Van Rossum is a Dutch toponymic surname. Rossum could refer to a number of places, including

Rossum, Gelderland Rossum is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is a part of the municipality of Maasdriel, and lies about 11 km southwest of Tiel. Rossum was a separate municipality between 1818 and 1999, when it was merged with Maasdriel. Hi ...

Rossum, Overijssel Rossum is a village in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is a part of the municipality of Dinkelland, and lies about 4 km north of Oldenzaal on the road to Ootmarsum. It was first mentioned in the late-10th century as Rohthem, and means "s ...

and in

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Haina ...

.Rossum, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with this surname include: * Eric van Rossum (born 1963), Dutch footballer * (1856–1917), Dutch landscape painter and etcher * (born 1939), Belgian composer and pianist * (born 1947), German historian * Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch computer programmer and author of the Python programming language * Henk van Rossum (1919–2017), Dutch Reformed Political Party politician * (1809–1873), Dutch partner of Princess Marianne of the Netherlands *

Just van Rossum Just van Rossum (born 1966 in Haarlem) is a Dutch typeface designer, software developer, and professor at the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague. He is the co-founder of design firm, LettError, along with Erik van Blokland. Just van Rossum is the y ...

(born 1966), Dutch typeface designer and computer programmer, brother of Guido * Maarten van Rossum (1478–1555), Dutch (

Guelders The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...

) warlord and later field marshal *

Willem Marinus van Rossum Willem Marinus van Rossum, C.Ss.R. (3 September 1854 – 30 August 1932) was a Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was made a cardinal in 1911, led the Apostolic Penitentiary from 1915 to 1918, and served as Prefect of the Congr ...

(1854–1932), Dutch Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

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{{surname, Van Rossum Dutch-language surnames Surnames of Dutch origin Toponymic surnames

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