Myles (name)

Myles is a given name as well as a surname.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Academics

Athletes

In arts and entertainment

  • Myles na gCopaleen, a pen name of Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966), Irish novelist, playwright and satirist
  • Myles Birket Foster (1825–1899), English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver
  • Myles Erlick (born 1998), actor, dancer and singer
  • Myles Goodwyn (born 1948), guitarist, lead vocalist, main songwriter and founding member of the Canadian hard rock band April Wine
  • Myles Heskett, drummer of the Australian hard rock band Wolfmother
  • Myles Kennedy (born 1969), lead singer and guitarist for the rock band Alter Bridge

Politicians

In religion

  • Myles Coverdale (1488–1569), English ecclesiastical reformer, Bible translator who produced the first complete printed translation of the Bible into English
  • Myles Munroe (1954–2014), Bahamian Evangelical Christian evangelist and ordained Pentecostal minister

Soldiers

  • Myles Keogh (1840–1876), Irish soldier killed in Custer's Last Stand
  • Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656), Mayflower passenger and military advisor

Surname

In music

Athletes

Actors

Politicians

Other fields

  • Edgar Myles (1894–1977), British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Eileen Myles (born 1949), American poet
  • Gareth Myles, British academic economist
  • John Myles (c. 1621–1683), founder of Swansea, Massachusetts and founder of the earliest recorded Baptist churches in Wales and Massachusetts
  • Thomas Myles (1857–1937), Irish surgeon and nationalist

See also

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