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"<!-- see List of nicknames of United States Presidents !-->
  • 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), 1972
  • The Dude (Quincy Jones album), 1981
  • The Dude (Devin the Dude album), 1998
  • Dudes (David Mead album), 2011
  • "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", a 1987 song by Aerosmith
  • "Dude" (Beenie Man song), 2004
  • "Dude" (Lethal Bizzle and Stormzy song), 2015
  • Dude (soundtrack), soundtrack album by Sai Abhyankkar to the 2025 film of the same name

Other uses

  • Dodge D Series, a 1970s line of pickup trucks known as the Dude
  • Dude River, Romania
  • Dude (2018 film), an American film
  • Dude (2025 film), an Indian Tamil-language 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