Dean Watkins (born February 14, 1931) is a retired aeronautical engineer who was the Prohibition Party candidate for Vice-president of the United States in 2000.
Watkins' family has had a long association with the temperance movement.
His grandfather, Aaron Watkins, was the Prohibition Party candidate for vice-president in 1908 and 1912 and its candidate for president in 1920.
Watkins is a member of the New Testament Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona.