Van Cleef

Van Cleef is a Dutch surname and may refer to:

  • Jan Van Cleef (1646-1716), Flemish painter
  • Joos van Cleve (also spelled Jos van Cleef) (1485-1540), painter from Cleves
  • Cornelius van Cleve (1520-1567), painter and son of Joos
  • Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns
  • Nathan van Cleef, one of the villains of Shanghai Noon (modeled after Lee Van Cleef)
  • Olaf Van Cleef, Dutch painter from Paris, France

Famous quotes containing the word van:

    “Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.”
    —Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)