People
- Cornelius P. Van Ness, Vermont governor, judge and U.S. diplomat
- Frederick Van Ness Bradley, a U.S. Representative from Michigan
- George Van Ness Lothrop, a Michigan politician
- James Van Ness, son of Cornelius P. Van Ness, and mayor of San Francisco from 1855 to 1856
- John Peter Van Ness, U.S. Representative from New York and mayor of Washington, D.C.
- Michael E. Van Ness (b. 1974), American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory and discoverer of periodic comets P/2002 Q1 (P/Van Ness 1) and P/2005 R2 (P/Van Ness 2)
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