Ghent (surname)

Ghent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Emma Ghent Curtis (1860–1918), American novelist, poet, newspaper publisher, Populist, and suffragist
• Emmanuel Ghent (1925–2003), Canadian composer and psychoanalyst
• Matthew Ghent (born 1980), English footballer
• Ronnie Ghent (born 1980), American football player and coach
• W. J. Ghent (1866–1942), American writer