- U.S. naval commander.
- Pictured on a 4¢ US postage stamp with William T. Sampson and Winfield S. Schley, one of the Army and Navy Series of stamps, issued 23 March 1937.
- Attended Norwich University, then the US Naval Academy.
- Great-great-grandfather of George D. Wallace.
- Commanded the US Navy in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War of 1898, in which the US Navy defeated a larger Spanish naval squadron.
- The main town on the island municipality of Culebra, Puerto Rico, is named Dewey in his honor. Most locals refer to it as "Pueblo".
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