Dewey

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Dewey may refer to:

People:

• George Dewey, a U.S. naval officer who attained fame in the Spanish-American War; also referred to as Commodore Dewey
• Dewey Denouement, a fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Edward R Dewey, formed The Foundation for the Study of Cycles
• John Dewey, philosopher and educator
• Thomas E. Dewey, a Governor of New York and unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States
• A. Peter Dewey, first American victim of Vietnam war
• Matthew Dewey, Australian Composer
• Melvil Dewey, who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for libraries
• Nelson Dewey, First Governor of Wisconsin from 1848 - 1852
• Dewey Novak, a fictional character from the anime series Eureka Seven.
• Ms. Dewey, a fictional avatar to Windows Live Search.
• Dewey Wilkerson, a fictional character in Malcolm in the Middle.
• Rob Dewey, a Scottish Rugby Union player.
• J. J. Dewey, a new-age writer

Places:

• Dewey, Arizona
• Dewey, Wisconsin
• Dewey, Oklahoma (City in Washington County)
• Dewey County, Oklahoma
• Dewey County, South Dakota

Dewey may also refer to:

• Dewey (deer), white-tailed deer cloned from a dead buck by the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine
• Huey, Dewey and Louie, Donald Duck's Nephews
• The Dewey Decimal Classification by Melvil Dewey