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