Van Galen is a Dutch toponymic surname. One town of origin is "Galen", now Gahlen, a village 25 km from the Dutch border in the district of Wesel in Germany. [1] The Galen family finds its origin there as well. Other families, particularly the variants Van Gaalen and Van Gaal, originated in the hamlet of Gaal near Schaijk, North Brabant. [1] People with the surname include:
- Barry van Galen (born 1970), Dutch football midfielder
- Berend van Galen (1606–1678), Dutch and local name of the Prince-bishop of Münster
- Johan van Galen (1604–1653), Dutch Navy Commodore
- Robin van Galen (born 1972), Dutch water polo player and coach
Variant spellings
- Alexander van Gaelen (1670–1728), Dutch battle and hunting scenes painter
- Chad VanGaalen (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter and illustrator
- Kenny van Gaalen (born 1988), Dutch sidecarcross rider
- HNLMS Van Galen, five ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy named after Johan van Galen
- Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch football player and coach
- ^ a b Galen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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Van Galen is a Dutch toponymic surname. One town of origin is "Galen", now Gahlen, a village 25 km from the Dutch border in the district of Wesel in Germany. [1] The Galen family finds its origin there as well. Other families, particularly the variants Van Gaalen and Van Gaal, originated in the hamlet of Gaal near Schaijk, North Brabant. [1] People with the surname include:
- Barry van Galen (born 1970), Dutch football midfielder
- Berend van Galen (1606–1678), Dutch and local name of the Prince-bishop of Münster
- Johan van Galen (1604–1653), Dutch Navy Commodore
- Robin van Galen (born 1972), Dutch water polo player and coach
Variant spellings
- Alexander van Gaelen (1670–1728), Dutch battle and hunting scenes painter
- Chad VanGaalen (born 1977), Canadian singer-songwriter and illustrator
- Kenny van Gaalen (born 1988), Dutch sidecarcross rider
- HNLMS Van Galen, five ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy named after Johan van Galen
- Louis van Gaal (born 1951), Dutch football player and coach
- ^ a b Galen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.