Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the mountain". The first form is most common in East Flanders while the concatenated version is most abundant in West Flanders.[1] Closely related names are Van den Berg, common in the Netherlands, and Van den Bergh. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Berghe:
Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1645), Dutch Golden Age painter
Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian painter
Garry Van Den Berghe (born 1960), Canadian curler
Herman Van Den Berghe (born 1933), Belgian geneticist
Paul Van den Berghe (born 1933), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
Pierre L. van den Berghe (born 1933), Belgian anthropologist and sociologist
Vandenberghe:
Georges Vandenberghe (1941–1983), Belgian cyclist
Hugo Vandenberghe (b. 1942), Belgian politician and academic