van Deventer may refer to:

People

van Deventer is a surname of Dutch origin. It is sometimes written as Van Deventer, Vandeventer or VanDeventer. Notable people with the name include:

• Algernon Foster van Deventer (1862–1931), American politician
• Andre van Deventer (born 1930), South African Army officer and politician
• Anelle van Deventer (born 1993), South African field hockey player
• Conrad Theodor van Deventer (1857–1915), Dutch lawyer, author, and politician
• Denise van Deventer (born 1990), Dutch international cricketer
• Emmy van Deventer (1915–1998), Dutch ceramist
• Gesie van Deventer (born 1958), South African politician, farmer and advocate
• Jacob van Deventer (cartographer) (c. 1500–1575), Dutch cartographer of the Renaissance
• Jacob van Deventer (general) (1874–1922), South African military commander
• Jayvin Van Deventer (born 2004), American soccer player
• John H. Van Deventer (1881–1956), American engineering writer
• Juan van Deventer (born 1983), South African Olympic distance runner
• Just van Deventer (1906–1957), Dutch ceramist
• Kobus Van Deventer, South African rugby player
• Oskar van Deventer (born 1965), Dutch puzzlemaker

Animals

• VanDeventer's rock gecko, (Cnemaspis vandeventeri), a species of gecko endemic to central Thailand, named after biologist Ryan J. VanDeventer

Other uses

• Vandeventer, St. Louis, a neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri
• Vandeventer Flat, a flat in Riverside County, California