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), 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