Meade is a surname, and may refer to:

Actors

Ada Meade Ada Meade Saffarans (1884 - February 4, 1965) was an American actress known professionally as Ada Meade. She performed professionally in comic drama, comic opera, and musical comedy. Early years Meade was born in 1884 in Lexington, Kentucky. Her ...

(1883-1965), American actress *

Emily Meade Emily Meade (born January 10, 1989) is an American film and television actress. She has appeared in films such as '' Twelve'' (2010), ''My Soul to Take'' (2010), ''Gimme Shelter'' (2013), ''That Awkward Moment'' (2014), ''Money Monster'' (2016), a ...

(active from 2006), American actress *

Garth Meade Garth Meade (born 1925, Johannesburg, South Africa, died 2002 Sydney) was a South African and later Australian actor and comedian, best known for his roles on television series and mini-series. He also worked numerously in cabaret and the clu ...

(1925–2002), South African comedian/actor, active in Australia since 1970 * Mary Meade (1923–2003), American film actress of the 1940s

Artists and musicians

* Alexa Meade (born 1986), American artist *

Angela Meade Angela Meade (born 1977) is an American operatic soprano. Life and career Born in Centralia, Washington, Meade started her education at Centralia Community College before going on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice from Pacific Luther ...

(born 1977), American opera singer *

Tyson Meade Tyson Todd Meade (born September 15, 1962) is an American musician, painter, writer, teacher, and disc jockey best known as the principal singer and songwriter for pioneering alternative rock bands Defenestration and Chainsaw Kittens. Defenestr ...

, singer and songwriter

Military

* Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873–1953), British army officer and politician *

George Meade George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate States Army, Confederate Full General (CSA), General Robert E. Lee at the Battle ...

(1815–1872), American Civil War general *

Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam Admiral of the Fleet Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (3 October 1832 – 4 August 1907), styled Lord Gillford until 1879, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer, he served at the Battle of Escape Creek and at the Battle of ...

(1832–1907), British Royal Navy officer *

Richard John Meade General Sir Richard John Meade (25 September 1821 – 20 March 1894) was a British Indian Army officer who served as the Chief Commissioner of Mysore from 1870 to 1881. Military career Meade was born at Innishannon County Cork to Captain John ...

(1821–1894), British Indian army general *

Richard Worsam Meade I Richard Worsam Meade (June 23, 1778 – June 25, 1828) was an American merchant and art collector, and the father of Civil War General George Gordon Meade. After growing up in his father George Meade's shipping business, he became s ...

(1778–1828), American merchant and art collector *

Richard Worsam Meade II Richard Worsam Meade II (May 21, 1807 – April 16, 1870) (also called Richard Worsam Meade, Sr., in relation to his son, Rear Admiral Richard Worsam Meade III) was an officer in the United States Navy. Life and career Meade was born in C� ...

(1807–1870), American naval officer *

Richard Worsam Meade III Richard Worsam Meade III (also called Richard Worsam Meade, Jr., by many sources) (October 9, 1837 – May 4, 1897) was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Biography Born in New York City, he was the son of Captai ...

(1837–1897), American naval officer *

Robert Leamy Meade Robert Leamy Meade (December 25, 1842 – February 11, 1910) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the American Civil War, Spanish–American War and Boxer Rebellion. He was the nephew of Major General George G. Meade. Early ...

(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 Hugh Allen Meade (April 4, 1907 – July 8, 1949) was a U.S. Congressman, representing the second district of Maryland from 1947 to 1949. Born in Netcong, Morris County, New Jersey, Meade attended the public schools. He moved to Baltimore, Mar ...

(1907–1949), U.S. Congressman *

Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet (1642–1707) was an Irish barrister, judge and politician. He was the first of the Meade Baronets of Balintubber, and an ancestor of the Earls of Clanwilliam. He was unusual among the lawyers of his time for his lack o ...

(1642–1707), Irish barrister, judge and politician, Member of the Parliament of Ireland 1689–1707 *

John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam (21 April 1744 – 19 October 1800), was an Anglo-Irish nobleman, known as Sir John Meade, 4th Baronet, until 1766. Elevated to the Peerage of Ireland, his debauchery and reckless spending led him to sell the ...

(1744–1800), Irish peer and Member of the Parliament of Ireland for

Banagher Banagher ( or ''Beannchar na Sionna'') is a town in Ireland, located in the midlands, on the western edge of County Offaly in the province of Leinster, on the banks of the River Shannon. It had a population of 3,000 at the height of its econ ...

1764–67 * John Meade (British Army officer) (–1849), Member of the UK Parliament for

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

1805–12 *

José Antonio Meade José Antonio Meade Kuribreña (; born 27 February 1969) is a Mexican politician, economist, lawyer, and diplomat. He served as a cabinet minister under Presidents Felipe Calderón and Enrique Peña Nieto in a variety of portfolios, becoming the ...

(born 1969), Mexican politician and economist who pursued the PRI nomination for the 2018 presidential elections *

Reuben Meade Reuben Theodore Meade (born 7 March 1954) is a retired politician from Montserrat who served as the island's first Premier between 2010 and 2014. He previously served as Chief Minister between 1991 and 1996 and 2009 to 2010. A member of the Mov ...

(born 1952), politician from Montserrat *

Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam Richard Charles Francis Christian Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam GCH (15 August 1795 – 7 October 1879), styled Lord Gillford between 1800 and 1805, was a British diplomat and politician. Background and education Meade was the only son of ...

(1795–1879), British ambassador *

Richard Kidder Meade Richard Kidder Meade, Jr. (July 29, 1803 – April 20, 1862) was Virginia lawyer, plantation owner and politician who served in the Virginia Senate and in the United States House of Representatives, as well as U.S. minister to Brazil under ...

(1803–1862), lawyer and U.S. Congressman from Virginia *

Robert Henry Meade Sir Robert Henry Meade (16 December 1835 – 8 January 1898) was a British civil servant and the Head of the Colonial Office between 1892 and 1897. Life Meade was the second son of the 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam and Lady Elizabeth Herbert. ...

(1835–1898), Head of the British Colonial Office *

Wendell H. Meade Wendell Howes Meade (January 18, 1912 – June 2, 1986) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th Congressional Dist ...

(1912–1986), lawyer and U.S. Congressman in Kentucky

Religion

Charles Meade Charles Meade (December 24, 1916 – April 10, 2010) was the founder of a Cult first called End Time Ministries, later Meade Ministries, based just south of Lake City, Florida, United States.Barnard, Jackelyn (May 12, 2005"Former Endtimer Speak ...

(1916-2010), Christian group leader *

Marie Meade Marie (Nick) Arnaq Meade (born 1947) is a Central Alaskan Yup'ik people, Yup'ik professor in the humanities and also a Yup'ik tradition bearer. Meade's Yup'ik name is Arnaq which means "woman." She also works and travels with the International Coun ...

(born 1947), Yup'ik tradition bearer *

William Meade William Meade (November 11, 1789March 14, 1862) was an American Episcopal bishop, the third Bishop of Virginia. Early life His father, Colonel Richard Kidder Meade (1746–1805), one of George Washington's aides during the War of Independence, ...

(1789–1862), United States Episcopal bishop

Sport

* Charles Francis Meade (1881–1975), British mountaineer and author * James "Jim" Gordon Meade (1914–1977), American football player *

McPherson Meade McPherson Meade (born 16 February 1979) is a West Indian cricketer. Meade is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm off break. He also plays football for the Montserrat football team as a goalkeeper. He was born on Montserrat. Meade ap ...

(born 1979), Montserratian cricketer *

Neville Meade Neville Meade (12 September 1948 – 13 March 2010) was a British boxer from Swansea. Born in Montserrat, he moved to Wales at the age of nine. He rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1974 Commonweal ...

(1948-2010), British boxer *

Noel Meade Noel Meade is a horse trainer from Castletown, County Meath, Ireland. He established Tu Va Stables in Meath as a place to train his horses. Early career: flat racing Meade began his career as a horse trainer in 1971,

, Irish trainer of racehorses *

Raphael Meade Raphael Joseph Meade (born 22 November 1962) is an English former footballer who played as a striker for clubs in a variety of countries. Career Meade was born in Islington, where he attended Tollington Park Secondary School. He played footb ...

(born 1962), English football (soccer) player *

Richard Meade Richard John Hannay Meade (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian at the Olympics. He was a triple Olympic gold medalist and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title. He also won ...

(1938-2015), British equestrian and Olympic gold medal winner *

Richie Meade Richie Meade (born c. 1955) is an American college lacrosse coach and the former head coach at Furman University. Prior to coaching at Furman, he was the head coach of the Navy lacrosse team at the United States Naval Academy and at the Universit ...

, American lacrosse coach * Seán Meade (born 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 Glenn Meade is an Irish author. He was born in Finglas, Dublin in 1958. He has written fiction and plays. Career In the 1980s Meade wrote and directed a number of his own plays for the Strand Theatre in Dublin. He originally worked as a pilot ...

(born 1957), Irish author *

L. T. Meade L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls' stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. Stephen Brown: A Reader's ...

(1854-1914), pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, an English writer of girls' stories *

Marion Meade Marion may refer to: People *Marion (given name) * Marion (surname) * Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion" * Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992) Places Antarctica * M ...

(born 1934), American biographer

Other

Carl J. Meade Carl Joseph Meade (born November 16, 1950) is a former NASA astronaut. Personal data Born November 16, 1950, at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois. Married. Two sons. Resides in Canyon Country, California. He enjoys woodworking, home-built aircr ...

(born 1950), NASA astronaut * David Meade, conspiracy theorist and book author, predicted that a hidden planet called Nibiru would collide with Earth on September 23, 2017 * Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934), English ornithologist and conservationist *

James Meade James Edward Meade, (23 June 1907 – 22 December 1995) was a British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences jointly with the Swedish economist Bertil Ohlin for their "pathbreaking contribution to the ...

(1907–1995), British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics *

Michael J. Meade Michael J. Meade D.H.L. (born January 16, 1944) is an American author, mythologist, storyteller, and was a figure in the Men's Movement of the 1980s. Having distanced himself from the Men's Movement, he continues to publish and teach to a broa ...

(born mid-1940s), Mythopoetic branch of the Men's Movement *

Robin Meade Robin Michelle Meade (born April 21, 1969) is a former American television news correspondent. She was the lead news anchor for HLN's morning show ''Morning Express with Robin Meade''. Meade was a former Miss Ohio and began her broadcasting care ...

(born 1969), television news anchor *

Richard Henry Meade Richard Henry Meade (1814 – 23 December 1899 in Bradford, England) was an English surgeon, and Justice of the peace. But is more noted as an entomologist who specialised in Diptera - most notably the family Muscidae and also in Spiders.Pont, A.C. ...

(1814–1899), British entomologist & Arachnologist *

Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam Theodosia Hawkins-Magill (5 September 1743 in Brighton – 2 March 1817 in Brighton), later Countess of Clanwilliam, was a great heiress and landowner in County Down, Ireland. Early life and family She was the daughter and heir of Robert Hawkins ...

(1744–1817), landowner in Ireland

Fictional characters

Alexis Meade Alexis Meade (born Alexander Spencer Meade) is a fictional character from the ABC dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', initially portrayed by Elizabeth Penn Payne (when she was listed in the credits as "Masked Lady") for the first twelve episodes of he ...

, character in ''Ugly Betty'' *

Bradford Meade Bradford Emerson Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', portrayed by Alan Dale. Background Bradford Meade is a famous publishing mogul whose company, Meade Publications, publishes the popular fashion ma ...

, character in ''Ugly Betty'' *

Claire Meade Claire Meade is a fictional character in the American dramedy series ''Ugly Betty'', portrayed by Judith Light. Light's performance as Claire has resulted in a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at t ...

, character in ''Ugly Betty'' *

Daniel Meade Daniel Meade is a fictional character in the American romantic drama-comedy series ''Ugly Betty.'' He is portrayed by Eric Mabius. Background Daniel (born in 1974) is the second child of magazine publisher Bradford Meade and Claire Meade. After ...

, character in ''Ugly Betty''

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