Van den Hoek is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the corner".[1] Variations on the name include Van der Hoek, Van den Hoeck, Van den Hoecke, and concatenated forms of these. The surname Verhoek is a contraction of "Van der Hoek". People with these surnames include:
Van den Hoek
Aad van den Hoek (born 1951), Dutch cyclist
Arnold van den Hoek (1921-1945), Dutch chess player
Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek (born 1921), Dutch World War II resistance fighter
Leanne van den Hoek (born 1958), Dutch army officer
nl:Martyn van den Hoek (born 1957), Dutch classical pianist [2]
Van der Hoek
de:Hans van der Hoek (born 1933), Dutch footballer
Zeke Vanderhoek, American teacher and entrepreneur
Van den Hoeck
Abraham van den Hoeck (1700-1750), Dutch founder of the German scholarly publishing house Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Van den Hoecke
Gaspar van den Hoecke (c. 1585 – after 1648), Flemish still life painter
Jan van den Hoecke (1611–1651), Flemish painter and draughtsman, son of Gaspar
Robert van den Hoecke (1622–1668), Flemish battle scenes painter, son of Gaspar
