De Wet is the name of:
Jacob Willemszoon de Wet (c. 1610 – between 1675 and 1691), Dutch painter Christiaan de Wet (1854–1922), Boer general, rebel leader and politician De Wet Decoration, South African military medal named after the above Piet de Wet (1861–1929), Boer general, brother of Christiaan de Wet Nicolaas Jacobus de Wet (1873–1960), Chief Justice of South Africa and acting Governor-General Andries de Wet (1876–1930), Boer leader and soldier Quartus de Wet (1899–1980), son of the above, South African judge and judge-president of the Transvaal, and presiding judge of the 1963 Rivonia Trial, where he sentenced Nelson Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists to life imprisonment. Johannes Christiaan de Wet (1912–1990), South African jurist De Wet Barry (born 1978), South African rugby union footballer Adrian de Wet (born 197?), British Visual Effects designer / supervisor Friedel de Wet (born 1980), South African cricketer Jane de Wet (born 1996), South African actress David Roelof de wet (born 1982), South African engineer