Dean (surname)
Dean is an English surname; a variant of this surname is Deane.
Notable people with the surname
- Angela Dean, British statistician
- Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, harpist
- Ardie Dean, American blues drummer, audio engineer and record producer
- Austin Dean, American baseball player
- Bashford Dean, American ornithologist
- Bernadette Louise Dean, Pakistani academic and educator
- Billy Dean, American singer
- Brenda Dean, British trade unionist and politician
- Brett Dean, Australian composer
- Charlbi Dean, South African actress and model
- Charles Dean, brother of Howard and Jim
- Charmaine Dean, statistician from Trinidad, president of Statistical Society of Canada
- Christopher Dean, British figure skater
- Collin Dean, American former child actor
- Dean (Middlesex cricketer), English amateur cricketer
- Diana Dean, Canadian artist
- Dixie Dean, English footballer
- Dizzy Dean, baseball pitcher
- Dora Dean, vaudeville dancer
- Eddie Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Elton Dean, jazz musician
- Everett Dean, American college sports coach
- Fred Dean, American football player
- Gordon Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Henry Clay Dean, American orator and author
- Howard Dean, U.S. presidential candidate in 2004
- Jackson Dean, American singer
- Jamel Dean, American football player
- James Dean (disambiguation), several people, including:
- *James Dean, American actor
- Janet Dean Fodor, American professor of linguistics
- Jim Dean (activist), chairman of Democracy for America
- Jimmy Dean, American singer and actor
- Joe Dean, American basketball player, sportscaster, and sports administrator
- John Dean (disambiguation)
- *John Dean, White House counsel to President Nixon and central Watergate figure, including
- Julia Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Justin Dean, American baseball player
- Kasseem Dean, American record producer, rapper, DJ, and songwriter
- Kevin Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
- Letitia Dean, English actress and singer
- Madeleine Dean, American politician
- Margia Dean,, American actress
- Mark Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Matt Dean, American politician
- Mike Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
- Millvina Dean, British civil servant, last living survivor of the Titanic disaster
- Miriam Dean, New Zealand Queen's Counsel
- Nakobe Dean, American football player
- Nathan Dean, American businessman and politician
- Nathaniel Dean, Australian actor
- Nathaniel W. Dean, American politician
- Nelson Dean, American baseball player
- Norman Dean, footballer
- Oliver Dean, American physician and businessman, founder of Dean College
- Olivia Dean, English singer
- Olivia Dean (archer), American archer
- Paul Dean (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ralph Dean, Canadian Anglican cleric
- Ralph A. Dean, American phytopathologist
- Robert Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Roger Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Ruth Dean, American scholar of Anglo-Norman literature
- Ron Dean, American actor
- Theodosia Ann Dean, English missionary
- Thomas Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Tony Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Trey Dean, American football player
- William Dean (disambiguation), several people
- Winton Dean, English musicologist
- Zachary Dean, Canadian ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Jason "J.D." Dean, the antagonist of the 1988 teen film Heathers, and it's musical and TV adaptations
- Melody Dean, a fictional character in a song of the same name by Amanda Palmer on the album ''Theatre Is Evil''