Bevin is both a given name and a surname. It may refer to the following notable people:
Given name
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Bevin Alexander
Bevin Alexander (born 17 February 1929 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States) is an American military historian and author. He served as an officer during the Korean War as part of the 5th Historical Detachment. His book ''Korea: The First War ...
(born 1929), military historian and author
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Bevin Fortuin
Bevin Fortuin (born 6 February 1979) is a former South African international rugby union player and currently the head coach of the . His regular playing position was fullback or centre.
Career
Provincial
He started playing for local side , pla ...
(born 1979), rugby union player and head coach
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Bevin Hough
William Bevin Keith Hough (21 April 1929 – 25 November 2019) was a New Zealand sportsman who represented New Zealand in rugby league and the long jump.
Early life and family
Hough was born on 21 April 1929 in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonb ...
(1929–2019), New Zealand sportsman
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Bevin Kelley
Blevin Blectum (born Bevin Kelley) is an American electronic musician and multimedia composer. She is celebrated as an "icon of deviant and cerebral electronic music".
Early life and education
She was born Bevin Kelley in 1971. Her younger brot ...
, birth name of musician Blevin Blectum
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Bevin McKinney, key person at Rotary Rocket Company
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Bevin Prince (born 1982), American actress
Surname
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Elway Bevin
Elway Bevin (c.1554-1638) was a Welsh-born organist and composer.
Briefly a vicar choral at Wells Cathedral, in 1585 he was appointed Master of the Choristers at Bristol Cathedral. He was sworn a gentleman-extraordinary of the Chapel Royal on 3 J ...
(1638), Welsh-born organist and composer
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Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–19 ...
(1881–1951), British politician and statesman
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Fred Bevin (1880–1940), English footballer
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James Bevin (died 1946), Anglican priest in the 20th century
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James Bevin (cricketer) (born 1992), New Zealand physician and former first-class cricketer
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Kerry Bevin
Kerry Bevin was leader of The Republic of New Zealand Party, and was a list candidate for the 2005 and 2008 general elections.
The party received the lowest number of votes for any party in both the 2005 and 2008 general elections.
Bevin is a f ...
, New Zealand politician
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Matt Bevin
Matthew Griswold Bevin (; born January 9, 1967) is an American businessman and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky, from 2015 to 2019. He was the third Republican elected Kentucky governor since World War II, after Ernie Fle ...
(born 1967), American businessman and politician; former governor of Kentucky (2015–2019)
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Newton P. Bevin
Newton Philo Bevin (October 4, 1895 – October 9, 1976), sometimes referred to as Newton Philo Bevin II, was an American architect, specializing in residential design.
Early life and education
Bevin was the son of Samuel Mills Bevin and Julia Hun ...
(1895–1976), American architect.
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Michael Bevin
Michael Bevin (born 25 May 1977 in Hastings, New Zealand) is a field hockey goalkeeper from New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North ...
(born 1977), New Zealand field hockey goalkeeper
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Patrick Bevin
Patrick Bevin (born 15 February 1991) is a New Zealand professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .
Personal life
Bevin grew up in Taupō. He moved to Cambridge in 2014 when the Avantidrome opened to train with the ...
(born 1991), New Zealand professional road cyclist
Fictional characters
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Bevin Evan Mirskey
''One Tree Hill'' is an American television series created by Mark Schwahn for The WB in 2003. After its third season, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW, which then became the broadcaster for the show in the United States. Schwahn served as ...
, a character from the American sitcom ''One Tree Hill''
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