Van den Broeck or Vandenbroeck is a Dutch toponymic surname most common in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and East Flanders. "Broeck" is an archaic spelling of "broek" meaning "swamp". Notable people with the surname include:

Van den Broecke:

  • Lily van den Broecke (b. 1992), British rower
  • Pieter van den Broecke (1585–1640), Dutch cloth merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company
  • Willem van den Broecke (1530–1579), Flemish sculptor, painter, draughtsman and architect and brother of Hendrick van den Broeck
  • Pongky van den Broecke (b. 1958), ‘The Last Parkenier’, Indonesian descendant of Paulus van den Broecke brother of Pieter van den Broecke, managed 12.5 ha of nutmeg plantation.[1]

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  1. ^ The Jakarta Post (2019-07-25). "Ponky van den Broecke: The last of his kind - People". The Jakarta Post. Retrieved 2021-11-15.