Devos

Devos is a concatenated form of the Dutch-language surname De Vos (meaning "the fox"), common in the Belgian province of West Flanders and French Flanders.[1] DeVos is a version of "De Vos" found in the United States.

Notable people with the Devos or DeVos name include:

Devos

  • Danny Devos (born 1959), Belgian body and performance artist
  • Emmanuelle Devos (born 1964), French actress
  • Gérard Devos (1903–1972), Belgian footballer
  • Hendrik Devos (born 1955), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Jeanne Devos (born 1935), Belgian nun and missionary in India
  • Katrien Devos, Belgian-born American plant geneticist
  • Laurens Devos born 2000), Belgian table tennis player
  • Léon Devos (1896–1963), Belgian racing cyclist
  • Léon Devos (1897–1974), Belgian painter
  • Louis Devos [de; fr] (1926–2015), Belgian opera tenor and music director
  • Paul Devos (1911–1981), Belgian chess master
  • Philip-Michael Devos (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Raymond Devos (1922–2006), Belgian-French humorist
  • Werner Devos (born 1957), Belgian racing cyclist
  • William Devos (1857– aft. 1902), American businessman and Wisconsin politician

DeVos

  • Bob DeVos (born 1946), American jazz guitarist

DeVos family

  • Richard DeVos (1926-2018), American businessman, co-founder of Amway, and sports team owner; wife Helen DeVos (née Van Wesep, 1927–2017), American philanthropist

Named after Richard DeVos (1926-2018)

See also

Surname list
This page lists people with the surname Devos.
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References

  1. ^ "Devos". familienaam.be. Archived from the original on 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2017-05-01.