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, American college football and basketball coach
- Hendrik van Gent, Flemish theologian
- Hendrik van Gent, Dutch astronomer
- *Van Gent, lunar crater named for the astronomer
- *1666 van Gent, asteroid discovered by Hendrik van Gent
- Henk van Gent, Dutch competitive sailor
- Ineke van Gent, Dutch GreenLeft politician
- Jan van Gent, Dutch name of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, born in Ghent
- Joris van Gent or Joris van Straeten, a Flemish portrait and history painter from Ghent
- Justus van Gent or Joos van Ghent, Early Netherlandish painter
- Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball coach, scout and businessman
- , Flemish sculptor active in Portugal
- Pieter van Gent, Flemish missionary in Mexico known there as Pedro de Gante
- Willem Joseph van Ghent, Dutch admiral
