Dundee is home to Warren Buffett and nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba and was the hometown of filmmaker Alexander Payne.

[2] The Shannon Brothers of Kansas City were hired to construct six homes between 48th and 52nd Street, Capitol to California.

The Omaha Herald on October 30, 1888 noted neighborhood covenants required that the buildings be for residential purposes only, stand at least 25 feet away from the street, cost at least $2500, and not be "used for any immoral or illegal business, nor shall any spirits or malt liquors be sold or bartered away."

George laid out Happy Hollow Boulevard and developed the area south of Dodge and west of 50th to Elmwood Park.

The incident was part of a large World War II campaign by the Japanese military to cause mass chaos in American cities.

The area is home to numerous businesses, including the Dundee Dell, the Dundee Theatre, the Blue Line Coffee Shop, Exist Green Zero Waste Market and Refillery, the Underwood Bar, and eCreamery Ice Cream and Gelato.

Warren Buffett, the "Oracle of Omaha", lives in a house bought for $31,500 in 1958 in Dundee ($340,000 in 2024[7]), on the corner of Farnam and 55th.

[8] Dundee Community Garden, located on 49th and Underwood, serves as a neighborhood common space open to the public.

Members of the garden routinely provide free vegetables from the communal beds to underserved population in the community.

[9] Dundee-Memorial Park district has been named one of APA's Great American Places of 2011 because of the neighborhoods pro-active vibrant community.

They decided to allocate “$550,000 of $2.2 million needed to implement merchant-funded street-scape master plan (2009) to improve traffic flow, increase parking, and add amenities.” Dundee Neighborhood Conservation-Enhancement District Plan has also preserved a two block district for historical preservation.