title: Dewdney (surname)
text: # Dewdney (surname)
  
  Dewdney is an old English name, going back to pre 1500.
  
  ## List of people with the surname
  
  * Alexander Dewdney (born 1941), Canadian mathematician, computer scientist and philosopher
  * Anna Dewdney (1965–2016), American author and illustrator of children's books
  * Christopher Dewdney (born 1951), Canadian poet
  * Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916), Canadian surveyor, engineer, politician, and provincial Lieutenant-Governor
  * Selwyn Dewdney (1909–1979), Canadian author, illustrator and artist, father of Alexander and Christopher
  * Tom Dewdney (born 1933), West Indian cricketer
  