- William The Dean
William the Dean was a 13th century bishop of Dunkeld. He had been a dean of the diocese of Dunkeld, and was elected to the bishopric when news of the death of bishop-elect Hugo de Strivelin arrived from Rome. William soon travelled to Continental Europe for his consecration, and on the orders of the pope, was consecrated by Cardinal Ordonius, bishop of Tusculum. All of this happened by December 13 1283, when it is related in a letter of Pope Martin IV.
- Dixie Dean
William Ralph Dean (January 22, 1907 - March 1, 1980), popularly known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player and the most prolific goal-scorer in English football history, best known for his legendary exploits at Everton.
- Howard Brush Dean III
Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American politician and physician from the U.S. state of Vermont, and currently the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, the central organ of the Democratic Party at the national level. Before entering politics, Dean received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1978.
- James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 - September 30, 1955) was an American film actor. Dean's status as a cultural icon is best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, "Rebel Without a Cause", in which he starred as troubled high school rebel Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his star power were as the awkward loner Cal Trask in "East of Eden", and as the surly, racist farmer Jett Rink in "Giant".
- Joseph Dean Baron Dean of Beswick
Joseph Jabez Dean, Baron Dean of Beswick (3 June 1923 - 26 February 1999) was a British Labour Party politician. At the February 1974 general election, Dean was elected Member of Parliament for Leeds West. In the House of Commons, he was an assistant government whip from 1978 to 1979. He served until the 1983 general election when he unexpectedly lost his seat to the Liberal candidate Michael Meadowcroft.
- Paul Dean Baron Dean of Harptree
Sir (Arthur) Paul Dean, Baron Dean of Harptree, PC (born 14 September 1924) is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Somerset North from 1964 to 1983, and after boundary changes, for Woodspring from 1983 until his retirement at the 1992 - preceding Liam Fox. Sir Paul was a junior minister for Health and Social Security during the 1970-1974 Conservative government.
- Charles Dean
Charles "Charlie" Dean was the brother of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean, Democracy for America Chairman Jim Dean and political activist Bill Dean. In 1974, Charlie, who had been traveling through southeast Asia at the time, was captured and killed by Pathet Lao guerrillas. His death and the subsequent repatriation of his remains to the United States have been the subject of speculation and controversy.
- Emma Dean
Emma Dean (born 14 November 1983) is a singer-songwriter residing in Brisbane, Australia. Dean is particularly noted for her soprano voice, but is also proficient in violin and piano. Dean is acclaimed by critics and audiences alike for her live performances and is backed onstage and in the studio by her band comprising of Dane Pollock (guitar), John Turnbull (bass) and her younger brother Anthony Dean (drums).
- Deborah Gore Dean
Deborah Gore Dean is a former United States federal employee, in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Ronald Reagan presidency, she is also a distant relative of the famous Senator Albert Gore Sr. and second cousin once removed of former Vice President Albert Gore Jr.. She is most famous for her involvement in a fraud scandal at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
- Hazell Dean
Hazell Dean (born October 27 1958 in Great Baddow, Essex) is an English dance-pop singer-songwriter, and producer well known as her husky alto voice timbre and her hits songs "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)", "Jealous Love", "Who's Leaving Who?", "Turn It Into Love", and "Searchin' (I Got To Find a Man)".
- Ptolemy Dean
Ptolemy Dean is a British architect who specialises in the repair of historic buildings and the design of new buildings in sensitive sites. Dean is the son of a judge from England's home counties. He studied architecture first at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, then continuing with a post-graduate diploma in architecture from Edinburgh University.
- Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean (b. Jimmy Ray Dean August 10, 1928, in Plainview, Texas) is an American country music singer, television host, actor, and businessman. Although he may be best known today as the founder of the Jimmy Dean Food Company, he first rose to fame for his country crossover hits like "Big Bad John," and for his television appearances.
- John Dean
John Wesley Dean III (b. October 14, 1938) was White House Counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. As White House Counsel, he became deeply involved in events leading to the Watergate first break-in and the subsequent Watergate scandal cover up, even referred to as "master manipulator of the cover up" by the FBI. He was convicted of multiple felonies as a result of Watergate, and went on to become a key witness for the prosecution, …
- Dizzy Dean
Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Lucas, Arkansas, and was a life-long resident of Wiggins, Mississippi. He was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1937), the Chicago Cubs (1938-1941), and briefly for the St. Louis Browns (1947).
- Elton Dean
Elton Dean (born October 28 1945, Nottingham, England; died February 8 2006) was a jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone) and occasionally keyboard. From 1966-67, Dean was a member of the band Bluesology, led by Long John Baldry. The band's pianist, Reginald Dwight, afterward combined Dean's and Baldry's first names for his own stage name, Elton John.
- Minnie Dean
Williamina "Minnie" Dean (2 September 1844 - 12 August 1895) was a New Zealander who was found guilty of infanticide and hanged. She was the only woman to receive the death penalty in New Zealand. Minnie Dean was born in Greenock, in western Scotland. Her father, John McCulloch, was a railway engineer. Her mother, Elizabeth Swan, died of cancer in 1857. It is unknown when she arrived in New Zealand, but by the early 1860s, …
- Everett Dean
Everett S. Dean was a college men's basketball and baseball coach. Born in Livonia, Indiana, Dean was the head baseball and basketball coach at his alma mater, Indiana University, from 1924 to 1938. In 1938, Dean was named head basketball coach at Stanford University, where he coached the team to the 1942 NCAA championship. Dean was named baseball coach at Stanford in 1950, and led Stanford's baseball team to the 1953 College World Series.
- Janet Dean
Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean (born 28 January 1949) is a British politician. She is the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Burton in Staffordshire. Born Janet Gibson in Crewe, she was educated at the Verdin Grammar School in Winsford. On leaving school in 1965 she became a clerk at Barclays Bank, before moving to Bass Charrington in 1969. She married Alan Dean in 1968 and became a full-time mother in 1970 following the birth of the first of their two daughters.
- Christopher Dean
Christopher Colin Dean, OBE (born 27 July, 1958 in Nottingham, England) is an English figure skater who won a gold medal in ice dancing at the 1984 Winter Olympics with his skating partner Jayne Torvill. They also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Dean is from Calverton, Nottinghamshire. His father, Colin Dean, was an electrician. Dean was awarded the rank of Officer of The Order of the British Empire in 1999.
- Millvina Dean
Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean (born 2 February 1912) is one of only two living survivors of the sinking of the "RMS Titanic" and was the youngest passenger on board. Dean was only 10 weeks old when the "Titanic" sank on 15 April 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Dean boarded the ship as a third-class passenger in Southampton, England along with her parents and an older brother, Bertram.
- Alan Dean
Alan R. Dean is a British ornithologist with a special interest in gulls. He lives in Solihull, West Midlands. He is a member of the West Midland Bird Club (whose Annual Reports for 1972-1974 he edited) and was a member of the British Birds Rarities Committee from 1984-1992. He was one of the finders of the first White-tailed Plover in Britain.
- Brenda Dean
Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde PC (born 29 April 1943) is a British trade unionist. Born in Salford, she began her career as a trade unionist as a teenager and was elected as General President of the print union SOGAT in 1983 and General Secretary in 1985. She was the first British woman to lead a major craft or industrial trade union. She became a life peer in October 1993 as Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, …
- Fred Dean
Frederick Rudolph Dean (born February 24, 1952 in Arcadia, Louisiana) is a former professional American football player, whose career started with the San Diego Chargers. In 1981, he was acquired in a mid-season trade and eventually helped the San Francisco 49ers win two Super Bowls in the 1980s. His first game was a key match-up against the Dallas Cowboys.
- Michael W. Dean
Michael W. Dean (born May 1964 in Westfield (NY)) is a filmmaker, novelist, non-fiction author, tech writer, musician and podcaster who lives in the Conejo Valley in Southern California.
- Billy Dean
Billy Dean (born April 2, 1962 in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Dean first became known to fans in the early 1990s with his appearance on "Star Search." He later earned a recording contract with Capitol Records and rose to national stardom with a string of Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart. His debut song, 1991's "Only Here For a Little While," rose into the Top 5, while the follow up, …
- Judith Steinberg Dean
Judith Steinberg Dean, M.D., (born May 9, 1953) is a physician from Burlington, Vermont, and as the wife of Democratic politician Howard Dean, was First Lady of Vermont from 1991 to 2003.
- Kiley Dean
Kiley Dean (born April 12, 1982 in Alma, Arkansas), is an American female R&B singer. She was briefly signed to Beat Club/Interscope Records, releasing two singles before label problems shelved her Timbaland-produced debut, "Simple Girl" in 2004. She recorded a second album, "Changes" yet it has not been released. Kiley was just recently signed to Matthew Knowles label "Music World". She is currently in the studio recording her debut album.
- Peter Dean
Peter Dean (born 2 May 1939, in Hoxton, London) is a British actor, probably most famous for his role as Pete Beale in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Other TV credits include 'Jeff Bateman' in "Coronation Street" (1980); Sergeant Jack Wilding in "Woodentop " (prequel to ITV police drama "The Bill"; 1983); "Minder" (1979); "Law and Order" (1978); "Up Pompeii!" (1971), …
- Mark Dean
Mark Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an inventor and a computer scientist. He holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which personal computers were based. He led the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip. Born in Jefferson City, Tennessee, Dean holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, …
- John Dean
John Dean (September 2 1897 - March 20 1990) was an English singer and actor, best known for his performances in the tenor roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
- Abner Dean
Abner Dean (1910-1982), born Abner Epstein, was an American cartoonist who was the nephew of sculptor Jacob Epstein. In allegorical or surrealist situations, Dean often depicted extremes of human behavior amid grim, decaying urban settings or barren landscapes.
- Man Mountain Dean
Man Mountain Dean (born Frank Simmons Leavitt, June 30, 1891 - May 29, 1953) was a professional wrestler of the early 1900s. He was born in New York City and from childhood was remarkably large in stature. This trait led to a lifelong interest in competitive sport, and also made it easy for him to lie about his age in order to join the Army at the age of fourteen. While enlisted he saw duty on the Mexican-U.S. border with John J. Pershing, …
- Donald John Dean
Donald John Dean VC OBE (19 April 1897- 9 December 1985) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 21 years old, and a Temporary Lieutenant in the 8th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
- John Gunther Dean
John Gunther Dean (born February 24, 1926 in Germany) is a distinguished career United States diplomat. From 1974-1988, Dean served as the United States Ambassador to five different nations under four different U.S. Presidents.
- Al Dean
Al Dean was sax player for the Tyrones, a popular Philadelphia rock and roll group of the 50s run by his brother Tyrone DeNittis. The Tyrones were part of Bill Haley's talent and booking stable and Dean briefly joined the Comets as sax player in 1960 when Rudy Pompilli briefly left the group. Dean reportedly retired from show business around 1970.
- William F. Dean
William F. Dean (August 1 1899 - August 24 1981) was a soldier in the U.S. Army during the World War II and the Korean War. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 20 and 21, 1950. Dean was the highest ranking officer captured during the Korean War. Dean graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1922. Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the California National Guard in 1921, he was tendered a Regular Army commission on October 18, 1923.
- Joe Dean
Joe Dean (born 1931) is a former basketball player and former athletic director for Louisiana State University. Dean was a 2 year starter on his team at New Albany High School, including a stint as captain on the team his senior year. After high school he decided to attend LSU. He was a member of the LSU basketball team from 1949 to 1952, earning All-SEC honors three times. Dean was drafted by the Indianapolis Olympians in the first round of the 1952 NBA Draft, …
- Barry Dean
Barry Dean (born February 26, 1955 in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was drafted number two overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Kansas City Scouts. He played 71 World Hockey Association games for the Phoenix Roadrunners, as well as 165 National Hockey League games for the Colorado Rockies and the Philadelphia Flyers, and retired in 1982.
- Loren Dean
Loren Dean (born July 31, 1969 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is an American actor.
- Priscilla Dean
Priscilla Dean (November 25, 1896 - December 27, 1987) was an American actress popular in movies as well as in theatre.