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:
“I passed a tomb among green shades
Where seven anemones with down-dropped heads
Wept tears of dew upon the stone beneath.”
—Unknown. The Thousand and One Nights.
AWP. Anthology of World Poetry, An. Mark Van Doren, ed. (Rev. and enl. Ed., 1936)