Van Cleef is a Dutch surname and may refer to:
- Jan Van Cleef (1646-1716), Flemish painter
- Joos van Cleve (also spelled Jos van Cleef) (1485-1540), painter from Cleves
- Cornelius van Cleve (1520-1567), painter and son of Joos
- Lee Van Cleef (1925-1989), American film actor who primarily starred in westerns
- Nathan van Cleef, one of the villains of Shanghai Noon (modeled after Lee Van Cleef)
- Olaf Van Cleef, Dutch painter from Paris, France
Famous quotes containing the word van:
“One could love reason like an Encyclopaedist and still be favorably inclined toward mysticism. Throughout the ages, up to the eyes of van Gogh, when he looked at a coffee pot or a garden path, mysticism has expanded the human realm by all sorts of threshold experiences.”
—Robert Musil (1880–1942)