Dee may refer to:

People

Surname

* Dee, an alternate spelling of the Welsh surname

Day A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours, 1440 minutes, or 86,400 seconds. In everyday life, the word "day" often refers to a solar day, which is the length between two so ...

* Dee, a romanization of several Chinese surnames, including: ** Those listed at

Di (surname) Dí is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Dí''). It was listed 108th among the Song-era '' Hundred Family Surnames''. Romanization 狄 is often anglicized as " Dee". Distribution Di no longer appears among the 100 most common ...

** Some Hokkien pronunciations of the surname Li () *

Di Renjie Di Renjie (630 – November 11, 700), courtesy name Huaiying (懷英), formally Duke Wenhui of Liang (梁文惠公), was a Chinese politician of Tang and Wu Zhou dynasties, twice serving as chancellor during the reign of Wu Zetian. He was one o ...

(630–700), Duke Wenhui of Liang, a Tang dynasty official * Arthur Dee (1579–1651), a physician and alchemist * Billy Dee, retired African American adult film actor * Bob Dee (1933–1979), American football defensive end * Daisy Dee (born 1970), Dutch singer, actress and TV host * Dave Dee (1943–2009), English singer-songwriter, musician, A&R manager, fundraiser and businessman * Ed Dee (born 1940), American author * Frances Dee (1909–2004), American actress * Gerry Dee (born 1968), Canadian comedian * Jack Dee (born 1961), British comedian * Jeff Dee (born 1961), American artist and game designer * Joey Dee (born 1940), American singer, of Joey Dee and the Starliters *

John Dee John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, teacher, occultist, and alchemist. He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divinatio ...

(1527 – 1608 or 1609), English mathematician and alchemist *

John Dee (disambiguation) John Dee (1527–c. 1608) was a Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. John Dee may also refer to: * John Dee (basketball) John Francis Dee, Jr. (September 12, 1923 &nd ...

for other people with the name *

Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known for he ...

(born 1947), English singer * Kool Moe Dee (born 1962), American hip hop MC * Leo Dee (1931-2004), American artist *

Marvin R. Dee Marvin Robert Dee (August 21, 1917 – January 3, 1977) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. Dee was born in Chicago, Illinois. He went to the Chicago public schools and to Crane College. Bee received his bachelor's and law deg ...

(1917-1977), American lawyer, businessman, and politician *

Merri Dee Mary Francine Dorham (Merri Dee); October 30, 1936 – March 16, 2022) was an American philanthropist and television journalist. Dee was best known for her work as an anchor/reporter at Chicago, Illinois, television station and national cable s ...

(1936-2022), American journalist and philanthropist *

Mike Dee Mike Dee is an American sports and media executive who is currently president of Sports for Audacy, Inc. (formerly known as Entercom), the largest audio rights holder of professional teams and sports talk radio in the United States. He is th ...

, American sports executive *

Mike Dee (baseball coach) Mike Dee (born May 20, 1958) is an American former baseball coach and outfielder. He played college baseball at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse. He served as the head baseball coach at the UIC Flames (1999–2021). Under him, UIC reache ...

(born 1958), American college baseball coach *

Mikkey Dee Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou (born 31 October 1963), known professionally as Mikkey Dee, is a Swedish musician, best known as the last drummer for British heavy metal band Motörhead from 1992 until its dissolution in 2015. Dee also played temporari ...

(born 1963), Swedish drummer with the band Motörhead *

Papa Dee David Christopher Daniel Wahlgren (born 13 July 1966), better known by the stage name Papa Dee, is a Swedish rapper. His most commercially successful track is his version of the Cat Stevens song " The First Cut Is the Deepest". Music career Wah ...

(born 1966), Swedish rap, ragga and dancehall musician *

Roger Dee Roger D. Aycock ( 6 December 1914 – 5 April 2004) was an American author who wrote under the pseudonym Roger Dee. He primarily wrote science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction ...

(1914–2004), American author *

Ruby Dee Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 – June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of "Ruth Younger" in the stage and film versions of ''A Raisin in the Sun'' (19 ...

(1922–2014), African-American actress and activist *

Sandra Dee Sandra Dee (born Alexandra Zuck; April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingén ...

(1942–2005), American actress *

Simon Dee Cyril Nicholas Henty-Dodd (28 July 1935 – 29 August 2009), better known by his stage name Simon Dee, was a British television interviewer and radio disc jockey who hosted a twice-weekly BBC TV chat show, ''Dee Time'', in the late 1960s. Af ...

(1935–2009), British television interviewer and radio disc jockey

Given name

* Diminutive for the name

David David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

, common in the UK and Ireland *

Dee Bradley Baker Dee Bradley Baker (born August 31, 1962) is an American voice actor. Much of Baker's work features vocalizations of animals and monsters. Baker's roles include animated series such as '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', '' Codename: Kids Next Door'' ...

(born 1962), American voice actor * Dee Brown (disambiguation) *

Dee Dowis Michael "Dee" Dowis (August 2, 1968 – August 29, 2016) was an American college football player who was a quarterback for the Air Force Falcons. He graduated as the NCAA's all-time leading rusher for a quarterback. Early years Dowis was bor ...

(1968–2016), American football player * Dee Dee Myers, first female White House press secretary *

Dee Dee Ramone Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), better known by his stage name Dee Dee Ramone, was an American musician. He was the bassist and a founding member of the punk rock band Ramones. Throughout the band's existence, he wa ...

, punk musician *

Dee Benson Dee Vance Benson (August 25, 1948 – November 30, 2020) was a Senior United States district judge and chief judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. He was briefly a professional soccer player. He was nominated as ju ...

, American judge *

, American voice actor * Dee Delaney (born 1995), American football player * Dee Duponte (1910/11–1971), Hawaii territorial politician * Dee Gordon, American baseball player * Dee Harvey (1965–2012), American R&B singer * Dee Hepburn (born 1961), a Scottish former actress * Dee Martin, American football player * Dee Palmer (*1937), English musician * Dee Roscioli, American actress * Dee Scarr, scuba diver and environmentalist in Bonaire * Dee Snider, singer

Stage name or nickname

Dee (singer) Dee (born Martin Granger) is an electro-pop dance-rock Canadian singer, songwriter, disc jockey, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and remixer. Dee was born in Montreal and raised in Welland, Ontario and Aylmer, Quebec. He moved back to Montre ...

, Canadian *

Dee (artist) Dilnarin "Dee" Demirbag (born 14 November 1973 in Kirvan, Turkey) is a Swedish dancer and singer, of Kurdish background.

, Swedish * Dee (nickname), a list of people nicknamed "Dee"

Fictional characters

* Judge Dee, a semi-fictional character based on Di Renjie, Duke Wenhui of Liang * Anastasia Dualla or Dee, character from the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'' *

Deandra Reynolds Deandra "Sweet Dee" Reynolds is a fictional character on the FX television series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', portrayed by Kaitlin Olson. Dee was the only major character in the show to be conceived without an actor in mind. She was ...

, "Sweet Dee" of the television series ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' * Dee Dee, Dexter's sister from the cartoon ''

Dexter's Laboratory ''Dexter's Laboratory'' is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. It follows Dexter, a short, enthusiastic boy-genius with a h ...

'' * Dee, a secret character in the ''Darkstalkers'' fighting game series *

Gandra Dee This article includes a list of characters from the The Walt Disney Company, Disney ''DuckTales'' animated franchise, including the DuckTales, original 1987 series and the DuckTales (2017 TV series), 2017 reboot series, as well as DuckTales the Mo ...

, a ''Duck Tales'' character * Waddle Dee, a ''Kirby'' character * Deema, on the American animated television series ''

Bubble Guppies ''Bubble Guppies'' is a CGI-animated children's television series produced for Nickelodeon and created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull. The series is a combination of the sketch comedy, edutainment, and musical genres, and revolves around the un ...

'' * Dee Thomas, from the sitcom '' What's Happening!!''

As an abbreviation

Department of the Environment and Energy The Department of the Environment and Energy (DEE) was an Australian government department in existence between 2016 and 2020. The department was responsible for matters including environment protection and conservation of biodiversity as well ...

, Australia * Dundee railway station, station code * Yuzhno-Kurilsk Mendeleyevo Airport, IATA code *

Dead-end elimination The dead-end elimination algorithm (DEE) is a method for minimizing a function over a discrete set of independent variables. The basic idea is to identify "dead ends", i.e., combinations of variables that are not necessary to define a global min ...

Other uses

De'e De'e () is a town under the administration of Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China, located in the southwest of the county. , it has 15 villages under its administration. It is inhabited by several ethnic minorities, in ...

, a town in Longlin Various Nationalities Autonomous County, Guangxi, China * Dee, a song in the album '' Blizzard of Ozz'' * Dee (gender identity) * A D-shaped electrode in a

cyclotron A cyclotron is a type of particle accelerator invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1929–1930 at the University of California, Berkeley, and patented in 1932. Lawrence, Ernest O. ''Method and apparatus for the acceleration of ions'', filed: J ...

* A D-shaped ring, a

D-ring A D-ring is a D-shaped metal ring used primarily as a lashing point in a tie-down system. Depending on their function D-rings may vary in composition, geometry, weight, finish, and load capacity. They may be screwed or welded in place, or attach ...

or dee-ring * The letter "D" in English alphabet#Letter names