Van Leer is a surname, and may refer to:

Van Leer also added gilt paint and other fashionable touches to the house and planted rarities in his gardens.

After Van Leer's death in 1896, the condition of Pleasant Hill deteriorated, particularly when it was rented out during the 1930s.

The Van Leers' private collection of films was the basis for the Israeli Film Archive, founded in 1960.

In his later years, Van Leer went on to release many solo albums which were also classical music and jazz-based.

Van Leer was born in Amsterdam, and received his first flute at the age of eleven from his father, a classical flautist.

Van Leer headed Focus through several line-up changes, and by early 1976 he was the only remaining original member; the group disbanded in 1978.

Van Leer has also experimented with sacred vocal music.

Amsterdamseweg 204 Van Leer's office with freestanding chimney (1957)

Van Leer died six weeks after this incident, on January 23, 1956; the stress of the controversy was believed to have shortened his life.