De Vere is a surname and given name.

Notable families

  • House of de Vere, an English aristocratic family, including the Earls of Oxford
  • De Vere baronets, a title in the Baronetage of Ireland

People with the surname

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alison de Vere (1927–2001), British animator
  • Aubrey De Vere (disambiguation), the name of several people
  • Cecil Valentine De Vere (1845–1875), British chess player
  • Clementine de Vere (1888–1973), British magician and illusionist
  • Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550–1604), Lord Great Chamberlain to Elizabeth, also believed by some to have penned Shakespeare's works
  • De Vere Society, a British group supporting the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
  • Harry De Vere (1870–1923), American silent film actor
  • John de Vere (disambiguation), the name of several people
  • Luke DeVere (born 1989), Australian footballer
  • Mary de Vere (died c. 1624), English noblewoman
  • Michael De Vere (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer
  • Pearl de Vere (c. 1862–1897), brothel owning madam of the American Old West
  • Richard De Vere (1967–2014), British showman
  • Robert de Vere (disambiguation), the name of several people
  • Stephen de Vere (1812–1904), Irish Member of Parliament

People with the given name

  • De Vere Watson (1893–1982), American politician and lawyer

Fictional characters

  • Richard DeVere, in British sitcom To the Manor Born

See also

  • Vere (disambiguation)
  • Chase de Vere, a finance company formerly owned by Bank of Ireland
  • Horace de Vere Cole (1881–1936), prankster and eccentric
  • Edward de Vere Hunt (1908—1941), British Army officer and Ireland rugby player
  • Henry de Vere Stacpoole (1863–1951), Irish author
  • "Lady Clara Vere de Vere", a poem by Alfred Tennyson
  • Miss de Vère (English Jig), an 1896 French silent film