Dewey

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Dewey may refer to:

Places:

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

Persons with the surname Dewey:

• Charles Melville Dewey, (1849-1937), American landscape painter
• Chester Dewey, (1784-1867), American scientist
• Davis Rich Dewey, (1858-1942), American economist
• Edward R Dewey, formed The Foundation for the Study of Cycles
• George Dewey, (1837-1917), a U.S. naval officer who attained fame in the Spanish-American War; also referred to as Commodore Dewey
• J. J. Dewey, a new-age writer
• John Dewey, (1859-1952), philosopher and educator
• Lyster Hoxie Dewey, (born 1865), American botanist
• Matthew Dewey, Australian Composer, brother of Nicholas Dewey
• Melvil Dewey, (1851-1931), who devised the Dewey Decimal Classification for libraries
• Nicholas Dewey, Australian Poet, brother of Matthew Dewey
• Nelson Dewey, (1813-1889), First Governor of Wisconsin from 1848 - 1852
• Orville Dewey, (1794-1882), American Unitarian clergyman
• A. Peter Dewey, (1916-1945),first American victim of Vietnam war
• Rob Dewey, a Scottish Rugby Union player.
• Thomas E. Dewey, (1902-1971), a Governor of New York and unsuccessful candidate for President of the United States

Fictional characters:

• Ms. Dewey, a fictional avatar to Live Search.
• Dewey Denouement, a fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Dewey Novak, a fictional character from the anime series Eureka Seven.
• Dewey, a fictional character in Malcolm in the Middle played by Erik Per Sullivan.

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
• Dwayne, which is sometimes the full version of the name Dewey.