Van Loo is a Dutch toponymic surname, meaning "from the forest clearing", see van (Dutch).

People with this surname include:

;A family of painters :

  • Jacob van Loo (1614–1670), Dutch painter
  • Louis-Abraham van Loo (1653–1712), Dutch-born French painter, son of Jacob
  • Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684–1745), French painter, son of Louis-Abraham
  • Charles-André van Loo (1705–1765), French painter, brother of Jean-Baptiste
  • Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste
  • Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (1719–1795), French painter, son of Jean-Baptiste

;Others :

  • Albert Vanloo (1841–1920), Belgian librettist and playwright
  • Anthony Van Loo (born 1988), Belgian footballer
  • Brian van Loo (born 1975), Dutch football goalkeeper
  • Christine Van Loo, American aerialist and acrobat
  • Leon Van Loo (1841–1907), Belgian-born American photographer and art promoter
  • Hayden van Loo (1982-present), Australian born - average surfer, golfer