Verbruggen
# 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"
