# Van Pelt

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**Van Pelt** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) [toponymic surname](/source/Toponymic_surname) meaning "from Pelt". Pelt is a region in [Belgian Limburg](/source/Belgian_Limburg) including the modern municipality of [Overpelt](/source/Overpelt), It could also refer to the neighboring [Peel, Netherlands](/source/Peel%2C_Netherlands). People with this surname include:

- [Alex Van Pelt](/source/Alex_Van_Pelt) (born 1970), American football quarterback and coach

- [Alison Van Pelt](/source/Alison_Van_Pelt) (born 1963), American painter

- [Brad Van Pelt](/source/Brad_Van_Pelt) (1951–2009), American football linebacker

- [Bradlee Van Pelt](/source/Bradlee_Van_Pelt) (born 1980), American football quarterback and safety, son of Brad

- [Bo Van Pelt](/source/Bo_Van_Pelt) (born 1975), American golfer

- [Calvin Leroy Van Pelt](/source/Calvin_Leroy_Van_Pelt) (1924–2011), Native American businessman

- [Daniel Van Pelt](/source/Daniel_Van_Pelt) (born 1964), American politician convicted of bribery

- Darin Van Pelt (born 1979), American aerospace engineer

- [Erika Van Pelt](/source/Erika_Van_Pelt) (born 1985), American singer

- [Frank P. Van Pelt](/source/Frank_P._Van_Pelt) (1861–1942), Sandy Hook pilot

- [Graham Van Pelt](/source/Graham_Van_Pelt), Canadian musician and songwriter

- [James Van Pelt](/source/James_Van_Pelt) (born 1954), American science fiction author

- [Jim Van Pelt](/source/Jim_Van_Pelt) (1935–2022), American football quarterback

- John Van Pelt "JVP" (1958–2023), American news correspondent & educator

- [John Vredenburgh Van Pelt](/source/John_Vredenburgh_Van_Pelt) (1874–1962), American architect

- [Patricia Van Pelt](/source/Patricia_Van_Pelt_Watkins) (born 1957), American (Illinois) politician

- [Robert Van Pelt](/source/Robert_Van_Pelt) (1897–1988), American (Nebraska) judge

- [Robert Jan van Pelt](/source/Robert_Jan_van_Pelt) (born 1955), Dutch historian and Holocaust scholar.

- [Scott Van Pelt](/source/Scott_Van_Pelt) (born 1966), American sportscaster

- [Sydney James Van Pelt](/source/Sydney_James_Van_Pelt) (1908–1976), Australian medical doctor and hypnotist

- [William Van Pelt](/source/William_Van_Pelt) (1905–1996), American politician, representative from Wisconsin

- [Wouter van Pelt](/source/Wouter_van_Pelt) (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player

- [Aliyah VanPelt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aliyah_VanPelt&action=edit&redlink=1) (born 1997), a Marxist writer from South Dakota

**Fictional characters**

- Three siblings from the *Peanuts* comic strip: [Linus](/source/Linus_Van_Pelt), [Lucy](/source/Lucy_Van_Pelt), and [Rerun Van Pelt](/source/Rerun_Van_Pelt)

- Van Pelt, a fictional character and antagonist from the 1995 American fantasy adventure film, *[Jumanji](/source/Jumanji_(film))* and the [Jumanji Television series](/source/Jumanji_(TV_series))

- [Grace Van Pelt](/source/Grace_Van_Pelt), in TV series *The Mentalist*

- Maddie Van Pelt, from the Nickelodeon series [Every Witch Way](/source/Every_Witch_Way)

- Russell Van Pelt, the primary antagonist character in the 2017 American fantasy comedy film, *[Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle](/source/Jumanji%3A_Welcome_to_the_Jungle)*

## Other uses

- [The Van Pelt](/source/The_Van_Pelt), an indie rock band

- [Van Pelt Library](/source/Van_Pelt_Library), the University of Pennsylvania's main library, named after Charles Patterson Van Pelt, the major donor at the time of construction.[1][*[circular reference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Wikipedia_and_sources_that_mirror_or_use_it)*]

- [Van Pelt Manor](/source/Van_Pelt_Manor) in Brooklyn, New York, named after the Dutch settler Teunis Laenen van Pelt

- [Mount Van Pelt](/source/Mount_Van_Pelt), mountain in Antarctica

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Van Pelt Library](/source/Van_Pelt_Library)

Surname list
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