Vans is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Patrick Vans, Lord Barnbarroch (1529–1597), Scottish judge Sir Gammer Vans, character in an English fairy tale of the same name Vans Kennedy (1784–1846), Scottish major-general
See also Van (disambiguation) Vans (disambiguation)
See also Patrick Alexander Vans Agnew (1822–1848), British civil servant