Dev, devs, or DEV may refer to:

People

Single names

Dev (artist) Dev (born 5 September 1947) is a Punjabi artist and poet based in Bern, Switzerland. Biography Dev was born in 1947 in Jagraon, Punjab, India. When he was 5 he moved to Nairobi, where his father was working for the British Railways. He returned ...

(born 1947), Indian artist and poet * Dev (Bengali actor) (born 1982), Indian actor *

Dev (DJ) Devin Joseph Jordan Griffin (born 23 December 1984) is a British radio presenter, DJ and actor, who is most commonly known for presenting Heart's evening show since January 2022 and Heart's Feel Good Weekend since January 2021. He is also kno ...

(born 1984), British radio presenter, DJ and actor *

Dev (singer) Devin Star Tailes (born July 2, 1989), known professionally as Dev (sometimes stylized as DEV or dEV), is an American singer. She was discovered by the Cataracs and record label Indie-Pop via Myspace after Dev's friend posted a video of her sing ...

(born 1989), American singer * Dev (Tamil actor), Indian actor

First names

Dev Anand Dev Anand (; born Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand; 26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Indian cinema, Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most succes ...

(1923–2011), Indian actor * Dev Griffin (born 1984), British DJ * Dev Hynes (born 1985), British musician * Dev Kumar (born 1972), Indian writer *

Dev Patel Dev Patel (; born 23 April 1990) is an English actor and filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Dev Patel, His accolades include a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and two Golden Globe A ...

(born 1990), British actor

Surnames

* Aditya Dev (born 1988), Indian body builder with dwarfism * Ajinkya Dev, Indian actor * Arjun Dev (historian) (1938–2020), Indian historian and educationist *

Deepak Dev Deepak Devraj Komath (born 30 April 1978), better known as Deepak Dev, is an Indian music composer, best known for his compositions in Malayalam cinema. He started his career in the film Industry through the movie '' Chronic Bachelor'' (2003) ...

(born 1978), Indian composer * Gokul Inder Dev (1938–2019), Indian cricketer * Govinda Chandra Dev (1907–1971), Bangladeshi philosophy professor * K. J. Kapil Dev, Indian volleyball player *

Kanhad Dev Kanhadadeva (IAST: Kānhaḍa-deva, r. c. 1292-1311 CE) was a king belonging to the Chahamanas of Jalor, Chahamana dynasty, who ruled the area around Javalipura (present-day Jalore in Rajasthan). Initially, he ran the administration jointly with ...

(fl. 1298–1299), Indian maharaja *

Kapil Dev Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əpil deːʋborn 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a Fast bowling, ...

(born 1959), Indian cricketer * Kesava Dev (1904–1983), Indian writer * Mukul Dev (1970–2025), Indian actor * Rahul Dev (born 1968), Indian actor and model * Rajan P. Dev (1951–2009), Indian actor

Entertainment

* ''Dev'' (2004 film), a Hindi film * '' Dev.D'', a 2009 Hindi film * ''Dev'' (2019 film), a Tamil film * ''Dev'' (TV series), a 2017 Indian television show *

Devs (TV series) ''Devs'' is an American science fiction thriller television miniseries created, written, and directed by Alex Garland. It premiered on March 5, 2020, on FX on Hulu. The series explores themes related to free will and determinism, as well as Si ...

, a 2020 American miniseries * '' Brahmāstra: Part Two – Dev'', an upcoming Indian fantasy film, second in the Āstraverse

Technology

* , a directory in the Unix file system *

DEVS DEVS, abbreviating Discrete Event System Specification, is a modular and hierarchical formalism for modeling and analyzing general systems that can be discrete event systems which might be described by state transition tables, and continuous stat ...

, discrete event system specification * A

software developer Software development is the process of designing and Implementation, implementing a software solution to Computer user satisfaction, satisfy a User (computing), user. The process is more encompassing than Computer programming, programming, wri ...

Other uses

Éamon de Valera Éamon de Valera (; ; first registered as George de Valero; changed some time before 1901 to Edward de Valera; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) was an American-born Irish statesman and political leader. He served as the 3rd President of Ire ...

, Irish politician sometimes known colloquially as Dev *

Dev (mythology) Div or dev (Classical Persian: ; ) (with the broader meaning of demons or fiends) are monstrous creatures within Middle Eastern lore, and probably Persian origin. Their origin may lie in the Vedic deities (devas) who were later demonized in t ...

, monstrous ogre or fiend in Iranian mythology and mythologies influenced by it * DEV, Chapman code for

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, a county in the west of England