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van de Velde

n. Belgian architect (1863-1957) [syn: Henri van de Velde, Henri Clemens van de Velde]

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Van de Velde

Van de Velde, Vande Velde, or Vandevelde is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the field". Van de Velde is the 32nd most common name in Belgium, with 8,903 people in 2008, while in 2007 there were 3,319 people named "Van de Velde" in The Netherlands. Among other variations on this name are Van der Velde, Vandevelde, Van Velde, Van de Velden, and Van der Velden.

Painters

  • Peter van de Velde (1503-1586), Flemish painter born Pieter de Kempeneer and a.k.a. Pedro Campaña (each: "Peter of the Field")
  • Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630), Dutch landscape painter
  • Jan van de Velde (1593-1641), Dutch engraver and painter; cousin of the above
  • Jan Jansz van de Velde (1620-1662), Dutch still life painter; son of the above
  • Willem van de Velde, the elder (c. 1611-1693), Dutch seascape painter; no relation to the above
  • Willem van de Velde, the younger (1633-1707), Dutch marine painter; son of Willem the Elder
  • Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), Dutch animal and landscape painter; son of Willem the Elder
  • Peter van de Velde (1634 – after 1723), Flemish marine painter
  • Charles William Meredith van de Velde (1818-1898), Dutch Lieutenant-at-sea and painter
  • Henry van de Velde (1863-1957), Belgian painter, architect and interior designer

Others

  • Abraham Momber van de Velde (fl. 1705-1710), last Dutch governor of Mauritius
  • Bruce Van De Velde, American sports administrator
  • Chris VandeVelde (b. 1987), American ice hockey player
  • Christian Vande Velde (b. 1976), American cyclist, son of John Vande Velde
  • James van de Velde, former Yale University lecturer and a figure in the 1998 Suzanne Jovin case
  • James Oliver Van de Velde (1795–1855), Roman Catholic Bishop of Chicago
  • Jean van de Velde (b. 1957), Dutch film director
  • Jean van de Velde (b. 1966), French golfer
  • Joke van de Velde (b. 1979), Belgian model
  • John Vande Velde (b. 1950), American cyclist
  • Philippe Vandevelde (b. 1957), Belgian comics writer
  • Roger van de Velde (1925-1970), Belgian writer
  • Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde (1873-1923), Dutch physician and gynæcologist
  • Vivian Vande Velde (b. 1951), American author
  • Wannes Van de Velde (1937-2008), Flemish singer and poet
  • Yannick van de Velde (b. 1989), Dutch actor

Usage examples of "van de velde".

Tom and Dorian signed the deed of transfer of High Weald and, grinning triumphantly, van de Velde handed over an irrevocable letter of credit drawn on the Bank of Batavia for an amount less than half of what he had been prepared to pay for it only a few months before.

So he started working again, drilling and moving as he was expected to do--according to Van de Velde in IDEAL MARRIAGE, which Sally had brought him from her father's library--with too much frenzy and not enough skill.