Christiaan "Chris" Johannes van der Hoef was a Dutch sculptor. He was born in Amsterdam and died in The Hague. In 1928 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Médaille pour les Jeux Olympiques". Van der Hoef was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.