Dongen is a municipality and village in North Brabant, in the southern Netherlands. In the past it had a profitable leather industry, and a few old shoe factories in the town's older sections remain. The town is near a small river called the Donge, the water of which was used extensively for the leather industry. The Aerts Automobile was built here in 1899.

Jacobus "Job" van Uitert is a racing driver from the Netherlands. He is currently racing in the LMP2 class of the European Le Mans Series with IDEC Sport.