Van Oosten is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the east".Oosten, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include:

Ben van Oosten (born 1955), Dutch classical organist, academic and writer Foort van Oosten (born 1977), Dutch VVD politician Gerrit Willem van Oosten de Bruyn (1727–1797), Dutch lawyer Gertrude van der Oosten or Geertrui van Oosten (ca.1320–1358), Dutch Beguine and mystic Izaak van Oosten (1613–1661), Flemish landscape and cabinet painter Keetie van Oosten-Hage (born 1949), Dutch racing cyclist Lauren van Oosten (born 1978), Canadian swimmer Marion Van Oosten (1914–2010), American ten-pin bowler Marsel van Oosten (born 1967), Dutch photographer Roald van Oosten (born 1969), Dutch musician from the band Caesar Van Oost Jacob van Oost (1603–1671), Flemish history and portrait painter Jacob van Oost the Younger (1639–1713), Flemish portrait and genre painter, son of the above (1677–1738), Flemish portrait painter, son of the above

See also

van Osten von der Osten

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