Van Cleef is a

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surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

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Jan Van Cleef Jan van Cleve (III) or Jan van Cleef (III) (6 January 1646 – 18 December 1716) was a Dutch-born Flemish painter who is known for his altarpieces, allegorical pictures and mythological scenes.Joos van Cleve Joos van Cleve (; also Joos van der Beke; c. 1485–1490 – 1540/1541) was a leading painter active in Antwerp from his arrival there around 1511 until his death in 1540 or 1541. Within Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, he combines the tr ...

(also spelled ''Jos van Cleef'') (1485-1540), painter from Cleves *

Cornelius van Cleve Cornelis van Cleve, Cornelis van Cleef or Cornelis van der Beke, nickname ''Sotte Cleve'' ('Mad Cleve') (1520 in Antwerp – 1567/1614)Leo van Puyvelde (1942)''The Flemish drawings in the collection of His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle'' p. 1 ...

(1520-1567), painter and son of Joos *

Lee Van Cleef Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef Jr. (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American actor. He appeared in over 170 film and television roles in a career spanning nearly 40 years, but is best known as a star of Italian Spaghetti Westerns, partic ...

(1925-1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns *

June Van Cleef June Van Cleef (born 23 September 1941) is an American photographer. Van Cleef's work is included in the collections of the Harry Ransom Center, the Grace Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts Houston The Museum of Fine A ...

(born 1941), American photographer *Nathan van Cleef, one of the villains of

Shanghai Noon ''Shanghai Noon'' is a 2000 martial arts western action comedy film starring Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. The first in the ''Shanghai'' film series and marking the directorial debut of Tom Dey, ''Shanghai Noon'' was written by Alfred ...

(modeled after Lee Van Cleef)

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