Van Vliet is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a vliet, a Dutch term for a minor stream. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 40th in 2007 (16,903 people). ^[1] Variations include Van de Vliet and Van der Vliet. People with this surname include:

• Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper  [ de; nl ] (born 1951), Dutch mayor
• Andy Van Vliet (born 1995), Belgian basketball player
• Arie van Vliet (1916–2001), Dutch Olympic cycler
• Carolyne Van Vliet (1929–2016), Dutch-born American physicist
• Claire Van Vliet (born 1933), Canadian painter, illustrator and typographer
• Chris Van Vliet (born 1983), Canadian television personality
• Don Van Vliet (1941–2010), better known as Captain Beefheart, American musician and painter
• Eddy van Vliet (1942–2002), Belgian writer and lawyer
• Hanna van Vliet (born 1992), Dutch actress
• Hanpeter van Vliet (1962–1996), Dutch software engineer
• Hans van Vliet (born 1949), Dutch computer scientist
• Hans van Vliet (born 1976), better known as Hunz, Australian electronic pop musician
• Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet (1611–1675), Dutch painter
• Jan van Vliet (1622–1666), Dutch philologist
• Jan Gillisz van Vliet (1605–1668), Dutch painter
• Jeremias van Vliet (1602–1663), Dutch East India Company director and historian in Thailand
• Jeroen van Vliet  [ de; nl ] (born 1965), Dutch jazz pianist
• John H. Van Vliet  [ de; pl ] (1914–2000), United States Army commander and POW known for the Van Vliet Report
• Krystyn Van Vliet, American engineer
• Leo van Vliet (born 1955), Dutch racing cyclist
• Louis van Vliet (1854–1932), Dutch chess master
• Lyman Van Vliet (born ca. 1927), American inventor of Shoe Goo
• Marcel van Vliet (born 1970), Dutch truck racer
• Marjorie van Vliet (1923–1990), American aviator
• Maury Van Vliet (1913–2001), Canadian physical education academic
• Nel van Vliet (1926–2006), Dutch swimmer
• Paul van Vliet (1935–2023), Dutch cabaretier and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
• Perry Van Vliet Hackett (born 1943), American television journalist
• Peter Van Vliet (fl. 1841–1851), American farmer and politician
• Robert Campbell Van Vliet (1857–1943), United States Army commander
• Roland van Vliet (born 1969), Dutch politician
• Stefanie van Vliet (born 1967), Dutch politician
• Stewart Van Vliet (1815–1901), Union general of the American Civil War
• Teun van Vliet (born 1962), Dutch road cyclist
• Tony Van Vliet (American politician) (born 1930), American politician
• Tony Van Vliet (Australian politician) (1933–1982), Australian politician
• Willem van Vliet (born 1952), Dutch sociologist

Van de(r) Vliet

• Albert Van de Vliet (born 1917, date of death unknown), Belgian Olympic canoeist
• Cornelis van der Vliet (1880–1960), Dutch sports shooter
• Henk van der Vliet (born 1928), Dutch flutist and composer
• Jan van der Vliet (born 1949), Dutch rower
• Patricia van der Vliet (born 1989), Dutch fashion model
• Wiebe van der Vliet (born 1970), Dutch film editor
• Willem van der Vliet (ca. 1584–1642), Dutch Golden Age painter

• Fan-der-Flit, Russian noble merchant family

See also

• Vliet (disambiguation)

References

Surname list

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