Miles (surname)

Miles is a surname, and may refer to:

Television and film

• Miles Brothers, American early cinema pioneers
• A. D. Miles, actor who is best known as Marty Shonson in Dog Bites Man
• Annie Miles, actress
• Ben Miles, British actor best known for his role as Patrick Maitland on the television situation comedy Coupling
• Bernard Miles, English character actor, writer and director
• Charlie Creed-Miles, English actor
• Elaine Miles, Cayuse/Nez Perce actress best known for her role as Marilyn Whirlwind in the television series Northern Exposure
• Joanna Miles, American actress
• Michael Miles, TV presenter in Britain
• Nick Miles, English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King
• Peter Miles, British actor
• Sarah Miles, English theater and film actress
• Stuart Miles, British comedian and television presenter
• Sylvia Miles, American actress
• Vera Miles, American actress

Sports

• Aaron Miles, Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• Aaron Miles (basketball), professional basketball player in the NBA
• Barron Miles, defensive back for the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League
• Brent Miles, the president of the Tri-City Dust Devils
• C. J. Miles, American professional basketball player
• Darius Miles, American basketball player for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers
• Eustace Miles, Real Tennis player and author
• Gene Miles, former Australian rugby league player
• Graham Miles, retired English snooker player
• John Miles (auto racer), former Formula One driver from England
• Ken Miles, sports car driver
• Les Miles, the current head coach of the LSU football team
• Linda Miles, World Wrestling Entertainment alumnus
• Tony Miles (football player), Canadian Football League wide receiver/punt returner for the Toronto Argonauts

Literature

• Barry Miles, author who has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs, Frank Zappa, and Allen Ginsberg as well as books about John Lennon and the Beatles
• Dorothy Miles, sign language poetess and playwright who worked in the UK and U.S.
• George Henry Miles, dramatist and man of letters
• Jack Miles, author whose work has appeared in numerous national publications
• Josephine Miles, poet and literature critic
• Lawrence Miles, science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels
• Lawrence Delos Miles, the author of Value Engineering
• Rosalind Miles, author born and raised in England and now living in both Los Angeles and Kent, England
• Susan Miles, British poet

Music

• Buddy Miles, the drummer for Jimi Hendrix's ill-fated Band of Gypsys
• Jane Mary Miles, married name of Jane Mary Guest (c. 1762–1846), English composer and pianist
• John Miles (musician), English vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player best known for his 1976 Top 3 hit Music
• Lizzie Miles, African American singer
• Lynn Miles, Ottawa-based singer-songwriter
• Paul Miles-Kingston, British singer who achieved fame as a boy soprano classical singer
• Philip Napier Miles, English composer, philanthropist and landowner
• Robert Miles, Swiss DJ and musician

Military

• Dixon S. Miles, career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars
• Francis George Miles, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Louis Wardlaw Miles, World War I Medal of Honor recipient
• Nelson A. Miles, American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War
• Samuel Miles, revolutionary American and Philadelphia public servant
• Sherman Miles (1882-1966), son of Nelson A. Miles. U.S. Army officer during World War I and II; head of M.I.D. at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Business

• George L. Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer of WQED Multimedia
• Michael A. Miles, Special Limited Partner of Forstmann Little & Company
• Richard Miles, the Executive Director of the Open World Leadership Center

Politics

• John E. Miles, politician from New Mexico who served as Governor
• John William Miles, English politician, MP for Bristol
• Peter Hubbard-Miles, British Conservative Party politician
• Philip John Miles, English politician, landowner, financier, father of John William Miles, Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet and Philip William Skinner Miles and grandfather of Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet, Philip Napier Miles and Frank Miles
• Sir Philip Miles, 2nd Baronet, English politician and landowner
• Philip William Skinner Miles, English politician and landowner, father of Philip Napier Miles
• Robert E. Miles, a White supremacist leader from Michigan
• William Porcher Miles, Representative from South Carolina born in Charleston on July 4, 1822
• Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet, English politician and landowner

Other

• Rev'd Canon Charles Oswald Miles, Anglican Clergyman and brother of Frank Miles
• David Miles, British economist
• David Miles (Radio), British continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4
• Florence Louisa Miles, daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet, husband of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford and mother of Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford
• Frank Miles, London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies
• Tony Miles, English chess player
• Vicki Miles-LaGrange, U.S. District Judge in the Western district of Oklahoma
• Frederick George Miles, British aircraft designer and constructor

See also

• Miles (disambiguation)
• Miln
• Milne
• Milnes (disambiguation)
• Myles (disambiguation)

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