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

See also

• Droste, Dutch chocolate manufacturer

• Droste (surname), people with this surname