Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, the second novel from American author Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dred Scott v. Sandford, the case in which he did so

Dred Scott (ca. 1795 – September 17, 1858), an American slave who sued unsuccessfully for his freedom in 1856

Mike Dred, pseudonym of musical artist Michael C. Cullen

Dred Scott (porn star), a performer appearing in gay pornographic films