{{Redirect|Van Rhijn|the lunar crater|Van Rhijn (crater)}} '''Van Rijn''' is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from (the) Rhine river".<ref>[http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=van%20rijn&gba_naam=van%20Rijn&nfd_naam=Rijn,%20van&operator=eq&taal= Rijn, van] and [http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?nfd_naam=Rhijn%2C+van&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Rhijn, van] at the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands</ref> Common spelling variations are '''Van Rhijn''' and the anglicized version '''Van Ryn'''. People with this surname include:
;Van Rijn *Anna van Rijn (ca.1512–1607), Dutch philanthropist<ref>[https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Rijn van Jutphaes, Johanna van], in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland.</ref> *Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Dutch painter and etcher *Titus van Rijn (1641–1668), single surviving child of Rembrandt and Saskia van Uylenburgh *Guido van Rijn (born 1950), Dutch blues and gospel historian *Martin van Rijn (born 1956), Dutch business leader and politician *Michel van Rijn (1950–2024), Dutch art smuggler, trader and investigator *Karen van Rijn (born 1960s), Dutch cricketer *Wilma van Rijn née ''van Hofwegen'' (born 1971), Dutch freestyle swimmer *Rolf van Rijn (born 1972), Dutch basketball player ;Van Reijn *Theo van Reijn (1884–1954), Dutch sculptor ;Van Rhijn *Johannes Jacobus van Rhijn (1742–1808), Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht *Pieter Johannes van Rhijn (1886–1960), Dutch astronomer **2203 van Rhijn (asteroid) and Van Rhijn (crater) named after him *{{interlanguage link|Albertus Johannes Roux van Rhijn|de||fr|}} (1890–1971), South African politician and diplomat *{{interlanguage link|Aart van Rhijn|nl|}} (1892–1986), Dutch government minister and state secretary *Willem van Rhijn (1903–1979), Dutch modern pentathlete *{{interlanguage link|Piet van Rhijn|de|Petrus van Rhijn|fr|Petrus van Rhijn|nl|Piet van Rhijn}} (1931–1999), Dutch footballer *Lia van Rhijn (born 1953), Dutch ceramist and sculptor *Marlou van Rhijn (born 1991), Dutch Paralympic sprint runner *Ricardo van Rhijn (born 1991), Dutch footballer ;Van Rhyn *Ernst van Rhyn (born 1997), South African rugby player ;Van Ryn *John Van Ryn (1905–1999), American tennis player *Marjorie Van Ryn née ''Gladman'' (1908–1999), American tennis player *Ben Van Ryn (born 1971), American baseball player *Mike Van Ryn (born 1979), Canadian ice hockey player *Laura Van Ryn (1984–2006), American car crash victim with mistaken identity
==Fictional characters== *Nicholas van Rijn (2376 to c. 2500 AD), main character in Poul Anderson's science fiction novels <!-- Notability unclear if not unlikely: *Jayden Van Rijn, secondary character in Dan Wells' post-apocalyptic Partials sequence--> *The van Rhijn family is one of the leading families in HBO’s period drama ''The Gilded Age''.
==See also== *Van der Ryn, surname of same origin *'''Vanryn''', extraterrestrials from the planet Ryn in the science fiction novel The Haunted Stars *Anna van Rijn College, Dutch secondary school named after Anna van Rijn (1512–1607) *Van Ryn & DeGelleke, American architectural firm co-founded by Henry J. Van Ryn (1864–1951)
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