title: De Coster
text: # 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
  * Maurice De Coster (1890–?), Belgian football player
  * Roger De Coster (born 1944), Belgian motocross racer and team manager
  * Saskia De Coster (born 1976), Belgian writer
  