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 (born 1970), american football quarterback and coach * alison van pelt (born 1963), american painter * brad van pelt (1951â2009), american football linebacker * bradlee van pelt (born 1980), american football quarterback and safety, son of brad * bo van pelt (born 1975), american golfer * calvin leroy van pelt (1924â2011), native american businessman * daniel van pelt (born 1964), american politician convicted of bribery * darin van pelt (born 1979), american aerospace engineer * erika van pelt (born 1985), american singer * graham van pelt, canadian musician and songwriter * james van pelt (born 1954), american science fiction author * james clement van pelt (born 1947), american scholar and peace activist * jim van pelt (born 1935), american football quarterback * john vredenburgh van pelt (1874â1962), american architect * patricia van pelt (born 1957), american (illinois) politician * robert van pelt (1897â1988), american (nebraska) judge * robert jan van pelt (born 1955), dutch historian and holocaust scholar. * scott van pelt, american sportscaster * sydney james van pelt (1908â1976), australian medical doctor and hypnotist * william van pelt (1905â1996), american politician, representative from wisconsin * wouter van pelt (born 1968), 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 == other uses == * the van pelt, an indie rock band * van pelt library, the university of pennsylvania's main library, named after j. robert van pelt, former university president * van pelt manor in brooklyn, new york, named after the dutch settler teunis laenen van pelt * mount van pelt, mountain in antarctica 
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