Van Zanten

is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Xanten" (locally and in Dutch spelled Santen). An alternative origin may be in Saintes (once known as "Zanten" in Dutch), a town just across the language border in Walloon Brabant. People with the surname include:


 * Claudia van Zanten (born 1979), Dutch politician
 * Cornélie van Zanten (1855–1946), Dutch opera singer, singing teacher and author
 * David van Zanten (born 1982), Irish football defender
 * (born 1933), Dutch sculptor and draftsman
 * Frank van Zanten (born 1967), Dutch businessman
 * Henri van Zanten (1957–2020), Dutch artist, actor and director
 * Jacob Veldhuyzen van Zanten (1927–1977), a pilot who responsible for the notorious plane disaster at Tenerife on March 27, 1977, thru on-ground collision with the Pan Am Flight 1736 who killed 583 people