Peter De Vries (1910-1993) — American editor and comic novelist

Hugo de Vries (1848-1935) — Dutch biologist

Nadine de Vries (1874-1918) — 19th century courtesan of Dutch descent

Mark de Vries (born 1975) — Dutch footballer

William DeVries (born 1943) — American surgeon who performed first permanent artificial heart transplant

Adriaen de Vries (1556-1626) — Dutch sculptor

Klaas de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch politician

Nina de Vries (born 1961) — Dutch sex worker

Greg de Vries (born 1973) — Canadian hockeyplayer

Han de Vries (born 1941) — Dutch oboist [1]

Jan de Vries (1890-1964) — Dutch linguist

Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch author and researcher

Marc de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch physicist

Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527-1607) — Dutch architect

Marion De Vries (1865-1939) — American politician

Dorus de Vries (born 1980) — Dutch goalkeeper

Mered de Vries (born 1977) — Dutch volleyballer

Peter R. de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch journalist

Casper de Vries (born 1964) — South African comedian

Gustav de Vries (1866-1934) — Dutch mathematician

Bibi de Vries (born 1963) — Dutch politician

Gijs de Vries (born 1956) — Dutch politician

Klaas de Vries (born 1944) — Dutch composer

Jill De Vries (born 1953) — American model

Matt DeVries (born 1977) — American guitarist

Hessel de Vries (1916-1959) — Dutch physicist

Keith DeVries (1937-2006) — American archaeologist

Gerrit de Vries (born May 13) — Dutch road cyclist

herman de vries (born 1931) — Dutch artist

Jared DeVries (born 1976) — [United States|American]] football player

Ali de Vries (1914-2007) — Dutch athlete

Jan de Vries (1896-1939) — Dutch athlete

Anne de Vries (1904-1964) — Dutch author

Jeroen de Vries (born 1971) — Dutch speed skater

Dolf de Vries (born 1937) — Dutch actor

Rheta Devries — American educator

Feike de Vries (born 1943) — Dutch waterpolo player

Jan-Lodewijk de Vries (born 1972) — Dutch waterpolo player

Theun de Vries (1907-2005) — Dutch writer and poet

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:

David Pietersen de Vries (born c. 1593) — Dutch patroon of Zwaanendael Colony

John de Vries (born 1966) — Australian racecar driver

Marius De Vries (born 1961) — English music producer

Pascal de Vries — Swiss network expert

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