Van de Graaf, also spelled van de Graaff, van der Graaf or van der Graaff, is a Dutch surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:

; Van de Graaf

  • Bobbie van de Graaf (born 1944), Dutch rower, unrelated to Freek and Jan
  • Janet van de Graaf, Canadian improv artist and television actress
  • Jeff Van de Graaf (born 1959), Australian swimmer
  • Willem Jacob van de Graaf (1736–1804), Governor of Dutch Ceylon

;Van de Graaff

  • Adrian Van de Graaff (1891–1936), American college football player and coach
  • Freek van de Graaff (1944–2009), Dutch rower, unrelated to Bobbie and Jan
  • Hargrove Van de Graaff (1893–1938), American college football player
  • Hendrik Jan van de Graaff (1782–1827), Dutch colonial administrator
  • Jan van de Graaff (born 1944), Dutch rower, unrelated to Bobbie and Freek
  • Peter Van de Graaff (born 1961), American singer and radio personality
  • Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967), American physicist
  • William T. Van de Graaff (1895–1977), American football player

;Van der Graaf

  • Jan van der Graaf (1937–2022), Dutch church administrator
  • Karen Van der Graaf (born 1962), Australian swimmer
  • Pascal van der Graaf (born 1979), Dutch painter
  • Valerie van der Graaf (born 1992), Dutch model
  • Volkert van der Graaf (born 1969), Dutch environmentalist and assassin

;Van der Graaff

  • Laurien van der Graaff (born 1987), Swiss cross-country skier

See also

  • de Graaf (surname)
  • Van de Graaf canon, page construction originated in 1946 by Joh. A. van de Graaf in his Nieuwe berekening voor de vormgeving
  • Van de Graaff (crater)
  • Van de Graaff generator, an electrostatic generator that generates very high electrostatically stable voltages
  • Van der Graaf Generator, an English progressive rock band

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