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People

Dean (given name) Dean is an English masculine given name and middle name with several origins: * Derived from the Greek language, Greek word "δεκανός" ("dekanos"), which means "monk or dignitary in charge of ten others"; see also Dean (Christianity) * Deriv ...

Dean (surname) Dean is an English surname; it can also be of Scottish and Irish origin. A variant of this surname is Deane (name), Deane. Notable people with the surname *Angela Dean, British statistician *Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, harpist *Ardie Dean (born ...

, a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin *

Dean (South Korean singer) Kwon Hyuk (; born November 10, 1992), better known by his stage name Dean (), is a South Korean alternative R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer. On March 25, 2016, he released his debut EP, '' 130 Mood: TRBL'', and multiple collab ...

, a stage name for singer Kwon Hyuk * Dean Delannoit, a Belgian singer most known by the mononym Dean * Dean Swift, a sobriquet for

Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. In 1713, he became the Dean (Christianity), dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and was given the sobriquet "Dean Swi ...

Titles

Dean (Christianity) A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and many Lutheran denominations. A dean's assistant ...

, persons in certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy *

Dean (education) Dean is a title employed in academic administrations such as colleges or universities for a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, over a specific area of concern, or both. In the United States and Canada, deans are usua ...

, persons in certain positions of authority in some educational establishments *

Dean of the Diplomatic Corps The diplomatic corps () is the collective body of foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body. The diplomatic corps may, in certain contexts, refer to the collection of accredited heads of mission (ambassadors, high commissi ...

, most senior ambassador in a country's diplomatic corps *

Dean of the House The dean of the House is, in some legislatures, the member with the longest unbroken record of service. U.C. Mandal, ''Dictionary Of Public Administration'' (2007), p. 123. Specific examples include: * Dean of the United States House of Representat ...

, the most senior member of a country's legislature

Places

* Dean, Victoria, Australia *

Dean, Nova Scotia Dean is a small farming and forestry community in the North Branch Musquodoboit in the Musquodoboit Valley along the Halifax Regional Municipality/ Colchester County county line, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, along Route 336. Other ...

, Canada *

De'an County De'an () is a county under the jurisdiction of the prefecture-level city of Jiujiang in the north of Jiangxi, Jiangxi Province, China. Its total area is , and the population is as of 2010. This county is known for the residence of the parents of ...

, Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

United Kingdom

Dean, Bedfordshire Dean or Over Dene is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Dean and Shelton, in the Bedford district, in the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England. It contained Lower Dean and Upper Dean. In 1931 the parish had a population of 277. ...

Dean, Cumbria Dean is a village and civil parish in the county of Cumbria, England. Dean has a Church of England school, a church called St Oswald's. Nearby settlements include the towns of Workington and Cockermouth. Location Dean is located in Cumberla ...

* Dean, Lynton and Lynemouth, a

location In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous bou ...

in Devon * Dean, Trentishoe, a

* Dean, Dorset, a

* Dean, Bishops Waltham, a

in Hampshire * Dean, Sparsholt, a

in Hampshire * Dean, Lancashire, a

Dean, Oxfordshire Dean is a hamlet in Spelsbury civil parish, about north of Charlbury and southeast of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. Its toponym derives from the fact that it is between the valleys of the Coldron Brook and one of its tributaries. History ...

* Dean, Somerset, a hamlet in Cranmore *

Dean Village Dean Village (from ''dene'', meaning 'deep valley') is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is bounded by Belford Road to the south and west, Belgrave Crescent Gardens to the north and below the ...

, Edinburgh *

Forest of Dean The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the Counties of England, county of Gloucestershire, England. It forms a roughly triangle, triangular plateau bounded by the River Wye to the west and no ...

, Gloucestershire *

Dene (valley) A dene or dean (Old English: ''denu'') used to be a common name for a valley, in which sense it is frequently found as a component of British place-names, such as Rottingdean and Ovingdean in England and Deanston and Hassendean in Scotland. It ...

, common toponym in England, often rendered 'dean' in place names

United States

* Dean, Iowa, an unincorporated community *

Dean, Nevada Dean is a ghost town in Lander County, in the U.S. state of Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the sou ...

, ghost town *

Dean, Pennsylvania Dean is a village and an unincorporated community within Dean Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States ...

, a borough *

Dean, Texas Dean is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 488 at the 2020 census. Geography Dean is located in northwestern Clay County. Texas State Highway ...

, a city

Other

* ''Dean'' (film), a 2016 American film starring Demetri Martin *

Dean College Dean College is a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts. It offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates. History Dean College was founded by Oliver Dean as a co-educational academy, Dean Academy, in 1865. He gave t ...

, a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts *

Dean Foods Dean Foods was an American food and beverage company and the largest dairy company in the United States. The company's products included milk, ice cream, dairy products, cheese, juice, and teas. It processed milk in the United States under a numb ...

, a dairy processor in Dallas, Texas *

Dean Guitars Dean Guitars, commonly referred to simply as Dean, is an American importer and maker of stringed instruments and musical products with its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida. Its products include solid-body electric guitars, bass gu ...

, American manufacturer of guitars and other stringed instruments *

Dean number The Dean number (De) is a dimensionless group in fluid mechanics, which occurs in the study of flow in curved pipes and channels. It is named after the British scientist W. R. Dean, who was the first to provide a theoretical solution of the flu ...

, a dimensionless group in fluid mechanics, which occurs in the study of flow in curved pipes and channels *

Dean Trust The Dean Trust ''(also known as: Dean Trust, TDT)'' is a group of schools spread across the North West of England. It ranges in many different levels of education across its eleven current schools. It has several partnership programs, the most we ...

, a group of schools in Manchester, England and the surrounding area *

Beast of Dean The Beast of Dean is the name of an animal from English folklore that is said to live, or to have once lived, in the Forest of Dean: a large, " Ancient woodland" bounded by rivers in Gloucestershire, England.Nanson, A. (2011). Gloucestershire ...

, a legendary creature said to live in the Forest of Dean, England *

Hurricane Dean Hurricane Dean was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the most intense North Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Wilma of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, 2005 season, and is tied with Hurricane Mit ...

, 2007 Atlantic hurricane * USS ''Dean II'', a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 *

The Dean The Dean is a boutique hotel located at 122 Fountain Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The building's use as a hotel was part of a renewal project in Downtown, Providence. History Built in 1912, 122 Fountain Street was used as a shelter r ...