Bevan

Bevan is a name of Welsh origin, derived from ab Ifan meaning "son of Evan" (Ifan being a variant of Ieuan, the Welsh equivalent of John). Notable people with the name include:

First name

 * Bevan Congdon (1938–2018), New Zealand cricketer
 * Bevan Davies, American musician
 * Bevan Docherty (born 1977), New Zealand athlete
 * Bevan Dufty (born 1955), American politician
 * Bevan George (born 1977), Australian hockey player
 * Bevan Griggs (born 1978), New Zealand cricketer
 * Bevan Hari (born 1975), New Zealand hockey player
 * Bevan Meredith (1927–2019), Australian Anglican archbishop of Papua New Guinea
 * Bevan Sharpless (1904–1950), American astronomer
 * Bevan Slattery, Australian technology entrepreneur
 * Bevan Spencer von Einem (born 1946), Australian criminal

Surname

 * Alan Bevan, Canadian bagpipe player
 * Alonza Bevan (born 1970), English bass player
 * Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (1897–1960), British Labour Party politician
 * Benjamin Bevan (1773–1833), British civil engineer
 * Bev Bevan (born 1945), English drummer
 * Bill Bevan, American football player and coach
 * Billy Bevan, Australian film actor
 * Brian Bevan (1924–1991), Australian rugby player
 * Bridget Bevan (1698–1779), Welsh philanthropist
 * Christopher Bevan (born 1937), Rhodesian sailor
 * C. W. L. Bevan (1920–1989), Welsh chemist and academic
 * David Gilroy Bevan (1928–1996), English politician
 * Donald Bevan (1920–2013), American playwright and caricaturist
 * Edward Bevan (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Edward Bevan (physician) (1770–1860), apiarist and physician
 * Edward Bevan (bishop) (1861–1934), Bishop of Swansea and Brecon
 * Edward John Bevan (1856–1921), British chemist
 * Edward Vaughan Bevan (1907–1988), British doctor and Olympic rowing


 * Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943), English philosopher and historian
 * Emily Bevan (born 1982), English actress
 * Frederick Bevan (1856–1939), singer and songwriter in UK and teacher in South Australia
 * G. Phillips Bevan (1829–1889), English statistician
 * Gloria Bevan, New Zealand writer
 * Hal Bevan (1930–1968), American baseballer
 * Hilary Bevan Jones (born 1952), British television producer
 * James Bevan (1856–1938), Wales rugby union captain
 * James David Bevan (born 1959), British High Commissioner to India
 * John Bevan (disambiguation), multiple people
 * John Bevan (cricketer) (1846–1918), Australian cricketer
 * John Bevan (rugby) (born 1950), Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
 * John Bevan (rugby union) (1948–1986), Welsh international rugby union player
 * John Bevan (politician) (1837–1911), New Zealand politician
 * John Bevan (British Army officer) (1894–1978), World War II deception expert
 * John M. Bevan (1924–2000), American academic and innovator
 * John Bevan (figure skater) (born 1976), American figure skater
 * John Bevan (musician) (born 1938), English clarinettist, saxophonist, conductor


 * Latalia Bevan (born 2001), Welsh gymnast
 * Llewellyn David Bevan (1842–1918), Welsh Congregationalist minister in US and Australia
 * Mary Ann Bevan (1874–1933), English sideshow attraction
 * Matthew Bevan (born 1973), British criminal
 * Maurice Bevan (1921–2006), British baritone and composer
 * Michael Bevan (born 1970), Australian cricketer
 * Myer Bevan (born 1997), New Zealand footballer
 * Natalie Bevan (1909–2007), British artist
 * Nick Bevan (1942–2014), British rowing coach and school headmaster
 * Paul Bevan (born 1984), Australian footballer
 * R. A. Bevan (1901–1974), advertising pioneer
 * Robert Polhill Bevan (1865–1925), artist, father of R. A. Bevan
 * Scott Bevan (born 1979), English footballer
 * Scott Bevan (journalist) (born 1964), Australian journalist
 * Sid Bevan (1877–1933), Wales and British Lions rugby union player
 * Silvanus Bevan (1691–1765), Welsh apothecary
 * Stewart Bevan (1948–2022), British actor
 * Thomas Bevan (cricketer) (1900–1942), English cricketer and British Army officer
 * Tim Bevan (born 1958), New Zealand film producer
 * Tony Bevan (painter) (born 1951), painter
 * Vince Bevan, Canadian policeman
 * William Bevan aka Burial (musician), English electronic musician.
 * William Bevan (sloopmaster), Hudson's Bay Company explorer
 * William Bevan (psychologist), a former president of the American Psychological Association
 * Wilson Lloyd Bevan (1866–1935), an American historian