title: Van Hasselt
text: # Van Hasselt
  
  Van Hasselt is a Dutch-language toponymic surname, meaning "from Hasselt", a town either in Belgian Limburg, Dutch Limburg, Overijssel, the District of Kleve, or East Frisia . Notable people with this surname include the following:
  
  * Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823), Dutch physician, zoologist, botanist and mycologist
  * André Henri Constant van Hasselt (1806–1874), Dutch-Belgian writer and poet
  * Alexander Willem Michiel van Hasselt [fr] (1814–1902), Dutch entomologist and toxicologist
  * Barthold Theodoor Willem van Hasselt (1896–1960), Dutch chief executive
  * Dr. Sjoerd Johan van Hasselt (1992–present), Dutch biologist specialized in chronobiology and sleep research
  