De Heer

De Heer is a Dutch surname, meaning "the gentleman / lord".[1] The variant forms d'Heer and De Heere are now (nearly) extinct in the Netherlands.[2] People with the name include:

De Heer
  • Jack de Heer (born 1953), Canadian-born Dutch ice hockey player
  • Klaas de Heer (1829–1904), Dutch checkers and chess player
  • Margaretha de Heer (1603–1665), Dutch painter
  • Rolf de Heer (born 1951), Dutch-born Australian film director
  • Walter de Heer (born 1949), Dutch experimental physicist
De Heere
  • Gerrit de Heere (1657–1702), Dutch Governor of Ceylon
  • Lucas de Heere or Lucas 'd'Heere (1534–1584), Flemish portrait painter, poet and writer

See also

  • De Heere or "Heerestraat", original name of Manhattan's Broadway

References

  1. ^ Heer, de at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Heer, d' and Heere, de at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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