Van Alstyne

Van Alstyne is a surname and may refer to:

  • Egbert Van Alstyne, songwriter
  • Frances van Alstyne, usually known as Fanny Crosby, American hymnwriter
  • Henry A. Van Alstyne (1869-1947), NY State Engineer and Surveyor 1904-1906
  • James Van Alstyne, professional poker player
  • Marshall Van Alstyne, academic
  • William Van Alstyne, constitutional law scholar and professor at William & Mary Law School

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “I passed a tomb among green shades
    Where seven anemones with down-dropped heads
    Wept tears of dew upon the stone beneath.”
    —Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.

    AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)