Van den Berg is a

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toponymic surname A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name.

meaning " of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007.Berg, van de / den / der
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variants are ''Van de Berg'', ''Van der Berg'', ''Van den Berge''.

Van den Bergh Van den Bergh, Van Den Bergh is a Dutch surname, a variant of Van den Berg. Notable people with the surname include: *Arnold van den Bergh (notary) (1886‒1950), Amsterdam civil law notary *Dave van den Bergh (born 1976), Dutch footballer *Dimitr ...

, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. " Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg" (i.e. Rudolf v.d. Berg). People with the surname include:

Van den Berg

* Ad van den Berg (born 1944), Dutch politician who advocated legalizing pedophilia * Adrianus van den Berg (born 1954), Dutch rock guitarist * Albert van den Berg (physicist) (born 1957), Dutch physicist *

Albert van den Berg Philippus Albertus van den Berg (born 26 January 1974) is a South African former professional rugby union rugby player. His usual position was at lock. He played for the Sharks in the international Super 14 competition. He has also played for ...

(born 1976), South African rugby player * Albert Jan van den Berg (born 1949), Dutch jurist * Aldo van den Berg (born 1978), South African cricketer *

Bart van den Berg Bart van den Berg (born 25 July 1993) is a Dutch tennis player. van den Berg made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in the doubles draw partnering Jesse Huta Galung Jesse Huta Galung (born 6 October 1985) ...

(born 1993), Dutch tennis player * Carel van den Berg (1924–1971), Dutch chess master *

Cássio van den Berg Cássio van den Berg (born 1971) is a Brazilian botanist, noted for work in orchid classification and evolution, especially great changes in the generic circumscriptions of ornamental orchids in the genus ''Cattleya'', based on DNA studies for the ...

(born 1971), Brazilian botanist * Charl Van Den Berg (born 1981), South African model and LGBT activist * Daniella van den Berg (born 1996), Aruban swimmer * (born 1987), Dutch model * Dirk van den Berg (born 1966), German film director and producer * (born 1943), Dutch sculptor * Floris van den Berg (born 1973) Dutch philosopher, author, Director of CFI Low Countries * Gerard van den Berg (born 1932), Dutch TV show host * Gerard J. van den Berg (born 1962), Dutch econometrician * Gert van den Berg (cyclist) (1903–?), Dutch racing cyclist *

Gert van den Berg (politician) Gerrit "Gert" van den Berg (born 10 October 1935 in Rotterdam) is a former Netherlands, Dutch politician. As a member of the Reformed Political Party (SGP) he was a member of the Senate of the Netherlands, Dutch Senate from 1995 to 2011. Van de ...

(born 1935), Dutch SGP politician * Gillian van den Berg (born 1971), Dutch water polo player * Han van den Berg (born 1925), Dutch rower * Harman van den Berg (1918–2006), South African football midfielder * Helma van den Berg (19652003), Dutch linguist of Caucasian languages * Hugo van den Berg (born 1990), Dutch Grand Prix motorcycle racer * Jack van den Berg (born 1959), Dutch football coach *

Jacq van den Berg Jacob Ralph "Jacq" van den Berg (born 19 December 1916) is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples. He was born in Birmingham. Van den Berg, as crew on the Dutch Dragon, took the 13th place ...

(born 1916), Dutch competitive sailor * Jan van den Bergh (painter) (1587–1660), Dutch painter * Jan van den Berg (footballer) (1879–1951), Dutch footballer *

Jan Hendrik van den Berg Jan Hendrik van den Berg (11 June 1914 – 22 September 2012) was a Dutch psychiatrist notable for his work in phenomenological psychotherapy (cf. phenomenology) and metabletics, or "psychology of historical change." He is the author of numer ...

(1914–2012), Dutch psychologist *

Janwillem van den Berg Janwillem van den Berg (26 November 1920 in Akkrum – 18 October 1985 in Groningen) was a Dutch speech scientist and medical physicist who played a major role in establishing the myoelastic-aerodynamic theoryTitze, I. R. (2006). The ''Myoela ...

(1920–1985), Dutch speech scientist *

Jeen van den Berg Jeen van den Berg (8 January 1928 – 8 October 2014) was a Dutch people, Dutch long track speed skating athlete primarily known as the winner of the Elfstedentocht of 1954. He competed in the race a record seven times, with his first race b ...

(1928–2014), Dutch speed skater, winner of the Elfstedentocht in 1954 * Joba van den Berg (born 1958), Dutch politician *

Joey van den Berg Joey van den Berg (born 13 February 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He formerly played professional football for SC Heerenveen, FC Omniworld, Go Ahead Eagles, PEC Zwolle and Reading. Career Dutch Clu ...

(born 1986), Dutch football midfielder * Johannes van den Berg (born 1946) Dutch Musician better known as Harry Vanda *

Julius van den Berg Julius van den Berg (born 23 October 1996 in Purmerend) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . In July 2018, van den Berg joined UCI WorldTeam , after spending three years with the . In October 202 ...

(born 1996), Dutch cyclist * Ko van den Berg (born 1950), Dutch competitive sailor *

Laura van den Berg Laura van den Berg is an American fiction writer. She is the author of five works of fiction. Her first two collections of short stories were each shortlisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, in 2010 and 2014. In 2021, she ...

(born 1983), American novelist *

Lodewijk van den Berg Lodewijk van den Berg (; March 24, 1932 – October 16, 2022) was a Dutch-born American chemical engineer. He studied crystal growth and flew on a 1985 Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' mission as a payload specialist. Van den Berg was born in t ...

(1932–2022), Dutch-born American chemical engineer and astronaut * Lodewijk Willem Christiaan van den Berg (1845–1927), Dutch scholar * Luciano van den Berg (1984–2005), Dutch football defender *

Mandy van den Berg Mandy van den Berg (; born 26 August 1990) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a Defender (association football), defender for PSV (women), PSV and formerly for the Netherlands women's national football team, Netherlands women's national team. ...

(born 1990), Dutch football defender * Marco van den Berg (born 1965), Dutch basketball coach *

Max van den Berg Margrietus Johannes "Max" van den Berg (;Every word in isolation: born 22 March 1946) is a Dutch politician and member of the Dutch Labour Party. From 1979 to 1986 he was the chairman of that party and from 1999 to 2007 he was a Member of the ...

(born 1956), Dutch politician, Labour Party chairman from 1999-2007 * Mien van den Berg (1909–1996), Dutch gymnast * Morné van den Berg (born 1997), South African rugby player * Nick van den Berg (born 1980), Dutch pool player * Niekie van den Berg, South African politician and talk radio host * Paul van den Berg (born 1936), Belgian football midfielder * (born 1971), Dutch football defender and coach * Quinten van den Berg (born 1985), Dutch DJ and Musical Producer known as ''Quintino'' *

Roy van den Berg Roy van den Berg (born 8 September 1988) is a Dutch track cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Track Team . He was a part of a team that won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer olympics in the team sprint event, setting the new Olympic record i ...

(born 1988), Dutch track cyclist * Rudolf van den Berg (born 1949), Dutch film director *

Sepp van den Berg Sepp van den Berg (born 20 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Bundesliga club Schalke 04, on loan from Liverpool. Club career PEC Zwolle After successfully progressing through the PEC Zwolle youth ra ...

(born 2001), Dutch footballer *

Sjef van den Berg Sjef van den Berg (born 14 April 1995) is a retired Dutch competitive archer. He has won a total of two medals (a silver in the individual recurve and a bronze for the Dutch team) at the 2015 European Games, and eventually finished fourth in th ...

(born 1995), Dutch competitive archer *

Stephan van den Berg Stephan van den Berg (born 20 February 1962) is a retired windsurfer from the Netherlands. He was world champion in 1983 and in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Long beach, California won the first Olympic Gold medal in the Windglider for the Netherlan ...

(born 1962), Dutch windsurfer, first gold medalist in Olympic windsurfing * Trudy van den Berg (born 1947), Dutch pop singer * Ulrich van den Berg (born 1975), South African golfer * Vincent van den Berg (born 1989), Dutch football forward * Willem van den Berg (1910–1987), Dutch fencer *

Wilma van den Berg Wilhelmina Catharina Maria Martina "Wilma" van Gool (née van den Berg on 11 August 1947, commonly known as Wilma van den Berg) is a Dutch former sprinter, two-time Olympian, silver medalist in the European Championships and Universiade, Dutch n ...

(born 1947), Dutch sprinter

Van de Berg

* Ed Vande Berg (born 1958), American baseball player * Jeff Vandeberg, Dutch born American architect * Linda van de Berg, Dutch track racing cyclist * Tim van de Berg (born 1997), Dutch football midfielder

Van der Berg

* Dirk van der Berg (born 1967), South African cricketer * Hayes van der Berg (born 1994), South African cricketer

Van den Berge

Jojanneke van den Berge Jojanneke van den Berge (Eindhoven, 30 May 1980) is a Dutch journalist who worked for the broadcasting association PowNed.Niels van den Berge Cornelis Niels van den Berge (born 28 December 1984 in Bad Honnef) is a Dutch politician. As a member of GreenLeft (GroenLinks) he was a temporary MP from 12 January to 11 March 2011, replacing Mariko Peters, who was on maternity leave. He focuse ...

(born 1984), Dutch GreenLeft politician *

Rinus van den Berge Marinus ("Rinus") van den Berge (12 March 1900 in Rotterdam – 23 October 1972) was a Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the Netherlands in the 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France in the 4 x ...

(1900–1972), Dutch sprinter

Other uses

* Hendrik J. and Wilhelmina H. Van Den Berg Cottage, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Iowa

References

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