Van Maanen 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.

Gelderland Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...

now part of Ede.Maanen, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variants include '' Van Manen'' and ''Van Maenen''. People with this name include: *

Adriaan van Maanen Adriaan van Maanen (March 31, 1884 – January 26, 1946) was a Dutch–American astronomer. Van Maanen, born into a well-to-do family in Friesland, studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht (earning his Ph.D. in 1911) and worked briefl ...

(1884–1946), Dutch-American astronomer *

Cornelis Felix van Maanen Cornelis Felix van Maanen (September 9, 1769 – February 14, 1849) was a Dutch minister and jurist. Van Maanen was born in The Hague. He studied law in Leiden, and entered legal practice in The Hague, where he later became general prosecutor. ...

(1769–1849), Dutch minister and jurist * Gregory Van Maanen (born 1937), American painter and Vietnam war veteran * Harold Van Maanen (born 1928), American (Iowa) politician *

John Van Maanen John Eastin Van Maanen (born 1943) is an American organizational theorist, Professor of Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and best known for his contributions to qualitative studies in management and to organizational ethn ...

(born 1943), American professor of management * Willem G. van Maanen (1920–2012), Dutch journalist and writer

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