Blokland (surname)

Blokland or Van Blokland is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in either Blokland, Utrecht, Hoogblokland, Laagblokland or Blokland, South Holland.[1] People with the surname include:

* Frank E. Blokland [nl] (born 1959), Dutch typeface designer and founder of the Dutch Type Library company
* Hans Blokland (politician) (born 1943), Dutch politician and MEP
* Hans T. Blokland (born 1960), Dutch social and political theorist
* Jenny Blokland (born c.1958), Australian Northern Territory Supreme Court judge
* Rogier Blokland (born 1971), Dutch linguist and Professor of Finno-Ugric languages
* Talja Blokland (born 1971), Dutch social scientist and urban researcher in Berlin

Van Blokland

* Erik van Blokland (born 1967), Dutch typeface designer, educator and computer programmer
* Petr van Blokland (born 1956), Dutch graphic and typeface designer

Beelaerts van Blokland

* Gerard Jacob Theodoor Beelaerts van Blokland (1843–1897), Speaker of the Dutch House of Representatives and envoy for the South African Republic
* Frans Beelaerts van Blokland (1872–1956), Dutch politician and diplomat
* Pieter Beelaerts van Blokland (1932–2021), Dutch CDA politician, Ministers of Housing and Spatial Planning 1977–81

## References

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1. ^ Blokland at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.

Surname list

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