Van Schaick
Van Schaick or Schaick is a Dutch toponymic surname. It primarily occurs in the United States and most are descendants of Goosen Gerritse van Schaick, born in Westbroek and a brewer in Beverwijck/Albany, New York, who bought the island eventually known as Van Schaick Island. People with this name include:
- Goose Van Schaick, Continental Army general during the Revolutionary War
- Isaac W. Van Schaick, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin
- John van Schaick Jr., Universalist Church of America minister
- Louis J. Van Schaick, U.S. Army lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient for actions in the Philippine-American War
- Myndert Van Schaick, New York politician
- Steven A. Schaick, U.S. Air Force Chief of Chaplains
- William H. Van Schaick, captain of the steamboat General Slocum
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane, U.S. Congressman from New York
- Anna Van Schaick Mitchell, American Red Cross worker in France during World War I
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn, U.S. Representative from New York