Van den Bossche or Vandenbossche is a

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surname originating in

Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...

. It means either "from the woods" or "from

Den Bosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

". Notable people with the surname include: *

Aert van den Bossche Aert van den Bossche or the Master of the Crispinus and Crispinianus-Legend (also known as Aert Panhedel, Aert van Panhedel, Arnoul de Panhedel, Arnoul Vanden Bossche and Harnoult van den Boske)Agnes van den Bossche Agnes van den Bossche (c. 1435–40 – c. 1504) was a Flemish painter working in Ghent in the mid-to-late 15th century. She is one of the few known women admitted to the painter's guild of Ghent, and worked mainly on designing flags and banner ...

(c.1435 – c.1504), Flemish painter *

Alain Van Den Bossche Alain Van Den Bossche (born 17 November 1965) is a former Belgian racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, ...

(born 1965), Belgian racing cyclist *

Balthasar van den Bossche Balthasar van den Bossche (1681–1715) was a Flemish painter who is mainly known for his wide range of genre subjects and occasional portraits. Life Balthasar van den Bossche was born in Antwerp where he studied under the Flemish genre pain ...

(1681–1715), Flemish painter * Bart Van den Bossche (1964–2013), Flemish singer * Dany Vandenbossche (1956–2013), Belgian politician *

Darla Vandenbossche Darla Vandenbossche (born 1963) is a Canadian actress. Career Despite playing roles in high school theatre productions, it was not until she was 36 years old that Vandenbossche decided to pursue acting as a career. After working as a preschool te ...

(born 1963), Canadian actress * David Vandenbossche (born 1980), French footballer *

Fabio Van den Bossche Fabio Van den Bossche (born 21 September 2000) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results ;2014 : 1st Madison, National Novice Track Championships (with Nicolas Wernimont) ;2017 : UEC European Ju ...

(born 2000), Belgian cyclist *

Freya Van den Bossche Freya Van den Bossche (born 26 March 1975) is a Belgian (Flemish) politician and daughter of prominent former Belgian politician Luc Van den Bossche. She is member of the SP.a political party, and she was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Bud ...

(born 1975), Belgian politician * Georges Van Den Bossche (1892-1966), Belgian rower * Gielis van den Bossche (c.1490 – after 1545), Flemish painter *

Jules van den Bossche Jules Félicien Romain Stanislas van den Bossche (born 4 September 1819 – 12 January 1889) was a Dutch military officer and colonial government official. He was governor of the Dutch Gold Coast between 1857 and 1858 and member of the Counc ...

(1819–1889), Dutch military officer and colonial government official *

Luc Van den Bossche Luc Van den Bossche (born 16 September 1947, in Aalst) is a Belgian socialist politician and father of Freya Van den Bossche. He graduated as a Doctor in law at the University of Ghent in 1970. Luc Van den Bossche was a Member of Parliament fo ...

(born 1947), Belgian politician *

Martin Van Den Bossche Martin Van Den Bossche (born 10 March 1941) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Den Bossche finished in the top 10 of the Tour de France twice, and won the Mountains classification of the 1970 Giro d'Italia. Major results ...

(born 1941), Belgian bicycle racer * Oscar Van Den Bossche (1893-1927), Belgian rower *

Peter Van Den Bossche Peter van den Bossche (born 1959) is a professor of international economic law at the University of Bern (World Trade Institute). In 2018 he was elected president of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL). He served as a judge on the Ap ...

(born 1959), Belgian professor of international law * Willy Van Den Bossche (born 1949), Belgian archer * Yani Van den Bossche (born 2001), Belgian professional footballer

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