# Van Kampen

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**Van Kampen** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) meaning "from [Kampen](/source/Kampen_(disambiguation))", where Kampen usually refers to [Kampen, Overijssel](/source/Kampen,_Overijssel).[1] People with this surname include:

- Aad van Kampen (1919–?), Dutch footballer, ADO The Hague, center back, twice Dutch champion
- [Claire van Kampen](/source/Claire_van_Kampen) (1953–2025), English director, composer and playwright
- [David van Kampen](/source/David_van_Kampen) (born 1939), Dutch painter, sculptor and draughtsman
- [Egbert van Kampen](/source/Egbert_van_Kampen) (1908–1942), Dutch mathematician - He devised the [Van Kampen theorem](/source/Van_Kampen_theorem) in topology and the [Van Kampen diagram](/source/Van_Kampen_diagram) in group theory
- [Jacob van Campen](/source/Jacob_van_Campen) (1596–1657), Dutch artist and architect
- [Johannes van Kampen](/source/Johannes_van_Kampen) (1899–1969), Dutch sprinter
- [Judith van Kampen](/source/Judith_van_Kampen) (born 1978), Dutch softball player
- [Michiel van Kampen](/source/Michiel_van_Kampen) (born 1976), Dutch baseball player
- [Nico van Kampen](/source/Nico_van_Kampen) (1921–2013), Dutch theoretical physicist - He pioneered the [Van Kampen's expansion](/source/Van_Kampen's_expansion), technique in the analysis of stochastic processes
- [Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen](/source/Nicolaas_Godfried_van_Kampen) (1776–1839), Dutch Mennonite author and deacon
- [Paul van Kampen](/source/Beija_Flor), singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor
- [Pieter Nicolaas van Kampen](/source/Pieter_Nicolaas_van_Kampen) (1878–1937), Dutch zoologist
- [Robert Van Kampen](/source/Robert_Van_Kampen) (1938–1999), American businessman and Christian fundamentalist
- [Robin van Kampen](/source/Robin_van_Kampen) (born 1994), Dutch chess grandmaster and prodigy
- [Stephen van Kampen](/source/Beija_Flor), singer and musician in the rock band Beija Flor

## See also

- [Van Campen](/source/Van_Campen)
- [Van Kampen Investments](/source/Van_Kampen_Investments), an American mutual fund company established by Robert Van Kampen
- [Van Kempen](/source/Van_Kempen)

## References

1. [Kampen, van](http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Kampen%2C+van&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=bw&taal=) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

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