Van de Graaf
Van de Graaf, also spelled van de Graaff, van der Graaf or van der Graaff, is a Dutch toponymic surname. Although graaf is a Dutch noble title similar to "count", here it refers to an old term for a canal with the same origin in the verb graven ("to dig") as gracht and grave.[1] The small fortified city Grave, named for its canal, is the origin of at least one family "Van de(r) Graaf(f)".[2] Notable people with this surname include the following:
- Van de Graaf
- Bobbie van de Graaf (born 1944), Dutch rower, unrelated to Freek and Jan
- Janet van de Graaf, Canadian improv artist and television actress
- Jeff Van de Graaf (born 1959), Australian swimmer
- Willem Jacob van de Graaf (1736–1804), Governor of Dutch Ceylon
- Van de Graaff
- Adrian Van de Graaff (1891–1936), American college football player and coach, brother of Robert
- Freek van de Graaff (1944–2009), Dutch rower, unrelated to Bobbie and Jan
- Hargrove Van de Graaff (1893–1938), American college football player, brother of Robert
- Jan van de Graaff (born 1944), Dutch rower, unrelated to Bobbie and Freek
- Peter Van de Graaff (born 1961), American singer and radio personality
- Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967), American physicist
- William T. Van de Graaff (1895–1977), American football player, brother of Robert
- Van der Graaf
- Karen Van der Graaf (born 1962), Australian swimmer
- Pascal van der Graaf (born 1979), Dutch painter
- Valerie van der Graaf (born 1992), Dutch model
- Volkert van der Graaf (born 1969), Dutch environmentalist and assassin
- Van der Graaff
- Laurien van der Graaff (born 1987), Swiss cross-country skier
See also
- De Graaf (surname), Dutch surname originally meaning "the count"
- Van de Graaf canon, page construction originated in 1946 by Joh. A. van de Graaf in his Nieuwe berekening voor de vormgeving
- Van de Graaff (crater), lunar crater named after Robert Van de Graaff
- Van de Graaff generator, high voltage electrostatic generator invented by Robert Van de Graaff
- Tandem Van de Graaff, electrostatic accelerator facility in New York State
- Van der Graaf Generator, an English progressive rock band
- Van De Graaff Field, Tuscaloosa airport named after Hargrove Van de Graaff
References
- Graaf (gracht) in the Dutch etymological dictionary.
- Graaf, van de / der name origin at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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