# Evert

Evert is a Dutch and Swedish short form of the Germanic masculine name "Everhard" (alternative Eberhard). It is also used as surname.
Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Evert van Aelst (1602–1657), Dutch still life painter
* Evert Andersen (1772–1809), Norwegian naval officer
* Evert Augustus Duyckinck (1816–1878), American publisher and biographer
* Evert Azimullah (born 1938), Surinamese diplomat, politician, and writer
* Evert Båge (1925–2021), Swedish Air Force major general
* Evert Jan Baerends (born 1945), Dutch theoretical chemist
* Evert Bancker (mayor) (1665–1734), New Netherland/New York trader and politician
* Evert Bancker (speaker) (1721–1803), New York merchant and politician
* Evert Basch
* Evert Bastet (born 1950), Canadian sailor
* Evert van Benthem (born 1958), Dutch speed skater
* Evert Willem Beth (1908–1964), Dutch philosopher and logician
* Evert Björn (1888–1974), Swedish middle-distance runner
* Evert Bloemsma (1958–2005), Dutch type designer and graphic designer
* Evert Jan Boks (1838–1914), Dutch painter
* Evert Jan Brill (1812–1871), Dutch publisher
* Evert Brouwers (born 1990), Dutch footballer
* Evert Jan Bulder (1894–1973), Dutch footballer
* Evert Collier (1642–1708), Dutch painter
* Evert Dolman (1946–1993), Dutch racing cyclist
* Evert Dudok (born 1959), Dutch engineer and CEO
* Evert Eloranta (1879–1936), Finnish politician
* Evert Endt (born 1933), Dutch-born French designer
* Evert Geradts (born 1943), Dutch cartoonist
* Evert Gonzalez (born 1985), Colombian English language teacher and a writer
* Evert Grift (1922–2009), Dutch racing cyclist
* Evert Groenewald (fl. 1963–1999), South African Navy officer
* Evert Gunnarsson (1929–2022), Swedish rower
* Evert Hingst (1969–2005), Dutch lawyer and murder victim
* Evert Hoek (born 1933), South African-Canadian civil engineer
* Evert-Jan 't Hoen (born 1975), Dutch baseball player
* Evert Hokkanen (1864–1918), Finnish farmworker and politician
* Evert Horn (1585–1615), Swedish soldier
* Evert Hoving (born 1953), Dutch middle-distance runner
* Evert Huttunen (1884–1924), Finnish journalist and politician
* Evert Jakobsson (1886–1960), Finnish javelin thrower
* Evert Johansson (1903–1990), Finnish canoeist
* Evert Kamerbeek (1934–2008), Dutch decathlete
* Evert Karlsson (1920–1996), Swedish ski jumper
* Evert Koops (1885–1938), Dutch sprinter
* Evert Kroes (born 1950), Dutch rower
* Evert Kroon (1946–2018), Dutch water polo goalkeeper
* Evert Johan Kroon (born 1966), Netherlands Antilles swimmer
* Evert Kulenius (1879–1958), Finnish schoolteacher and politician
* Evert Larock (1865–1901), Belgian painter
* Évert Lengua (born 1983), Peruvian footballer
* Evert van Linge (1895–1964), Dutch footballer
* Evert Lundquist (1904–1994), Swedish painter and graphic artist
* Evert Lundqvist (1900–1979), Swedish footballer
* Evert van Milligen (born 1948), Dutch VVD politician
* Evert Musch (1918–2007), Dutch painter
* Evert van Muyden (1853–1922), Swiss engraver, illustrator and painter
* Evert Nilsson (1894–1973), Swedish pentathlete and decathlete
* Evert Nyberg (1925–2000), Swedish long-distance runner
* Evert Oudendijck (1650–1695), Dutch painter
* Evert Pieters (1856–1932), Dutch painter
* Evert Ploeg (born 1963), Australian portrait painter.
* Evert Skoglund (born 1953), Italian footballer
* Evert V. Snedecker (1838–1899), American racing horse trainer and owner
* Evert Sodergren (1920–2013), American studio furniture maker
* Evert Svensson (1925–2024), Swedish sociologist and politician
* Evert Sparks (1879–1972), Canadian (Alberta) politician
* Evert Taube (1890–1976), Swedish author, artist, composer and singer
* Evert Verbist (born 1984), Belgian road cyclist
* Evert Verwey (1905–1981), Dutch chemist
* Evert Ysbrandszoon Ides (1657–1708), Danish traveller and diplomat

## Surname

* Alexei Evert (1857–1926), General in the Russian Empire
* Angelos Evert (1894–1970), Greek police officer
* Chris Evert (born 1954), American tennis player
** Evert Cup, women's tennis tournament named after her
** Chris Evert (horse), racing horse named after her
* James Evert (1924–2015), American tennis coach, father of Chris and Jeanne
* Jason Evert (born 1975), Catholic author and chastity speaker
* Jeanne Evert (1957–2020), American tennis player
* Miltiadis Evert (1939–2011), Greek politician.