Mudge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Politics

Dirk Mudge Dirk Frederik Mudge (16 January 192826 August 2020) was a Namibian politician. He served in several high-ranking positions in the South African administration of South West Africa, was the chairman of the 1975–1977 Turnhalle Constitutional Con ...

(1928–2020), Namibian politician *

Geoffrey Mudge Geoffrey Mudge ( fl. 1414–1427), of Guildford, Surrey, was an English politician. Family His wife was named Joan; nothing more is recorded of his family. Career He was a Member Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Member ...

, English politician

Religion

Enoch Mudge Enoch Mudge (1776–1850) was the first native New Englander to be ordained as a Methodist minister. Biography Born in Lynn, Mass., he was converted under Jesse Lee, the pioneer of Methodism in New England, and entered the ministry in 179 ...

(1776–1850), first Methodist minister reared in New England * James Mudge (1844–1918), American Methodist Episcopal clergyman and writer *

Richard Mudge Richard Mudge (born 1718 in Bideford; died April 1763 in Bedworth) was an English clergyman and composer of the late baroque period. Life Born in Bideford, Richard Mudge was the son of the teacher and cleric Zachariah Mudge (1694–1769), ...

(1718–1763), English clergyman and composer * Thomas H. Mudge (1815–1862), American Methodist Episcopal clergyman *

Zachariah Mudge (priest) Zachariah Mudge (1694–1769) was an English clergyman, known for his sermons, and his deist or Platonist views. Life He was born at Exeter, and after attending its grammar school was sent in 1710 to the nonconformist academy of Joseph Halle ...

(1694–1769), British clergyman * Zachariah A. Mudge (1813–1888), American Methodist Episcopal clergyman

Sports

Angela Mudge Angela Mudge (born 8 July 1970) is a Scottish champion hill runner and skyrunner. Despite being born with birth defects in both legs, and finding track athletics not to her liking, she discovered her sport while a postgraduate student in Sco ...

(born 1970), British hill runner * Dave Mudge (born 1974), Canadian football offensive lineman * Katherine Mudge (1881–1975), British archer at the 1908 Olympic Games

Other

Benjamin Franklin Mudge Benjamin Franklin Mudge (August 11, 1817 – November 21, 1879) was an American lawyer, geologist and teacher. Briefly the mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts, he later moved to Kansas where he was appointed the first State Geologist. He led the f ...

(1817–1879), American lawyer, geologist and teacher *

John Mudge John Mudge (1721 – 26 March 1793) was a British physician and amateur creator of telescope mirrors. He won the Copley Medal in 1777 for a paper on reflecting telescopes. Life He was the fourth and youngest son of the Rev. Zachariah Mudge, by ...

(1721–1793), English physician and recipient of the Copley Medal *

Thomas Mudge (horologist) Thomas Mudge (1715 – 14 November 1794, London) was an English horologist who invented the lever escapement, a technological improvement to the pocket watch. Early life Thomas Mudge was the second son of Zachariah Mudge, headmaster and cl ...

(1715–1794), British horologist *

William Mudge William Mudge (1762–1820) was an English artillery officer and surveyor, born in Plymouth, an important figure in the work of the Ordnance Survey. Life William Mudge was a son of Dr. John Mudge of Plymouth, by his second wife, and grandson o ...

(1762–1820), English artillery officer and surveyor *

Zachary Mudge Admiral Zachary (variously Zacharia or Zechariah) Mudge (22 January 1770 – 22 October 1852) was an officer in the British Royal Navy, best known for serving in the historic Vancouver Expedition. Family background Mudge was one of 20 children ...

(1770–1852), Officer in the British Royal Navy who served in the Vancouver Expedition

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