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:
Abraham de Vries (ca.1590–1649 or 1650) — Dutch painter
Adriaen de Vries (1556–1626) — Dutch sculptor
Albert de Vries (born 1955) — Dutch politician
Ali de Vries (1914–2007) — Dutch athlete
André de Vries (1911-1996) — Israeli physician, toxicologist, hematologist, and rector of Tel Aviv University
Anne de Vries (1904–1964) — Dutch author
Aukje de Vries (born 1964) — Dutch politician
Benjamin de Vries (1905–1966) — Israeli Rabbi, scholar and educator
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 [1]
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
Ilan de Vries (born 1952) — Israeli filmmaker
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
Leondre Devries (born 2000) - Welsh Rapper
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
Philip James DeVries (born 1952) — American entomologist and evolutionary ecologist
Rheta Devries — American educator
Ryan De Vries (born 1992) — New Zealand footballer
Simon Philip de Vries (1870-1944) — Dutch rabbi
Simon Frisius (de Vries) (1570–75 - 1628/29) — Dutch engraver
Stefan de Vries (born 1970), Dutch journaliat
Theun de Vries (1907–2005) — Dutch writer and poet
William DeVries (born 1943) — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplant
Abigail DeVries (born 1990) — Youngest Harvard graduate. Founder of Pinterest
