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 (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, American football player * Deon Swiggs, New Zealand politician * Deon Thomas (born 1971), American-Israeli basketball player * Deon van der Walt (1958–2005), South African operatic tenor * Deon Yelder (born 1995), American football player *Deon Temne (1972), Sierra Leonean-American,

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

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