Dean (given name)
This article is about people named "Dean". For other uses, see Dean (disambiguation).
Dean is a male given name, sometimes used as a middle name.
- A name originated from the Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of (10) others", and Latin word "decanum", which means "chief of a group of (10)".
- The name "Dean" also means "valley" in the Old English language, and "law" in Hebrew.
- "Dean" or also spelled "Deen" means "religion" or "the way of life" in Arabic.
People with the given name
- Dean Acheson (1893–1971), American statesman and lawyer
- Dean Cain (born 1966), American actor
- Dean Caliguire (born 1967), American football player
- Dean Callaway, Australian rugby league football player
- Dean Cameron, (born 1962) American actor, musician, comedian
- Dean Chance, American baseball player
- Dean Cokinos, American football coach
- Dean Delannoit, Belgian pop singer
- Dean Fertita, American rock musician
- Dean Forester, character on the show Gilmore Girls
- Dean Geyer, Australian singer/actor
- Dean Griffiths, Jamaican hurdler
- Dean Kashiwagi, professor and creator of the Kashiwagi Solution Model
- Dean Koontz, American author
- Dean Kremer (born 1996), Israeli-American baseball pitcher
- Dean Lukin, Australian weightlifter
- Dean Malenko (born 1960), American professional wrestler
- Dean Martin (1917–1995), American entertainer
- Dean McAdams (1917–1996), American football player
- Dean McDermott, Canadian actor
- Dean Moriarty, character in Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road and recurring character on the show Wizards of Waverly Place
- Dean O'Gorman, New Zealand actor
- Dean Obeidallah, American comedian
- Dean Palmer, American baseball player
- Dean Philpott (born 1935), American football player
- Dean Rusk (1909–1994), U.S. Secretary of State
- Dean Schofield (born 1979), English rugby union player
- Dean Smith (1931-2015), American basketball coach
- Dean Thomas, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
- Dean Torrence (born 1940), American musician and part of the rock n' roll duo Jan and Dean
- Dean Venture, character on the show The Venture Bros.
- Dean Walton, a fictional character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Dean Wareham, New Zealand-American musician
- Dean Ween, American guitarist of the alternative rock group Ween
- Dean Whare (born 1990), New Zealand Rugby League player
- Dean Winchester, character on the show Supernatural
- Dean Winters (born 1964), American actor
- Dean Zelinsky, American guitar luthier
People with the middle name
- Richard Dean Anderson, an American actor
- James Dean Bradfield, the lead singer of the band Manic Street Preachers
- Alan Dean Foster, a science fiction writer
- William Dean Howells, American writer
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan, an American actor
- Greg Dean Schmitz, an on-line film journalist
- Harry Dean Stanton, an American actor
- Jeffrey Dean Isbell, known as Izzy Stradlin, American Guitarist
See also
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