De Vries

De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geographical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch province of Friesland (Frisia). Hence, "De Vries" means "The Frisian". The name has been transcended abroad to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries".

People named De Vries:

  • Adriaen de Vries (1556–1626) — Dutch sculptor
  • Albert de Vries (born 1955) — Dutch politician
  • Ali de Vries (1914–2007) — Dutch athlete
  • Anne de Vries (1904–1964) — Dutch author
  • Aukje de Vries (born 1964) — Dutch politician
  • Bibi de Vries (born 1963) — Dutch politician
  • Casper de Vries (born 1964) — South African comedian
  • David Devriès (1881–1936), — French lyric operatic tenor
  • David Pietersen de Vries (born c. 1593) — Dutch patroon of Zwaanendael Colony
  • Dolf de Vries (born 1937) — Dutch actor
  • Dorus de Vries (born 1980) — Dutch goalkeeper
  • Feike de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch water polo player
  • Gerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born 1967) — Dutch road cyclist
  • Gerrit de Vries (1818–1900) — Dutch prime minister
  • Gijs de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch politician
  • Greg de Vries (born 1973) — Canadian hockey player
  • Gustav de Vries (1866–1934) — Dutch mathematician
  • Han de Vries (born 1941) — Dutch oboist
  • Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527–1607) — Dutch architect
  • Herman de Vries (born 1931) — Dutch artist
  • Hessel de Vries (1916–1959) — Dutch physicist
  • Hugo de Vries (1848–1935) — Dutch biologist
  • Jan de Vries (linguist) (1890–1964) — Dutch linguist
  • Jan de Vries (1896–1939) — Dutch athlete
  • Jan-Lodewijk de Vries (born 1972) — Dutch water polo player
  • Jared DeVries (born 1976) — American football player
  • Jeroen de Vries (born 1971) — Dutch speed skater
  • Jill De Vries (born 1953) — American model
  • John de Vries (born 1966) — Australian racecar driver
  • Keith DeVries (1937–2006) — American archaeologist
  • Kelly DeVries (born 1956) — American medievalist historian
  • Klaas de Vries (born 1944) — Dutch composer
  • Klaas de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch politician
  • Maarten Gerritsz Vries (or "de Vries") (fl. 1643) — Dutch explorer
  • Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch author and researcher
  • Marc de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch physicist
  • Marion De Vries (1865–1939) — American politician
  • Marius De Vries (born 1961) — English music producer
  • Mark de Vries (born 1975) — Dutch footballer
  • Matt DeVries (born 1977) — American guitarist
  • Mered de Vries (born 1977) — Dutch volleyballer
  • Nina de Vries (born 1961) — Dutch sex worker
  • Pascal de Vries — Swiss network expert
  • Peter De Vries (1910–1993) — American editor and comic novelist
  • Peter R. de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch journalist
  • Rheta Devries — American educator
  • Theun de Vries (1907–2005) — Dutch writer and poet
  • William DeVries (born 1943) — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplant

Fictional characters:

  • Alicia DeVries; drop commando and captain of the alpha synth starship Megaera from the novel Path of the Fury by David Weber
  • Cassandra de Vries — director of the dataDyne corporation from the Perfect Dark video game series
  • Piter De Vries — villain from the Dune novels

Locations: Vries, Drenthe is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands

Famous quotes containing the word vries:

    “It is the final proof of God’s omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.”
    —Peter De Vries (b. 1910)