Van Maanen

Van Maanen is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Manen [nl]", a former town in Gelderland now part of Ede. Variants include Van Manen and Van Maenen. People with this name include:

• Adriaan van Maanen (1884–1946), Dutch-American astronomer
• Cornelis Felix van Maanen (1769–1849), Dutch minister and jurist
• Gregory Van Maanen (born 1937), American painter and Vietnam war veteran
• Harold Van Maanen (born 1928), American (Iowa) politician
• John Van Maanen (born 1943), American professor of management
• Willem G. van Maanen (1920–2012), Dutch journalist and writer

See also

• Van Maanen (crater), a lunar crater named after Adriaan van Maanen
• Van Maanen's Star, a white dwarf discovered by Adriaan van Maanen
• Van Maanen (family), Dutch patrician family, descendants of Wouter van Maanen (*c.1625)

References

Surname list

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