Dean (given name)
Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins:
- Derived from the Greek word "δεκανός", which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others", see also Dean
- Derived from the English surname Dean, from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning "valley"
- An Anglicization of the Hebrew noun דין, meaning Law or Justice.
People
- Dean Acheson, American statesman and lawyer
- Dean Cain, American actor
- Dean Caliguire, American football player
- Dean Callaway, Australian rugby league footballer
- Dean Cameron, American actor, musician, and comedian
- Deen Castronovo, American rock drummer
- Dean Chance, American baseball player
- Dean Cokinos, American football coach
- Dean Corll, prolific American serial killer and rapist
- Dean Delannoit, Belgian pop singer
- Dean Fertita, American rock musician
- Dean Fisher, American politician
- Dean Fujioka, Japanese actor, musician, and model
- Dean Fuleihan, American civil servant
- Dean Furman, South African footballer
- Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor
- Dean Griffiths, Jamaican hurdler
- Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler
- Dean Heller, American politician
- Dean Henderson, English footballer
- Dean Kamen, inventor of Segway PT and founder of FIRST
- Dean Kashiwagi, professor and creator of the Kashiwagi Solution Model
- Dean Koontz, American author
- Dean Kremer, Israeli-American baseball player
- Dean Lewis, Australian singer-songwriter
- Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
- Dean Macpherson, South African politician
- Dean Malenko, ring name of American wrestler Dean Simon
- Dean Martin, American entertainer
- Dean McAdams, American football player
- Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
- Dean Northover, 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, American football player
- Dean Potter, American climber
- Dean Reed, American singer in East Germany
- Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State
- Dean Schofield, English rugby player
- Dean Smith, American basketball coach
- Dean Stoecker, American billionaire, co-founder of Alteryx
- Dean Torrence, American musician, half of rock n' roll duo Jan and Dean
- Dean Wade, American basketball player
- Dean Wareham, New Zealand-American musician
- Dean Ween, American guitarist, Ween
- Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby player
- Dean Winters, American actor
- Dean Zelinsky, American guitar luthier
People with it as a middle name
- Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
- James Dean Bradfield, lead singer of the Manic Street Preachers
- Alan Dean Foster, science fiction writer
- William Dean Howells, American writer
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, an American actor
- Greg Dean Schmitz, film journalist
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor
People with it as a stage names
- Dean Ambrose, ring name of American professional wrestler Jonathan Good
- Dean, stage name of South Korean R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer Kwon Hyuk
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
