Van Hall is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Hall". This indicates an origin in either the town Hall in Brummen or Halle in Bronckhorst, both in Gelderland. Currently, the form Van Hal is more common.[1] The people with this name listed below all are descendants of Floris Adriaan van Hall (1736-1808), which family originated in Hall, Brummen:
- Floris Adriaan van Hall (1791-1866), Dutch statesman, twice Prime Minister of the Netherlands
- Gijs van Hall (1904–1977), Dutch politician and Mayor of Amsterdam
- Jacob van Hall (1799–1859), Dutch jurist
- Suzy van Hall (1907–1978), Dutch dancer and resistance member
- Walraven van Hall (1906-1945), Dutch banker and World War II resistance leader
See also
edit- Van Hall Instituut, agricultural college named after Herman Christiaan van Hall (1801–1874), Dutch botanist and agronomist
- Van Hall Larenstein, vocational university formed via a merger of the Van Hall Instituut and IAH Larenstein
References
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