Dawes (surname)

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Dawes is a surname.

Notable people with the surname include[edit]

• Al-Amir Dawes (born 2001), American basketball player
• Albert Dawes (1907–1973), English association footballer
• Andrew Dawes (1940–2022), Canadian violinist
• Belle Dawes (born 2001), Australian rules footballer
• Beman Gates Dawes (1870–1953), politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio
• Caro Dawes (1866 — 1957) wife of Vice President Charles G. Dawes, second lady of the United States from 1925 to 1929
• Charles G. Dawes (1865–1951), banker, politician and 30th Vice President of the United States
• Christie Dawes (born 1980), Australian wheelchair racer
• Christopher Dawes (disambiguation), multiple people
• David Dawes (born 1964), one of the founders of the XFree86 project
• Dominique Dawes (born 1976), United States gymnast
• Edward Dawes (1805–1856), British Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight 1851–1852
• Eva Dawes (1912–2009), Canadian track and field athlete
• Fred Dawes (1911–1989), English association footballer
• Henry L. Dawes (1816–1903), United States Senator of Massachusetts, who sponsored the Dawes Act
• Henry May Dawes (1877–1952), American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family
• Ian Dawes (born 1963), former professional footballer
• James W. Dawes (1844–1918), Republican Nebraska politician best known as the sixth governor of Nebraska
• John Dawes (1940–2021), Welsh rugby union player
• Johnny Dawes (born 1964), British rock climber
• Julian Dawes (born 1942), English composer
• Karl Friedrich Griffin Dawes (1861–1941), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
• Kwame Dawes (born 1962), poet, actor, editor, critic, musician and professor of English at the University of South Carolina in Columbia
• Marylou Dawes (1933–2013), Canadian pianist
• Melanie Dawes (born 1966), British economist and civil servant
• Neville Dawes (1926–1984), novelist and poet born in Nigeria of Jamaican parentage
• Nigel Dawes (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey left winger
• Richard Dawes (disambiguation)
• Rufus Dawes (1838–1899), U.S. military officer in the American Civil War
• Rufus C. Dawes (1867–1940), American businessman from a prominent Ohio family
• Sophie Dawes, Baronne de Feuchères (c. 1795–1840), English-born adventuress best known as a mistress of Louis Henry II, Prince of Condé
• Thomas Dawes (1731–1809), American soldier, colonel in the American Revolution
• William Dawes (1745–1799), American activist in the American Revolution
• William Dawes (bishop) (1671–1724), 3rd Baronet Dawes, bishop of Chester from 1708 to 1714
• William Dawes (British Marines officer) (1762–1836), Australian pioneer and scientist
• William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868), British astronomer
• Zach Dawes (born 1985), American musician

Fictional characters[edit]

• George Dawes, a character from Shooting Stars portrayed by Matt Lucas
• Marjorie Dawes, a character from Little Britain portrayed by Matt Lucas
• Nancy Dawes, a character in the novel series The Baby-sitters Club and Baby-sitters Little Sister
• Rachel Dawes, a character in the film Batman Begins

See also[edit]

• Daws (name), given name and nickname
• Dawe (surname)

Surname list

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