Van den Berg is a Dutch, Afrikaans and Flemish surname, literally meaning "from the mountain", "from the hill". When looking for this surname, know that alternatives like "van der Berg", "van de Berg" and ending in "Bergh" are sometimes used as well. It is also common to abbreviate the name to "v.d. Berg" (i.e. Rudolf v.d. Berg) It may refer to:
- Max-Albert Van den Berg (born 1890), Belgian righteous among nations
- Rudolf van den Berg (born 1949), Dutch director
- Albert van den Berg (born 1976), South African rugby player
- Carel Benjamin Van den Berg (1924–1971), Dutch chess International Master
- Jan Hendrik van den Berg (born 1914), Dutch psychologist
- Janwillem van den Berg (1920–1985), Dutch speech scientist
- Lodewijk van den Berg (born 1932), Dutch-born American astronaut
- Max van den Berg (born 1956), Dutch politician
- Sidney Van den Bergh (born 1929), Canadian astronomer
- Vincent van den Berg (born 1989), Dutch footballer
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Famous quotes containing the words van and/or den:
“Irrefragability, thy name is mathematics.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)
“The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
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