{{other uses}} {{Infobox surname | name = Beale | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | meaning = "handsome man"; "fair, beautiful"; "son of Bel"; "bee-hill" | region = England | language = [[Old French]], [[Old English]] ([[Normans|Norman]] or [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]]) | variant = [[Beal (disambiguation)|Beal]] | clans = | search = | prefix = | footnotes = Frequency Comparisons:<ref name=fb>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/Beale |title=beale Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 23 January 2014</ref> | wikt = }} '''Beale''' is an English [[surname]]. At the time of the British Census of 1881,<ref name=fb/> its relative frequency was highest in [[Dorset]] (6.3 times the British average), followed by [[Huntingdonshire]], [[Hampshire]], [[Sussex]], [[Oxfordshire]], [[Wiltshire]], [[Warwickshire]], [[Kent]] and [[Surrey]].
The name Beale may refer to:
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== People == *[[Anthony Beale]] (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago *[[Bernard Charles Beale]] (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician *[[Calvin Beale]] (1923–2008), American demographer *[[Charles Lewis Beale]] (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York *[[Daniel Beale]] (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale *[[Dorothea Beale]] (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford *[[Edith Bouvier Beale]] (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill *[[Edward Fitzgerald Beale]] (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat *[[Fleur Beale]] (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer best known for her novel ''I am not Esther'' *[[Francis Beale (writer)]] (<abbr>fl.</abbr> 1656), English author *[[Francis Beale (MP)]] (born 1577), English politician *[[Geoffrey Beale]] (1913–2009), British geneticist *[[Gerard Beale]] (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player *[[Gregory Beale]] (born 1949), Reformed Christian theologian and seminary professor *[[Helen Purdy Beale]] (1893–1976), US virologist *[[Howard Beale (politician)]] (1898–1983), Australian politician and Ambassador to the United States *[[Howard K. Beale]] (1899–1959), American historian and author *[[Inga Beale]] (born 1963), CEO of Lloyd's of London *[[Jack Beale]] (1917–2006), Australian politician *[[Jake Beale]], Canadian actor *[[James Beale (disambiguation)]], multiple people *[[John Beale (disambiguation)]], multiple people *[[Jonathan Beale]], British philosopher *[[Joseph Beale (disambiguation)]], multiple people *[[Julian Beale]] (1934–2021), Australian politician *[[Kurtley Beale]] (born 1989), Australian rugby union player *[[Lionel Smith Beale]] (1828–1906), British medical doctor and professor at King's College London *[[Margaret Beale]] (1886–1969), British marine artist *[[Maria Taylor Beale]] (1849–1929), American author *[[Martin Beale]] (1928–1985), British pioneer of mathematical programming *[[Mary Beale]] (1633–1699), English portrait painter *[[Michael Beale (disambiguation)]], multiple people *[[Octavius Beale]] (1850–1930), Irish piano manufacturer and philanthropist *[[Percival Beale]], Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1955 *[[Phelan Beale]] (1881–1956), American attorney and sportsman *[[Phelan Beale Jr.]] (1920–1993), American journalist and law expert *[[Philippa Beale]] (born 1946), British artist *[[Richard Beale (actor)|Richard Beale]] (1920–2017), British actor *[[Richard L. T. Beale]] (1819–1893), American lawyer, Congressman from Virginia, and brigadier general in Confederate States Army *[[Sara Sun Beale]] (born 1949), American law professor *[[Simon Russell Beale]] (born 1961), British actor *[[Sophia Beale]] (1837–1920), English artist *[[Theodore Beale]] (born c.1968) American writer *[[Thomas Beale]] (c. 1775 – 1841), Scottish naturalist and opium speculator, brother of Daniel Beale *[[Thomas Chaye Beale]] (19th century), Scottish merchant, cousin of Daniel and Thomas Beale * Thomas J. Beale ({{fl}} 1820s), American purported author of the [[Beale ciphers]], allegedly stating the location of buried treasure *[[Thomas Willert Beale]] (1828–1894), English writer, also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Maynard *[[William Beale]] (1784–1854), British composer
'''As given name''' *[[Beale M. Schmucker]] (1827–1888), American Lutheran leader and liturgical scholar
==Characters== *[[Bobby Beale (EastEnders)|Bobby Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Chloe Beale, a fictional character from the film ''[[Pitch Perfect]]'' *[[Cindy Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Elizabeth Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Eric Beale]], a fictional character from the TV series ''[[NCIS:LA]]'' *[[Howard Beale (Network)|Howard Beale]], a fictional character from the film ''Network'' *[[Ian Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Jane Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Kathy Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Kenny Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Laura Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Livia Beale]], a fictional character from the TV series ''Journeyman'' *[[Lou Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Louie Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Lucy Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Mel Owen]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Pete Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Peter Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *[[Sharon Watts]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Stacy Beale, a fictional character from the TV series ''[[Tulsa King]]'' *[[Steven Beale]], a fictional character in the British soap opera ''EastEnders''
==See also== *[[Beal (surname)]] *[[Bealey]], a surname *[[Beall]], a surname *[[Beel (disambiguation)]] *[[Bheel (disambiguation)]] *[[Biehl]], surname
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
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