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 (born 1944), Dutch film actor
 * Kenneth van Kempen (born 1987), Dutch basketball player
 * Ludwig van Kempen (1304–1361), Flemish Benedictine monk and music theorist
 * Michiel van Kempen (born 1957), Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic
 * Paul van Kempen (1893–1955), Dutch conductor
 * Piet van Kempen (1898–1985), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Thomas van Kempen (circa 1380-1471), Dutch theologian aka Thomas à Kempis