title: Van Vliet
text: # 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
  