Van Gent

Van Gent is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the city Ghent, East Flanders. A variant spelling is Van Ghent. People with this name include:


 * Eugene Van Gent (1889–1949), American college football and basketball coach
 * Hendrik van Gent (c.1217–1293), Flemish theologian
 * Hendrik van Gent (1899–1947), Dutch astronomer
 * Van Gent (crater), lunar crater named for the astronomer
 * 1666 van Gent, asteroid discovered by Hendrik van Gent
 * Henk van Gent (born 1951), Dutch competitive sailor
 * Ineke van Gent (born 1957), Dutch GreenLeft politician
 * Jan van Gent (1340–1399), Dutch name of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, born in Ghent
 * Joris van Gent (fl. 1552–1577) or Joris van Straeten, a Flemish portrait and history painter from Ghent
 * Justus van Gent or Joos van Ghent (c.1410–1480), Early Netherlandish painter
 * Maarten van Gent (born 1947), Dutch basketball coach, scout and businessman
 * (c.1470–1512), Flemish sculptor active in Portugal
 * Pieter van Gent (c.1480–1572), Flemish missionary in Mexico known there as Pedro de Gante
 * Willem Joseph van Ghent (1626–1672), Dutch admiral