De Vos is a Dutch-language surname meaning "the fox". In 2007 in the Netherlands, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name spelled it de Vos,^[1] while in 2008 in Belgium, primarily in East Flanders, nearly all ≈11,000 people with the name capitalized it De Vos.^[2] Another 9220 people in Belgium, mostly in West Flanders have the concatenated form Devos,^[3] while in the United States the form DeVos can be found.

Notable people with the name include:

• Adam de Vos (born 1993), Canadian cyclist
• Anna-Marie de Vos (born 1960), South African lawyer and judge
• Asha de Vos, Sri Lankan marine biologist
• Charlotte De Vos (born 1983), Belgian field hockey player
• Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651), Flemish painter, draughtsman and art dealer, brother of Paul de Vos
• Ernie de Vos (1941–2005), Dutch-born Canadian racing driver
• Frank de Vos (born 1956), Dutch sports sailor
• Geert De Vos (born 1981), Belgian dart player
• Ingmar De Vos (born 1963), Belgian equestrian sports manager
• Jan De Vos (politician) (1844–1922), Belgian mayor of Antwerp
• Jan de Vos (historian) (1936–2011), Belgian historian who lived in Mexico
• Jason de Vos (born 1974), Canadian soccer player and commentator
• Judocus de Vos (1661–1734), Flemish weaver
• Justin de Vos (born 1998), Dutch footballer
• Lambert de Vos (fl 1563–1574), Flemish painter and illustrator
• Laurent de Vos [ca; de] (c.1533–1580), Flemish composer
• Luc De Vos [de; fr; nl] (born 1946), Belgian military historian
• Luc De Vos (1962–2014), Belgian rock musician and writer
• Maerten de Vos (1532–1603), Flemish painter
• Marc de Vos [fr; el; nl] (1645–1717), Flemish sculptor
• Marie-Louise De Vos (born 1941), Belgian film actress
• Miriam Phoebe de Vos (1912–2005), South African botanist
• Nathalie De Vos (born 1982), Belgian long-distance runner
• Niels de Vos, British sports businessman and chief executive
• Paul de Vos (c.1592–1678), Flemish animal and still life painter, brother of Cornelis de Vos
• Paul De Vos (born 1950s), Belgian microbiologist
• Peter Jon de Vos (1938–2008), American ambassador
• Philip de Vos [af] (born 1939), South African author
• Pierre de Vos (born 1963), South African constitutional law scholar
• Sander De Vos (born 1985), Flemish technology guru
• Simon de Vos (1603–1676), Flemish painter, draughtsman and art collector
• Tjakko de Vos (born 1956), Dutch ice hockey player
• Vincent De Vos (1829–1875), Belgian animal painter
• Willem de Vos (c.1593 – c.1629), Flemish painter
• Willem de Vos (born 1954), Dutch microbiologist
• Willy de Vos (1880–1957), Dutch footballer
• Wim de Vos (born 1968), Dutch cyclo-cross racer

• De Vos van Steenwijk, Dutch noble family
• Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (1759–1830), Dutch politician
• Jan Arend de Vos van Steenwijk [fr; nl] (1746–1813), Dutch politician
• Jan Arend Godert de Vos van Steenwijk (1818–1905), Dutch politician
• Willem Lodewijk de Vos van Steenwijk (1859–1947), Dutch politician

• Reinaert de Vos, protagonist fox from the collection of fables known as Reynard
• Vos (surname), Dutch surname

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname De Vos.
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v t e Family names derived from words for "fox"
Germanic	West Germanic: De Vos, Fox, Fuchs, Lischka, Vos, Voss, Vulpius
Romance	French: Renard Iberian: Zorro, Raposo Italian: Volpe, Volpi Romanian: Vulpe
Slavic	East Slavic: Lisitsa, Lisitsyn, Lisin South Slavic: Lisica West Slavic: Liška, Lis
Other	Baltic: Lapsa, Lape Estonian: Rebane Finnish: Kettu Hungarian: Róka Turkish: Tilki