Dale (surname)

Last updated July 07, 2025

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, (1938–2024) 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
Ajeet Singh Dale (born 2000), English 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 (1899–1985), English footballer
Jerry Dale (born 1933), American baseball umpire
Jimmy Dale (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
Owen Dale (born 1998), English footballer
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

References

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