De Heer

De Heer is a Dutch surname, meaning 'the gentleman/lord'. The variant forms d'Heer and De Heere are now (nearly) extinct in the Netherlands.

People with the name include:

De Heer

• Jack de Heer (born 1953), Canadian-born Dutch ice hockey player
• Jacqueline de Heer (born 1970), Dutch softball player
• (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

• Heer (surname)

References