van de Graaf is a surname, and may refer to:
- J. A. van de Graaf, see Canons of page construction
- Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901-1967), American physicist
- Volkert van der Graaf (1969-), assassin of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn
Van de Graaf may also refer to:
- Van de Graaff generator, developed by Robert Van de Graaff
- Van der Graaf Generator, English progressive-rock band named after the machine
Famous quotes containing the word van:
“Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)