Van Riel 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.

Riel, Goirle Riel is a village (Dutch: '' dorp'') in the municipality of Goirle, south of Tilburg in the province pf North Brabant. Until 1997 it belonged to the municipality Alphen en Riel. On the east it is bordered by the stream valley of the river Donge, ...

North Brabant North Brabant ( nl, Noord-Brabant ; Brabantian: ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the w ...

. Less likely is an origin in a former hamlet of the same name that is now a neighborhood in Eindhoven.Riel, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: *

Cees van Riel Cornelis Bernardus Maria (Cees) van Riel (born 15 June 1951) is a Dutch organizational theorist, consultant, and Professor of Corporate Communication at Rotterdam School of Management and Director of the Corporate Communication Centre at the Erasmus ...

(born 1951), Dutch organizational theorist * Eef van Riel (born 1991), Dutch football midfielder *

Harm van Riel Harm van Riel (18 February 1907 – 13 December 1980) was a Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman. Career He served as a Member of the Senate from 6 November 1956 until 5 June 1963, and from 2 J ...

(1907–1980), Dutch VVD politician and businessman * Henri Van Riel (1908–???), Belgian sailor * Marten Van Riel (born 1992), Belgian triathlete *

Raimondo Van Riel Raimondo Van Riel (22 January 1881, in Rome – 9 May 1962, in Mentana) was an Italian actor. Raimondo Van Riel was born on January 22, 1881, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for his work on Quo Vadis? (1924), The Magnificent Rogue (1935) and ...

(1881–1962), Italian actor *

Sied van Riel Sied van Riel () is a Dutch trance music DJ and producer originally from Rotterdam but currently residing in Spijkenisse, Netherlands. He came into the scene in the year of 2006 with the production of his first track, "Fearless" and the followin ...

(born 1978), Dutch trance music DJ and producer * Stefan Van Riel (born 1970), Belgian footballer * Peter Van Riel (born 2003), Canadian goblin

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