List of Famous people with last name Dewey

Thomas E. Dewey

Thomas Edmund Dewey
First Name Thomas
Last Name Dewey
Born on March 24, 1902
Died on March 16, 1971 (aged 68)

Thomas Edmund Dewey was an American lawyer, prosecutor, and politician. Raised in Owosso, Michigan, Dewey was a member of the Republican Party. He served as the 47th governor of New York from 1943 to 1954. In 1944, he was the Republican Party's nominee for president, but lost the election to incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt in the closest of Roosevelt's four presidential elections. He was again the Republican presidential nominee in 1948, but lost to President Harry S. Truman in one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history. Dewey played a large role in winning the Republican presidential nomination for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, and helped Eisenhower win the presidential election that year. He also played a large part in the choice of Richard Nixon as the Republican vice-presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956.

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John Dewey

First Name John
Last Name Dewey
Born on October 20, 1859
Died on June 1, 1952 (aged 92)

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Tommy Dewey

First Name Tommy
Last Name Dewey
Born on August 3, 1978 (age 46)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Tommy Dewey is an American actor, producer, and writer. He co-starred with Michaela Watkins in the Hulu original series Casual.

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Melvil Dewey

Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey
First Name Melvil
Last Name Dewey
Born on December 10, 1851
Died on December 26, 1931 (aged 80)

Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club. He resigned from the American Library Association due to allegations of sexual harassment, racism, and antisemitism in 1905.

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George Dewey

First Name George
Last Name Dewey
Born on December 26, 1837
Died on January 16, 1917 (aged 79)

George Dewey was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained the rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side.

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