Drost
title: "Drost" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["dutch-language-surnames", "occupational-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drost" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Drost is a Dutch occupational surname. A drost or *drossaard * was a kind of bailiff in the Low Countries (see landdrost and seneschal). Notable people with the surname include:
- Epi Drost (1945–1995), Dutch footballer
- Erik Drost (born 1977), Dutch guitarist
- Frank Drost (born 1963), Dutch swimmer
- Henrico Drost (born 1987), Dutch footballer
- Jeff Drost (born 1964), American football player
- Jeroen Drost (born 1987), Dutch footballer
- Jesper Drost (born 1993), Dutch footballer
- Johannes Drost (1880–1954), Dutch swimmer
- John Drost (born 1958), Dutch bobsledder.
- Melissa Drost (born 1985), Dutch actress
- Monique Drost (born 1964), Dutch swimmer
- Nadja Drost, Canadian journalist
- Nico Drost (born 1980), Dutch politician
- Oliver Drost (born 1995), Danish footballer
- Peter Drost (born 1958), Dutch swimmer
- Robert Drost (born 1970), American computer scientist
- Roos Drost (born 1991), Dutch field hockey player
- Rudolf Drost (1892–1971), German ornithologist
- Willem Drost (1633–1659), Dutch painter
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