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 Carlotta Dale ( 1916-1988)), American singer 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 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 Samuel Dale (1772–1841), American soldier and politician 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)
See also Senator Dale (disambiguation) Dale (given name) Dale (disambiguation) Dales (disambiguation), which includes a list of people with the surname Dahl (surname) or Dahle, a surname with a similar spelling
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