title: D'Hondt
text: # D'Hondt
  
  D'Hondt is a Dutch surname, most common in East Flanders. Variants are D'Hont, De Hondt and Dhondt. D'Hondt is an old spelling of de hond ("the dog"). The Honte [fr; nl] was also the name of the bay that is now the Eastern end of the Western Scheldt. People with this name include:
  
  ## D'Hondt
  
  * Danica d'Hondt (born 1939), English-born Canadian actress, writer and businesswoman
  * Daniël D'Hondt (born 1961), Belgian football goalkeeper
  * Eddie D'Hondt (born 1959), American NASCAR driver; owner of the D'Hondt Humphrey Motorsports team
  * Gillian d'Hondt (born 1982), Canadian-American basketball player
  * Paula D'Hondt (1926–2022), Belgian politician, Minister of State in 1992
  * Steven D'Hondt (born 1960s), American marine microbiologist
  * Victor D'Hondt (1841–1901), Belgian lawyer, jurist and mathematician
     * Named after him: D'Hondt method, a method for allocating political seats
  * Walter D'Hondt (born 1936), Canadian rower
  