Blokland (surname)

Blokland or Van Blokland is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in either Blokland, Utrecht, Hoogblokland, Laagblokland or Blokland, South Holland. People with the surname include:


 * (born 1959), Dutch typeface designer and founder of the Dutch Type Library company
 * Hans Blokland (politician) (born 1943), Dutch politician and MEP
 * Hans T. Blokland (born 1960), Dutch social and political theorist
 * Jenny Blokland (born c.1958), Australian Northern Territory Supreme Court judge
 * Rogier Blokland (born 1971), Dutch linguist and Professor of Finno-Ugric languages
 * Talja Blokland (born 1971), Dutch social scientist and urban researcher in Berlin

Van Blokland
 * Erik van Blokland (born 1967), Dutch typeface designer, educator and computer programmer
 * Petr van Blokland (born 1956), Dutch graphic and typeface designer

Beelaerts van Blokland
 * Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (1843-1897), Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives and envoy for the South African Republic
 * Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956), Dutch politician and diplomat
 * Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (1932–2021), Dutch CDA politician, Ministers of Housing and Spatial Planning 1977–81