Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
People with this surname include:
Antal van den Bosch (born 1969), Dutch language researcher
Dirk van den Bosch (1906–1994), Dutch sports shooter
Engelbertus Batavus van den Bosch (1789-1851), Dutch admiral and Minister of Colonies
François Van Den Bosch (born 1934), Belgian cyclist
Hippolyte Van den Bosch (1926-2011), Belgian footballer
Jean Van Den Bosch (1898-1985), Belgian cyclist
Jean van den Bosch (1910-1985), Belgian diplomat
Jean Van den Bosch, guitarist and vocalist of the The Vipers Skiffle Group
Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Dutch Minister of State and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
Johannes van den Bosch (1906-1994), Dutch chess player
Johannes Adrianus van den Bosch (1813-1870), Dutch officer and politician; Minister of War from 1866-1868
Kyle Vanden Bosch (b. 1978), American football player
Linde van den Bosch (b. 1963), Dutch linguist
Monique van den Bosch (b. 1964), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
Pieter van den Bosch (1612–1673), Dutch painter
Pieter Van den Bosch (1927-2009), Belgian footballer
Rinus van den Bosch (1938-1996), Dutch artist
Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810-1862), Dutch botanist
Tjalling van den Bosch (b. 1958), Dutch strongman
Tom Van Den Bosch (b. 1985), Belgian cyclo-cross racer
Van der Bosch
Peter van der Bosch (1686-1736), Flemish Jesuit hagiographer
Vandebosch
Ingrid Vandebosch (b. 1970), Belgian model
