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 (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 actor
- Dolf de Vries (born 1937) — Dutch actor
- Dorus de Vries (born 1980) — Dutch goalkeeper
- Feike de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch waterpolo player
- François de Vries (1884-1958), Dutch economist [1]
- Gijs de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch politician
- Greg de Vries (born 1973) — Canadian hockeyplayer
- Gustav de Vries (1866-1934) — Dutch mathematician
- Han de Vries (born 1941) — Dutch oboist [2]
- Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1607) — Dutch architect
- Hent de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch philosopher [3]
- 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 waterpolo player
- Jared DeVries (born 1976) — [United States|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
- 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 — character 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
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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