Dede Explained

DeDe, De De, Dedé or Dédé may refer to:

People

Nickname or stage name

• Dedé (Angolan footballer), born Adérito Waldemar Alves Carvalho
• Dedé (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer born Leonardo de Deus Santos
• Dedé (footballer, born 1987), Brazilian footballer born Derivaldo Beserra Cavalcante
• Dedé (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer born Anderson Vital da Silva
• Dede Allen (1923–2010), American film editor
• Dede Barry (born 1972), American cycle racer
• Dédé Fortin (1962–2000), Canadian musician
• DeDe Lattimore (born 1991), American football player
• DeDe Lind (born 1947), American model and Playboy Playmate of the Month
• Denise Lopez (Swedish singer), Mexican-born Swedish singer
• De De Pierce (1904–1973), American jazz trumpeter and cornetist
• Dede Robertson (1927–2022), Evangelical Christian activist
• Dedé Santana (born 1936), Brazilian comedian
• Dede Westbrook (born 1993), American football player
• Dede Wilsey (born 1944), American philanthropist

Given name

• Dedé Anderson (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
• Dede Dolopei, Liberian civil servant
• DeDe Dorsey (born 1984), American football player
• Dede Feldman (born 1947), American politician
• Dede Koswara, Indonesian man known as "Treeman"
• Dédé Saint Prix (born 1953), Martinican singer

Pseudonym

• Dede (artist), Israeli graffiti artist

Surname

• Ahmet Kayhan Dede, Turkish Sufi master
• Çiğdem Dede (born 1980), Turkish paralympic powerlifter
• Edmond Dédé, American musician
• Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi (1778–1846), Turkish composer
• Klaus Dede (1935–2018), German writer and journalist
• Mercan Dede (born 1966), Turkish composer and musician
• Munejjim-bashi Ahmed Dede, Turkish astronomer

Entertainment and culture

• Dédé (opérette), a 1921 operetta by Henri Christiné
• Dédé (1935 film), French comedy film directed by René Guissart
• Dédé (1989 film), a French film by Jean-Louis Benoît
• Dede (2017 film), a Georgian film by Mariam Khatchvani
• Dede Franklin, a Prison Break character
• the title character of the Book of Dede Korkut, an epic story of the Oghuz Turks
• Dede (band), American dream pop/post-rock band

Other uses

• Dede (religious figure), in Alevi or Bektashi
• Dede (restaurant), in Baltimore, Ireland

See also

• Deedee
• Deede (disambiguation)
• Dedee, a nickname
• Dedede, a character in the Kirby video game franchise
• DD (disambiguation)
• Didi (disambiguation)