This article is about the Dutch surname. For the Catalan surname, see
Bosch (surname).
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007,[1] while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008.[2] Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
People with this surname include:
- Annik Van den Bosch (born 1971), Belgian politician
- Antal van den Bosch (born 1969), Dutch language researcher
- Dirk van den Bosch (1906–1994), Dutch sports shooter
- Engelbertus Batavus van den Bosch [id; nl] (1789-1851), Dutch admiral and Minister of Colonies
- François Van Den Bosch (born 1934), Belgian cyclist
- Hippolyte Van den Bosch (1926-2011), Belgian footballer
- Jean Van Den Bosch (1898-1985), Belgian cyclist
- Jean van den Bosch (1910-1985), Belgian diplomat
- Jean Van den Bosch, guitarist and vocalist of The Vipers Skiffle Group
- Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Dutch Minister of State and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Johannes van den Bosch (1906-1994), Dutch chess player
- Johannes Adrianus van den Bosch (1813-1870), Dutch officer and politician; Minister of War from 1866 to 1868
- Kyle Vanden Bosch (b. 1978), American football player
- Linde van den Bosch (b. 1963), Dutch linguist
- Monique van den Bosch (b. 1964), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
- Pieter van den Bosch (1612–1673), Dutch painter
- Pieter Van den Bosch (1927-2009), Belgian footballer
- Rinus van den Bosch (1938-1996), Dutch artist
- Robert Vandenbosch (1932–2024), American chemist
- Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810-1862), Dutch botanist
- Tjalling van den Bosch (b. 1958), Dutch strongman
- Tom Van Den Bosch [de; fr; nl] (b. 1985), Belgian cyclo-cross racer
- Van der Bosch
- Vandebosch