Meade (surname)

Meade is a surname, and may refer to:

Actors

• Ada Meade (1883–1965), American actress
• Emily Meade (born 1989), 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) (–1849), Member of the UK Parliament for County Down 1805–12
• José Antonio Meade (born 1969), Mexican politician and economist, PRI candidate for the 2018 Mexican general election
• 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
• Corrin Brooks-Meade (1988–2025), English-born Montserratian footballer
• 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 (equestrian) (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 1944), Mythopoetic branch of the Men's Movement
• Richard Henry Meade (1814–1899), British entomologist & arachnologist
• Robin Meade (born 1969), television news anchor
• Theodosia Meade, Countess of Clanwilliam (1744–1817), landowner in Ireland
• Thomas Meade (1936–2022), British epidemiologist
• Tom Meade (1939–2013), American automobile designer and dealer

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

See also

• Mead (disambiguation)
• Meade (disambiguation)
• Meades, a surname
• Meads (disambiguation)