Van den Broeck

Van den Broeck or Vandenbroeck is a Dutch toponymic surname most common in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and East Flanders. "Broeck" is an archaic spelling of "broek" meaning "swamp". Notable people with the surname include:

• Arthur Moeller van den Bruck (1876–1925), German historian and writer
• Ann Van den Broeck (born 1976), Belgian actress and musician
• Charles Van den Broeck, Belgian tug of war competitor and Olympian
• Charlotte Van den Broeck (nl), Belgian poet
• Clemens van den Broeck (born 1943), Dutch goldsmith, sculptor and craftsman
• Chrispijn van den Broeck (1523–1591), Flemish painter
• David Vandenbroeck (born 1985), Belgian footballer
• Elias van den Broeck (1649–1708), Dutch Golden Age painter
• Hendrick van den Broeck (1519–1597), Flemish painter and brother of Willem van den Broecke
• Jan van den Broeck (b. 1989), Belgian middle-distance runner
• Jonathan Vandenbroeck (b. 1981), Belgian singer-songwriter known as "Milow"
• Joris Pieters van den Broeck (1610–1652), Frisian sailor in the service of the Admiralty of Friesland
• Jurgen Van den Broeck (born 1983), Belgian cyclist
• Nicole Vandenbroeck (1946–2017), Belgian road race cyclist
• Paul Van den Broeck (1904 – after 1924), Belgian bobsledder and ice hockey player
• Remi Van den Broeck, Belgian businessman
• Rob van den Broeck (de; 1940–2012), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
• Walter van den Broeck (born 1941), Belgian writer and playwright

Van den Broecke:

• Lily van den Broecke (b. 1992), British rower
• Pieter van den Broecke (1585–1640), Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company
• Willem van den Broecke (1530–1579), Flemish sculptor, painter, draughtsman and architect and brother of Hendrick van den Broeck
• Pongky van den Broecke (b. 1958), ‘The Last Parkenier’, Indonesian descendant of Paulus van den Broecke brother of Pieter van den Broecke, managed 12.5 ha of nutmeg plantation.[1]