# 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
* Carl Bevan, British musician (1973-2024)