Van Pelt

Van Pelt is a Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from Pelt". Pelt is 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 (1951–2009), 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 (1924–2011), 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
• Frank P. Van Pelt (1861–1942), Sandy Hook pilot
• Graham Van Pelt, Canadian musician and songwriter
• James Van Pelt (born 1954), American science fiction author
• Jim Van Pelt (1935–2022), American football quarterback
• John Van Pelt "JVP" (1958–2023), American news correspondent & educator
• John Vredenburgh Van Pelt (1874–1962), American architect
• Patricia Van Pelt (born 1957), American (Illinois) politician
• Robert Van Pelt (1897–1988), American (Nebraska) judge
• Robert Jan van Pelt (born 1955), Dutch historian and Holocaust scholar.
• Scott Van Pelt (born 1966), American sportscaster
• Sydney James Van Pelt (1908–1976), Australian medical doctor and hypnotist
• William Van Pelt (1905–1996), American politician, representative from Wisconsin
• Wouter van Pelt (born 1968), Dutch field hockey player
• Aliyah VanPelt (born 1997), a Marxist writer from South Dakota

Fictional characters

• Three siblings from the Peanuts comic strip: Linus, Lucy, and Rerun Van Pelt
• Van Pelt, a fictional character and antagonist from the 1995 American fantasy adventure film, Jumanji and the Jumanji Television series
• Grace Van Pelt, in TV series The Mentalist
• Maddie Van Pelt, from the Nickelodeon series Every Witch Way
• Russell Van Pelt, the primary antagonist character in the 2017 American fantasy comedy film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

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.^{[1][circular reference]}
• Van Pelt Manor in Brooklyn, New York, named after the Dutch settler Teunis Laenen van Pelt
• Mount Van Pelt, mountain in Antarctica

References

1. Van Pelt Library