Deon is a given name. People with the name include: *

Deon (footballer) José Aldean Oliveira de Jesus (6 June 1987 – 9 August 2023), better known as Deon, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Career Deon played for EC Bahia between 2005 and 2008, playi ...

, José Aldean Oliveira de Jesus (1987–2023), Brazilian footballer *

Deon Burton Deon John Burton (born 25 October 1976) is a football coach and former professional footballer who played as a striker and who is the current manager of EFL Championship club West Bromwich Albion's under-23 team. His numerous clubs in English f ...

(born 1976), English-born Jamaican footballer * Deon Butler (born 1986), American football player *

Deon Cain Deon Cain (born August 9, 1996) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Clemson. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth ...

(born 1996), American football player *

Deon Hemmings Deon Marie Hemmings (born 9 October 1968 in Saint Ann, Jamaica) is a former female 400 metres hurdler. Hemmings was the first ever Jamaican woman to win an Olympic Gold when she won the 400 m Hurdles at the 1996 Olympics, breaking the Olymp ...

(born 1968), Jamaican female 400 metres hurdler * Deon Jackson (1946–2014), African-American singer * Deon Kruis (born 1974), South African cricketer * Deon Lacey (born 1990), American football player * Deon Lee (born 1982), South Korean born composer *

Deon Lendore Deon Kristofer Lendore (28 October 1992 – 10 January 2022) was a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and won medals at the Pa ...

(born 1992), Trinidadian sprinter * Deon Miles, American chemist *

Deon Strother Deonshawn L. Strother (born April 12, 1972) is an American former professional football running back who played one season with the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Southern Cal ...

, American football player *

Deon Swiggs Deon William Swiggs (born 6 September 1986) is a New Zealand politician serving as the Environment Canterbury Councillor representing the Christchurch West/Ōpuna Regional Constituency. He previously served as the Christchurch City Councillor ...

, New Zealand politician *

Deon Thomas Deon La velle Thomas (; born February 24, 1971) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. As a high school player, he led his team to the Chicago Public League title, and was named Illinois Mr. Basketball. As a college player at the Uni ...

(born 1971), American-Israeli basketball player *

Deon van der Walt Deon van der Walt (28 July 1958 – 29 November 2005), was a South African tenor. Van der Walt studied at Stellenbosh University and resided at Wilgenhof and made his debut as Jaquino in Beethoven's ''Fidelio'' at the Cape Town Opera befor ...

(1958–2005), South African operatic tenor *

Deon Yelder Deon Yelder (born March 6, 1995) is an American professional football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Western Kentucky and signed with the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Yelder won a Super Bow ...

(born 1995), American football player *Deon Temne (1972), Sierra Leonean-American,

Afrocentrism Afrocentrism is a worldview that is centered on the history of people of African descent or a view that favors it over non-African civilizations. It is in some respects a response to Eurocentric attitudes about African people and their hist ...

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* Deon Wilson, protagonist in the film ''Chappie''

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