Van den Broek is a Dutch

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

, meaning "from the marshes".Van den Broek
surname origin at the Meertens Institute database of Dutch surnames Variant spellings include

Van den Broeck 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 va ...

, Van den Broeke, and Vandebroek. People with this surname include: *

Antonius van den Broek Antonius Johannes van den Broek (4 May 1870, Zoetermeer – 25 October 1926, Bilthoven) was a Dutch amateur physicist notable for being the first who realized that the number of an element in the periodic table (now called atomic number) correspond ...

(1870–1926), Dutch lawyer and physicist known for defining the

atomic number The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol ''Z'') of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei, this is equal to the proton number (''n''p) or the number of protons found in the nucleus of every ...

* Barbara van den Broek (1932 – 2001), New Zealand-born Australian architect and landscape architect *

Benjamin van den Broek Benjamin van den Broek (born 21 September 1987) is a New Zealand international association football, footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Koninklijke HFC in the Dutch Tweede Divisie. Born in Geleen, van den Broek has played for cl ...

(born 1987), New Zealand footballer *

Dirk van den Broek Dirk van den Broek (; 27 March 1924 – 8 April 2020) was a Dutch businessman, founder of Cooperating Dirk van den Broek Companies. Around 2014, all of his stores were renamed just into Dirk. He was born in Amsterdam in 1924. At the age of 15, ...

(born 1924), Dutch businessman * Elias van den Broek (1649–1708), Dutch Golden Age flower painter * Hans van den Broek (born 1936), Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Irene van den Broek Irene van den Broek (born 26 August 1980) is a former road cyclist from the Netherlands. She represented her nation at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships and 2008 UCI Road World Championships The 2008 UCI Road World Championships took place ...

(born 1980), Dutch cyclist *

Jacques van den Broek Jacques van den Broek (born 24 May 1960, Goes) is the CEO of Randstad Holding since March 2014. He also serves as the company's chairman. He joined the company as a branch manager in 1988. He once served as an independent director of Vedior. He hol ...

(born 1960), Dutch businessman, CEO of Randstad Holding *

Jan Karel van den Broek Jan Karel van den Broek (4 April 1814, Herwijnen, Gelderland – 23 May 1865) was a Dutch physician based at Nagasaki, in Bakumatsu period Japan. While in Japan, he briefly taught medicine, chemistry and photography. Early life Jan Karel van ...

(1814–1865), Dutch physician in Japan *

Jo van den Broek Johannes Hendrik ("Jo") van den Broek, (; 4 October 1898 - 6 September 1978) was a Dutch architect influential in the rebuilding of Rotterdam after World War II. Van den Broek was born in Rotterdam. He joined with Johannes Brinkman in 1936, a ...

(1898–1978), Dutch architect * Johannes van den Broek (1882–1946), Dutch businessman and Minister of Finance *

John van den Broek John van den Broek (1895 – 29 June 1918) was a Dutch born cinematographer. He is remembered primarily for his work on the films of Maurice Tourneur. Van den Broek died at 23 while filming the Tourneur directed film ''Woman'' in 1918. According t ...

(1894/1895–1918) Dutch cinematographer who died while filming * Klaas van den Broek (born 1955), Dutch ice hockey player * Koen van den Broek (born 1973), Belgian painter *

Marc van den Broek Marc Jozef Magareta van den Broek (born 1953 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a Belgian artist and sculptor. Life Marc van den Broek was born on February 2, 1953, in Mortsel-Antwerp. From 1963 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1971 he studied at the Akademie vo ...

(born 1953), Belgian painter and sculptor * Marilène van den Broek (born 1970), Dutch princess * Marleen van den Broek (born 1971), Dutch singer and presenter known as ''Marlayne'' *

Nanja van den Broek Nanja van den Broek (born 4 November 1975) is a Dutch world record holder freediver Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving is a form of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather ...

(born 1975), Dutch freediver *

Roel van den Broek Roelof "Roel" van den Broek (born 20 December 1931) is a Dutch religious scholar. He was a professor of Religious History of the Hellenistic period at Utrecht University between 1979 and 1991. He subsequently was a professor of history of Christ ...

(born 1931), Dutch religious history scholar *

Theo van den Broek Theo van den Broek is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. Van den Broek made his full All Whites debut in a 2–3 loss to Australia on 18 August 1958 and ended his international playing caree ...

(born 1930s), New Zealand football player *

Theodore J. Van den Broek Theodore J. van den Broek (5 November 1783 – 5 November 1851) was a Dutch Dominican Order, Dominican missionary to the United States. He was known for his capacity for foreign languages, his community building efforts, and extensive work among s ...

(1783–1851), Dutch Dominican missionary to the United States ;Van den Broeke *

Marnix van den Broeke Marnix van den Broeke (born 24 February 1976 in Axel, Netherlands, Axel) is a Dutch actor and stuntman. After an education in dance at the Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Fontys dance academy in Tilburg, he joined in 1999 the Dutch Nation ...

(born 1976), Dutch actor ;Vandebroek *

Sophie Vandebroek Sophie V. Vandebroek is a Belgian-born electrical engineer and business executive. She was the Chief Technology Officer of Xerox, and President of Xerox Innovation Group until December 2016. Vandebroek was CTO and a corporate vice president of X ...

(born 1962), Belgian electrical engineer and business executive

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