Van den Berghe or Vandenberghe is a Belgian toponymic surname meaning in [Flemish] "from the mountain". The first form is most common in East Flanders while the concatenated version is most abundant in West Flanders.[1] Closely related names are Van den Berg, common in the Netherlands, and Van den Bergh. Notable people with the surname include:
Van den Berghe:
- Alexis "Lex" van den Berghe, American reality show contestant
- Christoffel van den Berghe (1590–1645), Dutch Golden Age painter
- Frits Van den Berghe (1883–1939), Belgian painter
- Garry Van Den Berghe (born 1960), Canadian curler
- Herman Van Den Berghe (1933–2017), Belgian geneticist
- Paul Van den Berghe (born 1933), Belgian Roman Catholic bishop and theologian
- Pierre L. van den Berghe (1933-2019), Belgian anthropologist and sociologist
Vandenberghe:
- Georges Vandenberghe (1941–1983), Belgian cyclist
- Hugo Vandenberghe (b. 1942), Belgian politician and academic
- Roger Vandenberghe (1927-1952), French soldier in WWII and Indochina War
- Tom Vandenberghe (b. 1992), Belgian footballer
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