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Miles Austin
Miles Austin, born 1984, is a former NFL wide receiver, undrafted from Monmouth in 2006, a two-time Pro Bowler with the Dallas Cowboys whose 2009 season featured 81 catches for 1,320 yards and a franchise-record 250-yard game at Kansas City.
Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett
Miles Aylmer Fulton Barnett (1901–1979) was a New Zealand physicist who gave the first experimental proof of the ionosphere, then directed the New Zealand Meteorological Service from 1939 to 1962.
Miles Bellville
Miles Aubrey Bellville (1909–1980), British Olympic sailor who won gold in the 6-metre class aboard Lalage at the 1936 Berlin Games, crewed on Endeavor in the 1934 America's Cup, won the Military Cross with the Royal Marine Commandos, and served as Sheriff of Hereford.
Miles Bridges
Miles Bridges (born 1998) is an American NBA forward who played six seasons with the Charlotte Hornets after being drafted 12th in 2018, then joined the Phoenix Suns.
Miles Brown (actor)
Miles Brown, aka Baby Boogaloo, American actor, dancer, and rapper born 2004 in Oxnard, California; plays Jack Johnson on ABC's black-ish (2014–2022), son of rapper Wildchild, released the 2020 album We the Future.
Miles Browning
Miles Rutherford Browning, US Navy carrier-aviation pioneer and Halsey's chief of staff at Midway; Distinguished Service Medal recipient relieved as captain of USS Hornet (CV-12) for negligence in 1944, retired as rear admiral in 1947.
Miles C. Leverett
Miles C. Leverett (1910–2001) was an American chemical engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project's plutonium reactors and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1984.
Miles Caton
Miles Caton (born 2005, New York City) is an American actor and R&B singer who debuted as Sammie 'Preacher Boy' Moore in Ryan Coogler's Sinners (2025), winning the Critics' Choice Best Young Actor award after a career as H.E.R.'s background vocalist.
Miles Coverdale
Miles Coverdale (1488–1569) was an English Bible translator, Austin friar, and bishop of Exeter who produced the first complete printed English Bible in 1535; his Psalter remains in the Book of Common Prayer.
Miles Davis
Miles Davis (Miles Dewey Davis III, 1926–1991), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader: pioneer of cool, modal, and fusion jazz, leader of Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album.
Miles Davis discography
Miles Davis discography: recorded output of trumpeter Miles Dewey Davis III (1926-1991), from 1945 Savoy bebop sideman sessions through Prestige, Blue Note, and Columbia eras, Kind of Blue, electric fusion, Doo-Bop, and complete-edition reissues.
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet, the Second Great Quintet (1964-1968): Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams. Studio albums E.S.P. through Filles de Kilimanjaro; 'controlled freedom'; Plugged Nickel live recordings.
Miles Fisher
Miles Fisher (James Leslie Miles Fisher), American actor, musician, and entrepreneur born 1983 in Dallas; known for viral Tom Cruise and American Psycho videos, Final Destination 5, and Mad Men.
Miles Franklin
Miles Franklin, born Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (1879–1954), was an Australian writer and feminist whose debut novel My Brilliant Career (1901) led to the Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Miles Franklin Award
The Miles Franklin Literary Award, Australia's most prestigious fiction prize, was established by Miles Franklin's 1954 will and first won by Patrick White's Voss in 1957. It awards A$60,000 annually for the novel of highest literary merit presenting Australian life in any of its phases.
Miles from Tomorrowland
Miles from Tomorrowland is a Disney Junior animated series (2015–2018, 75 episodes, 3 seasons) created by Sascha Paladino, following Miles Callisto's family exploring space for the Tomorrowland Transit Authority with NASA-consulted STEM content.
Miles Grimshaw
Miles Grimshaw is a venture capital investor and general partner at Thrive Capital, previously a general partner at Benchmark from 2020 to 2024, known for Airtable, Monzo, and LangChain.
Miles Heizer
Miles Heizer, American actor born 1994 in Greenville, Kentucky, played Drew Holt on Parenthood and Alex Standall on 13 Reasons Why; he stars as Cameron Cope in Netflix's Boots (2025).
Miles J. Padgett
Miles J. Padgett is an optical physicist who holds the Kelvin Chair at the University of Glasgow and studies shaped light beams, including orbital angular momentum.
Miles Jupp
Miles Jupp (Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp, born 1979) is an English actor, comedian, and writer, known as Archie in Balamory, Nigel in Rev., John Duggan in The Thick of It, and host of Radio 4's The News Quiz 2015–2019; his 2024 show On I Bang recounts surviving a benign brain tumour.
Miles Kane
Miles Peter Kane, born 1986, is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Birkenhead who co-fronts the Last Shadow Puppets with Alex Turner and has released six solo albums.
Miles McMillan
Miles McMillan is an American model and painter who studied fine arts at NYU. He is known for his runway campaigns for Dior and his oil painting.
Miles Minnick
Miles Minnick is an American Christian hip-hop rapper from Pittsburg, California. He is known for his faith-centered lyrics and was named to the 2026 XXL Freshman Class.
Miles Morales
Miles Morales, also Miles Gonzalo Morales, is Marvel Comics' Afro-Latino Spider-Man, created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, debuting in Ultimate Fallout #4 (2011) after Ultimate Peter Parker's death; known for venom blast, invisibility, the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse films, and Insomniac's 2020 game.
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)
Miles O'Brien, also Chief O'Brien (Miles Edward O'Brien), is a Star Trek character played by Colm Meaney on TNG and DS9, the enlisted engineer whose rank, tribulations, and Lower Decks statue distinguish him from every other Trek character.
Miles Plumlee
Miles Plumlee, NBA center from Duke, drafted 26th overall by Indiana in 2012; played for the Pacers, Suns, Bucks, Hornets, Hawks and Grizzlies, averaging 4.9 points and 4.5 rebounds, and signed a widely criticized four-year, $50 million Bucks contract in 2016.
Miles Reid
Miles Reid, born 1948, is a British algebraic geometer at the University of Warwick, a Fellow of the Royal Society who laid the foundations of the minimal model program for 3-folds.
Miles Russell (golfer)
Miles Russell is an American amateur golfer from Jacksonville Beach, Florida, the youngest player to make the cut in a Korn Ferry Tour event, at age 15 in 2024.
Miles Sanders
Miles Sanders, NFL running back from Swissvale, Pennsylvania, via Penn State; Eagles second-round pick (53rd, 2019) with rookie franchise records, 2022 Pro Bowl and 1,269-yard season; later Panthers and Cowboys.
Miles Taylor (security expert)
Miles Taylor, American national security expert and former DHS chief of staff (2019), author of the anonymous 2018 New York Times 'Resistance' op-ed and book A Warning, revealed October 2020; targeted by Trump's April 2025 clearance memorandum.