Dude (disambiguation)

Dude is an American slang term for an individual, usually male.

Dude or Dudes may also refer to:

People

• Chester A. Arthur (1829-1886), President of the United States nicknamed the "Dude President"
• Dan the Dude (fl. c. 1905–1915), New York City criminal and cafe owner
• Devin the Dude (born 1970), American musician
• Gustavo Dudamel (born 1981), Venezuelan musician nicknamed "The Dude"
• Dude Esterbrook (1857–1901), American Major League Baseball player
• Dude Harlino (born 1980), Indonesian actor
• Dude Mowrey (born 1972), American country music singer
• Dude Love (born 1965), ring name for former American professional wrestler Mick Foley

Fictional characters

• Dan the Dude, played by Arthur Stone in the 1928 silent film Me, Gangster based on the actual Dan the Dude
• Dude Lester, in the 1932 novel Tobacco Road and the 1941 film adaptation
• Dave the Dude, hero of the film Lady for a Day (1933) and its remake, Pocketful of Miracles (1961).
• The Dude, in the Western film Rio Bravo, played by Dean Martin
• Dr. Dude, from the pinball machine Dr. Dude and His Excellent Ray (1990)
• Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, protagonist of the film The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Dude, a character in the 2021 film Free Guy

Music

• The Dudes, a Canadian band
• Th' Dudes, a New Zealand band
• Dude (musical), a 1972 musical
• The Dude (Quincy Jones album), a 1981 record album
• The Dude (Devin the Dude album), a 1998 record album
• Dudes (David Mead album), a 2011 album by David Mead
• "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", a 1987 song by Aerosmith
• "Dude" (Beenie Man song), 2004
• "Dude" (Lethal Bizzle and Stormzy song), 2015

Other uses

• Dodge D Series, a 1970s line of pickup trucks known as The Dude
• Dude River, Romania
• Dude (film), a 2018 American film
• Dudes (film), a 1987 punk rock Western film
• The Dude (magazine), a men's magazine of the 1950s
• "The Dude", former branding of North Carolina radio station WYAY (FM)
• Discrete Universal Denoiser (DUDE), a denoising scheme in information theory and signal processing
• Baxter Street Dudes, an 1870s New York City teenage street gang

See also

• Dudesy, a comedy podcast