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 (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, American statesman and lawyer
Dean Aldridge, Australian baseball pitcher
Dean Alexander, American country music singer
Dean Alfange, American politician
Dean Francis Alfar, Filipino writer
Dean Alford, American politician and businessman
Dean C. Allard, American naval historian and archivist
Dean Allemang, American computer scientist
Dean Allen, Canadian typographer, web developer and blogger
Dean Allison, Canadian politician
Dean Allmark, English professional wrestler
Dean Alston, Australian canoeist
Dean Alvord, American real estate developer and college professor
Dean Amadon, American ornithologist
Dean Anastasiadis, Australian soccer player
Dean Andal, American businessman and politician
Dean Anderson, Australian rules footballer
Dean Anderson (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Andrews, English actor
Dean Andrews Jr., American attorney
Dean Anna, American basketball player
Dean R. Appling, American biochemist
Dean Armstrong, Canadian actor
Dean Arp, American politician
Dean Arsene, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Ashton, English footballer
Dean Askew, New Zealand cricketer
Dean Aspen, British actor
Dean Astumian, American physical chemist
Dean Atta, British poet
Dean Austin, English footballer
Dean G. Auten, American politician
Dean Babst, American sociologist
Dean Bailey, Australian rules footballer and coach
Dean Baker, American macroeconomist
Dean Bakopoulos, American writer
Dean Bandiera, Canadian football player
Dean Baquet, American journalist
Dean Baranja, Slovenian footballer
Dean Barker, several people
Dean Barkley, American lawyer and politician
Dean Barnett, American columnist and blogger
Dean Barrett, American writer
Dean Barrick, English footballer
Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize
Dean Bartlett, New Zealand cricketer
Dean Barton-Smith, Australian decathlete
Dean Bauck, Canadian high jumper
Dean Beard, American musician
Dean Beckwith, English footballer
Dean Bell (cricketer), English cricketer
Dean Bell, New Zealand rugby league footballer and coach
Dean Benamar, English footballer
Dean Benedetti, American jazz musician
Dean Bennett, English footballer
Dean Bergeron, Canadian Paralympic athlete
Dean Bernardini, American musician
Dean Berta Viñales, Spanish motorcycle road racer
Dean Bertram, Australian writer, filmmaker and film festival director
Dean Beța, Romanian footballer
Dean Biasucci, American football player
Dean Black, American politician from Florida
Dean Blackwell, English footballer
Dean Blais, American ice hockey coach
Dean Blandino, American football executive and rules analyst
Dean Blevins, American sportscaster
Dean Blore, Samoa international rugby league footballer
Dean Blundell, Canadian radio host
Dean Blunt, British singer-songwriter and musician
Dean Bombač, Slovenian handball player
Dean Booth, New Zealand Paralympic swimmer
Dean Borg, American journalist
Dean Bosacki, Canadian businessman
Dean Bosnich, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Botha, South African tennis player
Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
Dean Bowditch, English footballer
Dean Bowring, English powerlifter
Dean Bowyer, American baseball coach
Dean Boxall, Australian swimming coach
Dean Boylan, American ice hockey player
Dean Brelis, American journalist
Dean Brennan, Irish footballer and current manager
Dean L. Bresciani, American academic administrator
Dean Brett, Scottish footballer
Dean Brill, English footballer
Dean Britt, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Brody, Canadian country music artist
Dean Brogan, Australian rules footballer
Dean Brooks, American physician and actor
Dean Brosnan, Irish hurler
Dean Brotherston, Scottish footballer
Dean Brown, several people
Dean Brownlie, New Zealand cricketer
Dean F. Bryson, American judge
Dean Buchanan, New Zealand painter
Dean Budd, New Zealand-born Italian rugby union player
Dean Budnick, American writer, filmmaker and professor
Dean Buntrock, American businessman
Dean Burch, American lawyer and politician
Dean Burk, American biochemist and medical researcher
Dean Burke, American politician
Dean Burmester, Zimbabwean-born South African golfer
Dean Burrows, English cricketer
Dean Burry, Canadian composer, librettist and educator
Dean Busby, English rugby league footballer
Dean Butler, several people
Dean Byington, American visual artist
Dean Byrne, several people
Dean Cain, American actor
Dean Caliguire, American football player
Dean Callaway, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Cameron, American actor, musician, and comedian
Dean Cameron (inventor), Australian inventor
Dean Cameron (politician), American politician from Idaho
Dean Campbell, Scottish footballer
Dean Cannon, American politician
Dean Canto, Australian motor racing driver
Dean Capobianco, Australian sprinter
Dean Carlson, American football player
Dean Carnegie, American stage magician, escape artist and painter
Dean Carney, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Carroll, English rugby league footballer
Dean Vincent Carter, English fiction author
Dean Carter, American spree killer
Deen Castronovo, American rock drummer
Dean Caswell, American flying ace
Dean and Dan Caten, Canadian fashion designer brothers
Dean Cavanagh, playwright and musician
Dean Cetrulo, American fencer
Dean Chalkley, British photographer
Dean Chamberlain, American photographer
Dean Champion, American professor of Criminal Justice
Dean Chance, American baseball player
Dean Chandler, English footballer
Dean Chapman, Australian rules footballer
Dean Roden Chapman, American scientist and engineer
Dean Chenoweth, American hydroplane racing pilot
Dean Chynoweth, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Clancy, Irish boxer
Dean Clark, several people
Dean Clarke, several people
Dean Clukey, American politician
Dean Cogan, Irish Roman Catholic priest
Dean Cokinos, American football coach
Dean Coleman (footballer), English association footballer
Dean Coleman (rugby union)
Dean Collins, several people
Dean Collis, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Colton, former Scotland international rugby league footballer
Dean W. Colvard, President of Mississippi State University
Dean Combs, American stock car racing driver
Dean Coney, English footballer
Dean Conley, American politician
Dean Connors, American football player
Dean Cook, British actor
Dean Cooley, American politician
Dean Copely, American ice dancer
Dean Corll, American serial killer and rapist
Dean Cornelius, Scottish footballer
Dean Cornwell, American illustrator and painter
Dean Corren, American politician and scientist
Dean Cosker, English footballer
Dean Couzins, New Zealand field hockey player
Dean Cox, Australian rules footballer
Dean Cox (English footballer)
Dean Craig, British film director and screenwriter
Dean Craven, English footballer
Dean Crawford, Canadian rower
Dean Crawford (author), British author
Dean Cray, American politician
Dean Crombie, English footballer
Dean Cromwell, American sports coach
Dean Crouch, Irish dancer and musician
Dean Crow, American baseball player
Dean Crowe, English footballer
Dean Cummings, Scottish footballer
Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
Dean Daley-Jones, Australian actor
Dean Daughtry, American musician
Dean David, Israeli association footballer
Dean Davidson, American musician
Dean Davis, American politician
Dean DeBlois, Canadian filmmaker
Dean Deetz, American baseball player
Dean DeFazio, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Del Mastro, Canadian politician
Dean Delannoit, Belgian pop singer
Dean Delany, Irish footballer
Dean Delaurier, Canadian ice sledge hockey player
Dean DeLeo, American guitarist
Dean DellaPenna, American plant biochemist
Dean Demopoulos, American professional basketball coach
Dean Dempsey, American artist, actor and filmmaker
Dean DePiero, American politician
Dean Derby, American football player
Dean Detton, American professional wrestler
Dean Devlin, American filmmaker
Dean Dill, American magician and effects designer
Dean Dillon, American singer-songwriter
Dean Dingman, American football player and coach
Dean Dixon, American conductor
Dean Dodds, New Zealand footballer
Dean Dohrman, American politician
Dean Dorsey, Canadian gridiron football player
Dean Downing, English bicycle racer
Dean Drako, American businessman and entrepreneur
Dean Drayton, Australian Minister of the Uniting Church
Dean Drever, Canadian sculptor
Dean Drummond, American classical composer
Dean Dugdale, Australian rules footballer
Dean Dugger, American football player
Dean Duperron, Canadian businessman
Dean Ebarle, Filipino footballer
Dean Ebbe, Irish professional footballer
Dean Edell, American physician and broadcaster
Dean Edwards, several people
Dean Ehehalt, American baseball player and coach
Dean Ehlers, American college sports coach and administrator
Dean Elgar, South African cricketer
Dean Elliott, American television and film composer
Dean Ellison, British motorcycle racer
Dean Emerson, English footballer
Dean Erickson, American actor
Dean Evans, Australian footballer
Dean Evans (field hockey), Australian field hockey player
Dean Evason, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Dean Eyre, New Zealand politician
Dean Fagan, British actor
Dean Faiello, American criminal
Dean Faithfull, English gridiron football player
Dean Falk, American anthropologist
Dean Fansler, American professor at Columbia University and Filipino folklorist
Dean Farnham, Australian rules footballer
Dean Farris, American swimmer
Dean Fasano, American singer-songwriter
Dean Fausett, American painter
Dean Fedorchuk, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Dean Fearing, American chef
Dean Fertita, American rock musician
Dean Finlay, New Zealand cricketer
Dean Fiore, Australian professional racing driver
Dean E. Fischer, American journalist and U. S. Assistant Secretary of State
Dean Fisher, American politician
Dean Fleischer Camp, American filmmaker
Dean Florez, American politician
Dean Forbes, British business executive
Dean Ford, Scottish singer and songwriter
Dean Fourie, South African actor
Dean Foxcroft, South African cricketer
Dean Francis, English boxer
Dean Fraser, Jamaican saxophonist
Dean Fredericks, American actor
Dean Friedman, American singer-songwriter
Dean Fujioka, Japanese actor, musician, and model
Dean Fuleihan, American civil servant
Dean Fuller, American ice hockey coach
Dean Furman, South African footballer
Dean Gaffney, English actor
Dean Gal, Israeli footballer
Dean Galea, Australian rules footballer
Dean Gallo, American politician
Dean Galt, New Zealand badminton player
Dean Garcia, British musician
Dean Gardikiotis, Greek footballer
Dean Garrett, American basketball player
Dean Gaskell, Ireland rugby league footballer
Dean Gemmell, Canadian-American curler
Dean Gerken, English footballer
Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor
Dean M. Gillespie, American politician
Dean Gitter, American businessman
Dean Glenesk, American modern pentathlete
Dean Glover, English footballer
Dean Goffin, New Zealand composer
Dean Goldfine, American tennis coach and player
Dean Goodhill, American film editor
Dean Gordon, English footballer
Dean Gordon (sailor), Surinamese footballer and manager
Dean Gould, world record holder
Dean Green, American baseball player
Dean Greenaway, British Virgin Islands sprinter
Dean Greig, Australian rules footballer
Dean Greygoose, English footballer
Dean Greyling, South African rugby union player
Dean Griffing, American gridiron football player, coach and executive
Dean Griffiths, Jamaican hurdler
Dean Guezen, Dutch footballer
Dean Gunnarson, Canadian escape artist
Dean Hachamovitch, American businessman and manager
Dean Hadley, English professional rugby league footballer
Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
Dean Hagopian, Canadian actor, radio personality and musician
Dean Hall, several people
Dean Halverson, American football player
Dean Hamel, American football player
Dean Hamer, American geneticist
Dean Hamiti, American wrestler
Dean Hammond (rugby player), South African rugby union player
Dean Hammond, English footballer
Dean Hanson, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Harding, Australian rules footballer
Dean Harens, American actor
Dean Hargrove, American screenwriter
Dean Harris, British actor
Dean Harrison, English motorcycle road racer
Dean Harriss, Australian politician
Dean Evan Hart, American optometrist
Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler
Dean Hartgraves, American baseball player
Dean Hartigan, Australian rules footballer
Dean Hartle, American businessman, farmer and politician
Dean Haspiel, American comics writer/artist
Dean Hassard, Canadian politician
Dean Hawkes, British architect and academic
Dean Hawkins, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Hawkshaw, Scottish footballer
Dean Headley, English cricketer
Dean Heffernan, Australian soccer player
Dean Heil, American wrestler
Dean Heller, American politician
Dean Henderson, English footballer
Dean Herbert, several people
Dean Herridge, Australian rally driver
Dean Hess, American minister and Air Force officer
Dean Hewitt, Australian curler
Dean Hill, Iroquois lacrosse player
Dean Ho, several people
Dean Hodgson, English cricketer
Dean Hoff, American novelist
Dean Hoffman, English cricketer
Dean Hoge, American sociologist
Dean Holden, English footballer
Dean Holdsworth, English footballer
Dean Holland, American television director and producer
Dean Holness, English footballer and actor
Dean Hood, American football player and coach
Dean Hooper, English footballer
Dean Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Hopp, South African rugby union player
Dean Horribine, Scottish footballer
Dean Horrix, English footballer
Dean Houle, American Paralympic athlete and powerlifter
Dean Howard (musician), guitarist
Dean Howard (footballer), former Australian rules footballer
Dean Howell, English footballer
Dean Howes, American sports manager
Dean A. Hrbacek, American lawyer
Dean Hsieh, American artist, writer and animator
Dean L. Hubbard, American academic administrator
Dean Hubbard, American musician
Dean Hudnutt, American sports shooter
Dean Hughes, American novelist
Dean Huiberts, Dutch footballer
Dean Huijsen, Spanish footballer
Dean Hunger, American basketball player
Dean Hurley, American composer and sound designer
Dean Ieremia, Samoan rugby league footballer
Dean Ing, American author and university professor
Dean Irving, Australian rules footballer
Dean Isaacson, American statistician
Dean Israelite, South African film director
Dean Jaensch, Australian political scientist
Dean Jagger, American actor
Dean James, several people
Dean Jamison, American economist and global health scholar
Dean Jarvis, Northern Irish footballer
Dean Jeffries, American politician
Dean Jenkins, American ice hockey player
Dean C. Jessee, historian on the LDS Church
Dean Joanisse, Canadian curler
Dean Jobb, Canadian writer
Dean John-Wilson, British actor
Dean Johnson, several people
Dean Jones, several people
Dean Kalimniou, Australian lawyer and writer
Dean Kamen, American engineer, inventor, and businessman, inventor of the Segway, founder of FIRST
Dean Karlan, American economist
Dean Karnazes, American ultramarathon runner
Dean T. Kashiwagi, American academic in the field of procurement
Dean Kaufert, American politician
Dean Kay, American songwriter
Dean Keates, English footballer
Dean H. Kedes, American scientist
Dean Keenan, Scottish footballer
Dean Keener, American basketball player and coach
Dean Kelley, American basketball player
Dean M. Kelley, American legal scholar
Dean W. Kelley, American lawyer
Dean Kelly, several people
Dean Kemp, Australian rules footballer
Dean Kenneally, Australian physiotherapist
Dean Kennedy, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Kennedy (American football)
Dean Kenny, New Zealand rugby union player
Dean Kent, several people
Dean Kiekhefer, American baseball player
Dean Kiely, Irish association football player
Dean King, American naval historian
Dean Kino, Australian cricketer and cricket administrator
Dean Kirby, American politician
Dean Klafurić, Croatian football manager
Dean Knudson, American Republican politician
Dean Kohler, American rock musician
Dean Kolstad, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Komel, Slovenian philosopher
Dean Kondziolka, Canadian swimmer
Dean Koolhof, Dutch footballer
Dean Koontz, American author
Dean Kramer, American pianist
Dean Kremer, Israeli-American baseball player
Dean Kreps, American football player and coach
Dean Kruse, American politician
Dean Kuipers, American journalist and author
Dean Kukan, Swiss ice hockey player
Dean Kuriakose, Indian politician
Dean Laing, South African cricketer
Dean S. Laird, American Naval officer
Dean Ivan Lamb, American pioneer aviator and mercenary
Dean LaMont, American television director
Dean Lance, Australian rugby league coach and footballer
Dean L. Larsen, Mormon leader
Dean Laun, American football player and coach
Dean Lawford, English rugby league footballer
Dean Leacock, English footballer
Dean Lee, American nuclear theorist, researcher and educator
Dean Lesher, American journalist
Dean Letourneau, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Lewington, English footballer
Dean Lewis, Australian singer-songwriter
Dean Lickyer, Canadian musical artist
Dean Liço, Albanian footballer
Dean Lindo, Belizean attorney and politician
Dean Lister, American mixed martial arts fighter
Dean Ljubančić, Croatian footballer
Dean Lockhart, Scottish conservative politician
Dean Lombardi, American ice hockey player
Dean Lonergan, New Zealand boxing promoter
Dean Look, American football and baseball player
Dean Lorey, American writer
Dean Loucks, American football player and coach
Dean Lowry, American football player
Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
Dean Lupson, Australian rules footballer
Dean Lyness, English footballer
Dean MacDonald, British racing driver
Dean Macey, English athlete
Dean Macpherson, South African politician
Dean Magee, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Magraw, American musician
Dean Mahomed, Indian traveler, surgeon and entrepreneur
Dean Maimoni, Israeli footballer
Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler
Dean Malkoc, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean-Carlos Manibog, Filipino wrestler
Dean Margetts, Australian rules football umpire
Dean Marlowe, American football player
Dean Marney, several people
Dean Marsh, English cricketer
Dean Marshall, Canadian film, television and theatre actor, writer and director
Dean Martin, several people
Dean Mason (footballer), English-born Montserratian footballer
Dean Mason (hurler), Irish hurler
Dean Mathey, American tennis player
Dean Matterson, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Matthews, Australian rules footballer
Dean L. May, American historian
Dean May, American football player
Dean Mazhawidza, Zimbabwean cricketer
Dean McAdams, American football player
Dean McAmmond, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean McCullough, Northern Irish radio presenter
Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
Dean McDonald, English footballer
Dean McGilvray, English rugby league footballer
Dean McKeown, British jockey
Dean McLaughlin, several people
Dean McRae, Australian rules footballer
Dean McTaggart, Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer
Dean Mealy, American basketball player
Dean O. Mehlhaff, American politician
Dean Melanson, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Mellway, Canadian ice sledge hockey player
Dean Meminger, American basketball player and coach
Dean Menta, American musician
Dean Mercer, Australian sportsman
Dean Metropoulos, American billionaire businessman
Dean Mildren, Australian judge
Dean Miller, American country singer, songwriter and music producer
Dean A. Miller, American folklorist
Dean Milwain, British swimmer
Dean Minors, Bermudian cricketer
Dean Miraldi, American football player
Dean Mitchell, American painter
Dean Monogenis, Greek-American painter and sculptor
Dean Moon, American racing driver
Dean Moon (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Mooney, English footballer
Dean Morgan, several people
Dean Morrison, Australian cricketer
Dean Mortimer, American politician from Idaho
Dean Morton, Canadian ice hockey player and referee
Dean Mosher, American artist, author and historian
Dean Mountain, English rugby league footballer
Dean Moxey, English footballer
Dean Moyar, American philosopher
Dean Muir, South African rugby union player
Dean Mullaney, American editor, publisher and designer
Dean Mumm, Australian rugby union player
Dean Murdock, Canadian politician
Dean Murray, several people
Dean Nalder, Australian politician
Dean Neal, English footballer
Dean Neikirk, American engineer
Dean Nesmith, American football player and athletic trainer
Dean Neu, Canadian accounting academic
Dean Neugent, American politician
Dean Nicolle, Australian botanist, arborist and ecologist
Dean Noel, American gridiron football player
Dean Norris, American actor
Dean Northover, Canadian football player
Dean Notting, Australian rules footballer
Dean Harold Noyes, American orthodontist
Dean Nyquist, American politician
Dean O'Banion, American mobster
Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
Dean Obeidallah, American comedian
Dean Odlum, Irish Gaelic footballer
Dean Oldershaw, Canadian sprint canoeist and kayaker
Dean Oliver, several people
Dean Omori, British musician and writer
Dean Ormston, British-born comic book artist
Dean Ornish, American physician
Dean Orr, New Zealand rugby league footballer
Dean Ouellet, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Owens, Scottish singer songwriter
Dean Ožbolt, Croatian handball player
Dean Pacheco, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
Dean Palmer, American baseball player
Dean Parata, Australian footballer in the Italy international rugby league
Dean Parisot, American film and television director
Dean Parker, New Zealand screenwriter
Dean Parks, American guitarist and record producer
Dean Parrett, English footballer
Dean Parrish, American singer
Dean Paul, American football coach
Dean Pay, Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Dean Peer, English footballer
Dean Pees, American football coach
Dean Pelekanos, Australian football player
Dean Pelman, American-Israeli baseball player
Dean Perrett, Australian singer-songwriter
Dean Peterson, several people
Dean Phillips, American businessman and politician
Dean Philpott, American football player
Dean Phipps, New Zealand sailor
Dean Pitchford, American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor and novelist
Dean A. Pinkert, American trade lawyer
Dean Pithie, British former professional boxer
Dean Pleasants, American guitarist
Dean du Plessis, Zimbabwean cricket commentator
Dean Plocher, American politician
Dean Podgornik, Slovenian cyclist
Dean A. Pogreba, U. S. Air Force officer
Dean Poll, American restaurateur
Dean Polo, Australian rules footballer
Dean Pooley, English footballer
Dean Potter, American climber
Dean Potter (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
Dean Prater, American football player
Dean Pregerson, American judge
Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Preston, American politician
Dean Prosser, several people
Dean Pryor, American football player, coach and decathlete
Dean Puckett, English filmmaker
Dean Pullar, Australian Olympic diver
Dean Računica, Croatian footballer
Dean Rader, American writer and professor
Dean Radin, American parapsychologist
Dean Rance, English footballer
Dean Rankine, Australian comics artist, writer and illustrator
Dean Raper, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean L. Ray, US Army Air Force pilot
Dean Ray, Australian singer and songwriter
Dean Redman, British-born Canadian actor
Dean Reed, American singer in East Germany
Dean Refram, American golfer and golf course architect
Dean Regas, American astronomer
Dean Renfro, American football player
Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
Dean Reynolds (darts player)
Dean Rhoads, American politician
Dean Rice, Australian rules footballer
Dean Richards, several people
Dean Richmond, American railroad magnate
Dean Riesner, American screenwriter
Dean Rioli, Australian rules footballer
Dean Roberts, New Zealand musician and composer
Dean Robertson, Scottish professional golfer
Dean Robinson, Australian fitness coach
Dean Robinson (cricketer), New Zealand cricketer
Dean Rock, Irish Gaelic footballer
Dean Rockwell, American wrestler and coach
Dean Roemmich, American oceanographer
Dean Roland, American musician and songwriter
Dean Roper, American racing driver
Dean Rosenthal, American composer
Dean Ross (footballer), Australian rules footballer
Dean Ross, Canadian curler
Dean Rudland, British DJ and compiler
Dean Rummel, American politician
Dean Rusk, U.S. Secretary of State
Dean Russ, Australian cricketer
Dean Russell, British politician
Dean Ryan, England international rugby league player
Dean Sabatino, American musician
Dean Sampson, Great Britain and England international rugby league footballer
Dean Sanpei, American politician
Dean Saunders, several people
Dean Sayers, Australian cricketer
Dean Schamore, American politician
Dean Schifilliti, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Schlabowske, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
Dean Schmeichel, Canadian wrestler
Dean Schneider, Swiss animal sanctuary founder and social media personality
Dean Schofield, English rugby player
Dean Schrempp, American politician
Dean Scofield, American actor
Dean Semler, Australian cinematographer and film director
Dean Semmens, Australian indigenous water polo player
Dean Sensanbaugher, American football player
Dean Sewell (photographer), Australian documentary photographer
Dean Sewell, Jamaican footballer
Dean Seymour, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean Shek, Hong Kong film actor and producer
Dean Shiels, Northern Irish footballer
Dean Shostak, American crystallophone player and vocalist
Dean Sicking, American inventor and safety researcher
Dean Silvers, American film director
Dean Simonton, American psychologist
Dean Sinclair, English footballer
Dean F. Sittig, US professor in Biomedical Informatics and Bioengineering
Dean Skelos, American politician
Dean Skira, Croatian lighting designer
Dean Slaugh, American Paralympic archer
Dean Slayton, American football player and coach
Dean van der Sluys, Dutch footballer
Dean Smith, several people
Dean Snedker, English association football player
Dean Snell, plastics engineer
Dean Solomon, Australian rules footballer
Dean Solomons, South African soccer player
Dean Spade, American lawyer, writer and transgender activist
Dean Spanos, American football executive
Dean Spink, English footballer
Dean Spratt, American traffic reporter
Dean St Hilaire, Trinidadian cricketer
Dean Stalham, British artist, playwright and activist
Dean Standing, British motorcycle speedway rider
Dean Starkey, American pole vaulter
Dean Steinkuhler, American football player
Dean T. Stevenson, American bishop
Dean Steward, American football player
Dean Stockwell, American actor
Dean Stoecker, American billionaire, co-founder of Alteryx
Dean Stokes, English former footballer and manager
Dean Stone, American baseball player
Dean Stoneman, British racing driver
Dean Strauch, Australian rules footballer
Dean Strong, Canadian ice hockey player
Dean C. Strother, United States Air Force general
Dean Sturgis, American baseball player
Dean Sturridge, English footballer
Dean Sullivan, English actor
Dean Sutherland, American politician
Dean Sylvester, American ice hockey player
Dean Takahashi, American journalist
Dean Takko, American politician
Dean Talafous, American ice hockey player
Dean S. Tarbell, American chemist
Dean Tavoularis, American film producer
Dean Taylor, several people
Dean Terlich, Australian rules footballer
Dean Thackwray, American long-distance runner
Dean Thomas, several people
Dean Thompson, several people
Dean Tighe, Australian mechanic, engineer and race car driver
Dean Tolson, American basketball player
Dean Torrence, American musician, half of rock n' roll duo Jan and Dean
Dean Towers, Australian rules footballer
Dean Tracy, American cyclist
Dean Tran, American politician
Dean Trantalis, American politician
Dean Travers, Caymanian alpine skier
Dean Treanor, American baseball player and coach
Dean Treister, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Trowse, Australian cricketer
Dean Tuftin, Canadian country music singer
Dean Turner, several people
Dean Urdahl, American politician
Dean Van Schoiack, American politician
Dean Vegas, Australian Elvis tribute artist and politician
Dean Vetrock, American racing driver
Dean Vickerman, Australian basketball coach
Dean Wade, American basketball player
Dean Walling, English-born Saint Kitts and Nevis footballer
Dean Wallis, Australian rules footballer
Dean Walsh, Irish former amateur boxer
Dean Ward (bobsleigh), British bobsledder
Dean Ward (screenwriter), American screenwriter and filmmaker
Dean Wareham, New Zealand-American musician
Dean Warren, ice hockey official
Dean Wasson, Canadian politician and public servant
Dean Waugh, Australian cricketer
Dean Webb, musical artist
Dean Weber, American computer scientist
Dean Wellins, American film director, storyboard artist, and screenwriter
Dean Wells, several people
Dean Wendt, American actor
Dean Werries, American businessman
Dean West, English footballer
Dean Westlake, American politician
Dean Whare, New Zealand rugby player
Dean Whipple, American judge
Dean White, several people
Dean Whitehead, English footballer
Dean Whiteway, Canadian politician
Dean Wickliffe, New Zealand criminal and prison escapee
Dean Widders, Australian rugby league footballer
Dean Wilkins, English footballer
Dean Wilkins (baseball), American baseball player
Dean Wilkinson, English comedy writer
Dean Willeford, American water polo player
Dean Willey, British weightlifter
Dean Williams, several people
Dean Wilson (golfer), American golfer
Dean Windass, English footballer
Dean Windsor, Australian professional racing cyclist
Dean Wink, Australian politician
Dean Winnard, British footballer
Dean Winslow, American physician and professor
Dean Winstanley, English darts player
Dean Winter, Australian politician
Dean Winters, American actor
Dean G. Witter, American businessman
Dean Michael Wiwchar, Canadian hitman
Dean Wolstenholme Sr., English animal painter
Dean Woodman, American businessman
Dean Woods, Australian cyclist
Dean Wooldridge, American aerospace engineer
Dean Conant Worcester, American zoologist and ornithologist
Dean Wright, American film director
Dean Wurzberger, American soccer player and coach
Dean Yates, English footballer
Dean Yeagle, American animator and cartoonist
Dean Yendall, Australian jockey
Dean Young, several people
Dean Zammit, rugby player
Dean Zanuck, American film producer
Dean Zayas, Puerto Rican actor, director and playwright
Dean Zelinsky, American guitar luthier
Dean Zimmerman, several people
Dean A. Zupancic, American sound engineer

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
Elizabeth Dean Lail, American actress

People with Dean as a stage name

Dean (South Korean singer), stage name of South Korean R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer Kwon Hyuk
Dean Ambrose, ring name of American professional wrestler Jonathan Good
Dean Malenko, ring name of American wrestler Dean Simon
Dean Ween, stage name of American guitarist Michael Melchiondo Jr.

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
Dean McCoppin, a main character in the 1999 animated film The Iron Giant