Meade (surname)

Meade is a surname, and may refer to:

Actors

 * Ada Meade (1883-1965), American actress
 * Emily Meade (active from 2006), American actress
 * Garth Meade (1925–2002), South African comedian/actor, active in Australia since 1970
 * Mary Meade (1923–2003), American film actress of the 1940s

Artists and musicians

 * Alexa Meade (born 1986), American artist
 * Angela Meade (born 1977), American opera singer
 * Tyson Meade (born 1962), singer and songwriter

Military

 * Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873–1953), British army officer and politician
 * George Meade (1815–1872), American Civil War general
 * Richard Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam (1832–1907), British Royal Navy officer
 * Richard John Meade (1821–1894), British Indian army general
 * Richard Worsam Meade I (1778–1828), American merchant and art collector
 * Richard Worsam Meade II (1807–1870), American naval officer
 * Richard Worsam Meade III (1837–1897), American naval officer
 * Robert Leamy Meade (1842–1910), officer in the United States Marine Corps

Politicians and ambassadors

 * Arthur Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam (1873–1953), British army officer and politician
 * Edwin R. Meade (1836–1889), lawyer and U.S. Congressman
 * Hugh Meade (1907–1949), U.S. Congressman
 * Sir John Meade, 1st Baronet (1642–1707), Irish barrister, judge and politician, Member of the Parliament of Ireland 1689–1707
 * John Meade, 1st Earl of Clanwilliam (1744–1800), Irish peer and Member of the Parliament of Ireland for Banagher 1764–67
 * John Meade (British Army officer) (c. 1775–1849), Member of the UK Parliament for County Down 1805–12
 * José Antonio Meade (born 1969), Mexican politician and economist who pursued the PRI nomination for the 2018 presidential elections
 * Matthew J. Meade (1823–1896), Wisconsin state senator
 * Reuben Meade (born 1952), politician from Montserrat
 * Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam (1795–1879), British ambassador
 * Richard Kidder Meade (1803–1862), lawyer and U.S. Congressman from Virginia
 * Robert Henry Meade (1835–1898), Head of the British Colonial Office
 * Wendell H. Meade (1912–1986), lawyer and U.S. Congressman in Kentucky

Religion

 * Charles Meade (1916-2010), Christian group leader
 * Marie Meade (born 1947), Yup'ik tradition bearer
 * William Meade (1789–1862), United States Episcopal bishop

Sport

 * Charles Francis Meade (1881–1975), British mountaineer and author
 * James "Jim" Gordon Meade (1914–1977), American football player
 * McPherson Meade (born 1979), Montserratian cricketer
 * Neville Meade (1948-2010), British boxer
 * Noel Meade, Irish trainer of racehorses
 * Raphael Meade (born 1962), English football (soccer) player
 * Richard Meade (1938-2015), British equestrian and Olympic gold medal winner
 * Richie Meade, American lacrosse coach
 * Seán Meade (born 1937), Gaelic footballer

Writers

 * Charles Francis Meade (1881–1975), British mountaineer and author
 * Gerald Willoughby-Meade (1875–1958), British author who wrote about the supernatural in Chinese folklore
 * Glenn Meade (born 1957), Irish author
 * L. T. Meade (1854-1914), pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, an English writer of girls' stories
 * Marion Meade (1934–2022), American biographer

Other

 * Carl J. Meade (born 1950), NASA astronaut
 * David Meade, conspiracy theorist and book author, predicted that a hidden planet called Nibiru would collide with Earth on September 23, 2017
 * Edmund Meade-Waldo (1855–1934), English ornithologist and conservationist
 * Euthanasia Sherman Meade (1836 – 1895), first president of The Woman's Medical Club of California
 * James Meade (1907–1995), British economist and winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Economics
 * Michael J. Meade (born mid-1940s), Mythopoetic branch of the Men's Movement
 * Robin Meade (born 1969), television news anchor
 * Richard Henry Meade (1814–1899), British entomologist & Arachnologist
 * Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam (1744–1817), landowner in Ireland

Fictional characters

 * Alexis Meade, character in Ugly Betty
 * Bradford Meade, character in Ugly Betty
 * Claire Meade, character in Ugly Betty
 * Daniel Meade, character in Ugly Betty