Van Alen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- James Isaac Van Alen (1776-1870), member of the United States House of Representatives
- James John Van Alen (1846-1923), sportsman and politician
- James Van Alen (1902-1991), founder of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- John Evert Van Alen (1749-1807), American surveyor, merchant, and politician
- William Van Alen (1883-1954), American architect
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Famous quotes containing the word van:
“The line that I am urging as today’s conventional wisdom is not a denial of consciousness. It is often called, with more reason, a repudiation of mind. It is indeed a repudiation of mind as a second substance, over and above body. It can be described less harshly as an identification of mind with some of the faculties, states, and activities of the body. Mental states and events are a special subclass of the states and events of the human or animal body.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)