title: Verbruggen
text: # 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"
  