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| name          = Beale
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| 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]]
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| 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>
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'''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]], 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==
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[[Category:English-language surnames]]
[[Category:Surnames of English origin]]