Dawes (surname)

Dawes (surname)
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Dawes is a surname. Those bearing it include:

  • Beman Gates Dawes (1870–1953), politician and oil executive who served two terms as a Republican Congressman from Ohio
  • 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 (died 1856), Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for the Isle of Wight 1852–1852
  • Eva Dawes (1912-2009), Canadian track and field athlete
  • 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 (born 1940), 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
  • Nigel Dawes (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey left winger
  • Richard Dawes (1708–1766), English classical scholar
  • 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 (pioneer) (1762–1836), Australian pioneer and scientist
  • William Rutter Dawes (1799-1868), British astronomer

Fictional characters

  • 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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