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Vincent van Gogh / Van Gogh
lower case Vincent van Gogh, but if referring to Van Gogh, it is capital V (see explanation)


Explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_(Dutch)
Van (Dutch)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Van is a preposition in the Dutch and Afrikaans languages, meaning "of" or "from". It is also a common prefix in Dutch surnames (being known as a tussenvoegsel), as in Vincent van Gogh or George Vancouver. It can appear by itself or in combination with another prefix, such as van de, van der and van den (current and archaic forms of the article de, meaning "the") and less commonly van het or van 't (the neutral article het). The German "von" is a cognate of Dutch "van", though unlike the German "von", the Dutch "van" is not an indication of nobility. These prepositions usually refer to a geographic place.
Conventions
[edit] Collation and capitalisation
Collation and capitalisation of names in the Dutch language differs between the Netherlands and Belgium:
• In the Netherlands, names starting with "van" are filed under the initial letter of the following name proper, so van der Waals is filed under "W", thus; Waals, van der, Johannes, or Waals, Johannes van der. ***** The "v" is written in lower case, except if the first name or initials are omitted, in which case it is capitalised, as in "de schilder Van Gogh" ("the painter Van Gogh") or "de heer Van Teylingen" ("Mister Van Teylingen"). The same holds for "Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff". **** (Notice the space between van and 't). There are a number of other tussenvoegsels for which similar rules apply: Jan de Hondt, Anna in 't Veld, Karel 't Lam etc.
• In Belgium Eric Van Rompuy is filed under "V".[1] The "V" is always capitalized. The same usage holds for Afrikaans.
In some anglicised versions of Dutch names (e.g. Dick Van Dyke, Martin Van Buren), or in the case where the word is not of Dutch origin, as in Vietnamese names (Duong Van Minh, Nguyen Van Thieu), it is always capitalised. In terms like van der Waals radius (Dutch: vanderwaalsstraal) the "v" is not capitalised, unless it is the first word of the sentence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh


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