Meek is a surname of Scottish origins. Notable people with the surname include: *

Albert Stewart Meek Albert Stewart Meek (26 October 1871 – 1 October 1943) was an English bird collector and naturalist. Biography Meek was born on 26 October 1871 in Bow, London, the son of a merchant in natural history. In 1893 he travelled to Australia and ...

(1871–1943), British bird collector and naturalist *

Alexander Beaufort Meek Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 1, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, and chess player. He also was a writer of historical and literary essays, and poetry. He serv ...

(1814–1865), American politician, lawyer, writer and poet * Barbara Meek (1934–2015), American actress *

Bill Meek William Meridas Meek (August 14, 1920 – May 28, 1998)''Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Kansas State University (1947 ...

(1922–1998), American football coach *

Carrie P. Meek Carrie Mae Pittman Meek (April 29, 1926November 28, 2021) was the United States Representative for Florida's 17th congressional district, from 1993 to 2003. Having been elected in the September 1992 primary with no general election opponent, she ...

(1926–2021), American politician from Florida * Chantal Meek (born 1978), English-born Australian canoeist * Donald Meek (1878–1946), Scottish character actor *

Emil Weber Meek Emil Weber Meek (born August 20, 1988) is a Norwegian professional mixed martial artist that competes in the Welterweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He previously fought in the UFC's Welterweight division. He is currently ranke ...

(born 1988), Norwegian performer of martial art (MMA) *

Evan Meek Evan David Meek (born May 12, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He is best known for giving up Derek Jeter's final hit at Yankee Stadium. He has played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Baltimore Orioles in Major League Bas ...

, American baseball pitcher *

Fielding Bradford Meek Fielding Bradford Meek (December 10, 1817 – December 22, 1876) was an American geologist and a paleontologist who specialized in the invertebrates. Biography The son of a lawyer, he was born in Madison, Indiana. In early life he was in bu ...

(1817–1876), American geologist and paleontologist * James Meek (minister) (1742–1810), Scottish minister *

James Meek (author) James Meek (born 1962) is a British novelist and journalist, author of ''The People's Act of Love''. He was born in London, England, and grew up in Dundee, Scotland. Biography Meek attended school at Grove Academy in Broughty Ferry, Dundee, a ...

, British novelist and journalist *

Janice Meek Janice "Jan" Meek FRGS (formerly Cooper and Byles, born 1944) is a British adventurer and ocean rower. In 1997 she took part in the first ever Atlantic Rowing Race, the Port St Charles Barbados Atlantic Rowing Race. Meek successfully crossed the ...

, ocean rower *

Jeffrey Meek Jeffrey William Meek (born February 11, 1959) is an American actor. Meek and his family moved often; as a child, Meek lived in Zweibrücken (Germany), Michigan, and San Francisco. Meek graduated from Arlington High School in Riverside, Califor ...

(born 1959), American actor *

Jerry Meek Jerry Meek (born 1970) is a North Carolina business and tax litigation attorney and Democratic Party activist who was the chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party from 2005 through 2009. Life and career Jerry Meek became involved in D ...

politician *

Joe Meek Robert George "Joe" Meek (5 April 1929 – 3 February 1967) was an English record producer, sound engineer and songwriter who pioneered space age and experimental pop music. He also assisted in the development of recording practices like over ...

(1929–1967), British record producer and composer *

Joseph Meek Joseph Lafayette "Joe" Meek (February 9, 1810 – June 20, 1875) was a pioneer, mountain man, law enforcement official, and politician in the Oregon Country and later Oregon Territory of the United States. A trapper involved in the fur trade b ...

(1810–1875), American explorer, soldier and politician *

Kendrick Meek Kendrick Brett Meek (born September 6, 1966) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2003 to 2011. After serving in both houses of the Florida Legislature, Meek was elected to Congress in the 2002 election to s ...

(born 1966), American politician from Florida * Larissa Meek, American model * MeeK (musician) (born 1971), Franco-British singer/songwriter. *

Meek (street artist) Meek (born 1978, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia His work has been exhibited in: * Melbourne Stencil Festival, 2005 * BACKWOODS – An Exhibition of the EVERFRESH STUDIOS, Wooden Shadow Gallery, Richmond (VIC), 21 April 2007 * National Gallery of ...

, street artist based in Melbourne, Australia *

Patrick Meek Patrick Meek (born November 10, 1985) is American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Meek began speed skating at age two, following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather. After high school, he mo ...

, American speed skater *

Ronald L. Meek Ronald Lindley Meek (27 July 1917 – 18 August 1978) was a Marxian economist and social scientist known especially for his scholarly studies of classical political economy and the labour theory of value. During the 1960s and 1970s, his writings ha ...

(1917–1978), New Zealand-born economist *

S. P. Meek Sterner St. Paul Meek (April 8, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois – June 10, 1972) was an American military chemist, early science fiction author, and children's author. He published much of his work first as Capt. S.P. Meek, then, briefly, as Major ...

(1894–1972), US military chemist, early science fiction author, and children's author *

Seth Eugene Meek Seth Eugene Meek (April 1, 1859, Hicksville, Ohio – July 6, 1914, Chicago) was an American ichthyologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. He was the first compiler of a book on Mexican freshwater fishes. Together with his assis ...

(1859–1914), American ichthyologist * Stephen Meek (guide) (1805–1889), fur trapper and guide in the American west * Theophile Meek, Canadian archaeologist *

Tom Meek Tom Meek (born 1956) is an American columnist and author of "Another Day In Cyberville" published weekly in The Gainesville Voice, a New York Times regional newspaper, beginning in October, 2000 in The Gainesville Sun ''The Gainesville Sun'' ...

(born 1959), American journalist, columnist * Vicki Meek (born 1950), American visual artist

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