Dever is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Barbara Dever, opera singer, appeared with Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Zubin Mehta Dan Dever, Canadian football player Dick Dever, American politician Edmonde Dever, Belgian diplomat James C. Dever III, 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, American actress and travel blogger Kaitlyn Dever, American actress Mark Dever, senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Paul A. Dever (1903–1958), Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts Seamus Dever, American actor William Emmett Dever (1862–1929), the Democratic mayor of Chicago, Illinois, U.S. from 1923 to 1927 William G. Dever, American archaeologist, specialising in the history of Israel and the Near East in Biblical times
