Dean (surname)

Dean is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dean (Middlesex cricketer) (fl. 1787–1790), amateur cricketer from Middlesex
• Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, harpist
• Bashford Dean, American ornithologist
• Brett Dean (born 1961), Australian composer
• Charles Dean (died 1974), deceased brother of Howard Dean and Jim Dean
• Christopher Dean, British figure skater
• Dixie Dean, English footballer
• Dizzy Dean (1910–1974), baseball pitcher
• Eddie Dean (disambiguation), several people
• Elton Dean, jazz musician
• Everett Dean (1898–1993), American college sports coach
• Gordon Dean (disambiguation), several people
• Henry Clay Dean, American orator and author
• Howard Dean, U.S. presidential candidate in 2004 elections
• James Dean, American actor
• Janet Dean, later Janet Dean Fodor, American professor of linguistics
• Jim Dean (DFA), Chairman of Democracy for America
• Joe Dean (1930–2013), American basketball player
• John Dean, White House Counsel to President Richard M. Nixon and central Watergate figure
• Julia Dean (actress, born 1830) (1830–1868), stage actress
• Julia Dean (actress, born 1878) (1878–1952), stage and screen actress
• Kevin Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
• Lynn Dean, Louisiana politician
• Mark Dean (swimmer), American swimmer
• Mike Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
• Nathan Dean (1934–2013), American businessman and politician
• Nelson Dean, American baseball player
• Norman Dean, footballer
• Pap Dean, political cartoonist
• Paul Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ralph Dean (born 1913), Canadian Anglican cleric
• Reg Dean (1902–2013), British supercentenarian
• Roger Dean (artist), album cover designer
• Simon Dean, one of the stage names of Mike Bucci, World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler
• Thomas Dean (1920–2004), English cricketer
• Tony Dean (1932–2008), British racing driver
• Winton Dean (1916–2013), English musicologist

See also

• Dean (name)
• Dean (disambiguation)
• Deane (disambiguation)