Van Riel is a

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

toponymic surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

indicating an origin in the town of Riel, Goirle in

North Brabant North Brabant ( ; ), also unofficially called Brabant, Dutch Brabant or Hollandic Brabant, is a province in the south of the Netherlands. It borders the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to ...

. Less likely is an origin in a former hamlet of the same name that is now a neighborhood in

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

.Riel, van
at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. People with the surname include: *

Cees van Riel Cees () is a Dutch language, Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in English, the letter "c" before "e" is normally pronounced in Dutch, the alternative spelling Kees (given name), Kees is more common. Notable people n ...

(born 1951), Dutch organizational theorist * Eef van Riel (born 1991), Dutch football midfielder * Harm van Riel (1907–1980), Dutch VVD politician and businessman * Henri Van Riel (1908–???), Belgian sailor * Marten Van Riel (born 1992), Belgian triathlete *

Raimondo Van Riel Raimondo Van Riel (22 January 1881, in Rome – 9 May 1962, in Mentana) was an Italian actor. Raimondo Van Riel was born on January 22, 1881, in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is known for his work on Quo Vadis? (1924), The Magnificent Rogue (1935) and ...

(1881–1962), Italian actor *

Sied van Riel Sied van Riel () is a Dutch trance music DJ and producer originally from Rotterdam but currently residing in Spijkenisse. He came into the scene in the year of 2006 with the production of his first track, "Fearless" and the following year was si ...

(born 1978), Dutch trance music DJ and producer * Stefan Van Riel (born 1970), Belgian footballer

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