broeck, Belgian businessman
- Rob van den Broeck (de; 1940–2012), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
- Walter van den Broeck (born 1941), Belgian writer and playwright
Van den Broecke:
- Lily van den Broecke (b. 1992), British rower
- Pieter van den Broecke (1585–1640), Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company
- Willem van den Broecke (1530–1579), Flemish sculptor, painter, draughtsman and architect and brother of Hendrick van den Broeck
- Pongky van den Broecke (b. 1958), ‘The Last Parkenier’, Indonesian descendant of Paulus van den Broecke brother of Pieter van den Broecke, managed 12.5 ha of nutmeg plantation.[1]
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Notes and References
- Web site: The Jakarta Post . Ponky van den Broecke: The last of his kind - People . The Jakarta Post . 2019-07-25 . 2021-11-15.
