Meade (surname)

Meade is a surname, and may refer to

Actors

• Emily Meade (active from 2006), American actress
• Garth Meade (b. 1930), South African comedian/actor, active in Australia since 1970
• Mary Meade, American film actress of the 1940s

Artists and musicians

• Alexa Meade (b. 1986), American artist
• Tyson Meade, singer and songwriter

Military

• Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873–1953), British army officer and politician
• George Meade (1815–1872), American Civil War general
• Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (1832–1907), British Royal Navy officer
• Richard John Meade (1821–1894), British Indian army general
• Richard Worsam Meade II (1807–1870) American naval officer
• Richard Worsam Meade (1837–1897), American naval officer
• Robert Leamy Meade (1842–1910), officer in the United States Marine Corps

Politicians and ambassadors

• Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873–1953), British army officer and politician
• Edwin R. Meade (1836–1889), lawyer and U.S. Congressman
• Hugh Meade (1907–1949), U.S. Congressman
• Reuben Meade (b. 1952), politician from Montserrat
• Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam (1795–1879), British ambassador
• Richard Kidder Meade (1803–1862), lawyer and U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• Robert Henry Meade (1835–1898), Head of the British Colonial Office
• Wendell H. Meade (1912–1986), lawyer and U.S. Congressman in Kentucky

Religion

• Charles Meade (b. 1916), Christian group leader
• William Meade (1789–1862), United States Episcopal bishop

Sport

• Charles Francis Meade (1881–1975), British mountaineer and author
• Darren Meade (b. 1970), bodybuilding champion, real estate executive
• James "Jim" Gordon Meade (1914–1977), American football player
• John Meade (b. 1985), Irish football (soccer) player
• Neville Meade (1948-2010), British boxer
• Noel Meade, Irish trainer of racehorses
• Raphael Meade (b. 1962), English football (soccer) player
• Richard Meade (b. 1936), British equestrian and Olympic gold medal winner
• Richie Meade, American lacrosse coach
• Seán Meade (b. 1937), Gaelic footballer

Writers

• Charles Francis Meade (1881–1975), British mountaineer and author
• Gerald Willoughby-Meade (1875–1958), British author who wrote about the supernatural in Chinese folklore
• Glenn Meade (b. 1957), Irish author
• L. T. Meade (1854-1914), pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, an English writer of girls' stories
• Marion Meade (b. 1934), American biographer

Other

• Carl J. Meade (b. 1950), NASA astronaut
• Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934), English ornithologist and conservationist
• James Meade (1907–1995), British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics
• Michael J. Meade (b. mid 1940s), Mythopoetic branch of the Men's Movement
• Ned Meade (b. 1995), American high school student
• Robin Meade (b. 1969), television news anchor
• Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam (1744–1817), landowner in Ireland

Fictional characters

• Alexis Meade, character in Ugly Betty
• Bradford Meade, character in Ugly Betty
• Claire Meade, character in Ugly Betty
• Daniel Meade, character in Ugly Betty

See also

• Meade (disambiguation)
• Meades (disambiguation)
• Mead (disambiguation)
• Meads (disambiguation)