Verbruggen, Verbrugghen, Verbrugge and Verbrugghe are Dutch toponymic surnames. They are a contraction of "van der Brugge(n)", meaning "from the bridge".Verbruggen at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Notable people with the surname include:
Verbruggen / Verbrugghen Bart Verbruggen (born 2002), Dutch footballer Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder (1635–1681), Flemish painter (father) Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (1664–1730), Flemish painter (son) Hein Verbruggen (1941–2017), Dutch International Olympic Committee member Hendrik Frans Verbrugghen (1654–1724), Flemish sculptor Henri Verbrugghen (1873–1934), Belgian conductor and violinist, founder of the Verbrugghen String Quartet Jakob Verbruggen (born 1980), Belgian TV and film director Jan Verbruggen (1712–1781), Dutch painter and master founder Joffrey Verbruggen (born 1989), Belgian actor John Verbruggen (died 1708), English actor, husband of Susanna Marlies Verbruggen (born 1988), Belgian footballer Marion Verbruggen (born 1950), Dutch recorder player Pieter Verbrugghen I (1615–1686), Flemish sculptor, father of Hendrik Frans and Pieter II Pieter Verbrugghen II (1648–1691), Flemish sculptor, draughtsman, etcher and stone merchant Susanna Verbruggen (c. 1667–1703), English actor, wife of John
Verbrugge / Verbrugghe Albert Verbrugghe, Belgian crime victim Angela Verbrugge (active from 1997), Canadian jazz vocalist, lyricist, and composer Brecht Verbrugghe (born 1982), Belgian footballer Carel Verbrugge (1926–1985), Dutch singer, actor and radio/TV personality known as "Willy Alberti" Cyrille Verbrugge (1866–1929), Belgian fencer Henri Verbrugghe (1929–2009), Belgian sprint canoeist Ief Verbrugghe (born 1971), Belgian cyclist Jacques Verbrugge (born 1955), Dutch cyclist Jean Verbrugge (1896–1964), Belgian fencer Jules Verbrugge (1886-1921), French footballer Magdalenus Verbrugge (active 1969), Canadian politician Rik Verbrugghe (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist Rineke Verbrugge (born 1965), Dutch logician and computer scientist Sven Verbrugge (born 1967), Belgian sidecar cross rider Willy Albertina Verbrugge (born 1945), Dutch singer and actress known as "Willeke Alberti"
See also Van Bruggen (including Van der Brugg(h)en)
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