Dewey (given name)
Dewey is the masculine given name of Welsh origin, an Anglified spelling of 'Dewi', it is also used as a nickname.
Notable people with the name include:
- Dewey Balfa, American musician
- Dewey Bartlett, American politician
- Dewey Bozella, American professional boxer
- Dewey Bunnell, Anglo-American singer-songwriter, member of America
- Dewey Cooper, American kickboxer and boxer
- Dwight Evans, American baseball player nicknamed "Dewey"
- Dewey Lambdin, American novelist
- Dewey McClain, American football player and politician
- Dewey Martin (actor), American actor
- Dewey Martin (musician), Canadian drummer born Walter Milton Dwayne Midkiff
- Dewey Nicks, American photographer
- Dewey Redman, American jazz saxophonist
- Dewey H. Reed, American educator and politician
- Dewey Robinson, American actor
- Dewey Robinson (baseball), American baseball player
- Dewey Short, American politician
- Dewey Smith, American aquanaut
- Dewey Stuit, American educational psychologist and academic administrator
- Dewey Weber, American surfer
- Miles Dewey Davis, American jazz trumpeter
Fictional characters
- Dewey Cox, fictional character in the 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Dewey Crowe, fictional character in the television series Justified
- Dewey Denouement, fictional character in the A Series of Unfortunate Events novels by Lemony Snicket
- Dewey Finn, fictional character in the 2003 film School of Rock
- Dewey Jenkins, fictional character in The Boondocks
- Dewey Novak, fictional character in the television series Eureka Seven
- Dewey Riley, fictional character in the Scream films and in some Scary Movie films
- Dewey (Malcolm in the Middle), Malcolm's younger brother in the television series Malcolm in the Middle
- Huey, Dewey and Louie, fictional nephews of Donald Duck
- Dewey, fictional character in the television series Girl Meets World
- Dewey Haik, fictional character in the 1935 novel It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis
- Dewey, fictional dog character in ''M3GAN''