Earle (given name)
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Earle is a given name, and may refer to:
People from Canada:
People from Australia:
People from the United States:
People from Canada:
- Earle BirneyEarle BirneyEarle Alfred Birney, OC, FRSC was a distinguished Canadian poet and novelist, who twice won the Governor General's Award, Canada's top literary honor, for his poetry.-Life:...
(1904–1995), Canadian poet; recipient of the Governor General's Award for Literature
People from Australia:
- Earle PageEarle PageSir Earle Christmas Grafton Page, GCMG, CH was the 11th Prime Minister of Australia, and is to date the second-longest serving federal parliamentarian in Australian history, with 41 years, 361 days in Parliament.-Early life:...
(1880–1961), Eleventh Prime Minister of Australia
People from the United States:
- Earle Bergey (1901–1952), American illustrator
- Earle BrownEarle BrownEarle Brown was an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems...
(1926–2002), American composer - Earle BruceEarle BruceEarle Bruce is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Tampa , Iowa State University , Ohio State University , the University of Northern Iowa , and Colorado State University , compiling a career college football record of 154–90–2...
(born 1931), former American college football coach - Earle ChildsEarle ChildsLieutenant Earle W. F. Childs was an officer in the United States Navy who died during World War I. A submariner, he died when his ship sank in a maritime collision.-Biography:...
(1893–1918), American soldier who died during World War I - Earle CombsEarle CombsEarle Bryan Combs was an American professional baseball player, who played his entire career for the New York Yankees . Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team...
(1899–1976), American Major League Baseball player - Earle "Greasy" Neale (1891–1973), American football coach; member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Earle HagenEarle HagenEarle Harry Hagen was an American composer who created music for movies and television. He is remembered for co-writing and whistling "The Fishin' Hole", the melody of the main theme to The Andy Griffith Show, the instrumental classic "Harlem Nocturne" used as the theme to television's Mickey...
(born 1919), American composer - Earle HymanEarle HymanEarle Hyman is an American stage, television, and film actor. Hyman is known for his recurring role on The Cosby Show as Cliff's father, Russell Huxtable.-Career:...
, American actor - Earle LaborEarle LaborEarle Labor is the official biographer of novelist Jack London and curator of the Jack London Museum in Shreveport. He is also Wilson Professor of American Literature at Centenary College of Louisiana...
(born 1928), American historian; biographer of Jack London - Earle Bradford MayfieldEarle Bradford MayfieldEarle Bradford Mayfield was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Overton, Texas who served in both the Texas State Senate and United States Senate....
(1881–1964), American politician; United States Senator - Earle OvingtonEarle OvingtonEarle Lewis Ovington was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the United States in a Blériot XI in 1911. He carried a sack of mail from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New...
(1879–1936), American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor; "Official Air Mail Pilot #1"