De Vries
De Vries is one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geograpical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch province of Friesland (Frisia). Hence, "De Vries" means "The Frisian". The name has been morphed abroad to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries".
People named De Vries: Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) — Dutch sculptor
Ali de Vries (1914-2007) — Dutch athlete
Anne de Vries (1904-1964) — Dutch author
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
François de Vries (1884-1958), Dutch economist
Gerrit de Vries (born May 13) — 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 [http://www.oboeclassics.com/HandeVriesInt.htm]
Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1607) — Dutch architect
Hent de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch philosopher [http://www.jhu.edu/humctr/hentdevries.html]
herman de vries (born 1931) — Dutch artist
Hessel de Vries (1916-1959) — Dutch physicist
Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) — Dutch biologist
Jan de Vries (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
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
Matthias de Vries (1820-1892) — Dutch linguist
Mered de Vries (born 1977) — Dutch volleyballer
Nadine de Vries (1874-1918) — 19th century courtesan of Dutch descent
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
Ronald De Vries — Chemistry teacher
Rheta Devries — American educator
Theun de Vries (1907-2005) — Dutch writer and poet
Willem de Vries Robbé (1902-1996) — Dutch composer
William DeVries (born 1943) — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplant
Fictional characters: Cassandra de Vries — director of the dataDyne corporation from the Perfect Dark video game series
Kate de Vries — hero from the Airborn and Skybreaker novels
Piter De Vries — villain from the Dune novels
Tissaia de Vries — magician from the Witcher novels
Locations: Vries is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Or you may have been looking for the Korteweg–de Vries equation
See also
Tussenvoegsel in Dutch linguistics, is a word between a first name and last name.
Translation
The phrase "De Vries" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Polish.
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