Bevis (sometimes spelled ''Beavis'' or ''Bevys'') is a given name of

Old French Old French (, , ; Modern French: ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France from approximately the 8th to the 14th centuries. Rather than a unified language, Old French was a linkage of Romance dialects, mutually intelligib ...

origin, meaning someone coming from Beauvais, in the Oise region, or after the Norman French “belfils” or “beufitz”, meaning fair or lovely son. It was not recorded in England until after the Norman Conquest in 1066.

People

Andrew Bevis Andrew Bevis is an Australian-born actor known for a wide range of theatrical roles. Beginning his career as a musician, at the age of 18, Bevis was initially a musical director on the original Australian production of ''The Phantom of the Opera'' ...

, an Australian actor *

Arch Bevis Archibald Ronald Bevis (born 10 April 1955) is an Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Member for Brisbane from 1990 to 2010. Bevis held a variety of ministerial, shadow ministerial, and parliamentary leadership positions. Ear ...

(1955–), Australian politician *

Bevis Hillier Bevis Hillier (born 28 March 1940) is an English art historian, author and journalist. He has written on Art Deco, and also a biography of John Betjeman, Sir John Betjeman. Life and work Hillier was born in Redhill, Surrey, where the family liv ...

(1940–), art historian and biographer of Sir John Betjeman *

Bevis Longstreth Bevis Longstreth is a retired lawyer and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He practiced law as a partner at Debevoise & Plimpton, and taught on the faculty of Columbia Law School. His legal scholars ...

, novelist and former Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission *

Billy Bevis William Ernest Bevis DSM (29 September 1918 – 22 August 1994) was an English footballer who played for Southampton as an outside right in the years either side of the Second World War. Football career Portsmouth Bevis was born in Warsash, Ha ...

(1918–1994), British football player * Fred Beavis, 57th mayor of Toronto * Howard Landis Bevis (1885–1968), president of Ohio State University * John Bevis (c.1664–1771), English astronomer, known for discovering the Crab Nebula *

Leslie Bevis Leslie Bevis (born February 13, 1954) is an American model and actress, best known for playing Captain Rionoj on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. Career Bevis worked as a model in Europe before her work in film and television. Besides making sev ...

(1954–), American actress * Marie-Louise Bévis (1972–), French athlete *

Bevis Mugabi Bevis Kristofer Kizito Mugabi (born 1 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Motherwell. He has previously played in the English Football League for Yeovil Town. Born in England, he represen ...

(born 1995), footballer *

Muriel Bevis Muriel Bevis ��Breezy″(October 7, 1928 – October 29, 2002) was an American outfielder and pitcher who played in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1950 season. Bevis batted and threw left-handed. She was born in Coro ...

, American baseball player * PJ Bevis (1980–), professional baseball player * A set of English professional wrestling siblings: **

Roy Bevis Roy Bevis (born 26 February 1981) is an English professional wrestler. He mainly competes under the ring name Roy Knight in World Association of Wrestling, which is owned and operated by his family. He has wrestled alongside his father Ricky Kni ...

(born 1982), best known as Zebra Kid and also known as Roy Knight; half-brother of the next two listed individuals ** Zak Zodiac (born 1990), real name Zak Bevis, also known as Zak Knight ** Paige (wrestler) (born 1992), real name Saraya-Jade Bevis, also known as Britani Knight

Media and literature

Bevis of Hampton Bevis of Hampton ( fro, Beuve(s) or or ; Anglo-Norman: ; it, Buovo d'Antona) or Sir Bevois, was a legendary English hero and the subject of Anglo-Norman, Dutch, French, English, Venetian,Hasenohr, 173–4. and other medieval metrical chivalr ...

, a character appearing in medieval romance ** "Beves of Hamtoun" (poem), medieval English metrical romance about Bevis of Hampton * ''Bevis'' (book), a boy's adventure story (1882) by

Richard Jefferies John Richard Jefferies (6 November 1848 – 14 August 1887) was an English nature writer, noted for his depiction of English rural life in essays, books of natural history, and novels. His childhood on a small Wiltshire farm had a great influ ...

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Mr. Bevis "Mr. Bevis" is episode thirty-three of the American television anthology series ''The Twilight Zone''. It first aired on June 3, 1960 on CBS. This episode is one of only four to feature the "blinking eye" opening sequence, and the first to feature ...

", an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * The Bevis Frond, an indie band from London, England * Beavis, a character from MTV's ''Beavis and Butt-head'' * ''Sir Bevis'', from the Red Book of Romance, edited by Andrew Lang

Places

Bevis, Ohio Bevis is an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly ...

, a community in the United States *

Bevis Marks Bevis Marks, classified as part of the A1211, is a short street (about 150 m long) in the ward of Aldgate in the City of London. Traffic runs northwest in a one-way direction into Camomile Street, and parallel to Houndsditch which runs sou ...

, a street in the City of London * Bevis Marks Synagogue, the oldest functioning synagogue in the United Kingdom, situated in a courtyard off the above street

Other

* HMS ''Sir Bevis'', original name of a Royal Navy

24-class sloop The 24 class was a class of minesweeping sloops. They were derived from the preceding , but designed to appear double-ended. Twenty-four ships to this design (hence the class name) were ordered between December 1916 and April 1917 under the Emerg ...

; later renamed HMS ''Eaglet'' *

Sir Bevys Sir Bevys (1876–1896) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from 1878 to 1879 he ran six times and won two races. His most important success came in the 1879 Epsom Derby: his only other win was in a selling rac ...

, a British thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1879 Epsom Derby * ''Bevis'' (ship), a sailing vessel carrying passengers from England to the British colonies in America between 1635 and 1638 {{Disambig