# 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 (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 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