Steele (surname)
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- Alfred E. SteeleAlfred E. SteeleAlfred E. Steele is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey General Assembly starting in 1996, where he represented the 35th legislative district...
- Alfred Nu SteeleAlfred Nu SteeleAlfred Nu Steele was a U.S. soft drink businessman. He graduated from Northwestern University in 1923, where he played football, and became an ad executive. He first worked for the Coca-Cola Company, as vice president of marketing. He later became the CEO of the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1949. Under...
(1901 - 1959), US businessperson and husband of Joan Crawford - Alfonso SteeleAlfonso SteeleAlfonso Steele was the last remaining survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution.-Life:...
- Alison SteeleAlison SteeleAlison Steele was a pioneering American disc jockey in Manhattan at what would become the archetypal progressive rock radio station in the United States, WNEW-FM. She was commonly known as "The Nightbird"...
- Allen SteeleAllen SteeleAllen Mulherin Steele, Jr. is an American science fiction author.Steele began publishing short stories in 1988. His early novels formed a future history beginning with Orbital Decay and continuing through Labyrinth of Night...
, American science fiction author - Anne SteeleAnne SteeleAnne Steele , English hymn writer, was born at Broughton, Hampshire.The drowning of her betrothed, a Mr. Elscourt, a few hours before the time fixed for her marriage deeply affected an otherwise quiet life, and her hymns rather emphasize the less optimistic phases of Christian experience...
- Anne Steele (Buffyverse)
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- Barbara SteeleBarbara SteeleBarbara Steele is an English film actress. She is best known for starring in Italian gothic horror films of the 1960s. Her breakthrough role came in Italian director Mario Bava's Black Sunday , now hailed as a classic.Steele starred in a string of horror films, including The Horrible Dr...
(b. 1937), British actor - Bobbie L. SteeleBobbie L. SteeleBobbie L. Steele was sworn in as the 32nd president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners on August 1, 2006. She had been commissioner for the 2nd District of Cook County, Illinois for 20 years and served out the remainder of the current presidential term through December 4, 2006.-Early...
- Bobby SteeleBobby SteeleBobby Steele is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits...
(b. 1956), punk guitarist
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- Cassie SteeleCassie SteeleCassandra Rae "Cassie" Steele is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation.-Life and career:...
(b. 1989), Canadian actress - Charles Kenzie SteeleCharles Kenzie SteeleRev. Charles Kenzie Steele was a preacher and a civil rights activist. He was one of the main organizers of the Tallahassee bus boycott, and a prominent member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.-Biography:Steele was the son of a coal miner, and at a young age he knew that he wanted...
, also known as C. K. Steele, civil rights activist - Charles Steele, Jr., civil rights activist
- Charles Ronald SteeleCharles SteeleAir Marshal Sir Charles Ronald Steele KCB DFC was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command.-RAF career:...
, World War I flying aceFlying aceA flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more... - Charlie Steele, Jr., New Zealand football player
- Charlie Steele, Sr., New Zealand football player
- Chester K. SteeleChester K. SteeleChester K. Steele was a house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate for a series of mystery books.These were aimed at an older audience than most of the other syndicate books....
, pseudonym used by Stratemeyer SyndicateStratemeyer SyndicateThe Stratemeyer Syndicate was the producer of a number of mystery series for children, including Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys, the various Tom Swift series, the Bobbsey Twins, the Rover Boys, and others.- History :... - Chloe SteeleChloe SteeleChloe Steele, a fictional character from the Left Behind series of novels, was a Junior at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California until the disappearance of millions of people worldwide.-Fictional Biography:...
, fictional character - Chris Steele (pornographic actor)
- Chris Steele (doctor)Chris Steele (doctor)Dr. Chris Steele, MBE, is a British medical doctor well known for his many media appearances.He is the resident doctor on ITV's This Morning daytime magazine show. He appeared on the very first show in 1988 and still appears on the show every week....
- Chris Steele (musician)
- Claude SteeleClaude SteeleClaude Mason Steele is an American social psychologist and currently the I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University, as well as Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at Stanford...
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- Dale SteeleDale Steele-External links:* *...
- Dave SteeleDave SteeleDave Steele , is an American racecar driver.-Racing career:He has competed in several USAC sprint and Silver Crown races. He won the 2001 and 2003 Turkey Night Grand Prix midget car race. He won the USAC Silver Crown Series in 2004 and 2005. He also raced in the 1998 Indy Racing League season,...
(born 1974), American racecar driver - David Steele (disambiguation)David Steele (disambiguation)David Steele is the name of:*David Steele , English cricketer*David Steele , British musician of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals*Dave Steele , American racecar driver...
, multiple people - David Steele (musician)David Steele (musician)David "Shuffle" Steele is an English musician who was a member of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals.-Career:...
(born 1960), British musician (bassist) of The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals - Dawn SteeleDawn SteeleDawn Anne Steele is a Scottish actress best known for her roles in the TV series Monarch of the Glen, Sea of Souls & Wild at Heart.-Career:...
(born 1975), Scottish actress - Dominic SteeleDominic SteeleDominic Steele is the senior minister of Village Church, Annandale, Anglican and Christians in the Media. He was formerly a radio journalist and presenter on radio stations 2UE and 2WS. After colleague Russell Powell, invited him along to his church in 1985 he shortly thereafter became a Christian...
- Don SteeleDon SteeleDon Steele, born Donald Steele Revert , was one of the most popular disc jockeys in the United States, from the middle of the 1960s until his retirement in May 1997...
- Donnie Steele
- Duane SteeleDuane SteeleDuane Steele, is a Canadian country music country music artist. He has released five studio albums and one greatest hits album, and has charted multiple singles on the Canadian country singles charts, including the Number One hit "Anita Got Married" in 1996....
, Canadian country singer
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- Frederick SteeleFrederick SteeleFrederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his successful campaign to retake much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause.-Early life:Steele was born in Delhi, New...
, Union general during the American Civil War - Fletcher SteeleFletcher SteeleFletcher Steele was an American landscape architect credited with designing and creating over 700 gardens from 1915 to the time of his death....
(1885 - 1971), US landscape architect - Franklin SteeleFranklin SteeleFranklin Steele was an early and significant settler of Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United States. Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania of Scottish descent, Steele worked in the Lancaster post-office as a young man, where he once met James Buchanan.-Early success:With encouragement from his...
A storekeeper at Fort Snelling Franklin S. was the first to claim land at St. Anthony Falls in 1838 - Freddie Steele (boxer)Freddie SteeleFreddie Steele was a boxer and film actor born Frederick Earle Burgett in Seattle, Washington. He was recognized as middleweight champion of the world between 1936 and 1938. Steele was nicknamed "The Tacoma Assassin" and was trained by Jack Connor, Johnny Babnick, and Ray Arcel, while in New York...
- Freddie Steele (footballer)Freddie Steele (footballer)Frederick Charles Steele was a footballer who played as a forward for Stoke City and was a former England international. He also had spells at Mansfield Town and Port Vale as a player-manager, leading Vale to a league title...
(1916-1976), English footballer and football manager
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- George SteeleGeorge SteeleWilliam James Myers , better known by his ring name George "The Animal" Steele is a former American professional wrestler and actor...
- Gile SteeleGile SteeleGile Steele, born in Ohio on 24 September 1908 and died in Culver City, California 16 January 1952, was a Hollywood costume designer. His career began at MGM in 1938 with one of his first assignments being the Norma Shearer film Marie Antoinette...
- George Washington SteeleGeorge Washington SteeleGeorge Washington Steele was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician who twice served as a Congressman for Indiana, from 1881 to 1889 and again from 1895 to 1903...
- Gordon Charles SteeleGordon Charles SteeleCaptain Gordon Charles Steele 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.-Details:...
- Guy L. Steele, Jr.Guy L. Steele, Jr.Guy Lewis Steele Jr. , also known as "The Great Quux", and GLS , is an American computer scientist who has played an important role in designing and documenting several computer programming languages.-Biography:...
, US computer scientist and author
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- Jack E. SteeleJack E. SteeleJack E. Steele was an American medical doctor and retired US Air Force colonel, most widely known for coining the word bionics.-Biography:Steele was born Jack Ellwood Steele in Lacon, Illinois...
- Jason Steele (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeffrey SteeleJeffrey SteeleJeffrey LeVasseur is an American country music singer and songwriter, more commonly known by the name Jeffrey Steele...
- Jahna SteeleJahna SteeleJahna Erica Steele was an American transgender entertainer and Las Vegas showgirl who was voted Las Vegas' "Sexiest Showgirl on The Strip" in 1991, "Las Vegas Entertainer of the Year, 1992," and "Most Beautiful Showgirl, 1993." She was fired after being outed as a trans woman by a tabloid...
- James Steele (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jevetta SteeleJevetta Steele-Biography:Steele is originally from Gary, Indiana, though she has lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for many years. She originally migrated to the Twin Cities to become a criminal lawyer, although music and stage would eventually became her destined paths. In addition to her successful solo career,...
- Jim Steele (footballer)
- Jimmy Steele (republican)
- Johannes SteeleJohannes SteeleJohannes Steel 1908-1988 is best known for his 1934 book The Second World War.The son of a German-Dutch landowner, Steel grew up in Elberfeld on the border of the two countries. He studied in Heidelberg, Oxford, Geneva, and Berlin, and then worked as a journalist...
- John Steele (US Congressman)John Steele (US Congressman)John Steele was a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina between 1790 and 1793....
- John Steele (paratrooper)John Steele (paratrooper)Private John M. Steele was the American paratrooper made famous in the movie, The Longest Day who landed in Sainte-Mère-Église, the first village in Normandy liberated by the Americans on D-Day, June 6, 1944....
- John Steele (Ontario politician)
- John Steele (aromatic consultant)John Steele (aromatic consultant)John J. Steele is an aromatic consultant, archaeologist, author and thinker. His work, whether with aromas or philosophy, engages questions about the nature of memory, time, consciousness and being...
- John Hardy SteeleJohn Hardy SteeleJohn Hardy Steele was an American mechanic, manufacturer, and politician from Peterborough, New Hampshire.Born in 1789 in Salisbury, North Carolina, he was a prominent factory owner and cloth manufacturer, who also served as Governor of New Hampshire. He died in 1865 in Peterborough, New...
- John H. SteeleJohn H. SteeleJohn H. Steele was an American newspaper editor.Born in Charleston, South Carolina and was living in Georgia by the 1830s.He served as secretary to George W...
- Air Chief Marshal Sir John Miles SteelJohn Miles SteelAir Chief Marshal Sir John Miles Steel GCB, KBE, CMG, RAF was a senior Royal Air Force commander.-Military career:...
, the first Commander-in-Chief of RAF Bomber Command. - Jonathan SteeleJonathan SteeleJonathan Steele is a British journalist, author of several books on international affairs.Jonathan Steele was educated at King's College, Cambridge and Yale University . He has reported on Afghanistan, Russia, Iraq, and other countries. He was Washington Bureau Chief, Moscow Bureau Chief, and...
- Joshua SteeleFlux PavilionJoshua Steele, known professionally as Flux Pavilion, is an English dubstep producer and DJ. He is the co-founder of Circus Records, along with Doctor P and DJ Swan-E. He is best known for his 2011 single "Bass Cannon", which peaked at number 56 on the UK Singles Chart, and was placed on the Radio...
, English dubstep musician known as Flux Pavilion - Jovanka SteeleJovanka SteeleJovanka Steele is an American comedienne and writer.She was born in Los Angeles, California; grew up in both the UK and the US and now lives in Ghent, Belgium....
- Joyce SteeleJoyce SteeleJoyce Steele was an Australian politician and one of the first two women elected to the Parliament of South Australia, the other being Jessie Cooper...
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- Larry SteeleLarry SteeleLarry Nelson Steele is a former professional basketball player, best known for being on the Portland Trail Blazers team that won the 1977 NBA Finals....
- Lee SteeleLee SteeleLee Steele is a professional footballer who currently plays for Oxford CityHis other former clubs include Leyton Orient, Oxford United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Shrewsbury Town...
- Lexington SteeleLexington SteeleClifton Todd Britt , better known as Lexington Steele, is an American award-winning pornographic actor, director and owner of Mercenary Motion Pictures and Black Viking Pictures Inc. He is the first actor to have won the AVN Male Performer of the Year Award three times.- Education, career prior to...
- Luke Steele (disambiguation), multiple people
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- Markus SteeleMarkus SteeleMarkus Steele is an American football linebacker who played for the National Football League Dallas Cowboys and for the Denver Broncos.-College career:...
- Martin SteeleMartin SteeleMartin Steele is a former British middle distance runner who was ranked No.1 in the world at the time of the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart. He had won the 800m race at the Bislett Games in Oslo in 1:43.84 min. In Stuttgart, however, Steele went out before the final.-References:*...
- Mary SteeleMary SteeleMary Steele was the second wife of Sir Richard Steele, whom she married in 1707.She was born in Carmarthen, the daughter of Jonathan Scurlock, Sheriff of Carmarthen...
- Michael SteeleMichael Steele (musician)Michael Steele is an American bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer. She performed with The Bangles and numerous other bands.-Career:Steele began her professional career as Micki Steele in the teen-girl band The Runaways, among the first all-female rock groups.Steele's stay in the Runaways was...
, musician - Michael Steele (b. 1958), US politician
- Michelle SteeleMichelle SteeleMichelle Steele is an Australian skeleton racer who has competed since 2004. She finished 13th in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin....
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- Ray Steele (disambiguation), multiple people
- Rayford SteeleRayford SteeleRayford Steele is a fictional character and the de facto protagonist in the Left Behind series of novels by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. He is the leader of the group known as the Tribulation Force, and is the most elaborated character in the series....
- Raymond SteeleRaymond SteeleRaymond 'Ray' Steele was an Australian rules footballer who played in the VFL from 1940 to 1943 for the Richmond Football Club....
OBE (May 19, 1917 —), Australian rules footballAustralian rules footballAustralian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er with RichmondRichmond Football ClubThe Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
1940-1943 - Richard Steele (1672 - 1729), Irish writer
- Richard Steele (b. 1944), boxing referee
- Riley SteeleRiley SteeleRiley Steele is an American pornographic actress.Steele grew up in Escondido, California, United States, and before starting her adult film career worked at Starbucks and at a golf course snack bar. She met porn star Jesse Jane at the signing for Pirates, where Jane advised her to get into the...
an adult actress - Robert David SteeleRobert David SteeleRobert David Steele Vivas , is known for his promotion of open source intelligence . He is a former United States Marine Corps infantry and intelligence officer for twenty years and was the second-ranking civilian in U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence from 1988–1992...
, American author - Robert H. SteeleRobert H. SteeleRobert Hampton Steele is a retired American politician.Steele was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, known as Bob Steele, was host of the state's top rated morning show on WTIC-AM for more than fifty years....
- Robert Williamson SteeleRobert Williamson SteeleRobert Williamson Steele was Governor of the extralegal Territory of Jefferson, which existed in the western United States of America from 1859 to 1861, when it was replaced by the Territory of Colorado.-Early life:...
(1820-1901), Governor of the Territory of Jefferson - Ronald SteeleRonald SteeleRonald Steele is an American former college basketball player for the University of Alabama. He currently plays with Tofaş Bursa in Turkey.-High school:...
- Ryan Steele, fictional character
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- Sam SteeleSam SteeleMajor General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, CB, KCMG, MVO was a distinguished Canadian soldier and police official...
(1849 - 1919), Canadian military and law enforcement officer; namesake of Mount Steele - Samuel Steele (1985-)
- Selena SteeleSelena SteeleSelena Steele is the stage name of an American exotic dancer and pornographic actress.-Awards:AVN Awards* 1992 – Best Supporting Actress, Video – Sirens* 2007 – Hall of FameXRCO Awards...
- Shelby SteeleShelby Steele-Awards:*National Book Critics Circle Award in the general non-fiction category for the book The Content of Our Character.*Emmy and Writers Guild Awards for his 1991 Frontline documentary film Seven Days in Bensonhurst.-External links:**...
, conservative African-American social commentator - Steele, the villain from the animated film BaltoBalto (film)Balto is a 1995 American animated comedy-drama film directed by Simon Wells and produced by Amblimation, and the first of the overall trilogy. The film is based on a true story about the dog of the same name who helped save children from the diphtheria epidemic in the 1925 serum run to Nome...
- Sydnee SteeleSydnee SteeleSydnee Steele is an American pornographic actress, free speech activist, sex counselor and author. She appeared in nearly 300 films before her retirement in 2005.- Biography :...
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- Taren SteeleTaren SteeleTaren Steele was a pornographic actress.Steele, who was married to pornographic actor Marc Addona for a period of eight years, was into the swinger lifestyle prior to her January 1996 entry in pornography...
- Tarra SteeleTarra SteeleTarra Steele is an American child actress, best known for her role of Katie in the independent film Mockingbird Don't Sing.- Filmography:- External links:...
- Thomas Steele (disambiguation)
- Timothy SteeleTimothy SteeleTimothy Steele is an American poet and academic. Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1948, he is a professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles. Some of Steele's early verse appeared in X. J. Kennedy's Counter/Measures in the early seventies. He went on to become a figure in the...
- Tom SteeleTom SteeleTom Steele was a Scottish Labour politician.Steele worked as a station master and served on the board of the Lanark Co-operative Society....
(Scottish Labour politician) - Tom Steele (stuntman)Tom Steele (stuntman)Tom Steele was a stunt man and actor, best remembered for appearing in serials, especially those produced by Republic Pictures, in both capacities.-Early life:...
(Scottish born stuntman and actor) - Tommy SteeleTommy SteeleTommy Steele OBE , is an English entertainer. Steele is widely regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.-Singer:...
(b. 1936), stage name of British entertainer Thomas Hicks - Tyler Steele, fictional character
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- Walter Leak SteeleWalter Leak SteeleWalter Leak Steele was a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1877 and 1881.Born near Rockingham in Richmond County, North Carolina, Steele attended common schools near his home and then Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia, Wake Forest College, and finally the University of North...
- William Steele (disambiguation), multiple people
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- Steele MacKayeSteele MacKayeJames Morrison Steele MacKaye was an American playwright, actor, theater manager and inventor. Having acted, written, directed and produced numerous and popular plays and theatrical spectaculars of the day, he became one of the most famous actors and theater producers of his...
(1842 - 1894), US actor and producer - Steele RuddSteele RuddSteele Rudd was the pseudonym of Arthur Hoey Davis an Australian author, best known for On Our Selection.-Early life:...
(1868 - 1935), pseudonym of Australian author Arthur Hoey Davis