Famous People with Name Dewey

Dewey LaMarr Hoyt            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dewey LaMarr Hoyt: t (born January 1, 1955 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who won the 1983 American League Cy Young Award. He was famous for his control on the mound and his lack of control off it, with drug abuse destroying his career after it had barely taken off.

Dewey "Rusty" Crowe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Dewey "Rusty" Crowe: is a Tennessee politician and a member of the Tennessee Senate representing the 3rd district, which encompasses Washington County and Carter County; and inventor owning U.S. Patents 5,601,605 (February 11, 1997) for an infant pacifier - fluid administerin

Thomas Edmund Dewey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Thomas Edmund Dewey: was the Governor of New York (1943-1955) and the unsuccessful Republican candidate for the U.S. Presidency in 1944 and 1948. As a leader of the liberal faction of the Republican party he fought the conservative faction led by Senator Robert A. Taft, and played a major role in nominating Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency in 1952. He represented the Northeastern business and professional community that accepted most of the New Deal after 1944. His successor as leader of the liberal Republicans was Nelson A. Rockefeller, who became governor of New York in 1959.

John Dewey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Dewey: was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose thoughts and ideas have been greatly influential in the United States and around the world. Dewey, along with Charles Sanders Peirce and William James, is recognized as one of the founders of the philosophical school of Pragmatism. He is also one of the founders of functional psychology and was a leading representative of the progressive movement in U.S. schooling during the first half of the 20th century.[1] Although Dewey is best known for his works on education, he also wrote on a wide range of subjects, including experience and nature, art and experience, logic and inquiry, democracy, and ethics.

Davis Rich Dewey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Davis Rich Dewey: was an American economist and statistician.He was born at Burlington, Vermont, on 7 April 1858. Like his younger brother, John Dewey, he was educated at the University of Vermont and Johns Hopkins University. He later became professor of economics and sta

Nelson Dewey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Nelson Dewey: was a politician from the U.S. state of Wisconsin; he was the first Governor of Wisconsin, serving from 1848 until 1852.On March 4, 1837, Dewey was elected Register of Deeds for the newly formed Grant County, Wisconsin; he was appointed the county's Justi

Charles Schuveldt Dewey            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Schuveldt Dewey: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He engaged in the real estate business in Chicago, Illinois from 1905 to 1917. He served in the United States Navy 1917-1919 and was honorably discharged with the rank of senior lieutenant. He served as vice presid