De Beer

De Beer is a Dutch and Afrikaans surname, meaning "the bear". Notable people with the surname include:

  • Cornelius de Beer [es] (c.1590–1651), Dutch painter and engraver active in Spain; son of Joos
  • Dylan de Beer (born 1982), Zimbabwean cricketer
  • Esmond Samuel de Beer (1895–1990), New Zealand bibliophile, art collector and philanthropist
  • Fritz de Beer (born 1996), South African cricketer
  • Gavin de Beer (1899–1972), British evolutionary embryologist
  • Gerhard de Beer (born 1994), South African football player
  • Hans de Beer [de; no; rm] (born 1957), Dutch illustrator and author
  • Jan de Beer (c.1475–1528), Flemish painter and draughtsman
  • Jannie de Beer (born 1971), South African rugby player
  • Johan de Beer (born 1972), South African tennis player
  • Joos de Beer (<1535–1591), Dutch painter
  • Lonell de Beer (born 1980), South African cricketer
  • Lotte de Beer, Dutch opera director
  • María Eugenia de Beer (died 1652), Spanish engraver; daughter of Cornelius
  • Racheltjie de Beer (1831–1843), Afrikaner heroine who may be fictional
  • Roman de Beer (born 1994), South African racing driver
  • Sam de Beer (born 1944), South African politician
  • Sue de Beer (born 1973), American artist
  • Surina De Beer (born 1978), South African tennis player
  • Tinus de Beer (born 1996), South African rugby player
  • Walter Wolff de Beer (1892–1983), Dutch philatelist
  • Willem de Beer (born 1988), South African sprinter
  • Willy de Beer (born 1942), Dutch speed skater
  • Wolfgang de Beer (born 1964), German footballer
  • Zach de Beer (1928–1999), South African politician and businessman

See also

  • De Beers, diamond company named after the farmers Diederik Arnoldus and Johannes Nicolaas de Beer who sold the land with one of the first diamond mines of the company
  • DeBeer Lacrosse, American sports equipment manufacturer
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