Bevan

Bevan

Origin
Meaning	son of Evan
Region of origin	Wales
Other names
Related names	Beavan, Bevin

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
• Carl Bevan, British musician (1973-2024)

See also

• Bevan, Ohio
• SS William Bevan, see List of Liberty ships (S–Z)

• Beavan
• Bevin (disambiguation)
• Bevins
• Bevanism