Van Kampen is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

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

Kampen Campen or Kampen may refer to: Places Finland * Kampen, the Swedish name of Kamppi, a district in Helsinki Germany * Campen, Germany, a village by the Ems estuary, northwestern Germany, home of the Campen Lighthouse * Campen Castle, a part ...

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Kampen, Overijssel Kampen () is a city and municipality in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. A member of the former Hanseatic League, it is located at the lower reaches of the river IJssel. The municipality of Kampen had a population of in and covers an are ...

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at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this surname include: * Aad van Kampen, (born 1919), Dutch footballer, ADO The Hague, center back, twice Dutch champion *

Claire van Kampen Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance (born 3 November 1953) is an English director, composer and playwright. She composed the music for Mark Rylance's 1989 performance as Hamlet and shared the 2007 Sam Wanamaker Award with him. Her composing ...

(born 1953), English director, composer and playwright * (born 1939), Dutch painter, sculptor and draughtsman *

Egbert van Kampen Egbert Rudolf van Kampen (28 May 1908 – 11 February 1942) was a Dutch mathematician. He made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups. Life Van Kampen was born to Dutch parents in Belgium, wher ...

(1908–1942), Dutch mathematician ** He devised the

Van Kampen theorem A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car. There is some varying in the scope of the word across ...

in topology and the

Van Kampen diagram In the mathematical area of geometric group theory, a Van Kampen diagram (sometimes also called a Lyndon–Van Kampen diagram ) is a planar diagram used to represent the fact that a particular word in the generators of a group given by a group pr ...

in group theory *

Jacob van Campen Jacob van Campen (2 February 1596 - 13 September 1657) was a Dutch artist and architect of the Dutch Golden Age, Golden Age. Life He was born into a wealthy family at Haarlem, and spent his youth in his home town. Being of noble birth and wit ...

(1596–1657), Dutch artist and architect * Johannes van Kampen (1899–1969), Dutch sprinter * Judith van Kampen (born 1978), Dutch softball player *

Michiel van Kampen Michiel van Kampen (born January 23, 1976, Haarlem) is a Dutch baseball player who currently plays for Kinheim and the Dutch national team. He has been a star relief pitcher in the Hoofdklasse who once set the appearances record and was MVP of t ...

(born 1976), Dutch baseball player *

Nico van Kampen Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen (June 22, 1921 – October 6, 2013) was a Dutch theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Van Kampen was born in Leiden, and was a nephew of Frits Zer ...

(1921–2013), Dutch theoretical physicist ** He pioneered the Van Kampen's expansion, technique in the analysis of stochastic processes * Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen (1776–1839), Dutch Mennonite author and deacon * Paul van Kampen, singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor * Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen (1878–1937), Dutch zoologist *

Robert Van Kampen Robert D. Van Kampen (1938–1999) was an American businessman, who served as a member of various organizational boards in the business world and Christian ministry. Van Kampen's business career took him into the investment banking world, and he b ...

(1938–1999), American businessman and Christian fundamentalist *

Robin van Kampen Robin van Kampen (born 14 November 1994) is a Dutch chess grandmaster. At the age of 14, he won the Dutch U20 Championship. He achieved his grandmaster (GM) title at the age of 16 years, 8 months and 17 days. Van Kampen has represented the Neth ...

(born 1994), Dutch chess grandmaster and prodigy * Stephen van Kampen, singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor

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