Verbruggen

Verbruggen, Verbrugghen, Verbrugge and Verbrugghe are Dutch toponymic surnames. They are a contraction of "van der Brugge(n)", meaning "from the bridge". Notable people with the surname include:

Verbruggen / Verbrugghen

• Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Elder (1635–1681), Flemish painter (father)
• Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger (1664–1730), Flemish painter (son)
• Hein Verbruggen (1941–2017), Dutch International Olympic Committee member
• Hendrik Frans Verbrugghen (1654–1724), Flemish sculptor
• Henri Verbrugghen (1873–1934), Belgian conductor and violinist, founder of the Verbrugghen String Quartet
• Jakob Verbruggen (born 1980), Belgian TV and film director
• Jan Verbruggen (1712–1781), Dutch painter and master founder
• Joffrey Verbruggen (born 1989), Belgian actor
• John Verbruggen (died 1708), English actor, husband of Susanna
• Marlies Verbruggen (born 1988), Belgian footballer
• Marion Verbruggen (born 1950), Dutch recorder player
• Pieter Verbrugghen I (1615–1686), Flemish sculptor, father of Hendrik Frans and Pieter II
• Pieter Verbrugghen II (1648–1691), Flemish sculptor, draughtsman, etcher and stone merchant
• Susanna Verbruggen (c. 1667–1703), English actor, wife of John

Verbrugge / Verbrugghe

• Albert Verbrugghe, Belgian crime victim
• Brecht Verbrugghe (born 1982), Belgian footballer
• Carel Verbrugge (1926–1985), Dutch singer, actor and radio/TV personality known as "Willy Alberti"
• Cyrille Verbrugge (1866–1929), Belgian fencer
• Henri Verbrugghe (1929–2009), Belgian sprint canoeist
• Jean Verbrugge (1896–1964), Belgian fencer
• Rik Verbrugghe (born 1974), Belgian road racing cyclist
• Rineke Verbrugge (born 1965), Dutch logician and computer scientist
• Sven Verbrugge (born 1967), Belgian sidecar cross rider
• Willy Albertina Verbrugge (born 1945), Dutch singer and actress known as "Willeke Alberti"

See also

• Van Bruggen (including Van der Brugg(h)en)