Van Dam

van Dam (Dutch for "of the dam") may refer to:

  • Rob Van Dam
  • José van Dam
  • Andries van Dam
  • Sabu and Rob Van Dam
  • Rip Van Dam
  • Nicolette van Dam
  • Annick Van Dam
  • Marinus van Dam
  • Lloyd van Dams

The forms VanDam, Vandam or Vandamm are often indicative of a family of Dutch or Flemish origin which had lived for generations in a non-Dutch speaking environment, for example:

  • Kevin VanDam
  • Major William Vandam, fictional British officer in Ken Follett's "The Key to Rebecca"
  • Phillip Vandamm, fictional spy in Hitchcock's "North by Northwest"
  • "Prisoner of Vandam Street", 2004 book by Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman
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Famous quotes containing the words van and/or dam:

    “Upon entering my vein, the drug would start a warm edge that would surge along until the brain consumed it in a gentle explosion. It began in the back of the neck and rose rapidly until I felt such pleasure that the world sympathizing took on a soft, lofty appeal.”
    —Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)

    “The devil take one party and his dam the other!”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)