Dawes (surname)

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Dawes is a surname.

## Notable people with the surname include

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* 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

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* 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

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

Surname list

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