# Van Alphen

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**Van Alphen** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) indicating an origin in [Alphen](/source/Alphen_aan_den_Rijn) in [South Holland](/source/South_Holland), [Alphen](/source/Alphen-Chaam) in [North Brabant](/source/North_Brabant), [Alphen](/source/Alphen,_Gelderland) in [Gelderland](/source/Gelderland), [Alpen](/source/Alpen,_Germany) (once "Alphen") in [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), or [Teralfene](/source/Teralfene) in [Flemish Brabant](/source/Flemish_Brabant).[1] Notable people with the surname include:

- [Dick van Alphen](/source/Dick_van_Alphen) (1938–2009), Dutch-born Australian soccer player
- [Hans Van Alphen](/source/Hans_Van_Alphen) (born 1982), Belgian decathlete
- [Hieronymus van Alphen](/source/Hieronymus_van_Alphen) (1746–1803), Dutch Treasurer-General and children's poet
- [Isaac Van Alphen](/source/Isaac_Van_Alphen) (f. 1881), Postmaster General of the South African Republic
- [John Van Alphen](/source/John_Van_Alphen) (1914–1961), Belgian footballer and manager
- [Jopie van Alphen](/source/Jopie_van_Alphen) (born 1940), Dutch swimmer

## See also

- [De Haas–van Alphen effect](/source/De_Haas%E2%80%93van_Alphen_effect), discovered by [Wander Johannes de Haas](/source/Wander_Johannes_de_Haas) and his student Pieter M. van Alphen (1906–1967)
- [20 van Alphen](/source/20_van_Alphen), road running race held in Alphen aan den Rijn

## References

1. [Alphen, van](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=van%20alphen&gba_naam=van%20Alphen&nfd_naam=Alphen,%20van&operator=eq&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

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