Meeks is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Places
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Meeks, Georgia
People
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Aaron Meeks
Aaron Joseph Meeks (born April 26, 1986) is an American actor. He was born in Watts, California, and is best known for his role as Ahmad Chadway on the Showtime television series ''Soul Food'' (2000−04). During his acting career, Meeks was aw ...
, American actor
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Brian Meeks, Jamaican poet
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Dale Meeks
Dale Meeks (born 16 November 1975) is an English television and theatre actor.
Acting career
Dale Meeks is a Geordie actor best known for his role as Simon Meredith in the British TV drama ''Emmerdale''. and as the winner of ITV's Celebrity St ...
, English actor
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David Meeks
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
, Arkansas state representative
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Geoff Meeks
Geoffrey (Geoff) Meeks (born 1949) is a British accounting scholar and Professor of Financial Accounting at the University of Cambridge, known for his work "Accounting standards and the economics of standards."
Biography
Meeks obtained his BA i ...
, (b. 1949), British accounting scholar
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Gregory W. Meeks
Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician who has been a U.S. representative from New York since 1998. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has chaired the House Committee on Foreign Affairs since 2 ...
, African American congressman
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James Meeks
James T. Meeks (born August 4, 1956) is a former Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, who represented the 15th district from 2003 to 2013. He is also an active Baptist minister in Chicago and chaired the Illinois Legislative Black Caucu ...
, Illinois State Senator, Minister of Salem Baptist Church
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Jeremy Meeks
Jeremy Ray Meeks (born February 7, 1984) is an American fashion model and actor. A former member of the Crips street gang, Meeks was arrested in 2014 during a gang sweep called Operation Ceasefire in Stockton, California, after which police pos ...
(born 1984), American fashion model and convicted criminal
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Jodie Meeks, American basketball player
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Joseph Meeks, 19th century furniture maker
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Michael Meeks (disambiguation) Michael Meeks may refer to:
* Michael Meeks (basketball) (born 1972), Canadian former basketball player
* Michael Meeks (software developer)
Michael Meeks is a British software developer. He is primarily known for his work on GNOME, OpenOffic ...
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Quenton Meeks
Quenton Meeks (born June 20, 1997) is an American football cornerback for the Memphis Showboats of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Stanford.
Early years
Meeks attended Del Norte High School in San Diego, Cali ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Ron Meeks
Ron Meeks (born August 27, 1954) is a former gridiron football player and coach. His son is former Stanford cornerback Quenton Meeks.
Meeks played high school football for the Robert E. Lee Generals in Jacksonville, Florida. Meeks played coll ...
, American football player
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Stephen Meeks
Stephen Meeks (born October 30, 1970) is an American politician serving as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 67th district in Faulkner County since 2011.
Political career Election
Meeks was elected in the general electio ...
, Arkansas state representative
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Travis Meeks
Travis Shane Meeks (born April 27, 1979) is an American musician and the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for acoustic rock band Days of the New. At age 17, Meeks was signed to Geffen Records, and from 1997 to 2001 his band of rotating musici ...
, American musician
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William Hamilton Meeks, III
William Hamilton Meeks III (born 8 August 1947 in Washington, DC) is an American mathematician, specializing in differential geometry and minimal surfaces.
Meeks studied at the University of California, Berkeley, with bachelor's degree in 1971, m ...
(b. 1947), American mathematician
* Randy Meeks, a character from the ''
Scream'' films
* Shorty Meeks and Brenda Meeks, characters from ''
Scary Movie''
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Meek (surname) Meek is a surname of Scottish origins. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert Stewart Meek (1871–1943), British bird collector and naturalist
* Alexander Beaufort Meek (1814–1865), American politician, lawyer, writer and poet
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* "The Meeks," a group of three women's basketball players at the University of Tennessee in the late 1990s who were key to the Lady Vols' three consecutive NCAA Women's Division I national championships:
Chamique Holdsclaw,
Semeka Randall
Semeka Chantay Randall-Lay (born February 7, 1979, in Cleveland, Ohio) is the current head coach for the Winthrop Eagles women's basketball team. She is also a former collegiate and professional basketball player. She was hired as recruiting coor ...
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Tamika Catchings
Tamika Devonne Catchings (born July 21, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played her entire 15-year career for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Catchings has won a WNBA champio ...
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