Van der Burg is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the fortress / stronghold".Burg, van de / den / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. Variations are Van de Burg, Van den Burg, Van den Burgh and Van der Burgh. Anglicized versions of these names show a variety of agglutinations and capitalizations. Notable people with the surname include:
Van der Burg / Vanderburg Adriaan van der Burg (1693–1733), Dutch painter Agnes Vanderburg (1901–1989), Native American (Salish) translator and writer Ben van der Burg (born 1968), Dutch speed skater Brigitte van der Burg (born 1961), Dutch politician Dave van der Burg (born 1993), Dutch off-road bicycle racer Dirk van der Burg (1721–1773), Dutch landscape painter and watercolorist Eric van der Burg (born 1965), Dutch politician George VanderBurg (born 1957), Canadian politician Helen Vanderburg (born 1959), Canadian synchronized swimmer Johan van der Burg (died 1640), Dutch Governor of Formosa Joost van der Burg (born 1993), Dutch track cyclist Willem H. Vanderburg (born 1944), Dutch-born Canadian technologist and writer
Van Deburg William L. Van Deburg (born 1948), American professor of Afro-American Studies
Van den Burg / Vandenburg Hans Vandenburg (born 1946), Dutch pop musician Herman Vandenburg Ames (1865–1935), American legal historian and documentary preservationist Ieke van den Burg (1952–2014), Dutch politician Malcolm VandenBurg (born c.1950), English physician
Van den Burgh / Vandenburgh G. van den Burgh (fl. 1938), Netherlands Indies footballer Jane Vandenburgh (born 1948), American writer John Van Denburgh (1872–1924), American herpetologist Shelli VanDenburgh (born 1969), American politician
Van der Burgh / Vanderburgh Cameron van der Burgh (born 1988), South African swimmer Charles E. Vanderburgh (1829–1898), American jurist Federal Vanderburgh (1788–1868), American physician and homeopath Hendrick van der Burgh (1627–aft.1664), Dutch genre painter Henry Vanderburgh (1760–1812), Indiana Territory judge, namesake of Vanderburgh County, Indiana Pieter Daniel van der Burgh (1805–1879), Dutch landscape painter Stephen Vanderburgh Harkness (1818–1868), American businessman
See also Van der Burgh, Dutch surname Van den Berg, Dutch surname Vandenberg (surname), concatenated form of Dutch surname
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