De Vries
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De Vries is one of the most common Dutch
surname
s. 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:
Fictional characters:
Locations:
Vries, Drenthe is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
Netherlands
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surname
Surname
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s. It indicates a geographical origin: "Vriesland" is an old spelling of the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
province of Friesland
Friesland
Friesland is a province in the north of the Netherlands and part of the ancient region of Frisia.Until the end of 1996, the province bore Friesland as its official name. In 1997 this Dutch name lost its official status to the Frisian Fryslân...
(Frisia
Frisia
Frisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian, a language group closely related to the English language...
). Hence, "De Vries" means "The Frisian". The name has been transcended abroad to "DeVries", "deVries", or "Devries".
People named De Vries:
- Adriaen de VriesAdriaen de VriesAdriaen de Vries was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation...
(1556-1626) — Dutch sculptor - Ali de VriesAli de VriesAlida Elisabeth Christina Gerritsen-De Vries, born Ali de Vries was a Dutch athlete, who finished in fifth position at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 m relay event alongside Kitty ter Braake, Fanny Blankers-Koen and Lies Koning. She was born in Den Helder. She died at the age of 92 in her...
(1914-2007) — Dutch athlete - Anne de VriesAnne de VriesAnne de Vries was a Dutch teacher and author. In the Netherlands he became particularly famous for his novels. He was married to Alida Gerdina van Wermeskerken, the couple had five children. In 1972, de Vries got national recognition when his novel Bartje was made into a television series by Willy...
(1904-1964) — Dutch author - Bibi de VriesBibi de VriesBibi de Vries was a member of the Dutch liberal VVD parliamentary party in the House of Representatives. She was a member of Parliament from 1994–2006....
(born 1963) — Dutch politician - Casper de VriesCasper de VriesCasper De Vries is a South African actor, comedian, entertainer, composer, director, producer and author of sketches famous for his Afrikaans one man shows.-Background:...
(born 1964) — South African comedian - David DevrièsDavid DevrièsDavid Devriès was a French operatic lyric tenor noted for his light, heady tone, and polished phrasing...
(1881-1936), — French lyric operatic tenor - David Pietersen de VriesDavid Pietersen de VriesCaptain David Pieterszoon de Vries was a Dutch navigator from Hoorn, Holland.In 1617 de Vries went on a whaling voyage to Jan Mayen. In 1620 he sailed to Newfoundland and sold the dried fish in Italy. In Toulon he joined Charles, Duke of Guise. In 1624 he went to Canada again, still in French...
(born c. 1593) — Dutch patroon of Zwaanendael ColonyZwaanendael ColonyZwaanendael or Swaanendael was a short lived Dutch colonial settlement in Delaware. It was built in 1631. The name is archaic Dutch spelling for "swan valley" or dale... - Dolf de VriesDolf de VriesDolf de Vries is a Dutch actor.He writes plays and writes travel books in his spare time.-Selected filmography:*Turkish Delight *Soldier of Orange *The Fourth Man *Black Book...
(born 1937) — Dutch actor - Dorus de VriesDorus de VriesDorus de Vries is a Dutch football goalkeeper signed to English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.De Vries began his professional career in his native Holland with Telstar, before spending three seasons with ADO Den Haag. He moved to Britain in 2006, when he spent a season at Scottish...
(born 1980) — Dutch goalkeeper - Feike de VriesFeike de VriesFeike de Vries is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.-References:*...
(born 1943) — Dutch water polo player - François de Vries (1884-1958), Dutch economist
- Gerrit de Vries (cyclist) (born May 13) — Dutch road cyclist
- Gerrit de VriesGerrit de Vries (politician)Mr. Gerrit Abrahamsz de Vries was a Dutch jurist and politician. He was Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 4 June 1872 to 27 August 1874.-References:* in Elsevier, 21 April 2009 ....
(1818-1900) — Dutch prime minister - Gijs de VriesGijs de VriesGijs M. de Vries is a Dutch Democrats 66 politician. He was deputy Interior Minister between 1998 and 2002, and was the European Union's anti-terrorism co-ordinator from 25 March 2004 to March 2007...
(born 1956) — Dutch politician - Greg de VriesGreg de VriesGreg de Vries is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played over 800 games with six teams in the National Hockey League...
(born 1973) — Canadian hockey player - Gustav de VriesGustav de VriesGustav de Vries was a Dutch mathematician, who is best remembered for his work on the Korteweg–de Vries equation with Diederik Korteweg. He was born on 22 January 1866 in Amsterdam, and studied at the University of Amsterdam with the distinguished physical chemist Johannes van der Waals and with...
(1866-1934) — Dutch mathematician - Han de VriesHan de VriesHan Samuel de Vries , is a Dutch oboist and is considered the doyen of the Dutch school of oboe playing.De Vries studied oboe with Jaap Stotijn at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and with his son Haakon Stotijn at the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. He won many prizes in his youth,...
(born 1941) — Dutch oboist http://www.oboeclassics.com/HandeVriesInt.htm - Hans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de VriesHans Vredeman de Vries was a Dutch Renaissance architect, painter, and engineer. Vredeman de Vries is known for his publication in 1583 on garden design and his books with many examples on ornaments and perspective ....
(1527-1607) — Dutch architect - Hent de Vries (born 1958) — Dutch philosopher http://www.jhu.edu/humctr/hentdevries.html
- herman de vriesHerman de vriesherman de vries is a Dutch artist. He writes his name in lower-case "to avoid hierarchy". de vries works and lives with his wife Susanne in Eschenau near Knetzgau, Germany....
(born 1931) — Dutch artist - Hessel de VriesHessel de VriesHessel de Vries , was a Dutch physicist and professor at the University of Groningen who furthered the detection methods and applications of radiocarbon dating to a variety of sciences. But for his untimely death, he might have been a Nobel laureate...
(1916-1959) — Dutch physicist - Hugo de VriesHugo de VriesHugo Marie de Vries ForMemRS was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing the term "mutation", and for developing a mutation...
(1848-1935) — Dutch biologist - Jan de Vries (linguist) (1890-1964) — Dutch linguist
- Jan de VriesJan de Vries (athlete)Jan Cornelis de Vries was a Dutch athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres....
(1896-1939) — Dutch athlete - Jan-Lodewijk de VriesJan-Lodewijk de VriesJan Lodewijk de Vries is a retired water polo player from the Netherlands. He finished in ninth position with the Dutch team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:*...
(born 1972) — Dutch water polo player - Jared DeVriesJared DeVriesJared Jay DeVries [] is an American football defensive end who played for the Detroit Lions in NFL. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa...
(born 1976) — AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
football player - Jeroen de VriesJeroen de VriesJeroen de Vries is a Dutch marathon speed skater.As of 2006, De Vries has won eight marathons on artificial speed skating tracks, including one during the 2006 Six Days of the Greenery. In 2005, he won the Alternative Elfstedentocht at the Weissensee in 5:13.57 hours.-References:...
(born 1971) — Dutch speed skater - Jill De Vries (born 1953) — American model
- John de VriesJohn de VriesJohn de Vries is a former driver in the Indy Racing League and Australian Formula Holden. He raced in the 2002 IRL season, where he began the season with Brayton Racing. De Vries competed in the first three races, and arrived but withdrew from the Nazareth Speedway race...
(born 1966) — AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n racecar driver - Keith DeVriesKeith DeVriesKeith Robert DeVries was a prominent archaeologist and expert on the Phrygian city of Gordium, in what is now Turkey. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan....
(1937-2006) — American archaeologist - Kelly DeVriesKelly DeVriesKelly DeVries is an American historian specializing in the warfare of the Middle Ages.DeVries is Professor of History at Loyola University Maryland...
(born 1956) — American medievalist historian - Klaas de VriesKlaas de Vries (composer)Klaas de Vries is a Dutch composer. De Vries teaches composition at the conservatory of Rotterdam and can be described as influential in the Dutch musical life.-Biography:...
(born 1944) — Dutch composer - Klaas de VriesKlaas de Vries (politician)Klaas George de Vries is a member of the Dutch House of Representatives for the PvdA. De Vries has had a long political career: he has been a member of parliament for more than 15 years, he has been a minister, and was involved in forming both Kok cabinets.-Career before politics:After attending a...
(born 1943) — Dutch politician - Maarten Gerritsz VriesMaarten Gerritsz VriesMaarten Gerritsz Vries, or Fries, also referred to as de Vries, was a 17th-century Dutch cartographer and explorer, the first Western European to leave an account of his visit to the Sea of Okhotsk and the island of Sakhalin.Not much is known about the life of de Vries...
(or "de Vries") (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1643) — Dutch explorer - Manfred F.R. Kets de VriesManfred F.R. Kets de VriesManfred F.R. Kets de Vries is a clinical professor of leadership development at INSEAD, where he holds the Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Chair of Leadership Development...
(born 1943) — Dutch author and researcher - Marc de VriesMarc de VriesProf. Dr. M.J. de Vries , is professor of Reformational Philosophy at the Delft University of Technology.- Biography :...
(born 1958) — Dutch physicist - Marion De VriesMarion De VriesMarion De Vries was a United States Representative from California. He was born on a ranch near Woodbridge, San Joaquin County, California. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the San Joaquin Valley College, Woodbridge, California in 1886 and from the law department of the...
(1865-1939) — American politician - Marius De VriesMarius de VriesMarius Van Wyk de Vries is an English music producer and composer. He has been behind some of the key albums and soundtracks of recent times, gathering five Grammy nominations, two BAFTAs, and an Ivor Novello award along the way.-Music Producer:...
(born 1961) — EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
music producer - Mark de VriesMark de VriesMark de Vries is a Dutch footballer currently playing for Dutch Jupiler League club SC Cambuur.- Early career :...
(born 1975) — Dutch footballer - Matt DeVriesMatt DeVriesMatthew DeVries is the rhythm guitarist in the heavy metal band Chimaira. He, along with Rob Arnold and Mark Hunter writes a large number of the band's songs...
(born 1977) — American guitarist - Matthias de Vries (1820-1892) — Dutch linguist
- Mered de VriesMered de VriesMered de Vries is a Dutch professional beach volleyball and indoor volleyball player born in the small village of Harich in Friesland....
(born 1977) — Dutch volleyballer - Nina de VriesNina de VriesNina de Vries is a Dutch sex worker or sexual surrogate who offers erotic massages to intellectually disabled men and women in Berlin and other parts of Germany. She also trains others to do the same....
(born 1961) — Dutch sex worker - Pascal de VriesPascal de VriesPascal de Vries is best known as the founder of lyrics.ch, the International Lyrics Server that indexed lyrics and made it searchable for its users. In 1997 Pascal founded the site and it became a success in two years...
— SwissSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
network expert - Peter De VriesPeter De VriesPeter De Vries was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit. He has been described by the philosopher Daniel Dennett as "probably the funniest writer on religion ever"-Biography:...
(1910-1993) — American editor and comic novelist - Peter R. de VriesPeter R. de VriesPeter Rudolf de Vries is a Dutch Investigative Journalist and crime reporter. His television program covers high profile cases and set a Dutch television viewing record. In 2005, he started his own political party which was disbanded soon after.-Early life and career:Peter Rudolf de Vries was born...
(born 1956) — Dutch journalist - Rheta DevriesRheta DevriesRheta DeVries, professor at the University of Northern Iowa's Regent's Center For Early Developmental Education , co-wrote many books concerning early childhood education curriculum that both influenced the field of early childhood mathematical instruction and accelerated the proliferation of...
— American educator - Theun de VriesTheun de VriesTheunis Uilke de Vries , was a Dutch writer and poet.- Life :De Vries was born in the Frisian town of Veenwouden. His parents moved to Apeldoorn in 1920. In 1936 he joined the Communist Party of the Netherlands and a year later he moved to Amsterdam to pursue a career in journalism...
(1907-2005) — Dutch writer and poet - Willem de Vries Robbé (1902-1996) — Dutch composer
- William DeVriesWilliam DeVries-References:...
(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 FuryPath of the FuryPath of the Fury, and the later re-issuance with new material and a full prequel novel as the omnibus In Fury Born are both stand-alone science fiction novels by David Weber covering the life and times of sympathetic female protagonist Alicia DeVries.The original Path of the Fury opens with her...
by David WeberDavid WeberDavid Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs".... - Cassandra de Vries — director of the dataDyne corporation from the Perfect DarkPerfect DarkPerfect Dark is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It is considered the spiritual successor to Rare's earlier first-person shooter GoldenEye 007, with which it shares many gameplay features...
video game series - Kate de Vries — hero from the AirbornAirborn (novel)Airborn is a 2004 young adult novel by Kenneth Oppel. The book won the Canada's Governor General's Award. Airborn is set in a time where the primary form of air transportation are airships...
and SkybreakerSkybreaker (novel)Skybreaker, sequel to Airborn, is a fantasy novel for young adults and adolescents written by Canadian author Kenneth Oppel. It continues the adventures of young airship student Matt Cruse, and Kate de Vries, a would-be scientist.-Plot summary:...
novels - Piter De VriesPiter De VriesPiter De Vries is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is featured in 1965's Dune, the original novel in the science fiction series, as well as the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.In David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of the...
— villain from the DuneDune (novel)Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert, published in 1965. It won the Hugo Award in 1966, and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel...
novels
Locations:
Vries, Drenthe is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands
See also
- Korteweg–de Vries equationKorteweg–de Vries equationIn mathematics, the Korteweg–de Vries equation is a mathematical model of waves on shallow water surfaces. It is particularly notable as the prototypical example of an exactly solvable model, that is, a non-linear partial differential equation whose solutions can be exactly and precisely specified...
- TussenvoegselTussenvoegselA tussenvoegsel in Dutch linguistics is a word that is positioned between a person's first and last name. The most common tussenvoegsels are "van" meaning "from" and "de" , meaning "the"...
in Dutch linguistics, is a word between a first name and last name