Famous People with Name Devan

Devan Ramachandran            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Devan Ramachandran: widely acknowledged as one of the most important Indian scientists of the 20th century, best known for his work that led to his creation of the Ramachandran plot for understanding peptide structure. He also made other major contributions in biology and physics.He joined Indian Institute of Science [1], Bangalore in 1942 in the Electrical Engineering Department. Quickly realizing his interest in physics, he switched to Department of Physics [2] to complete his master's and doctoral thesis under the supervision of Nobel laureate Sir C. V. Raman [3]. In 1942 he received a master's degree in physics from Madras University and received D.Sc. in 1947 [4]. Here he mostly studied crystal physics and crystal optics. During his studies he created an X-ray focusing mirror for the X-ray Microscope. The resulting field of crystal topography is used extensively in studies involving crystal growth and solid-state reactivity.

Devan Nair A/l Chengara Veetil            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Devan Nair A/l Chengara Veetil: was the third President of Singapore and was elected by Parliament on October 23, 1981. He served as President until his resignation on March 28, 1985.Initially, a member of the Communist Anti-British League, he joined Lee Kuan Yew's People's Action Party

Devang Jayant Gandhi            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Devang Jayant Gandhi: is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed opening batsman and a very occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. Despite the 1999-2000 tour of Australia exposing Gandhi's weakness in technique against faster deliveries, his domestic form stayed constant,