title: Van Deventer
text: # Van Deventer
  
  van Deventer may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  van Deventer is a surname of Dutch origin. It is sometimes written as Van Deventer, Vandeventer or VanDeventer. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Algernon Foster van Deventer (1862–1931), American politician
  * Andre van Deventer (born 1930), South African Army officer and politician
  * Anelle van Deventer (born 1993), South African field hockey player
  * Conrad Theodor van Deventer (1857–1915), Dutch lawyer, author, and politician
  * Denise van Deventer (born 1990), Dutch international cricketer
  * Emmy van Deventer (1915–1998), Dutch ceramist
  * Gesie van Deventer (born 1958), South African politician, farmer and advocate
  * Jacob van Deventer (cartographer) (c. 1500–1575), Dutch cartographer of the Renaissance
  * Jacob van Deventer (general) (1874–1922), South African military commander
  * Jayvin Van Deventer (born 2004), American soccer player
  * John H. Van Deventer (1881–1956), American engineering writer
  * Juan van Deventer (born 1983), South African Olympic distance runner
  * Just van Deventer (1906–1957), Dutch ceramist
  * Kobus Van Deventer, South African rugby player
  * Oskar van Deventer (born 1965), Dutch puzzlemaker
  
  ## Animals
  
  * VanDeventer's rock gecko, (Cnemaspis vandeventeri), a species of gecko endemic to central Thailand, named after biologist Ryan J. VanDeventer
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Vandeventer, St. Louis, a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri
  * Vandeventer Flat, a flat in Riverside County, California
  