Van Cleef

Van Cleef is a Dutch surname and may refer to:

  • Jan Van Cleef (1646-1716), Flemish painter
  • Joos van Cleve (also spelled Jos van Cleef) (1485-1540), painter from Cleves
  • Cornelius van Cleve (1520-1567), painter and son of Joos
  • Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns
  • Nathan van Cleef, one of the villains of Shanghai Noon (modeled after Lee Van Cleef)
  • Olaf Van Cleef, Dutch painter from Paris, France

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “The first day that we landed upon that fatal shore
    The planters they came round us full twenty score or more,
    They rank’d us up like horses, and sold us out of hand
    Then yok’d us unto ploughs, my boys, to plow Van
    Dieman’s Land.”
    —Unknown. Van Dieman’s Land (l. 9–12)