# Beale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Beale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale > Source revision: 1334004054 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) For other uses, see [Beale (disambiguation)](/source/Beale_(disambiguation)). Beale Language Old French, Old English (Norman or Anglo-Saxon) Origin Meaning "handsome man"; "fair, beautiful"; "son of Bel"; "bee-hill" Region of origin England Other names Variant form Beal Frequency Comparisons:[1] **Beale** is an English [surname](/source/Surname). At the time of the British Census of 1881,[1] its relative frequency was highest in [Dorset](/source/Dorset) (6.3 times the British average), followed by [Huntingdonshire](/source/Huntingdonshire), [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire), [Sussex](/source/Sussex), [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire), [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire), [Kent](/source/Kent) and [Surrey](/source/Surrey). The name Beale may refer to: ## People - [Anthony Beale](/source/Anthony_Beale) (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago - [Bernard Charles Beale](/source/Bernard_Charles_Beale) (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician - [Calvin Beale](/source/Calvin_Beale) (1923–2008), American demographer - [Charles Lewis Beale](/source/Charles_Lewis_Beale) (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York - [Daniel Beale](/source/Daniel_Beale) (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale - [Dorothea Beale](/source/Dorothea_Beale) (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford - [Edith Bouvier Beale](/source/Edith_Bouvier_Beale) (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill - [Edward Fitzgerald Beale](/source/Edward_Fitzgerald_Beale) (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat - [Fleur Beale](/source/Fleur_Beale) (born 1945), New Zealand teenage fiction writer best known for her novel *I am not Esther* - [Francis Beale (writer)](/source/Francis_Beale_(writer)) (fl. 1656), English author - [Francis Beale (MP)](/source/Francis_Beale_(MP)) (born 1577), English politician - [Geoffrey Beale](/source/Geoffrey_Beale) (1913–2009), British geneticist - [Gerard Beale](/source/Gerard_Beale) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player - [Gregory Beale](/source/Gregory_Beale) (born 1949), Reformed Christian theologian and seminary professor - [Helen Purdy Beale](/source/Helen_Purdy_Beale) (1893–1976), US virologist - [Howard Beale (politician)](/source/Howard_Beale_(politician)) (1898–1983), Australian politician and Ambassador to the United States - [Howard K. Beale](/source/Howard_K._Beale) (1899–1959), American historian and author - [Inga Beale](/source/Inga_Beale) (born 1963), CEO of Lloyd's of London - [Jack Beale](/source/Jack_Beale) (1917–2006), Australian politician - [Jake Beale](/source/Jake_Beale), Canadian actor - [James Beale (disambiguation)](/source/James_Beale_(disambiguation)), multiple people - [John Beale (disambiguation)](/source/John_Beale_(disambiguation)), multiple people - [Jonathan Beale](/source/Jonathan_Beale), British philosopher - [Joseph Beale (disambiguation)](/source/Joseph_Beale_(disambiguation)), multiple people - [Julian Beale](/source/Julian_Beale) (1934–2021), Australian politician - [Kurtley Beale](/source/Kurtley_Beale) (born 1989), Australian rugby union player - [Lionel Smith Beale](/source/Lionel_Smith_Beale) (1828–1906), British medical doctor and professor at King's College London - [Margaret Beale](/source/Margaret_Beale) (1886–1969), British marine artist - [Maria Taylor Beale](/source/Maria_Taylor_Beale) (1849–1929), American author - [Martin Beale](/source/Martin_Beale) (1928–1985), British pioneer of mathematical programming - [Mary Beale](/source/Mary_Beale) (1633–1699), English portrait painter - [Michael Beale (disambiguation)](/source/Michael_Beale_(disambiguation)), multiple people - [Octavius Beale](/source/Octavius_Beale) (1850–1930), Irish piano manufacturer and philanthropist - [Percival Beale](/source/Percival_Beale), Chief Cashier of the Bank of England from 1949 to 1955 - [Phelan Beale](/source/Phelan_Beale) (1881–1956), American attorney and sportsman - [Phelan Beale Jr.](/source/Phelan_Beale_Jr.) (1920–1993), American journalist and law expert - [Philippa Beale](/source/Philippa_Beale) (born 1946), British artist - [Richard Beale](/source/Richard_Beale_(actor)) (1920–2017), British actor - [Richard L. T. Beale](/source/Richard_L._T._Beale) (1819–1893), American lawyer, Congressman from Virginia, and brigadier general in Confederate States Army - [Sara Sun Beale](/source/Sara_Sun_Beale) (born 1949), American law professor - [Simon Russell Beale](/source/Simon_Russell_Beale) (born 1961), British actor - [Sophia Beale](/source/Sophia_Beale) (1837–1920), English artist - [Theodore Beale](/source/Theodore_Beale) (born c.1968) American writer - [Thomas Beale](/source/Thomas_Beale) (c. 1775 – 1841), Scottish naturalist and opium speculator, brother of Daniel Beale - [Thomas Chaye Beale](/source/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](/source/Beale_ciphers), allegedly stating the location of buried treasure - [Thomas Willert Beale](/source/Thomas_Willert_Beale) (1828–1894), English writer, also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Maynard - [William Beale](/source/William_Beale) (1784–1854), British composer **As given name** - [Beale M. Schmucker](/source/Beale_M._Schmucker) (1827–1888), American Lutheran leader and liturgical scholar ## Characters - [Bobby Beale](/source/Bobby_Beale_(EastEnders)), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - Chloe Beale, a fictional character from the film *[Pitch Perfect](/source/Pitch_Perfect)* - [Cindy Beale](/source/Cindy_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Elizabeth Beale](/source/Elizabeth_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Eric Beale](/source/Eric_Beale), a fictional character from the TV series *[NCIS:LA](/source/NCIS%3ALA)* - [Howard Beale](/source/Howard_Beale_(Network)), a fictional character from the film *Network* - [Ian Beale](/source/Ian_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Jane Beale](/source/Jane_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Kathy Beale](/source/Kathy_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Kenny Beale](/source/Kenny_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Laura Beale](/source/Laura_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Livia Beale](/source/Livia_Beale), a fictional character from the TV series *Journeyman* - [Lou Beale](/source/Lou_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Louie Beale](/source/Louie_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Lucy Beale](/source/Lucy_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Mel Owen](/source/Mel_Owen), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Pete Beale](/source/Pete_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Peter Beale](/source/Peter_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - [Sharon Watts](/source/Sharon_Watts), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* - Stacy Beale, a fictional character from the TV series *[Tulsa King](/source/Tulsa_King)* - [Steven Beale](/source/Steven_Beale), a fictional character in the British soap opera *EastEnders* ## See also - [Beal (surname)](/source/Beal_(surname)) - [Bealey](/source/Bealey), a surname - [Beall](/source/Beall), a surname - [Beel (disambiguation)](/source/Beel_(disambiguation)) - [Bheel (disambiguation)](/source/Bheel_(disambiguation)) - [Biehl](/source/Biehl), surname ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fb_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fb_1-1) ["beale Surname Meaning and Distribution"](http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/Beale). forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2014 Surname list This page lists people with the [surname](/source/Surname) **Beale**. If an [internal link](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Beale&namespace=0) intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that [link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking) by adding the person's [given name](/source/Given_name)(s) to the link. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Beale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.