Dean is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Dean (Middlesex cricketer) (fl. 1787–1790), amateur cricketer from MiddlesexAnna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, harpistBashford Dean, American ornithologistBrett Dean (born 1961), Australian composerCharles Dean (died 1974), deceased brother of Howard Dean and Jim DeanChristopher Dean, British figure skaterDixie Dean, English footballerDizzy Dean (1910–1974), baseball pitcherEddie Dean (disambiguation), several peopleElton Dean, jazz musicianEverett Dean (1898–1993), American college sports coachGordon Dean (disambiguation), several peopleHenry Clay Dean, American orator and authorHoward Dean, U.S. presidential candidate in 2004 electionsJames Dean, American actorJanet Dean, later Janet Dean Fodor, American professor of linguisticsJim Dean (DFA), Chairman of Democracy for AmericaJoe Dean (1930–2013), American basketball playerJohn Dean, White House Counsel to President Richard M. Nixon and central Watergate figureJulia Dean (actress, born 1830) (1830–1868), stage actressJulia Dean (actress, born 1878) (1878–1952), stage and screen actressKevin Dean (disambiguation), multiple peopleLynn Dean, Louisiana politicianMark Dean (swimmer), American swimmerMike Dean (disambiguation), multiple peopleNathan Dean (1934–2013), American businessman and politicianNelson Dean, American baseball playerNorman Dean, footballerPap Dean, political cartoonistPaul Dean (disambiguation), multiple peopleRalph Dean (born 1913), Canadian Anglican clericReg Dean (1902–2013), British supercentenarianRoger Dean (artist), album cover designerSimon Dean, one of the stage names of Mike Bucci, World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlerThomas Dean (1920–2004), English cricketerTony Dean (1932–2008), British racing driverWinton Dean (1916–2013), English musicologist