Daniël François van Goens (born Leiden, 3 September 1858 – died Paris, 10 May 1904)[1] was a French cellist and composer of Dutch descent.
He moved to France in his youth; his parents settled because of the climate in Montpellier, Van Goens was already there on the concert stage.
Only one of his brothers remained in France, the late architect Jean Henri van Goens.
In Paris Van Goens took cello lessons from Leon Jacquard and composition from Albert Lavignac at the local conservatory.
He had poor health, was sick in the last years of his life and had to occasionally divert to the clean air in Switzerland.