# 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) [nl], Belgian cyclist
* Gérard Desmet (1910–1976) [fr; nl], 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 [fr; it; nl; pl] (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 [fr] (born 1959), French art historian
* Claudia De Smet [fr; nl] (born 1973), Belgian contemporary dancer
* Dirk De Smet (born 1969), Belgian singer and saxophonist
* Eugène de Smet [fr; nl] (1787–1872), Belgian politician
* Francis De Smet (born 1963), Belgian inventor and film producer
* François De Smet [fr; nl; pl] (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 [fr; nl] (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 [fr; nl] (1881-1966), Belgian painter, brother of Gustave De Smet
* Marcel Desmet [fr] (1892–1973), French architect
* Maria Desmet-Delrue [fr; nl] (1898–1982), Belgian politician
* Michel de Smet [fr] (1912–2006), Belgian poet
* Michel Desmet [fr] (1933–2022), French civil servant and politician
* Paul de Smet de Naeyer (1843–1913), Belgian Catholic Party politician
* Pierre De Smet [fr; nl] (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 [fr] (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