De Smet (surname)

De Smet or Desmet is a Dutch occupational surname. It is a regional form of "the smith" very common in East and West Flanders.[1][2] It was the tenth most common name in Belgium in 1997.[3] Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

Arts and other occupations
  • Anne Desmet (born 1964), British artist
  • Catherine de Smet (born 1959), French art historian
  • Claudia De Smet (born 1973), Belgian contemporary dancer
  • Dirk De Smet (born 1969), Belgian singer and saxophonist
  • Eugène de Smet (1787–1872), Belgian politician
  • Francis De Smet (born 1963), Belgian inventor and film producer
  • François De Smet (born 1977), Belgian journalist and politician
  • Gustave De Smet (1877–1943), Belgian painter, brother of Léon De Smet
  • Hendrik de Smet (1535–1614), Belgian physician and humanist scholar
  • Ingrid De Smet, Belgian-British scholar of Renaissance literature
  • Jean-Baptiste de Smet (1674–1741), Roman Catholic bishop of Ghent
  • Jessy De Smet (born 1976), Belgian singer
  • Joseph Jean De Smet (1794–1877), priest and historian who took part in the Belgian Revolution of 1830
  • Léon De Smet (1881-1966), Belgian painter, brother of Gustave De Smet
  • Marcel Desmet (1892–1973), French architect
  • Maria Desmet-Delrue (1898–1982), Belgian politician
  • Michel de Smet (1912–2006), Belgian poet
  • Michel Desmet (born 1933), French civil servant and politician
  • Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913), Belgian Catholic Party politician
  • Pierre De Smet (1892–1975), Belgian politician
  • Peter de Smet (1944–2003), Dutch comic strip artist
  • Pierre-Jean De Smet (1801–1873), Belgian Jesuit priest and missionary in North America
  • Pieter De Smet (1503–1571), Flemish humanist scholar and government official in Bruges
  • Richard De Smet (1916–1997), Belgian Jesuit Indologist and philosopher
  • Victor Desmet (1919–2018), French soldier, member of the Free French forces, Companion of the Liberation
  • Wim De Smet (1932–2012), Belgian marine zoologist and esperantist
  • Wolfgang de Smet (1617–1685), Flemish painter active in Leuven

See also

References
  1. http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=de%20smet
  2. "Archived copy". familienaam.be. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy". familienaam.be. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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