Van den Berg is a Dutch-language toponymic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007. Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. "Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg" (i.e. Rudolf v.d. Berg). People with the surname include: Van den Berg Ad van den Berg (born 1944), Dutch politician who advocated legalizing pedophilia Adrianus van den Berg (born 1954), Dutch rock guitarist Albert Van den Berg (resistant) (1890-1945), saved hundreds of Jews Albert van den Berg (physicist) (born 1957), Dutch physicist Albert van den Berg (born 1976), South African rugby player Albert Jan van den Berg (born 1949), Dutch jurist Aldo van den Berg (born 1978), South African cricketer Bart van den Berg (born 1993), Dutch tennis player Carel van den Berg (1924–1971), Dutch chess master Cássio van den Berg (born 1971), Brazilian botanist Charl Van Den Berg (born 1981), South African model and LGBT activist Daniella van den Berg (born 1996), Aruban swimmer (born 1987), Dutch model Dirk van den Berg (born 1966), German film director and producer (born 1943), Dutch sculptor Floris van den Berg (born 1973) Dutch philosopher, author, Director of CFI Low Countries Gerard van den Berg (born 1932), Dutch TV show host Gerard J. van den Berg (born 1962), Dutch econometrician Gert van den Berg (cyclist) (1903–?), Dutch racing cyclist Gert van den Berg (politician) (born 1935), Dutch SGP politician Gillian van den Berg (born 1971), Dutch water polo player Han van den Berg (born 1925), Dutch rower Harman van den Berg (1918–2006), South African football midfielder Helma van den Berg (19652003), Dutch linguist of Caucasian languages Hugo van den Berg (born 1990), Dutch Grand Prix motorcycle racer Jack van den Berg (born 1959), Dutch football coach Jacq van den Berg (born 1916), Dutch competitive sailor Jan van den Bergh (painter) (1587–1660), Dutch painter Jan van den Berg (footballer) (1879–1951), Dutch footballer Jan Hendrik van den Berg (1914–2012), Dutch psychologist Janwillem van den Berg (1920–1985), Dutch speech scientist Jeen van den Berg (1928–2014), Dutch speed skater, winner of the Elfstedentocht in 1954 Joba van den Berg (born 1958), Dutch politician Joey van den Berg (born 1986), Dutch football midfielder Johannes van den Berg (born 1946) Dutch Musician