Coster

Coster is a Dutch occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818), French painter
• Arnold Coster (born 1976), Dutch mountaineers
• Charles Coster (1837–1888), American soldier and public official
• Charles De Coster (1827–1879), Belgian novelist
• Dick Coster (born 1946), Dutch sailor, father of Sven and Kalle Coster
• Dirk Coster (1889–1950), Dutch physicist
  • Coster–Kronig transition named after him
• Elizabeth Coster (born 1982), New Zealand swimmer
• Francis Coster (1532–1619), Flemish Jesuit theologian
• Henry Arnold Coster (c1840-1917), prominent American included in Ward McAllister's "Four Hundred"
• Herman Coster (1865–1899), Dutch lawyer and soldier
• Howard Coster (1885–1959), British photographer
• Janet Coster, English operatic mezzo-soprano
• John Gerard Coster (1762–1844), Dutch-American merchant
• John Coster (1838–1886), New Zealand politician
• Kalle Coster (born 1982), Dutch sailor, son of Dick Coster
• Keith Coster (1920–2012), South African army officer
• Laurens Janszoon Coster (c. 1370–c. 1440), Dutch printer
• Moses Elias Coster (c.1791–1848), Dutch diamond cutter
• Nick Coster (born 1985), Dutch footballer
• Nicolas Coster (1934–2023), British-born American actor
• Ritchie Coster (born 1967), English actor
• Salomon Coster (c. 1620–1659), Dutch clockmaker
• Samuel Coster (1579–1665), Dutch playwright
• Stan Coster (1930–1997), Australian country musician
• Sven Coster (born 1978), Dutch sailor, son of Dick Coster
• Tom Coster (born 1941), American musician, father of Tommy
• Tommy Coster (born 1966), American Grammy Award winning composer/producer and Jazz Pianist
• Tracy Coster (born 1966), Australian country music singer
• Willem Jacobszoon Coster (1590–1640), Dutch Governor of Ceylon

Coster-Waldau

• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (born 1970), Danish actor
• Nukaaka Coster-Waldau (born 1971), Greenlandic singer, actress, and model