| VAN | United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950) |
|---|---|
| VAN | Flemish painter of numerous portraits (1599-1641) |
| VAN | Flemish painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (1390-1441) |
| VAN | Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890) |
| VAN | United States physicist (1899-1980) |
| VAN | American literary critic and historian (1886-1963) |
| VAN | a salt or ester of vanadic acid |
| VAN | any of various oxyacids of vanadium |
| VAN | a mineral consisting of chloride and vanadate of lead |
| VAN | a soft silvery white toxic metallic element used in steel alloys |
| VAN | any of various oxyacids of vanadium |
| VAN | steel alloyed with vanadium for greater strength and high-temperature stability |