Van der Heide

Van der Heide is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from the heath". The surnames Van der Heijden and Verheijen have the same origin. People with this surname include:


 * Henning van der Heide (ca. 1460 - 1521), German late Gothic sculptor
 * Jan van der Heide (died 1959), Dutch tennis player
 * Joop van der Heide (1917-1980), Dutch footballer
 * Petra van der Heide (born 1971), Dutch harpist
 * Rogier van der Heide (born 1970), Dutch lighting designer
 * Sandor van der Heide (born 1978), Dutch footballer
 * Willy van der Heide, pseudonym of Willem van den Hout (1915-1985), Dutch children's writer
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 * Abraham van der Heiden (1597-1678), Dutch Calvinist minister and controversialist
 * Jan van der Heiden (1637-1712), Dutch painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and inventor
 * Mischa van der Heiden (born 1971), Dutch DJ
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 * Frederick Maurice van Heiden (1821–1900), Russian governor of Finland, son of Lodewijk
 * Lodewijk van Heiden (1772–1850), Dutch admiral and Imperial Russian Navy admiral