# 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
* Don Dale (1944–1990), in Northern Territory of Australia, eponym of the detention centre
* 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
* Eleanor Dale (born 2002), English footballer
* 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
* Kari Brattset Dale (born 1991) Norwegian handball player
* 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 (explorer) (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