# Evers

Evers is a Low German and Dutch patronymic surname meaning "son of Evert/Everhard" (High German Eberhard, English Everard). Variants include Everse, Everts and Evertsz. In 2000, there were fewer than 10,000 people sharing the Evers surname among 306 million people in the United States at the time.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Evers (1868 – c. 1890), English footballer
* Alfonso Delgado Evers (born 1942), Argentinian clergyman, Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo (2000–2017)
* Alf Evers (1905–2004), US historian
* Bettina Evers (born 1981), German ice hockey forward
* Bill Evers (born 1954), American baseball player and coach
* Bloeme Evers-Emden (1926–2016), Dutch child psychologist
* Bram Evers (1886–1952), Dutch track athlete
* Brenny Evers (born 1978), Dutch footballer
* Brooke Evers (born 1985), Australian television personality
* Caroline Evers-Swindell (born 1978), New Zealand rower
* Charles Evers (1922–2020), US civil rights activist, brother of Medgar Evers
* Christopher Evers (1564–1590), English Catholic martyred priest (also known as Christopher Bales)
* Denis Evers (1913–2007), English cricketer and WWII pilot
* Diane Evers (born 1956), Australian tennis player
* Diane Evers (politician) (born 1963), Australian politician, Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council (from 2017)
* Edvard Evers (1853–1919), Swedish Lutheran priest and hymnwriter
* Edwin Evers (born 1971), Dutch drummer and radio presenter
* Edwin Evers (fisherman) (born 1974), American bass fisherman
* Floris Evers (born 1983), Dutch field hockey player
* Frank Evers (disambiguation)
* Georgina Evers-Swindell (born 1978), New Zealand rower
* Greg Evers (1955–2017), US politician
* Guy Evers (1874–1959), English rugby union player
* Harold Evers (1876–1937), Australian cricketer
* Hoot Evers (1921–1991), US baseball player
* Jason Evers (1922–2005), US actor
* Joe Evers (Joseph Francis Evers; 1891–1949), American baseball player
* Johnny Evers (1883–1947), US baseball player
* Jürgen Evers (born 1964), German track athlete
* Kai-Bastian Evers (born 1990), German footballer
* Karin Evers-Meyer (born 1949), German politician
* L. H. Evers (Leonard Herbert Evers; 1926–1985), Australian writer
* Lance Evers (born 1969), Canadian professional wrestler better known as Lance Storm
* Lisa Evers (born 1963), US television personality
* Maike Evers (born 1980), Australian fashion model and television personality
* Marc Evers (born 1991), Dutch Paralympic swimmer
* Matt Evers (born 1976), US figure skater
* Medgar Evers (1925–1963), US civil rights activist
* Meike Evers (born 1977), German rower
* Mervyn Evers, Archdeacon of Lahore (1940–1944)
* Myrlie Evers-Williams (born 1933), US civil rights activist, widow of Medgar Evers
* Nick Evers (1937–2013), Australian politician
* Nico Evers-Swindell (born 1979), New Zealand actor
* Raphael Evers (born 1954), Dutch Rabbi
* Reinbert Evers (born 1949), German musician
* Richard Evers (born 1959), Canadian publisher, programmer, technology consultant and author
* Sean Evers (born 1977), English footballer
* Sean Evers (born 1975), American Tattoo Artist
* Shoshanna Evers (born 1980), American author of contemporary and erotic romance novels and novellas
* Stefan Evers (born 1979), German politician
* Stuart Evers (born 1976), British novelist, short story writer and critic
* Sybil Evers (1904–1963), English singer and actress
* Ties Evers (born 1991), Dutch footballer
* Tom Evers (1852–1925), American baseball player
* Tony Evers (born 1951), US politician and educator
* Williamson Evers (born c. 1949), US education activist, educator, politician

## Fictional characters

* Bob Evers, main character of a 35-volume children's book series by Willy van der Heide
* Lily Evers, maiden name of Harry Potter's mother in the Dutch translation ("Evans" in original)
* Jim Evers, a character in the 2003 film The Haunted Mansion
* Tony "Duke" Evers, character in "Rocky" series of films
* Michael Evers, a character in the film TiMER
* Susan Evers Hayley Mills & Mitch Evers Brian Keith; One of the twin sisters, and the father of the twins, in the original Disney movie The Parent Trap (1961)