Gale (surname)

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Gale is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrew Gale (born 1983), British cricketer
• Anthony Gale (died 1843), fourth commandant of the United States Marine Corps
• Bob Gale (born 1951), motion picture screenwriter
• Bob Gale (cricketer) (born 1933), English cricketer
• Brendon Gale (born 1968), Australian rules footballer
• Colin Gale (1932–2008), Welsh footballer
• Daniel De Gale (1987–2008), leukemia patient
• David Gale
  • David Gale (1921–2008), mathematician
  • David Gale (actor) (1936–1991), British actor
• Eddie Gale (born 1941), American trumpeter
• Eddra Gale (1921–2001), American actress and singer
• Eric Gale (1938–1994), American jazz and session guitarist
• Ernest Gale (1914–2005), British microbiologist
• Fay Gale, Australian academic
• George Gale:
  • George Alexander Gale (1906–1997), Chief Justice for Ontario, Canada
  • George Gale (congressman) (1756–1815), from Maryland, 1789–91
  • George Gale (journalist) (1927–1990), British journalist who was editor of the British political magazine The Spectator from 1970 to 1973
  • George Gale (cartoonist) (1929–2003), British political cartoonist, who drew under the name of Gale
  • George Washington Gale (1789–1861), American Presbyterian minister
• Grant O. Gale (1903–1998), Grinnell College physics professor
• Hannah Gale (1876–1970), Canadian politician
• Henry Gale
  • Henry Gale (astrophysicist) (1874–1942), American astrophysicist and author
  • Henry Gale (British Army officer) (1883–1944), British Army officer
• Humfrey Gale (1890–1971), British Army officer
• Iain Gale (born 1959), British author
• Jennifer Gale (1960–2008), American transgender perennial political candidate in Texas
• John Gale
  • John Gale (theologian) (1680–1721), British Baptist theologian
  • John Gale (journalist) (1831–1929), Australian editor and founder of the Queanbeyan Age
  • John Gale (director), Filipino contemporary B-movie director, actor
  • John Gale (UK director), English stage director
  • John Gale (poker player) (born 1953), British poker player
  • John A. Gale (born 1940), American politician from Nebraska
• Joseph Gale
  • Joseph Gale (1807–1881), American pioneer
  • Joseph H. Gale (born 1953), American judge
• Kate Gale (born 1965), American poet, librettist, and independent publisher
• Lauren Gale (1917–1996), American basketball player
• Levin Gale (1784–1834), American politician
• Lorena Gale (1958–2009), Canadian actress
• Mariah Gale (born 1980), British-Australian actress
• Maura Gale, American voice actress
• Megan Gale (born 1975), Australian model
• Melvyn Gale (born 1952), cellist for the Electric Light Orchestra
• Michael Gale, Australian American businessperson, son of Faye Gale
• Mitchell Gale (born 1990), American football player
• Nathan Gale (1979–2004), murderer
• Norman Gale (1862–1942), poet
• Patrick Gale (born 1962), British author
• Parnell Gale (died 1818), Mayor of Galway, 1817
• Philip Gale, computer prodigy
• Richard Gale
  • Richard Nelson Gale (1896–1982), British soldier
  • Richard Gale (Australian politician) (1834–1931), Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council
  • General Sir Richard Nelson Gale (1896–1982), British WW I and WW II officer, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
  • Richard Pillsbury Gale (1900–1973), U.S. Representative from Minnesota
• Rich Gale (born 1954), baseball player
• Robert Gale
  • Robert Henry Otley Gale (1878–1950), mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Robert Peter Gale (born 1945), American physician
• Roger Gale (born 1943), English politician
• Shaun Gale (born 1969), English former footballer
• Terry Gale (born 1946), Australian golfer
• Theophilus Gale (1628–1678), 17th century English theologian
• Thomas Gale (c. 1630–1702), English classical scholar
• Tony Gale (born 1959), English football player and coach
• Tristan Gale (born 1980), American athlete
• Walter Frederick Gale (1865–1945), Australian banker and astronomer
  • William Gale (painter) (1823–1909), English painter
  • William G. Gale, American economist
• Zona Gale (1874–1938), American writer

Characters

• Cathy Gale, in the TV series The Avengers
• Dorothy Gale, a character in the early 1900s L. Frank Baum Oz series, beginning with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Henry Gale, Uncle Henry (The Oz Books), Dorothy Gale's uncle
• Henry Gale (Ben Linus), character in the television series Lost
• Wayne Gale, in the movie Natural Born Killers
• David Gale, from Digital Devil Saga

See also

• Gale (given name)
• Gail (disambiguation)
• Gayle (disambiguation)
• Gale (disambiguation)