Famous People with Name Dean

Dean P. Meminger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean P. Meminger: is an American basketball player and coach. Meminger starred at Rice High School in New York City. He attended Marquette University, where he played for coach Al McGuire. He was drafted in the first round (number 16 overall) of the 1971 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, where he played from 1971 to 1974 and 1976-1977[1]. Meminger played for the Atlanta Hawks from 1974 to 1976.[2]

Dean Butler            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean Butler: He is best known for his performance as Almanzo Wilder on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie. After Little House ended, Dean went on to star in The New Gidget as Jeff "Moondoggie" Griffin and had a minor role as Hank Summers in several episodes of the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Since the late 1970s, he has had guest appearances on shows such as Murder, She Wrote; Love Boat; and JAG.

Dean Amadon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean Amadon: was an American ornithologist and an authority on birds of prey.Amadon was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Arthur and Mary Amadon. He received a BS from Hobart College in 1934 and a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1947. In 1937 he joined the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and was Chairman of the Department of Ornithology there from 1957 until 1973. In 1940, he married Octavia Gardella and had two daughters: Susan and Emily.

Dean Riesner            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean Riesner: was a prolific American film and television writer.Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Riesner worked primarily in television, including writing for Rawhide and the "Tourist Attraction" episode of The Outer Limits, although he occasionally contributed to feature films like The Helen Morgan Story. In 1968 he landed a job working on the Clint Eastwood action film Coogan's Bluff, and this in turn would lead to him writing several other Eastwood features throughout the 1970s. Riesner helped pen the screenplays for two Eastwood films in 1971, Play Misty for Me and the original Dirty Harry. In 1973 he provided an uncredited rewrite for High Plains Drifter, and in 1976 he was one of the writers to draft The Enforcer, the third Dirty Harry thriller. That same year he provided the teleplay for NBC's highly rated miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man, starring Nick Nolte. In 1979 he wrote an early draft screenplay for The Godfather Part III, but his script was discarded when Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo finally agreed to collaborate on a third entry in the series.

Dean Edwards Smith            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dean Edwards Smith: is a retired head coach of men’s college basketball. Originally from Emporia, Kansas, Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Smith is best known for his successful coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 36 years. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the NCAA Division I men's basketball coach with the most wins ever with 879 wins. This record was later surpassed by Bobby Knight in 2007. Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any men’s college basketball coach at 77.6.[1] During his time as head coach of North Carolina, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 Final Fours.[2]

Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean: (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

James Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Dean: was a two-time Oscar-nominated 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.

Jimmy Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jimmy Dean: 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 televisi

James Byron Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Byron Dean: was a two-time Oscar-nominated 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 farmer Jett Rink in Giant. His enduring fame and popularity rests on only three films, his entire starring output. His death at a young age helped guarantee a legendary status. He was the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and remains the only person to have two posthumous acting nominations (although other people had more than one posthumous nomination in other Oscar categories).

Frederick Rudolph "Fred" Dean            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frederick Rudolph "Fred" Dean: is a Hall of Fame American football player in the National Football League. His career started with the San Diego Chargers in 1975 and ended with the San Francisco 49ers after the 1985 season. Dean was born in Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish in north Louisiana.