Miles (surname)
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Television and film
- Miles BrothersMiles BrothersThe four Miles brothers, Harry, Herbert, Joseph, and Earle C, were pioneers in American cinema. In 1902, they established one of the first motion picture exchanges in the United States....
, American early cinema pioneers - A. D. MilesA. D. MilesAnthony David Miles , best known as A. D. Miles, is an American actor, writer and comedian who is best known as Marty Shonson on Comedy Central's Dog Bites Man...
, actor who is best known as Marty Shonson in Dog Bites Man - Annie MilesAnnie MilesAnnie Miles is an actress who is best known for her roles in television soap opera. She played Sue Sullivan in Brookside from 1987 to 1991, and Maria Simons Starr in Family Affairs from 1997 to 2000....
, actress - Ben MilesBen MilesBen Miles is an English actor, best known for his starring role as Patrick Maitland in the British TV comedy Coupling, from 2000 to 2004.-Life and career:...
, British actor best known for his role as Patrick Maitland on the television situation comedy Coupling - Bernard MilesBernard MilesBernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre opened in the City of London since the 17th century....
, English character actor, writer and director - Charlie Creed-MilesCharlie Creed-MilesCharlie Creed-Miles is an English actor and musician. He had a daughter with Samantha Morton in 2000.- Filmography :* You And I .... Ian* Harry Brown .... Hickock* King Arthur .... Ganis...
, English actor - Elaine MilesElaine MilesElaine Miles is an American actress best known for her role as Marilyn Whirlwind in the television series Northern Exposure.-Biography:...
, Cayuse/Nez Perce actress best known for her role as Marilyn Whirlwind in the television series Northern Exposure - Joanna MilesJoanna MilesJoanna Miles is an American actress.Miles was born in Nice, France, the daughter of Jeanne Miles, an American painter, and Johannes Schiefer, a French painter art curator. She immigrated to the United States, and was naturalized a citizen, in 1941...
, American actress - Michael MilesMichael MilesMichael John Miles was a TV presenter in Britain, best known for the game show Take Your Pick from 1955 to 1968, produced by Associated Rediffusion and later by Rediffusion London....
, TV presenter in Britain - Nick MilesNick MilesNick Miles is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in the music video of Embrace's 1998 hit "Come Back to What You Know" as a policeman....
, English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King - Peter MilesPeter MilesPeter Miles is a British actor. He has played many television roles including several different characters in Z-Cars and Doctor Who. His other television work has included Survivors, The Sweeney, Dixon of Dock Green, Moonbase 3, Poldark and Bergerac.In the science fiction series Blake's 7 he played...
, British actor - Sarah MilesSarah Miles-Early life and career:Sarah Miles was born in the small town of Ingatestone, Essex, in South East England.She first attended Roedean but at the age of 15 she enrolled at RADA, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art...
, English theater and film actress - Stuart Miles, British comedian and television presenter
- Sylvia MilesSylvia Miles-Early life and career:Miles was born Sylvia Reuben Lee in New York City, the daughter of Belle and Reuben Lee, a furniture maker....
, American actress - Vera MilesVera MilesVera Miles is an American film actress who gained popularity for starring in films such as The Searchers, The Wrong Man, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Psycho and Psycho II.-Early life:...
, American actress
Sports
- Aaron MilesAaron MilesAaron Wade Miles is a Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent.-Houston Astros:Miles was originally drafted by the Houston Astros in the 19th round of the 1995 amateur draft...
, Major League Baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. - Aaron Miles (basketball)Aaron Miles (basketball)Aaron Marquez Miles is an American professional basketball player for Krasnie Krilya, a team in Samara, Russia. At 1.86 m in height, he plays at point guard.-High school career:...
, professional basketball player in the NBA - Barron MilesBarron MilesBarron Miles is a retired professional Canadian football player for the Canadian Football League. He is now a Defensive and Player Personnel Assistant for the BC Lions...
, defensive back for the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League - Brent MilesBrent MilesBrent Miles is the president of the Tri-City Dust Devils, a short-season single-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies of the Northwest League, the president of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, and the president of the High Desert Mavericks of the California League....
, the president of the Tri-City Dust Devils - C. J. MilesC. J. MilesCalvin Andre "C. J." Miles, Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association...
, American professional basketball player - Darius MilesDarius MilesDarius LaVar Miles is an American professional basketball player.The , small forward was selected directly out of high school by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 3rd overall pick in the 2000 NBA Draft...
, American basketball player for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers - Eustace MilesEustace MilesEustace Hamilton Miles was a British real tennis player who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was the grandson of Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet by his son Captain William Henry Miles, J.P. and Mary Frances Miles, née Charleton...
, Real Tennis player and author - Gene MilesGene MilesGene Miles is a retired Australian rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. An Australian international and Queensland State of Origin representative centre, he played his club football in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership before joining the Brisbane Broncos whom he captained.-BRL:A...
, former Australian rugby league player - Graham MilesGraham MilesGraham Miles is a retired English snooker player.Miles turned professional in 1969. He first gained recognition in 1974, when he reached the final of the World Championship. Although he lost 22–12 to Ray Reardon, this turned out to be the highlight of his career...
, retired English snooker player - John Miles (auto racer)John Miles (auto racer)John Miles is a British former racing driver from England. He participated in 15 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, making his debut on July 6, 1969. He scored a total of 2 championship points...
, former Formula One driver from England - Jonathan Miles (cricketer)Jonathan Miles (cricketer)Jonathan Samuel Miles is an English cricketer. Miles is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm medium pace. He was born at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire....
, English cricketer - Ken MilesKen MilesKen Miles was a sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his career in the USA and with American teams on the international scene.-Background:Miles raced motorcycles before he served as a tank sergeant in the British Army in World War...
, sports car driver - Les MilesLes MilesLeslie Edwin "Les" Miles, nicknamed "The Mad Hatter", is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Louisiana State University football team. Prior to holding that position, he was head coach at Oklahoma State...
, the current head coach of the LSU football team - Linda MilesLinda MilesLinda M. Miles is an American former professional wrestler and manager. She worked under the ring name Shaniqua for World Wrestling Entertainment's SmackDown! brand between 2002 and 2004. Miles was one of two female winners from WWE Tough Enough season two.-Basketball:Miles was a member of the...
, World Wrestling Entertainment alumnus - Tony Miles (football player)Tony Miles (football player)Tony Miles is a Canadian Football League wide receiver/punt returner who is currently a free agent.-College career:...
, Canadian Football League wide receiver/punt returner for the Toronto Argonauts
Literature
- Barry MilesBarry MilesBarry Miles is an English author known for his participation in and writing on the subject of the 1960s London underground. He has written numerous books and his work has also regularly appeared in left-wing papers such as The Guardian...
, 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 MilesDorothy MilesDorothy Miles 1931 - 1993. Poet and activist in the Deaf community. Throughout her life, she composed her poems in English, British Sign Language, and American Sign Language. Her work laid the foundations for modern sign language poetry in the US and UK...
, sign language poetess and playwright who worked in the UK and U.S. - George Henry MilesGeorge Henry MilesGeorge Henry Miles was an American writer.-Biography:Miles was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William Miles and Sarah Mickle. His father was a merchant and former commercial agent of the United States to Haiti. George Henry was a dramatist and man of letters. He graduated from Mount St...
, dramatist and man of letters - Jack MilesJack MilesJack Miles is an American author and winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the MacArthur Fellowship. His work on religion, politics, and culture has appeared in numerous national publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Los...
, author whose work has appeared in numerous national publications - Josephine MilesJosephine MilesJosephine Miles was an American poet and literary critic; the first woman to be tenured in the English Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She wrote over a dozen books of poetry and several works of criticism....
, poet and literature critic - Lawrence MilesLawrence MilesLawrence Miles is a science fiction author known for his work on original Doctor Who novels and the subsequent spin-off Faction Paradox...
, science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels - Lawrence Delos MilesLawrence Delos MilesLawrence Delos Miles was an American engineer, and the creator of Value engineering.-Biography:...
, the author of Value Engineering - Rosalind MilesRosalind MilesRosalind Miles is an author born and raised in England and now living in Kent, England. She has written 23 works of fiction and non-fiction. As a child, Miles suffered from polio, and had to undergo several months of treatment. At high school Miles acquired a working knowledge of Latin and Greek,...
, author born and raised in England and now living in both Los Angeles and Kent, England - Susan MilesSusan MilesSusan Miles was the nom de plume of Ursula Wyllie Roberts . She was born in India, where her father was a colonel in the British military....
, British poet
Music
- Buddy MilesBuddy MilesGeorge Allen Miles, Jr. , known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a founding member of The Electric Flag in 1967, then as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.-Early life:George Allen Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska on...
, the drummer for Jimi Hendrix's ill-fated Band of Gypsys - Jane Mary Miles, married name of Jane Mary GuestJane Mary GuestJane Mary Guest, also known as Jenny Guest and later as Jane Mary Miles, was an English composer and pianist. A pupil of Johann Christian Bach, and initially composing in the galante style, she composed keyboard sonatas, other keyboard works and vocal works with keyboard...
(c. 1762–1846), English composer and pianist - John Miles (musician)John Miles (musician)John Miles is an English rock music vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player, best known for his 1976 Top 3 UK hit single, "Music".-Career:...
, English vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player best known for his 1976 Top 3 hit Music - Lizzie MilesLizzie MilesLizzie Miles was the stage name taken by Elizabeth Mary Landreaux , an African American blues singer.-Career:...
, African American singer - Lynn MilesLynn MilesLynn Miles is a Canadian singer-songwriter and winner of the 2003 Juno Award.-Early life and education:Miles was born outside Montreal in the town of Sweetsburg, Quebec. Her father was a harmonica player and jazz fan while her mother listened to both opera and country music. Miles learned to...
, Ottawa-based singer-songwriter - Paul Miles-KingstonPaul Miles-KingstonPaul Miles-Kingston , is a British singer who achieved fame as a boy soprano classical singer.-Childhood and Singing career:In 1982, Paul Miles-Kingston won a choral scholarship into Winchester Cathedral Choir...
, British singer who achieved fame as a boy soprano classical singer - Philip Napier MilesPhilip Napier MilesPhilip Napier Miles JP DLitt h.c. was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Bristol, UK, who left his mark on the city, especially on what are now its western suburbs, through his musical and organizational abilities and through good works of various kinds...
, English composer, philanthropist and landowner - Robert MilesRobert MilesRobert Miles is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ in electronica and alternative music.-Biography:...
, Swiss DJ and musician
Military
- Dixon S. MilesDixon S. MilesDixon Stansbury Miles was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars. He was mortally wounded as he surrendered his Union garrison in the Battle of Harpers Ferry during the American Civil War.-Early life and military service:Miles was born in...
, career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars - Francis George MilesFrancis George MilesFrancis George Miles VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, English recipient of the Victoria Cross - Louis Wardlaw MilesLouis Wardlaw MilesLouis Wardlaw Miles , was a World War I Medal of Honor recipient.He is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.-Biography:Louis Miles was born in 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland...
, World War I Medal of Honor recipient - Nelson A. MilesNelson A. MilesNelson Appleton Miles was a United States soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War.-Early life:Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm...
, American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War - Samuel MilesSamuel MilesSamuel Miles was an American military officer and politician, active in Pennsylvania before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War....
, revolutionary American and Philadelphia public servant - Sherman MilesSherman MilesSherman Miles was a General of the U.S. Army. He was Chief of the Military Intelligence Division in 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbor happened.- Life :...
(1882-1966), son of Nelson A. MilesNelson A. MilesNelson Appleton Miles was a United States soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War.-Early life:Miles was born in Westminster, Massachusetts, on his family's farm...
. U.S. Army officer during World War I and II; head of M.I.D.Military Intelligence DivisionThe Military Intelligence Division was a military intelligence branch of the United States Army, established in 1885. It was the first standing intelligence agency of the Army; the Union Army had had a Bureau of Military Information, but that had reported to the Commanding General for less than a...
at the time of the attack on Pearl HarborAttack on Pearl HarborThe attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...
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Business
- George L. MilesGeorge L. MilesGeorge L. Miles, Jr. is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of WQED Multimedia and on the board of directors of EQT Corporation and American International Group.Miles is an alumnus of Seton Hall University.-References:...
, President and Chief Executive Officer of WQED Multimedia - Michael A. MilesMichael A. MilesMichael A. Miles serves on the board of directors of Time Warner, Sears Holdings Corporation, Dell Inc., AMR Corporation, and Citadel Broadcasting Corporation. Previously he was the chief executive officer of Kraft Foods and Philip Morris Companies. He became a Special Limited Partner of Forstmann...
, Special Limited Partner of Forstmann Little & Company - Richard MilesRichard MilesRichard Monroe Miles was born in 1937 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He grew up in rural and small-town Indiana. After serving in the Marine Corps from 1954 to 1957, he obtained degrees from Bakersfield College, the University of California at Berkeley and Indiana University. He is also a graduate of...
, the Executive Director of the Open World Leadership Center
Politics
- John E. MilesJohn E. MilesJohn Easten Miles was a U.S. politician who served as the 12th Governor of the state of New Mexico.-Biography:...
, politician from New Mexico who served as Governor - John William Miles, English politician, MP for Bristol
- Peter Hubbard-MilesPeter Hubbard-MilesPeter Charles Hubbard-Miles was a British Conservative Party politician.Hubbard-Miles was educated at Lewis School in Pengam. From 1967 onwards, he was a member at various times of Glamorgan County Council, Porthcawl Unitary District Council, West Glamorgan County Council and Ogwr Borough Council...
, British Conservative Party politician - Philip John Miles, English politician, landowner, financier, father of John William Miles, Sir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....
and Philip William Skinner Miles and grandfather of Sir Philip Miles, 2nd BaronetSir Philip Miles, 2nd BaronetSir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet was an English politician. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was a sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family's bank, Miles & Co from 1852 - 1854...
, Philip Napier MilesPhilip Napier MilesPhilip Napier Miles JP DLitt h.c. was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Bristol, UK, who left his mark on the city, especially on what are now its western suburbs, through his musical and organizational abilities and through good works of various kinds...
and Frank MilesFrank MilesGeorge Francis "Frank" Miles was a London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies, also an architect and a keen plantsman.-Life and career:... - Sir Philip Miles, 2nd BaronetSir Philip Miles, 2nd BaronetSir Philip John William Miles, 2nd Baronet was an English politician. Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he then served in the 17th Lancers. He was a sheriff of Bristol in 1853 and partner in the family's bank, Miles & Co from 1852 - 1854...
, English politician and landowner - Philip William Skinner Miles, English politician and landowner, father of Philip Napier MilesPhilip Napier MilesPhilip Napier Miles JP DLitt h.c. was a prominent and wealthy citizen of Bristol, UK, who left his mark on the city, especially on what are now its western suburbs, through his musical and organizational abilities and through good works of various kinds...
- Robert E. MilesRobert E. MilesRobert E. "Pastor Bob " Miles was a White Supremacist leader from Michigan.A major "dualist" religious leader, Miles allied himself with various groups that constituted the racist and anti-Semitic political-religious movement known as Christian Identity, including Aryan Nations...
, a White supremacist leader from Michigan - William Porcher MilesWilliam Porcher MilesWilliam Porcher Miles was among the ardent States' Rights advocates, supporters of slavery, and Southern secessionists who came to be known as the "Fire-Eaters." Born in South Carolina, he showed little early interest in politics and his early career included the study of law and a tenure as a...
, Representative from South Carolina born in Charleston on July 4, 1822 - Sir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....
, English politician and landowner
Other
- Rev'd Canon Charles Oswald MilesChristopher Oswald Miles-Early life:Miles was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford where he took an MA in Classics in 1875. He also attended Cuddesdon College in their fourth term of 1873 and terms one to three of 1874 where he trained for the priesthood.-England:...
, Anglican Clergyman and brother of Frank Miles - David MilesDavid MilesDavid Miles is a British economist. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and former Chief UK Economist of Morgan Stanley...
, British economist - David Miles (Radio)David Miles (Radio)David Miles is a British continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4.- Biography :Born in 1954, David Miles joined the BBC in 1975 as a studio manager. Initially working at Bush House, he then transferred to Broadcasting House. Between 1981 and 1987, and again between 1988 and 1995, he...
, British continuity announcer and newsreader on BBC Radio 4 - Florence Louisa Miles, daughter of Sir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st BaronetSir William Miles, 1st Baronet was an English politician, agriculturalist and landowner. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford and was created Baronet on April 19, 1859, of Leigh Court, Somerset....
, husband of Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of StraffordFrancis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of StraffordRev. Francis Edmund Cecil Byng, 5th Earl of Strafford was an English Anglican minister and member of the peerage.- Background :Byng was born 15 January 1835, third son of George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford...
and mother of Edmund Henry Byng, 6th Earl of Strafford - Frank MilesFrank MilesGeorge Francis "Frank" Miles was a London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies, also an architect and a keen plantsman.-Life and career:...
, London artist who specialised in pastel portraits of society ladies - Tony MilesTony MilesAnthony John Miles was an English chess Grandmaster.- Early achievements in chess :Miles was born in Edgbaston, a suburb of Birmingham...
, English chess player - Vicki Miles-LaGrangeVicki Miles-LaGrangeVicki Miles-LaGrange is the Chief U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma. She was the first African American woman to be sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma...
, U.S. District Judge in the Western district of Oklahoma - Frederick George MilesFrederick George MilesFrederick George Miles was an English aircraft designer and manufacturer.-Early life:Miles was born on 22 March 1903 in Worthing Sussex the oldest of four sons of Frederick, a laundry proprietor, and his wife Esther. He left school...
, British aircraft designer and constructor
See also
- Miles (disambiguation)
- Miln
- MilneMilneMilne may refer to:People with the surname Milne*Milne Places*Milne Bay, large bay in Milne Bay Province*Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea*Milne Inlet, Nunavut, Canada*Milne Land, large island in eastern Greenland...
- Milnes (disambiguation)
- Myles (disambiguation)Myles (disambiguation)Myles was the son of Lelex in Greek mythology.As a first name, Myles may also refer to:* Myles Brand, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association* Myles Burnyeat, English classicist and philosopher...