Van Vliet
# Van Vliet

Van Vliet is a toponymic surname of Dutch origin. The original bearer may have lived or worked near a vliet, a Dutch term for a minor stream. The name is quite common in the Netherlands, ranking 40th in 2007 (16,903 people). Variations include Van de Vliet and Van der Vliet. People with this surname include:

* Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper [de; nl] (born 1951), Dutch mayor
* Andy Van Vliet (born 1995), Belgian basketball player for Bnei Herzliya Basket in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
* Arie van Vliet (1916–2001), Dutch Olympic cycler
* Carolyne Van Vliet (1929–2016), Dutch-born American physicist
* Claire Van Vliet (born 1933), Canadian painter, illustrator and typographer
* Chris Van Vliet (born 1983), Canadian television personality
* Don Van Vliet (1941–2010), better known as Captain Beefheart, American musician and painter
* Eddy van Vliet (1942–2002), Belgian writer and lawyer
* Gerard van Vliet (born 1964), Aruban cyclist
* Hanna van Vliet (born 1992), Dutch actress
* Hanpeter van Vliet (1962–1996), Dutch software engineer
* Hans van Vliet (born 1949), Dutch computer scientist
* Hans van Vliet (born 1976), better known as Hunz, Australian electronic pop musician
* Hendrick Cornelisz van Vliet (1611–1675), Dutch painter
* Jan van Vliet (1622–1666), Dutch philologist
* Jan Gillisz van Vliet (1605–1668), Dutch painter
* Jeremias van Vliet (1602–1663), Dutch East India Company director and historian in Thailand
* Jeroen van Vliet [de; nl] (born 1965), Dutch jazz pianist
* John H. Van Vliet [de; pl] (1914–2000), United States Army commander and POW known for the Van Vliet Report
* Krystyn Van Vliet, American engineer
* Leo van Vliet (born 1955), Dutch racing cyclist
* Louis van Vliet (1854–1932), Dutch chess master
* Lyman Van Vliet (born ca. 1927), American inventor of Shoe Goo
* Marcel van Vliet (born 1970), Dutch truck racer
* Marjorie van Vliet (1923–1990), American aviator
* Maury Van Vliet (1913–2001), Canadian physical education academic
* Nel van Vliet (1926–2006), Dutch swimmer
* Paul van Vliet (1935–2023), Dutch cabaretier and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
* Peter Van Vliet (fl. 1841–1851), American farmer and politician
* Robert Campbell Van Vliet (1857–1943), United States Army commander
* Roland van Vliet (born 1969), Dutch politician
* Stefanie van Vliet (born 1967), Dutch politician
* Stewart Van Vliet (1815–1901), Union general of the American Civil War
* Teun van Vliet (born 1962), Dutch road cyclist
* Tony Van Vliet (American politician) (born 1930), American politician
* Tony Van Vliet (Australian politician) (1933–1982), Australian politician
* Willem van Vliet (born 1952), Dutch sociologist

## Van de(r) Vliet

* Albert Van de Vliet (born 1917, date of death unknown), Belgian Olympic canoeist
* Cornelis van der Vliet (1880–1960), Dutch sports shooter
* Henk van der Vliet (born 1928), Dutch flutist and composer
* Jan van der Vliet (born 1949), Dutch rower
* Patricia van der Vliet (born 1989), Dutch fashion model
* Wiebe van der Vliet (born 1970), Dutch film editor
* Willem van der Vliet (ca. 1584–1642), Dutch Golden Age painter
