Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were named Vandenbosch, Vandebosch or Vanden Bosch in 2008. Other variant spellings are Van der Bosch and Van den Bos.
People with this surname include: Antal van den Bosch (born 1969), Dutch language researcher Dirk van den Bosch (1906–1994), Dutch sports shooter (1789-1851), Dutch admiral and Minister of Colonies François Van Den Bosch (born 1934), Belgian cyclist Hippolyte Van den Bosch (1926-2011), Belgian footballer Jean Van Den Bosch (1898-1985), Belgian cyclist Jean van den Bosch (1910-1985), Belgian diplomat Jean Van den Bosch, guitarist and vocalist of The Vipers Skiffle Group Johannes van den Bosch (1780-1844), Dutch Minister of State and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Johannes van den Bosch (1906-1994), Dutch chess player Johannes Adrianus van den Bosch (1813-1870), Dutch officer and politician; Minister of War from 1866 to 1868 Kyle Vanden Bosch (b. 1978), American football player Linde van den Bosch (b. 1963), Dutch linguist Monique van den Bosch (b. 1964), Dutch wheelchair tennis player Pieter van den Bosch (1612–1673), Dutch painter Pieter Van den Bosch (1927-2009), Belgian footballer Rinus van den Bosch (1938-1996), Dutch artist Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810-1862), Dutch botanist Tjalling van den Bosch (b. 1958), Dutch strongman (b. 1985), Belgian cyclo-cross racer Van der Bosch Peter van der Bosch (1686-1736), Flemish Jesuit hagiographer Vandebosch Ingrid Vandebosch (b. 1970), Belgian model
See also
Van den Bos, Dutch surname
Van den Bossche, Flemish surname
Van den Bosch (noble family), Dutch noble family
Bosch (surname), both a Dutch and Catalan surname. Fort van den Bosch a fort on Java named after Governor General Johannes van den Bosch Vandenboschia, fern genus named after Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch