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.