Willem van der Haegen, at times Willelm van der Hagen or Willelm van der Haagen (Flanders, Bruges or Maastricht, 1430 - Topo, São Jorge, 1510), transliterated to the Portuguese as Guilherme da Silveira (another variation on his name is Guilherme Vanderaga), was a Flemish nobleman, entrepreneur, explorer and pioneer in the settlement of the islands of the Azores.
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