# Dee (nickname)

Dee is the nickname of:

## Entertainers
### In music

* 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

* 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
### In baseball

* 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

* 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

* 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 Williams (American football) (born 1999), American football player
* Dee Winters (born 2000), American football player

### In running

* Dee Boeckmann (1906–1989), American middle-distance runner

## Politicians

* 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

* 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

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