Dawes (surname)
Dawes is a surname. Those bearing it include:
- Beman Gates Dawes (1870–1953), politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio
- Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), banker, politician and 30th Vice President of the United States
- Christie Dawes (born 1980), Australian wheelchair racer
- Christopher Dawes (disambiguation), multiple people
- David Dawes (born 1964), one of the founders of the XFree86 project
- Dominique Dawes (born 1976), United States gymnast
- Edward Dawes (died 1856), Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight 1852–1852
- Eva Dawes (1912-2009), Canadian track and field athlete
- Henry L. Dawes (1816-1903), United States Senator of Massachusetts, who sponsored the Dawes Act
- Henry May Dawes (1877-1952), American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family
- Ian Dawes (born 1963), former professional footballer
- James W. Dawes (1844-1918), Republican Nebraska politician best known as the sixth governor of Nebraska
- John Dawes (born 1940), Welsh rugby union player
- Johnny Dawes (born 1964), British rock climber
- Julian Dawes (born 1942), English composer
- Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (1861-1941), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Kwame Dawes (born 1962), poet, actor, editor, critic, musician and professor of English at the University of South Carolina in Columbia
- Nigel Dawes (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey left winger
- Richard Dawes (1708–1766), English classical scholar
- Rufus Dawes (1838-1899), U.S. military officer in the American Civil War
- Rufus C. Dawes (1867-1940), American businessman from a prominent Ohio family
- Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères (c. 1795-1840), English-born adventuress best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé
- Thomas Dawes (1731–1809), American soldier, colonel in the American Revolution
- William Dawes (1745–1799), American activist in the American Revolution
- William Dawes (bishop) (1671-1724), 3rd Baronet Dawes, bishop of Chester from 1708 to 1714
- William Dawes (pioneer) (1762–1836), Australian pioneer and scientist
- William Rutter Dawes (1799-1868), British astronomer
Fictional characters
- George Dawes, a character from Shooting Stars portrayed by Matt Lucas
- Marjorie Dawes, a character from Little Britain portrayed by Matt Lucas
- Nancy Dawes, a character in the novel series The Baby-sitters Club and Baby-sitters Little Sister
- Rachel Dawes, a character in the film Batman Begins
See also