Van Rossum

Van Rossum is a Dutch toponymic surname. Rossum could refer to a number of places, including Rossum, Gelderland, Rossum, Overijssel and Rossem in Flemish Brabant.[1] People with this surname include:

  • Eric van Rossum (born 1963), Dutch footballer
  • Fredericus van Rossum du Chattel (1856–1917), Dutch landscape painter and etcher
  • Frederik van Rossum (born 1939), Belgian composer and pianist
  • Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum (born 1947), German historian
  • Guido van Rossum (born 1956), Dutch computer programmer and author of the Python programming language
  • Henk van Rossum (1919–2017), Dutch Reformed Political Party politician
  • Johannes van Rossum (1809–1873), Dutch partner of Princess Marianne of the Netherlands
  • Just van Rossum (born 1966), Dutch typeface designer and computer programmer, brother of Guido
  • Maarten van Rossum (1478–1555), Dutch (Guelders) warlord and later field marshal
  • Willem Marinus van Rossum (1854–1932), Dutch Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith

See also

References

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