Dever is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Barbara Dever (born 1951), opera singer, appeared with Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta Benjamin M. Dever (died 1942), American politician Dan Dever (born 1946), Canadian football player Dick Dever (born 1952), American politician Edmonde Dever (born 1921), Belgian diplomat James C. Dever III (born 1962), United States federal judge James Dever (1825–1904), Irish-born merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada Jill Dever, American statistician Joe Dever (1956–2016), award-winning British fantasy author and game designer Juliana Dever (born 1980), American actress and travel blogger Kaitlyn Dever (born 1996), American actress Mark Dever (born 1960), senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Maryanne Dever (born 1963), Australian academic Paul A. Dever (1903–1958), Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts Seamus Dever (born 1976), American actor William Emmett Dever (1862–1929), the Democratic mayor of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. from 1923 to 1927 William G. Dever (born 1933), American archaeologist, specialising in the history of Israel and the Near East in Biblical times See also Paul A. Dever State School, built as a military camp named Camp Myles Standish, located in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA Dever Orgill (born 1990), Jamaican footballer Huys Dever, small castle in Lisse, Netherlands River Dever, river in the English county of Hampshire pt:Dever