van Velde is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bram van Velde
Bram (Abraham Gerardus) van Velde (19 October 1895 – 28 December 1981) was a Dutch painter known for an intensely colored and geometric semi-representational painting style related to Tachisme, and Lyrical Abstraction. He is often seen as mem ...
(1895–1981), Dutch painter
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Geer van Velde
Gerardus "Geer" van Velde (5 April 1898, Lisse – 5 March 1977, Cachan, Paris) was a Dutch painter.
Biography
Early life
Van Velde was the second son of Willem Adriaan van Velde, then owner of a small case of inland waterway transport ...
(1898–1977), Dutch painter, brother of Bram
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Gerard van Velde
Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde (born 30 November 1971) is a Dutch retired speed skater who specialised in sprinting. He won an Olympic gold medal in 2002.
Biography
Van Velde was considered the best Dutch sprinter during the early 1990s, but d ...
(born 1971), Dutch speed skater
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Van de Velde Van de Velde, Vande Velde, or Vandevelde is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". Van de Velde is the 32nd most common name in Belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008, while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "Van de Velde" in The Neth ...
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Surnames of Dutch origin