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Van Gent is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the city Ghent, East Flanders. [1] 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
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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
- Olivier van Ghent (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
See also
- Van Gendt, Dutch surname referring to Gendt, Gelderland
- Jan-van-gent, Dutch name for the Northern gannet
- Sas van Gent, town in the Dutch province of Zeeland on the border with Belgium
- Van Gend & Loos, Dutch distribution company established by Jan-Baptist van Gend (1772–1831)
- Gazette van Ghendt, 18th-century newspaper in Ghent
- HNLMS Van Ghent (1926), Royal Netherlands Navy destroyer named after Willem Joseph van Ghent
References
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surname Van Gent.
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(Redirected from
Van Gent (disambiguation))
Van Gent is a Dutch toponymic surname indicating an origin in the city Ghent, East Flanders. [1] 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
- Olivier van Ghent (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
See also
- Van Gendt, Dutch surname referring to Gendt, Gelderland
- Jan-van-gent, Dutch name for the Northern gannet
- Sas van Gent, town in the Dutch province of Zeeland on the border with Belgium
- Van Gend & Loos, Dutch distribution company established by Jan-Baptist van Gend (1772–1831)
- Gazette van Ghendt, 18th-century newspaper in Ghent
- HNLMS Van Ghent (1926), Royal Netherlands Navy destroyer named after Willem Joseph van Ghent
References
This page lists people with the
surname Van Gent.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.