De Vries
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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:
- Adriaen de Vries — Dutch sculptor
- Anne de Vries — Dutch author
- Bibi de Vries — Dutch politician
- Casper de Vries — South African actor
- Dolf de Vries — Dutch actor
- Dorus de Vries — Dutch goalkeeper
- Feike de Vries — Dutch waterpolo player
- Gijs de Vries — Dutch politician
- Greg de Vries — Canadian hockeyplayer
- Gustav de Vries — Dutch mathematician
- Han de Vries — Dutch oboist
- herman de vries — Dutch artist
- Klaas de Vries — Dutch composer
- Klaas de Vries — Dutch politician
- Hans Vredeman de Vries — Flemish Renaissance architect
- Hessel de Vries — Dutch physicist
- Hugo de Vries — Dutch biologist
- Jan de Vries — Dutch linguist
- Jan de Vries — Dutch athlete
- Jan-Lodewijk de Vries — Dutch waterpolo player
- Jared DeVries — American football player
- Jill De Vries — American model
- John de Vries — Australian racecar driver
- Keith DeVries — American archaeologist
- Maarten Gerritsz Vries (or "de Vries") — Dutch explorer
- Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries — Dutch author and researcher
- Marc de Vries — Dutch physicist
- Marion De Vries — American politician
- Marius De Vries — English music producer
- Mark de Vries — Dutch footballer
- Matt DeVries — American guitarist
- Matthias de Vries — Dutch linguist
- Mered de Vries — Dutch volleyballer
- Nadine de Vries — 19th century courtesan of Dutch descent
- Nina de Vries — Dutch sex worker
- Pascal de Vries — Swiss network expert
- Peter De Vries — American editor and comic novelist
- Peter R. de Vries — Dutch journalist
- Rheta Devries — American educator
- Theun de Vries — Dutch writer and poet
- Willem de Vries Robbé — Dutch composer
- William DeVries — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplant
Fictional characters:
- Cassandra de Vries — character from the Perfect Dark video game series
- Piter De Vries — villain from the Dune 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
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