Van Os is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Oss", a town in North Brabant.[1] Variant spellings are Van Osch and Van Oss. Notable people with the surname include:

Van Os / VanOs
  • Arie van Os (born 1937), Dutch businessman and financial director
  • Ben van Os (1944–2012), Dutch production designer and art director
  • David Van Os (1950–2023), American lawyer and politician
  • Dirck van Os (1556–1615), Dutch businessman, c-founder of the Amsterdam Exchange Bank and the United East India Company (VOC)
  • Georgius Jacobus Johannes van Os (1782–1861), Dutch still life painter, son of Jan van Os
  • Jan van Os (1744–1808), Dutch painter known for his fruit and flower still lives
  • Jim van Os (born 1960), Dutch psychiatrist and epidemiologist
  • Joanne van Os (born 1955), Australian author and former wife of Rod Ansell
  • Maria Margaretha van Os (1779–1862), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Jan van Os
  • Nick Vanos (1963–1987), American basketball player
  • Pieter van Os (1776–1839), Dutch animal and landscape painter and engraver, son of Jan van Os
  • Pieter Frederik van Os (1808–1892), Dutch animal and landscape painter, son of Pieter van Os
  • Rosa de Vries-van Os (1828–1889), Dutch operatic soprano
  • Sussanna van Os née de la Croix (1755–1789), Dutch painter, wife of Jan van Os
  • Ton van Os (born 1941), Dutch etcher, sculptor, painter, and mosaicist
  • Willibrord van Os (1744–1825), Dutch Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht
Van Osch

See also

References

  1. Os, van at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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