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Van Kempen
Van
Kempen
is a
Dutch
toponymic surname
meaning "from Kempen", a
German
city
at the Dutch border. The Kempen region of the
Low Countries
is also a possible origin, e.g. in the case of
Ludwig van Kempen
.
People
with this name include:
Ad van Kempen
, Dutch
film actor
Kenneth van Kempen
, Dutch
basketball player
Ludwig van
Kempen,
Flemish
Benedictine monk
and
music theorist
Michiel van Kempen
, Dutch writer,
art historian
and
literary critic
Paul van Kempen
, Dutch
conductor
, Dutch
racing cyclist
Thomas van Kempen
, Dutch theologian