Van Beek is a toponymic surname of (southern) Dutch origin. Though translating as "of the stream", the absence of an article suggests that the original bearer originated from a town called Beek rather than lived near a stream. There are several towns which are or were named Beek in Gelderland, Limburg and North Brabant and also one in the municipality Bree in Belgium near the Dutch border. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 38th in 2007 (17,148 people).Leender Brouwer The top 100 surnames in the Netherlands /ref> Related names include Beek, ''Van Beeck'', ''Ter Beek'', '' Van der Beek'', and ''
Verbeek Verbeek is a surname of Dutch origin. The name is a contraction of the toponym Van der Beek, meaning "from/of the creek". Besides a location near a stream, the original bearer may have been from a place called Beek.Arie van Beek (b. 1951), Dutch conductor
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Bernard van Beek
Bernardus Antonie van Beek (30 January 1875, in Amsterdam – 3 March 1941, in Kortenhoef) was a Dutch landscape painter. He never attended an academy. He was part of the Kortenhoef School, a sub-movement of the Hague School and is thus in th ...
(1875–1941), Dutch landscape painter
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Gijs van Beek
Gijs van Beek (born 21 July 1971 in Rhenen) is a Dutch sport shooter. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), th ...
(born 1971), Dutch sport shooter
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Gys van Beek
Gys Jansen-Van Beek (March 31, 1919 – November 14, 2015) was a Dutch-American inventor who, as a member of the Dutch resistance during World War II, helped rescue members of the Allies of World War II, Allied forces and is also recognized a ...
(1919–2015), Dutch resistance member and American inventor
* Harold van Beek (b. 1962), Dutch racewalker
* Jackie van Beek, New Zealand film director, writer and actress
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Jan van Beek
Johan Anton ''Jan'' van Beek ( – ) was a Dutch footballer.
Club career
Born in The Hague, Van Beek played for local side Swift as well as for Victoria Wageningen, AFC Quick Amersfoort, Quick Kampen and Frisia 1883 before leaving for the Dutch ...
(1880–1954), Dutch footballer
* Logan van Beek (b. 1990), New Zealand-born Dutch cricketer
* Lotte van Beek (b. 1991), Dutch speed skater
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Martin van Beek
Marinus Jan "Martin" van Beek (; 1 April 1960 – 26 August 2018) was a Dutch politician representing the Party for Freedom in the Senate (Netherlands), Senate.
Between 2006 and 2009, van Beek studied New Business Development at the Business Sc ...
(b. 1960), Dutch politician
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Rinus van Beek
Marinus Cornelis "Rinus" van Beek (18 July 1947 - 7 March 2018) was a Dutch swimmer. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympi ...
(b. 1947), Dutch swimmer
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Rob Van Beek
Rob Van Beek (born August 18, 1983) is a professional indoor lacrosse player. He attended St. Vincent College. He is from Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
NLL career
Van Beek was selected with the fifth overall pick in the First Round of th ...
(b. 1983), Canadian lacrosse player
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Sven van Beek
Sven van Beek (born 28 July 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Eredivisie club Heerenveen.
Club career Feyenoord
Born in Gouda, Van Beek began playing football in the youth departments of SV Donk and Sparta ...
(b. 1994), Dutch footballer
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Svenja van Beek
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(b. 1987), Dutch pop singer
* Willibrord van Beek (b. 1949), Dutch politician
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Cato Bontjes van Beek
Cato Bontjes van Beek (; 14 November 1920 – 5 August 1943) was a German member of the Resistance against the Nazi regime.
Early years
Born in Bremen, Cato was the eldest of three children. She spent her childhood and youth in the nearby Fi ...
(1920–1943), German resistance member
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* Franz Jozef van Beeck (1930–2011), Dutch Jesuit theologian
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Peter von Beeck
Peter von Beeck (died 23 February 1624 in Aachen
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-larg ...