Dale (surname) explained

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
• 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
• 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
• 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 (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

See also

• Senator Dale (disambiguation)
• Dale (given name)
• Dale (disambiguation)
• Dahl (surname) or Dahle, a surname with a similar spelling