Thomas Arthur Dean (21 November 1920 – 4 June 2004) was an English cricketer. Dean was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. Dean made his first-class debut for Hampshire in the 1939 County Championship against Somerset. In the 1939 season, Dean took his first five-wicket haul against Yorkshire, with figures of 5/58 in Yorkshire's second innings. The Championship match against Yorkshire was Dean's last before the start of the Second World War. Dean died at Alexandria, Eastern Cape on 4 June 2004.