De Coster

De Coster or Decoster is a Dutch occupational surname, most common in Flanders. Coster is an archaic spelling of modern Dutch "koster" (parish clerk). People with this surname include:

  • Adam de Coster (c. 1586–1643), Flemish Baroque painter
  • Charles De Coster (1827–1879), Belgian novelist best known for his Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel
  • Dominicus de Coster (c. 1560–1612), Flemish artist, printer and copperplate engraver
  • Jean-Baptiste De Coster (guide) (1760–1826), an unwilling Flemish guide for Napoleon at Waterloo
  • Jean-Baptiste De Coster (Jesuit) (1896–1968), a Belgian priest who sheltered Jews from the Holocaust
  • Jonathan Decoster (born 1987), American football player
  • Koen Decoster, Belgian historian, philosopher and translator
  • Maggy de Coster (born 1966), French writer
  • Roger De Coster (born 1944), Belgian motocross racer and team manager
  • Saskia De Coster (born 1976), Belgian writer

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