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Dewey may refer to:

Places

• Dewey, Arizona
• Dewey, Illinois
• Dewey, Oklahoma
• Dewey, Utah
• Dewey, Wisconsin
• Dewey Beach, Delaware
• Dewey County, Oklahoma
• Dewey County, South Dakota
• Dewey Marsh, Wisconsin
• McGregor, British Columbia or Dewey, British Columbia
• Wasco, California or Dewey, California

Other uses

• Dewey Commission
• Dewey Decimal Classification
• Dewey (deer), the first cloned deer
• Dewey, The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, a 2008 non-fiction book
• USS Dewey

People with the name

Surname

• A. Peter Dewey (1916-1945), American soldier
• Charles Almon Dewey (1877-1958), American judge
• Charles Melville Dewey (1849-1937), American painter
• Charles S. Dewey (1880-1980), American politician
• Chester Dewey (1784-1867), American scientist
• Davis Dewey (1858-1942), American economist
• Edward Dewey (1895-1978), American economist
• George Dewey (1837-1917), American admiral
• John Dewey (1859-1952), American philosopher and educator
• John Frederick Dewey (born 1937), British geologist
• Lyster Dewey (1865-1944), American botanist
• Matthew Dewey (born 1984), Australian composer
• Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), American librarian
• Nicholas Dewey, Australian poet
• Nelson Dewey (1813-1889), American politician
• Orville Dewey (1794-1882), American clergyman
• Rob Dewey (born 1983), Scottish rugby player
• Sheila Dewey, British playwright
• Thomas B. Dewey (1915-1981), American author
• Thomas E. Dewey (1902-1971), American politician

Given name

• Dewey Balfa (1927-1992), American musician
• Dewey Bartlett (1919-1979), American politician
• Dewey Bunnell (born 1951), American musician
• Dewey Lambdin (born 1945), American novelist
• Dewey Martin (actor) (born 1923), American actor
• Dewey Martin (musician) (1940-2009), Canadian drummer
• Dewey Nicks (born 1961), American photographer
• Dewey Redman (1931-2006), American jazz saxophonist
• Dewey Robinson (1898-1950), American actor
• Dewey Short (1898-1979), American politician
• Dewey Weber (1938-1993), American surfer

Fiction

• Billy Dewey, fictional character in the television series Southland
• Dewey, Cheatem & Howe, fictional law firm
• Dewey Cox, fictional character in the 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
• 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 Novak, fictional character in the television series Eureka Seven
• Dewey Riley, fictional character in the Scream films
• Dewey (Malcolm in the Middle), fictional character in the television series Malcolm in the Middle
• Huey, Dewey and Louie, fictional nephews of Donald Duck
• Ms. Dewey, fictional character in a viral marketing campaign for Microsoft Live Search

See also

• Center for Dewey Studies
• Dwayne

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Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

English

Etymology

Possibly from a place name in Northern France, Douai. Welsh origin from Dewi ( David) has also been suggested.

Proper noun

Dewey

1. An American surname.
2. A male given name derived from the surname, popular in the U.S. in the 1890s.

Anagrams

• Anagrams of deewy
• weedy

From Wikispecies

(1784-1867)

U.S. Botanist

External links

• Bio at famousamericans.net