de Villiers is a common French and

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surname. It may refer to: * De Villiers (playwright) (c. 1600–1681), French playwright and actor *

AB de Villiers Abraham Benjamin de Villiers (born 17 February 1984) is a former South African international cricketer. AB de Villiers was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and was one of the five Wi ...

, a former South African international

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

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De Villiers Graaff Sir De Villiers Graaff, 2nd Baronet, (8 December 1913 – 4 October 1999) (first name De Villiers, surname De Graeff, Graaff) known as Div Graaff, was a South African politician who succeeded his father, Sir David Graaff, 1st Baronet, Sir David ...

, a former South African politician * CJ de Villiers, a former South African cricketer *

Fanie de Villiers Petrus Stephanus "Fanie" de Villiers (born 13 October 1964), is a retired cricketer who played 18 Test matches and 83 One Day Internationals for South Africa as a right arm fast-medium bowler and right hand batsman between 1992 and 1998. He ...

, a former South African cricketer *

Gerard de Villiers Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

, a French writer of spy stories *

Giniel de Villiers Giniel de Villiers (born 25 March 1972 in Barrydale, South Africa) is a South African racing and rally driver, best known for winning the 2009 Dakar Rally. Biography De Villiers began his career in circuit racing, winning the domestic South Af ...

, a South African racing driver * HO de Villiers, a former South African rugby union player * Jackie de Villiers (1894–1960), South African judge * Jacob de Villiers (1868–1932), judge and

Chief Justice of South Africa The Chief Justice of South Africa is the most senior judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court and head of the judiciary of South Africa, who exercises final authority over the functioning and management of all the c ...

Jean de Villiers Jean de Villiers (born 24 February 1981) is a South African former professional rugby union player. He started his career at wing, but played most of his career as an inside centre. De Villiers previously played for Western Province in the ...

, a former South African international

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

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Jan-Izak de Villiers Jan-Izak de Villiers (born 6 May 2001) is a Namibian cricketer and field hockey player. In May 2019, he was named in Namibia's squad for the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier tournament in Uganda. Prior to his ...

, a former Namibia cricket and hockey international player *

Johan Zulch de Villiers Johan Zulch de Villiers (12 July 1845 – 18 July 1910) was a South African politician and attorney. He was mayor of Johannesburg from 1897 to 1900. Life Johan Zulch de Villiers was born in 1845 in Paarl, Cape Colony. He was educated at the Paar ...

(1845–1910), South African politician * John de Villiers (1842–1914),

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lawyer, judge and Chief Justice of South Africa *

Izak Louis de Villiers Izak (or Izaak also Izhak, Itzchak, Itzik, see more options below) is a given name which is an alternate spelling for Isaac. Online sites, such as "Think Baby Names" state that: :Izak \i-zak\ as a boy's name is a variant of Isaac (Hebrew), and the ...

, a former South African theologian and author *

Juan de Villiers Juan Pierre de Villiers (born 5 April 1989) is a South African first-class cricketer who plays for the Titans cricket team The Titans (known as the Multiply Titans for sponsorship reasons) are the northernmost top-level cricket franchise in ...

, a former South African cricketer *

Louis de Villiers Louis Ewald de Villiers (27 September 1908 – 10 February 1970) was a South African cricketer. He played in 23 first-class matches for Orange Free State between 1924 and 1934. De Villiers was an off-spin bowler. After playing six matches in hi ...

(1908–1970), South African cricketer * (1885–1977), South African clergyman and composer *

Nannie de Villiers Nannie de Villiers (born Esmé de Villiers, 5 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player who represented South Africa. She was born in neighbouring Namibia but moved at a young age. De Villiers made her début in 1993, at the small I ...

, a South African

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

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Peggy de Villiers Peggy de Villiers (born 22 September 1993) is a South African deaf swimmer. She represented South Africa at the Deaflympics in 2009 and 2013. She made her Deaflympic debut at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and claimed 4 medals including a gold me ...

(born 1993), a South African deaf swimmer *

Peter de Villiers Peter de Villiers (born 3 June 1957) is a South African professional rugby union coach and Good Party politician. He was coach of the South Africa national rugby union team from 2008 to 2011, after successes with the South African U19 and U21 ...

, a South African rugby union coach named in 2008 as the head coach of the country's national team, the

Springboks The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabokoboko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union. The Springboks play in green and gold jersey ...

Philippe de Villiers Philippe Marie Jean Joseph Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers (; born 25 March 1949), is a French entrepreneur, politician and novelist.Main Website Retrieved 4 March 2009. He is the founder of the Puy du Fou theme ...

, a French politician * Pieter de Villiers, a South African

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* Pieter de Villiers, a South African-born French international rugby union player *

Ryan de Villiers Ryan de Villiers (born 30 November 1992) is a South African actor. He is known for his role as Dylan Stassen in the film '' Moffie'' (2019). He began his career on stage, earning Naledi and Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards. Early life De Villiers ...

(born 1992), South African actor

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