Van Zanten
is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Xanten" (locally and in Dutch spelled Santen). An alternative origin may be in Saintes (once known as "Zanten" in Dutch), a town just across the language border in Walloon Brabant.[1] People with the surname include:
- Claudia van Zanten (born 1979), Dutch politician
- Cornélie van Zanten (1855–1946), Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author
- David van Zanten (born 1982), Irish football defender
- Ek van Zanten (born 1933), Dutch sculptor and draftsman
- Frank van Zanten (born 1967), Dutch businessman
- Henri van Zanten (1957–2020), Dutch artist, actor and director
- Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927–1977), a pilot who responsible for the notorious plane disaster at Tenerife on March 27, 1977, thru on-ground collision with the Pan Am Flight 1736 who killed 583 people
See also[edit]
- Van Santen, Dutch surname of the same origin
- von Santen / Zanten, aristocratic German family name
- Veldhuyzen van Zanten, Dutch family name, most notably of the KLM airline pilot (1927–1977)
- Jan Luiten van Zanden (born 1955), Dutch economic historian
References[edit]
- ^ Zanten, van and Santen, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.