Dale (surname)

Dale is a surname. Notable people with this name include:

Academics and scientists

 * Amy Marjorie Dale (1901-1967), British classicist
 * Angela Dale (born 1945) British statistician
 * Edgar Dale (1900–1985), US educationist
 * Henry Hallett Dale (1875–1968), English neuroscientist
 * James Charles Dale (1792–1872), English entomologist
 * Nellie Dale (1865-1967), British educator
 * Peter Dale, (born 1938) British poet and translator
 * Samuel Dale (1659–1739), English naturalist and physician

Entertainment industry professionals

 * Alan Dale (born 1947), New Zealand-born Australian actor
 * Charlie Dale (1881–1971), half of the American vaudeville comedy duo Smith and Dale
 * Cynthia Dale (born 1961), Canadian television dancer and actress
 * Darren Dale, Australian film and television producer
 * Esther Dale (1885–1961), American actress
 * Ian Anthony Dale (born 1978), American television actor
 * James Badge Dale (born 1978), American actor
 * Jennifer Dale (born 1956), Canadian television dancer and actress
 * Virginia Dale (1917–1994), American film actress

Musicians

 * Alan Dale (singer) (1926–2002), American singer
 * Benjamin Dale (1885–1943), English composer
 * Dick Dale (1937–2019), American surf-rock musician and songwriter
 * Felicia Dale, American folk music singer-songwriter
 * Jim Dale (born 1935), British singer, comedian and actor
 * Jimmy Dale (musician) (1935–2017), Canadian arranger, conductor, composer, pianist, and organist
 * Kathleen Dale, composer, pianist and musicologist
 * Mickey Dale, (born 1968) keyboardist with English rock band Embrace

Politicians

 * Bob Dale (politician) (1875–1953) South Australian unionist and politician
 * Charles M. Dale (1893–1978), American jurist & politician
 * Iain Dale (born 1962), British conservative blogger
 * Porter H. Dale (1867–1933), US congressman and senator
 * Shana Dale (born 1964), American Deputy Administrator of NASA
 * Thomas Dale (born ~1570), British naval commander Virginia deputy-governor
 * Tony Dale (born 1969), American politician
 * William Dale (politician) (c. 1830–1904), politician and teetotaler in South Australia

Religious figures

 * John Dale (minister), American minister Church of Christ
 * Robert William Dale (1829–1895), English Nonconformist church leader
 * T. Pelham Dale (1821–1892), Anglo-Catholic ritualist clergyman

Sportspeople

 * Dale (Middlesex cricketer), English cricketer, playing 1789-1809
 * Adam Dale (born 1968), Australian cricketer
 * Adrian Dale (born 1968), South African cricketer
 * Alexander Dale Oen (1985-2012), Norwegian swimmer
 * Carl Dale (born 1966), Welsh footballer
 * Carroll Dale (born 1938), American football wide receiver
 * D. J. Dale (born 2000), American football player
 * Dominic Dale (born 1971), Welsh professional snooker player and commentator
 * Harry Dale (footballer) (1899–1985), English footballer
 * Jerry Dale (born 1933), American baseball umpire
 * Jimmy Dale (footballer) (1870–1948), Scottish footballer
 * Johannes Dale (born 1997), Norwegian biathlete
 * John Dale (cricketer, born 1848) (1848–1895), English rower and cricketer
 * Mark Dale (born 1982), English cricketer
 * Roland Dale (1927–2012), American football player
 * Stacey Dales (born 1979), Canadian basketball player and sportscaster

Others

 * Arch Dale (1882-1962), political cartoonist
 * David Dale (1739–1806), Scottish industrialist and philanthropist
 * George Dale (criminal) (died 1934), American executed murderer
 * Louise Boyd Dale (1913–1967), American philatelist
 * Richard Dale (1756–1826), American Continental Navy commodore
 * Robert Dale (1812–1853), European explorer of Australia
 * T. Lawrence Dale (1884–1959), English architect

Fictional characters

 * Jimmie Dale, a pulp fiction character blackmailed into fighting crime
 * Joan Dale, the first Miss America (DC Comics)
 * Philip F. "Duckie" Dale, a character in Pretty in Pink