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