Miles (surname)

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Miles is a surname, and may refer to:


Contents

[edit] Television and film

[edit] Sports

[edit] Literature

  • Barry Miles, author who has written biographies of Paul McCartney, William Burroughs, Frank Zappa, and Allen Ginsberg as well as books about John Lennon and the Beatles
  • Dorothy Miles, sign language poetess and playwright who worked in the UK and U.S.
  • George Henry Miles, dramatist and man of letters
  • Jack Miles, author whose work has appeared in numerous national publications
  • Josephine Miles, poet and literature critic
  • Lawrence Miles, science-fiction author best known for his work on original Doctor Who novels
  • Lawrence Delos Miles, the author of Value Engineering
  • Rosalind Miles, author born and raised in England and now living in both Los Angeles and Kent, England
  • Susan Miles, British poet

[edit] Music

  • Brandon Miles, young musician and producer from Maine, USA
  • Buddy Miles, the drummer for Jimi Hendrix's ill-fated Band of Gypsys
  • John Miles (musician), English vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player best known for his 1976 Top 3 hit Music
  • Lizzie Miles, African American singer
  • Lynn Miles, Ottawa-based singer-songwriter
  • Paul Miles, vocalist and banjo player for the late 1920's early 1930's string band The Red Fox Chasers
  • Paul Miles-Kingston, British singer who achieved fame as a boy soprano classical singer
  • Philip Napier Miles, English composer, philanthropist and landowner
  • Robert Miles, Swiss DJ and musician


[edit] Military

  • Dixon S. Miles, career U.S. Army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and the Indian Wars
  • Francis George Miles, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Louis Wardlaw Miles, World War I Medal of Honor recipient
  • Nelson A. Miles, American soldier who served in the American Civil War, Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War
  • Samuel Miles, revolutionary American and Philadelphia public servant

[edit] Business

  • George L. Miles, President and Chief Executive Officer of WQED Multimedia
  • Michael A. Miles, Special Limited Partner of Forstmann Little & Company
  • Richard Miles, the Executive Director of the Open World Leadership Center

[edit] Politics


[edit] Other

[edit] See also

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