Van Pelt
Van Pelt is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Pelt". Pelt was a region in Belgian Limburg including the modern municipality of Overpelt, It could also refer to the neighboring Peel, Netherlands. People with this surname include:
- Alex Van Pelt, American football quarterback and coach
- Alison Van Pelt, American painter
- Brad Van Pelt, American football linebacker
- Bradlee Van Pelt, American football quarterback and safety, son of Brad
- Bo Van Pelt, American golfer
- Calvin Leroy Van Pelt, Native American businessman
- Daniel Van Pelt, American politician convicted of bribery
- Darin Van Pelt, American aerospace engineer
- Erika Van Pelt, American singer
- Graham Van Pelt, Canadian musician and songwriter
- James Van Pelt, American science fiction author
- James Clement van Pelt, American scholar and peace activist
- Jim Van Pelt, American football quarterback
- John Vredenburgh Van Pelt, American architect
- Patricia Van Pelt, American politician
- Robert Van Pelt, American judge
- Robert Jan van Pelt, Dutch historian and Holocaust scholar.
- Scott Van Pelt, American sportscaster
- Sydney James Van Pelt, Australian medical doctor and hypnotist
- William Van Pelt, American politician, representative from Wisconsin
- Wouter van Pelt, Dutch field hockey player
;Fictional characters
- Three siblings from the Peanuts comic strip: Linus, Lucy and Rerun van Pelt
- Hunter Van Pelt, in the film Jumanji
- Grace Van Pelt, in TV series The Mentalist
- Maddie Van Pelt, from the Nickelodeon series Every Witch Way
Other uses
- The Van Pelt, an indie rock band
- Van Pelt Library, the University of Pennsylvania's main library, named after Charles Patterson Van Pelt, the major donor at the time of construction.
- Van Pelt Manor in Brooklyn, New York, named after the Dutch settler Teunis Laenen van Pelt
- Mount Van Pelt, mountain in Antarctica
