Famous People with Name Miles

Miles Julian Simon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Julian Simon: was an assistant coach for the University of Arizona's men's basketball team and former professional basketball guard who played in Europe and briefly with the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He played for two seasons for the Dakota Wizards (Bismarck, ND) of the Continental Basketball Association, and led the Wizards to a CBA championship in 2002. Simon earned enough awards and honors in 2001-2002 to make him the most decorated player in CBA history. He received honors as Player of the Week four times. He was named the CBA Newcomer of the Year, the CBA MVP, and the Play-off MVP. He also holds the CBA record for most free throws made in a row at 60.

Miles Dewey Davis III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Dewey Davis III: was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Davis was at the forefront of almost every major development in jazz from World War II to the 1990s. He played on various early bebop records and recorded one of the first cool jazz records. He was partially responsible for the development of modal jazz, and both jazz-funk and jazz fusion arose from his work with other musicians in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Miles Marshall Lewis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Marshall Lewis: His debut essay collection, Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't Have Bruises (2004) – a book described as “an observant and urbane B-boy’s rites of passage” – established Lewis as a prose stylist observing American culture in a st

Miles Bonny            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Bonny: is a record producer, singer, trumpeter, and DJ. Miles currently lives in Kansas City, Missouri. The grandson of Helen Bonny, he was born in New York, New York to Francis Bonny and Anne Grothe, and grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey. He moved to Lawrence, Kan

Miles Rutherford Browning            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Miles Rutherford Browning: was as an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II. A pioneer in the development of aircraft carrier combat operations concepts, he is noted for his aggressive aerial warfare tactics as a

Calvin Andre C.J. Miles Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Calvin Andre C.J. Miles Jr.: is an American professional basketball player, drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 34th pick of the 2005 NBA Draft. He is from Skyline High School in Dallas and plays shooting guard. He committed to the University of Texas at Austin, stating that if he was not selected in the first round of the NBA Draft he would attend the school. Miles later changed this decision after the Jazz offered a two-year guaranteed contract equivalent to that of a late first round selection.

Darius LaVar Miles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Darius LaVar Miles: is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA. His short playing career is potentially over following his release by the Portland Trail Blazers after two years of not participating in any games due to a knee injury.[1]

Edward Miles Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Miles Jr: is a retired American basketball player.A 6'4" guard from Scipio A. Jones High School in Arkansas, Miles was nicknamed "The Man with the Golden Arm" because of his shooting prowess. He averaged 18, 25, 30 and 32 points per game, respectively, in his four years as a varsity high school player, and he led Jones to four state championships. Miles was recruited by fifty colleges, but he chose to attend Seattle University because of its alumnus Elgin Baylor. He played three varsity seasons with Seattle and ranked seventh in the nation in scoring during his senior year (1962-63).

Catharine Morris Cox Miles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Catharine Morris Cox Miles: was an American psychologist known for her work on intelligence and genius.She was a professor of clinical psychology at the Yale Medical School and affiliated with Yale's Institute of Human Relations. Earlier she worked at Stanford with Stanford-Binet creator Lewis Terman in issues related to IQ. She is also known for her historiometric study of IQ estimates of three hundred prominent figures who lived prior to IQ testing.

Josie Miles            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josie Miles: was an American vaudeville and blues singer. She was one of the classic female blues singers popular in the 1920s.She was born in Summerville, South Carolina.[1] By the early 1920s she was working in New York City, where she appeared in Eubie Blake and No