Dean (given name)
Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins:
- Derived from the Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others"; see also Dean (Christianity)
- Derived from the English surname Dean, from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "valley"
- An Anglicization of the Hebrew noun דין, meaning "law", "justice" or "verdict".
Notable people and characters with the name include:
People
- Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer
- Dean Baker (born 1958), American macroeconomist
- Dean Brown (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Blunt, British artist and musician
- Dean Burmester (born 1989), Zimbabwean-born South African golfer
- Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
- Dean Caliguire (born 1967), American football player
- Dean Callaway, Australian rugby league footballer
- Dean Cameron (born 1962), American actor, musician, and comedian
- Dean Campbell (born 2001), Scottish footballer
- Deen Castronovo (born 1964), American rock drummer
- Dean Chance, American baseball player
- Dean Cokinos, American football coach
- Dean Corll (1939–1973), American serial killer and rapist
- Dean Delannoit, Belgian pop singer
- Dean Edwards (born 1970), American stand-up comedian and actor
- Dean Edwards (footballer) (born 1962), English footballer and manager
- Dean Fertita, American rock musician
- Dean Fisher (born 1956), American politician
- Dean Fujioka, Japanese actor, musician, and model
- Dean Fuleihan, American civil servant
- Dean Furman (born 1988), South African footballer
- Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor
- Dean Griffiths, Jamaican hurdler
- Dean Hart (1954–1990), Canadian wrestler
- Dean Heller, American politician
- Dean Henderson (born 1997), English footballer
- Dean Ing (1931–2020), American author and university professor
- Dean Kamen (born 1951), American engineer, inventor, and businessman, inventor of the Segway, founder of FIRST
- Dean T. Kashiwagi, American academic in the field of procurement
- Dean Koontz, American author
- Dean Kremer (born 1996), Israeli-American baseball player
- Dean Lewis (born 1989), Australian singer-songwriter
- Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
- Dean Macpherson (born 1985), South African politician
- Dean Martin (disambiguation), several people
- Dean McAdams (1917–1996), American football player
- Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
- Dean Northover (born 1991), Canadian football player
- Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
- Dean Obeidallah, American comedian
- Dean Palmer, American baseball player
- Dean Pelman, American-Israeli baseball player
- Dean Philpott (born 1935), American football player
- Dean Potter (1972–2015), American climber
- Dean Reed (1938–1986), American singer in East Germany
- Dean Rusk (1909–1994), U.S. Secretary of State
- Dean Saunders (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Schneider, Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality
- Dean Schofield (born 1979), English rugby player
- Dean Smith (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Spanos (born 1950), American football executive
- Dean Stoecker (born 1956/1957), American billionaire, co-founder of Alteryx
- Dean Thompson (disambiguation), several people
- Dean Torrence (born 1940), American musician, half of rock n' roll duo Jan and Dean
- Dean Wade (born 1996), American basketball player
- Dean Wareham, New Zealand-American musician
- Dean Ween, American guitarist (Ween)
- Dean Wendt, American actor
- Dean Whare (born 1990), New Zealand rugby player
- Dean Winters (born 1964), American actor
- Dean Zelinsky, American guitar luthier
People with Dean as a middle name
- Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
- James Dean Bradfield, lead singer of the Manic Street Preachers
- Alan Dean Foster, American science fiction writer
- William Dean Howells, American writer
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
- Greg Dean Schmitz, American film journalist
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
People with Dean as a stage name
- Dean, stage name of South Korean R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer Kwon Hyuk ( Korean : 권혁)
- Dean Ambrose (born 1985), ring name of American professional wrestler Jonathan Good
- Dean Malenko (born 1960), ring name of American wrestler Dean Simon
Fictional characters
- Dean Moriarty, character in Jack Kerouac's On the Road
- Dean Winchester, character on the show Supernatural
- Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Dean Venture, character on the show The Venture Bros.
- Dean Thomas, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- Dean Forester, character on the show Gilmore Girls
- Dean Domino, a character in the 2010 game Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money
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