Mills (surname)

Mills is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:

A

• Aaron Mills (born 1972), American football player
• Ada Mills (1912–2001), Arkansas political and civic figure
• Adrian Mills (born 1956), British television presenter
• Alan Mills (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Alan Mills (baseball) (born 1966), American baseball player
  • Alan Mills (music), British songwriter
  • Alan Mills (tennis), British tennis player and referee
• Alexandria Mills (born 1992), American model
• Alexander Rud Mills (1885–1964), Australian Odinic religious author and lecturer
• Alice Mills (born 1986), Australian swimmer
• Alice du Pont Mills (1912–2002), American aviator and race-horse breeder
• Angela Mills or Angela Kincaid, British children's book illustrator
• Ann Mills, British woman of the eighteenth century, was a disguised sailor
• Annette Mills (1894–1955), British dancer, actress and broadcaster

B

• Barbara Mills (1940–2011), British barrister and public servant
• Barry Mills (disambiguation), multiple people
• Beatrice Mills, (1883–1972), American-born Countess of Granard
• Ben Mills (born 1980), British singer
• Bernard Mills (1920–2011), Australian astronomer
• Bertram Mills (1873–1938), British circus owner
• Bill Mills (born 1919), Major League Baseball player
• Billy Mills (1898–1937), South African racing driver
• Billy Mills (born 1938), American runner
• Billy Mills (born 1954), Irish poet
• Billy G. Mills (born 1929), American politician and judge
• Bob Mills (born 1957), British comedian and radio presenter
• Bob Mills (born 1941), Canadian politician
• Brad Mills (born 1957), American baseball player and coach
• Brad Mills (born 1985), American baseball pitcher
• Bradley Mills (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
• Brian Mills (born 1971), English footballer
• Brian Mills, British television director

C

• C. Wright Mills (1916–1962), American sociologist
• Caleb Mills (1806–1879), American educator
• Charles Mills (disambiguation), multiple people
• Charlie Mills (1844–1874), American baseball player
• Charlie Mills (1888–1972), German harness racing driver and trainer
• Chris Mills (born 1970), American basketball player
• Clark Mills (1915–2001), American boat builder and designer
• Clark Mills (1810–1883), American sculptor
• Colin Mills (born 1951), British educationalist
• Crispian Mills (born 1973), British musician (Kula Shaker)

D

• Damian Mills (1979–2003), Canadian cricketer
• Darby Mills, Canadian singer
• Darius Ogden Mills (1825–1910), American banker and philanthropist
• Danny Mills (born 1977), British footballer
• David Mills (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • David J. Mills, English sculptor and songwriter, also known as Gyp Mills
  • David L. Mills, American professor and software engineer
  • David Mills (Canadian politician), Canadian politician, author, poet and jurist
  • David Mills (lawyer), British lawyer, husband of politician Tessa Jowell
  • David Mills (author), writer of the atheist book Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With It
  • David Mills (writer) (1961–2010), American screenwriter and television producer
• Dennis Mills (born 1946), Canadian businessman and politician
• Derek Mills, American Olympic runner
• Dick Mills, British sound engineer and electronic composer
• Donna Mills (born 1940), American actress
• Dizzee Rascal, British musician – real name Dylan Mills

E

• Elijah H. Mills, American politician
• Enoch J. Mills (1878–1935), American college sports coach
• Everett Mills, 19th century American baseball player

F

• Florence Mills (1896–1927), African American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian
• Frances Jones Mills (1920–1996), Kentucky politician
• Frank Mills, Canadian musician
• Freddie Mills (1919–1965), British boxer

G

• Garrett Mills, American football player
• Gary Mills (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Gary Mills (footballer, born 1961), football manager of Gateshead
  • Gary Mills (footballer born 1981), footballer for Mansfield Town
• Garry Mills, British pop singer
• George Mills (footballer) (1908–1970), English footballer
• George Mills (RAF officer) (1902–1971), British Air Chief Marshal
• Glady Mills (1883–1970), American racehorse owner/breeder
• Gord Mills (1928–2004), Canadian politician

H

• Harlan Mills (1919—1996), American computer scientist
• Hayley Mills (born 1946), British actress
• Heather Mills (born 1968), legally known as Lady McCartney, second wife of Sir Paul McCartney
• Howard Mills, American politician
• Hannah Mills, (born 1988) British (Welsh) Olympic sailor
• Hugh Brooks Mills, American businessman and politician

I

• Iain Mills, British politician
• Irving Mills (1894–1985), jazz figure

J

• Jack Mills (1905–1970), British train driver
• James Mills (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jay Mills (born 1961), US American football coach
• Jeff Mills (born 1963), American DJ and music producer
• Jeff Mills (born 1968), US American football player
• Jerry Mills (1951–1993), American cartoonist
• Jill Mills (born 1972), American strongwoman
• Jim Mills (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Jim Mills (born 1961), Canadian football player
  • Jim Mills (born 1944), Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
• John Mills, multiple people including:
  • John Mills (1908–2005), British actor
  • John Mills (1905–1972), New Zealand test cricketer
  • John Mills (c. 1717 – c. 1794), English encyclopedist
  • John Easton Mills (1796–1847), Canadian politician
  • John T. Mills (1817–1871), American lawyer and judge
  • John Atta-Mills (born 1944), President of The Republic of Ghana
  • John Channell Mills (1929–1998), British actor
  • John Myles-Mills (born 1966), Ghanaian athlete
  • John Mills-Cockell (born 1943), Canadian composer
• Joshua Mills (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Joshua Mills (Australian politician) (1859–1943), Australian MP
  • Joshua Mills (mayor) (1797–1843), mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
• Judson Mills (born 1969), American actor
• Juliet Mills (born 1941), British character actress

K

• Kerry Mills (1869–1948), American composer
• Kyle Mills (born 1979), New Zealand cricketer
• Kyle Mills (author) (born 1966), American author

L

• Lawrence Heyworth Mills (1837–1918), American orientalist
• Leonard Myles-Mills (born 1973), Ghanaian sprinter
• Les Mills (born 1934), New Zealand Olympic athlete
• Leslie Mills, American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress

M

• Magnus Mills (born 1954), English author
• Mark Muir Mills (1917–1958), American nuclear physicist
• Mary Mills (born 1940), American professional golfer
• Mary Mills (born 1964), American opera singer
• Matthew Mills, English footballer
• Melissa Mills, Australian water polo player
• Mick Mills (born 1949), British footballer
• Mike Mills (born 1958), American musician and composer, bass guitar player for R.E.M.
• Mike Mills (born 1966), American director

N

• Nicholas Mills (1781–1862), American businessman
• Noam Mills (born 1986), Israeli fencer

O

• Ogden Mills (1857–1929), American businessman, father of Ogden L.
• Ogden L. Mills (1884–1937), American Secretary of the Treasury and Congressman
• Ossian Everett Mills, American fraternity founder

P

• Pat Mills, British cartoonist
• Patty Mills (born 1988), Australian men's basketball player
• Paul Mills, Canadian figure skater
• Pauline Mills McGibbon (1910–2001), Canadian politician
• Percy Joseph "P.J." Mills (born 1934), Louisiana politician
• Pete Mills (born 1942), American football player
• Peter Mills (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
  • Peter Mills (born 1943), American politician from Maine
  • Peter Mills (1921–1993), British Conservative Member of Paraliament for Devon West
• Phil Mills (born 1963), Welsh rally co-driver
• Phoebe Mills (born 1972), American gymnast and athlete

R

• Randell Mills, American chemist and developer of the hydrino theory
• Reginald Mills (1912–1990), British film editor
• Richard Mills, multiple people
• Rob Mills (born 1982), Australian pop singer
• Robert Mills (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Robert Mills (1781–1855), American architect
  • Robert Mills (1927–1999), American physicist
  • Robert Lee Mills (died 2006) former president of Georgetown College
  • Robert P. Mills (1920–1986), American crime and science fiction magazine editor
• Roger George Mills (born 1948), English race walker
• Roger Q. Mills (1832–1911), American politician
• Royce Mills (born 1942), English actor
• Royden Mills, Canadian sculptor
• Russell Mills (1892–1959), American architect
• Russell Mills (born 1944), Canadian journalist and publisher
• Russell Mills (born 1952), British artist, designed Pingu cartoons for CBBC

S

• Sam Mills (1959–2005), US American football player
• Samuel John Mills (1783–1818), American preacher
• Samuel Sylvester Mills (1806–1874), Canadian businessman and member of the Senate of Canada
• Samuel Mills (footballer), English footballer
• Scott Mills (born 1974), British DJ
• Stephanie Mills (born 1957), African-American singer
• Stephanie Mills (All in the Family), fictional TV character
• Stephen Mills, Artistic director Ballet Austin
• Steve Mills (disambiguation), multiple people including:
  • Steve Mills (1953–1988), English footballer with Southampton
  • Steve Mills, (born 1951), English international rugby union player
  • Steve Mills,(born 1957), a juggler and unicyclist from New Jersey
  • Steve Mills, a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
• Susan Tolman Mills (1825–1912), American co-founder and first president of Mills College

T

• Tarpe Mills (1915–1988), American comic book writer whose real name was June Mills
• Terry Mills (born 1967), American basketball player
• Therese Mills (died 2014), Trinidadian journalist
• Thomas Mills, Canadian physiologist
• Tommy Mills (c. 1883–1944), American athlete, coach, and administrator
• Tony Mills, American physician
• Tony Mills (musician), English musician
• Trevor Mills, Canadian folk singer

V

• Viscount Mills British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

W

• Walter Mills, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Wayne Mills, British soldier
• Wayne Mills (1969–2013), American country musician
• Wilbur Mills (1909–1992), American politician
• William Mills (1750–1820), British politician
• William Mills (1820–1877), British lawyer and cricketer
• William Mills (1846–1917), Canadian Anglican bishop
• William Mills (1856–1932), British inventor of the Mills bomb
• William Augustus Mills (1777–1844), American Major-General in the War of 1812
• William Corless Mills (1860–1928), American museum curator
• W. G. Mills (1859–1933), sheep breeder and politician in South Australia
• William Hobson Mills (1873–1959), British organic chemist
• William J. Mills (1849–1915), Governor of New Mexico Territory
• William O. Mills (1924—1973), American politician
• William Thomas Mills (1924–2011), Canadian politician
• Willie Mills (1877–1914), American professional baseball pitcher
• Willie Mills (1915–1991), Scottish professional footballer

Z

• Zack Mills, American football coach

External links

• Media related to Mills (surname) at Wikimedia Commons
• Mills yDNA Project