Dee (nickname)

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Dee is the nickname of:

Entertainers[edit]

In music[edit]

  • Dee Alexander, American jazz singer
  • Dee Barton (1937–2001), American jazz trombonist, big band drummer and composer
  • Dee Harvey (1965–2012), American R&B singer
  • Dee C Lee (born 1961), British soul, R&B, and pop singer
  • Dewi Lestari (born 1976), Indonesian writer, singer, and songwriter
  • Dee Palmer (born 1937), English musician and former member of Jethro Tull
  • Demetra Plakas (born 1960), American musician, drummer in the rock band L7
  • Dee Roscioli (born 1977), American singer and actress who performed in productions of the musical, Wicked
  • Dee Snider (born 1955), American singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister
  • Dee Ho (born 1990), Hong Kong singer-songwriter

In film and television[edit]

  • Dee Bradley Baker (born 1962), American voice actor
  • Dee Smart (born 1966), Australian actress known as Lucinda Croft in the soap opera Home and Away
  • Dee Wallace (born 1948), American actress known for her role as Mary in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Dee Rees (born 1977), American screenwriter and director

Athletes[edit]

In baseball[edit]

  • Dee Brown (baseball) (born 1978), American former professional baseball outfielder
  • Dee Cousineau (1898–1951), American professional baseball player
  • Dee Miles (1909–1976), American professional baseball outfielder
  • Dee Phillips (1919–2004), American professional baseball player, manager, and scout
  • Dee Strange-Gordon (born 1988), American professional baseball center fielder
  • Dee Walsh (1890–1971), American Major League Baseball outfielder and shortstop

In basketball[edit]

  • Dee Ayuba (1986–2018), British–Nigerian basketball forward
  • Dee Bost (born 1989), American-born naturalized Bulgarian professional basketball player
  • Dee Brown (basketball) (born 1968), American retired professional basketball player
  • Dee Brown (basketball) (born 1984), American professional basketball player and college coach
  • Dee Davis (born 1984), American retired professional basketball player
  • Dee Rowe (1929–2021), American basketball coach

In football[edit]

  • Dee Brown (American football) (born 1978), American football running back
  • Dee Dowis (1968–2016), American quarterback for the United States Air Force Academy
  • Dee Hardison (1956–2018), American National Football League defensive lineman
  • Dee Hart (born 1992), American football running back
  • Dee Martin (born 1949), American football defensive back
  • Dee McCann (born 1983), American former professional gridiron football cornerback
  • Dee Milliner (born 1991), American football cornerback
  • Dee Virgin (born 1993), American football cornerback
  • Dee Webb (born 1984), American football defensive back
  • Dee Winters (born 2000), American football player

In running[edit]

Politicians[edit]

  • Dee Brown (politician) (born 1948), American politician from Montana
  • Dee Doocey (born 1948), British Liberal Democrat politician and former Chair of the London Assembly
  • Dee Duponte (1910/11–1971), Hawaii territorial politician
  • Dee Forbes (born 1967), Irish Director-General of RTÉ
  • Walter Dee Huddleston (1926–2018), American Democrat from Kentucky who represented the state in the United States Senate
  • Dee Caperton Kessel (1943–2000), Former First Lady of West Virginia and Miss West Virginia (1964)
  • Dee Margetts (born 1955), a former Australian politician
  • Dee Margo (born 1952), American businessman and 54th mayor of El Paso, Texas
  • Dee Morikawa, American politician and member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
  • Dee Richard (born 1955), American Independent members of the Louisiana House of Representatives
  • Dee Ryall (born 1967), Australian politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly

People in other fields[edit]

  • Dee Brasseur (born 1953), Canadian retired military officer (Major)
  • Dee Brown (writer) (1908–2002), American novelist, historian, and librarian
  • Dee Caffari (born 1973), British sailor and first woman to single-handedly sail non-stop around the world against the prevailing winds and currents
  • Dee Haslam (born 1954), American businesswoman, and CEO and executive producer of RIVR Media
  • Dee Mangin, New Zealand primary care academic
  • Dee Mosbacher (born 1949), American filmmaker, lesbian feminist activist, and practicing psychiatrist
  • Dee O'Hara (born 1935), NASA's first aerospace nurse
  • Dee Wells (1925–2003), American journalist, novelist, and broadcaster

Fictional characters[edit]

  • Dee Bliss, on the Australian soap opera Neighbours
  • Deandra Reynolds, on the FX television series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

See also[edit]