Beckles is a surname of English origin, derived from the market town of
Beccles
Beccles ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . The town is located along the A145 r ...
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Suffolk
Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ...
. Notable people with the surname include:
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Albert Beckles (born 1930), American bodybuilder
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Arlene Beckles, American politician
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Edward Beckles (1816–1902), Barbadian clergyman
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Hilary Beckles
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles KA (born 11 August 1955) is a Barbadian historian. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
Educated at the University of Hul ...
(born 1955), Barbadian academic
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Ian Beckles
Ian Harold Beckles (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian former professional football player who was a guard for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Beckles was the co-host of the highly-rated ''Beckles and Recher Show'' on iHear ...
(born 1967), Canadian player of American football
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Kanika Beckles
Kanika Alana Beckles (born 3 October 1991, in Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Joseph) is a Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian-born Grenada, Grenadian sprint (running), sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She represented Grenada at t ...
(born 1991), Trinidadian sprinter
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Kierre Beckles (born 1990), Barbadian athlete
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Mark Beckles (born 1964), Canadian insurance broker and political candidate
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Pennelope Beckles (born 1961), Trinidadian politician
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Samuel Beckles (1814–1890), English dinosaur hunter
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Yolande Beckles (born 1962), British educator
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English toponymic surnames