Van den Bos is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the forest".
Alida van den Bos (1902–2003), Dutch gymnast Bob van den Bos (born 1947), Dutch politician Conny Vandenbos (1937–2002), Dutch pop singer Jasper van den Bos (1634–1656), Dutch painter Jip van den Bos (born 1996), Dutch racing cyclist Matthijs van den Bos (born 1969), Dutch scholar of Iranian Sufism and European Shi'ism Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), Dutch video game musician Paul van den Bos (born 1940), Dutch photographer and cinematographer Pieter Vanden Bos (born 1961), Canadian football offensive lineman Ricardo van den Bos (born 1984), Dutch kickboxer Willem Hendrik van den Bos (1886–1974), Dutch-South African astronomer
See also 1663 van den Bos, main belt asteroid named after the astronomer Van den Bos (crater), small lunar crater named after the astronomer