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. It was the tenth most common name in Belgium in 1997. Notable people with the surname include:

Sports

 * Andy De Smet (born 1970), Belgian road cyclist
 * Armand Desmet (1931–2012), Belgian cyclist
 * Gérard Desmet (1907–1979), Belgian cyclist
 * Gérard Desmet (1910–1976), Belgian cyclist
 * Gilbert Desmet (born 1931), Belgian cyclist
 * Gilbert De Smet (1936–1987), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Gustaaf De Smet (1935–2020), Belgian cyclist
 * Hanne Desmet (born 1996), Belgian short track speed skater
 * Hannelore Desmet (born 1989), Belgian athlete
 * Jenny De Smet (born 1958), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Karel De Smet (born 1980), Belgian footballer
 * Lenn De Smet and Liam De Smet (born 2004), Belgian footballers and twin brothers
 * Léopold Desmet (born 1935), Belgian gymnast
 * Louis Desmet (born 1930), Belgian middle-distance runner
 * Luc De Smet (born 1957), Belgian cyclist
 * Mathieu De Smet (born 2000), Belgian footballer
 * Pieter Desmet (born 1983), Belgian steeplechase and long-distance runner
 * Philippe Desmet (born 1958), Belgian football player
 * René De Smet (1931–1985), Belgian racing cyclist
 * Stijn De Smet (born 1985), Belgian football player
 * Théo-Léo De Smet (1917–?), Belgian water polo player
 * Thibault De Smet (born 1998), Belgian footballer
 * Tom Desmet (born 1969), Belgian cyclist

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 (1933–2022), 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