Dean (given name)

Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins: Notable people and characters with the name include:
 * 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".

People

 * Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer
 * Dean Allison, British audiobook producer and editor
 * 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 Sullivan (1955–2023), English actor
 * 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
 * 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 ( 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
 * Dean McCoppin, a main character in the 1999 animated film The Iron Giant