Van Wijngaarden is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Wijngaarden", a town in South Holland. Alternatively, it can refer to an origin in Sint Jacobiparochie in Friesland, which originally also was called "Wijngaarden". People with this name include:
- Adriaan van Wijngaarden (1916–1987), Dutch mathematician and computer scientist
- He devised a.o. the Van Wijngaarden grammar and the Van Wijngaarden transformation
- Gert Jan van Wijngaarden [de] (born 1964), Dutch archeologist
- Jeroen van Wijngaarden (born 1978), Dutch VVD politician
- Piet van Wijngaarden [de; nl] (1898–1950), Dutch motorcycle racer
- Theo van Wijngaarden (1874–1952), Dutch art forger
References
- Wijngaarden, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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