Mills (surname)
Mills is an English and Scottish occupational surname. Mill workers or owners of one or more mills would have received the name, through being called John the worker of the mills, or Joe the owner of the mills until it was shortened to simply John or Joe Mills. Notable people with the surname include:
A
- Aaron Mills, American football player
- Ada Mills, Arkansas political and civic figure
- Adrian Mills, British television presenter
- Alan Mills, multiple people including:
- * Alan Mills , American baseball player
- * Alan Mills, British songwriter
- * Alan Mills, British tennis player and referee
- Alexandria Mills, American model
- Alexander Rud Mills, Australian Odinic religious author and lecturer
- Alice Mills, Australian swimmer
- Alice du Pont Mills, American aviator and race-horse breeder
- Angela Mills or Angela Kincaid, British children's book illustrator
- Ann Mills, British woman of the eighteenth century, was a disguised sailor
- Annette Mills, British dancer, actress and broadcaster
B
- Barbara Mills, British barrister and public servant
- Barry Mills, multiple people
- Beatrice Mills,, American-born Countess of Granard
- Ben Mills, British singer
- Bernard Mills, Australian astronomer
- Bertram Mills, British circus owner
- Bill Mills, Major League Baseball player
- Billy Mills, South African racing driver
- Billy Mills, American distance runner
- Billy Mills, Irish poet
- Billy G. Mills, American politician and judge
- Bob Mills, British comedian and radio presenter
- Bob Mills, Canadian politician
- Brad Mills, American baseball player and coach
- Brad Mills, American baseball player
- Bradley Mills, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Mills, English footballer
- Brian Mills, British television director
C
- C. Wright Mills, American sociologist
- Caleb Mills, American educator
- Charles Mills, multiple people
- Charlie Mills, American baseball player
- Charlie Mills, German harness racing driver and trainer
- Chris Mills, American basketball player
- Clark Mills, American boat builder and designer
- Clark Mills, American sculptor
- Colin Mills , British educationalist
- Colin Mills, British sociologist
- Crispian Mills, British musician
D
- Damian Mills, Canadian cricketer
- Darby Mills, Canadian singer
- Darius Ogden Mills, American banker and philanthropist
- Danny Mills, British footballer
- David Mills, multiple people including:
- *David J. Mills, English sculptor and songwriter, also known as Gyp Mills
- *David L. Mills, American professor and software engineer
- *David Mills, Canadian politician, author, poet and jurist
- *David Mills, British lawyer, husband of politician Tessa Jowell
- *David Mills, writer of the atheist book Atheist Universe: Why God Didn't Have A Thing To Do With It
- *David Mills , American screenwriter and television producer
- Dennis Mills, Canadian businessman and politician
- Derek Mills, American Olympic runner
- Dick Mills, British sound engineer and electronic composer
- Donna Mills, American actress
- Dizzee Rascal, British musician – real name Dylan Mills
E
- E. C. Mills, American educator
- Edwin Mills, multiple people, including:
- *Edwin Mills, American actor in Return to the Planet of the Apes
- *Edwin Mills , British tug-of-war competitor
- *Edwin Mills , American economist
- Eleri Mills, Welsh artist
- Elijah H. Mills, American politician
- Elle Mills, Canadian YouTuber
- Enoch J. Mills, American college sports coach
- Everett Mills, American baseball player
F
- Florence Mills, African American cabaret singer, dancer, and comedian
- Frances Jones Mills, Kentucky politician
- Frank Mills, Canadian musician
- Freddie Mills, British boxer
G
- Garrett Mills, American football player
- Gary Mills, multiple people, including:
- *Gary Mills, English footballer and manager
- *Gary Mills, English footballer
- Garry Mills, British pop singer
- George Mills , English footballer
- George Mills , British Air Chief Marshal
- Glady Mills, American racehorse owner/breeder
- Gord Mills, Canadian politician
H
- Harlan Mills, American computer scientist
- Harriet Cornelia Mills, China scholar
- Harriet May Mills, civil rights leader
- Hayley Mills, British actress
- Heather Mills, legally known as Lady McCartney, second wife of Sir Paul McCartney
- Howard Mills, American politician
- Hannah Mills, British Olympic sailor
- Hugh Brooks Mills, American businessman and politician
- Hugh Mills , New Zealand rugby union player
I
- Iain Mills, British politician
- Irving Mills, jazz figure
J
- Jack Mills, British train driver
- James Mills, multiple people
- Jane Mills, Australian-New Zealand academic
- Jay Mills, US American football coach
- Jeff Mills, American DJ and music producer
- Jeff Mills, US American football player
- Jerry Mills, American cartoonist
- Jill Mills, American strongwoman
- Jim Mills, multiple people including:
- * Jim Mills, Canadian football player
- * Jim Mills, Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer
- John Mills, multiple people including:
- *John Mills, British actor
- *John Mills, New Zealand test cricketer
- *John Mills, English encyclopedist
- *John Easton Mills, Canadian politician
- *John T. Mills, American lawyer and judge
- *John Atta-Mills, President of The Republic of Ghana
- *John Channell Mills, British actor
- *John Myles-Mills, Ghanaian athlete
- *John Mills-Cockell, Canadian composer
- Joseph Trotter Mills, American politician and jurist
- Joshua Mills, multiple people, including:
- *Joshua Mills , Australian MP
- *Joshua Mills , mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- Judson Mills, American actor
- Juliet Mills, British character actress
K
- Kerry Mills, American composer
- Kyle Mills, New Zealand cricketer
- Kyle Mills , American author
L
- Lawrence Heyworth Mills, American orientalist
- Leonard Myles-Mills, Ghanaian sprinter
- Les Mills, New Zealand Olympic athlete
- Leslie Mills, American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress
M
- Magnus Mills, English author
- Mark Muir Mills, American nuclear physicist
- Mary Mills, American golfer
- Mary Mills, American opera singer
- Matthew Mills, English footballer
- May Mills, Australian sports administrator and educator.
- Melissa Mills, Australian water polo player
- Mick Mills, British footballer
- Mike Mills, American musician and composer, bass guitar player for R.E.M.
- Mike Mills, American director
- Mildred Mills or Mildred May Gostling, English chemist
- Miles E. Mills, American politician
N
- Nicholas Mills, American businessman
- Noam Mills, female Israeli Olympic fencer
O
- Ogden Mills , American businessman, father of Ogden L.
- Ogden L. Mills, American Secretary of the Treasury and Congressman
- Ossian Everett Mills, American fraternity founder
P
- Pat Mills, British cartoonist
- Pat Mills , Canadian film director and actor
- Patty Mills, Australian men's basketball player
- Paul Mills, multiple people
- Pauline Mills McGibbon, Canadian politician
- Percy Joseph "P.J." Mills, Louisiana politician
- Pete Mills, American football player
- Peter Mills, multiple people, including:
- * Peter Mills, American politician from Maine
- * Peter Mills, British Conservative Member of Paraliament for Devon West
- Phil Mills, Welsh rally co-driver
- Phoebe Mills, American gymnast and athlete
R
- Randell Mills, American chemist and developer of the hydrino theory
- Reginald Mills, British film editor
- Richard Mills, multiple people
- Rob Mills, Australian pop singer
- Robert Mills, multiple people including:
- * Robert Mills, American architect
- * Robert Mills, American physicist
- * Robert Lee Mills former president of Georgetown College
- * Robert P. Mills, American crime and science fiction magazine editor
- Roger George Mills, English race walker
- Roger Q. Mills, American politician
- Ron Mills, former Australian rules footballer
- Ron Mills, Canadian curler
- Royce Mills, English actor
- Royden Mills, Canadian sculptor
- Russell Mills, American architect
- Russell Mills, Canadian journalist and publisher
- Russell Mills, British artist, designed Pingu cartoons for CBBC
S
- Sam Mills, US American football player
- Samuel John Mills, American preacher
- Samuel Sylvester Mills, Canadian businessman and member of the Senate of Canada
- Samuel Mills, English footballer
- Scott Mills, British DJ
- Stephanie Mills, African-American singer
- Stephanie Mills, fictional TV character
- Stephen Mills, Artistic director Ballet Austin
- Steve Mills, multiple people including:
- *Steve Mills, English footballer with Southampton
- *Steve Mills,, English international rugby union player
- *Steve Mills,, a juggler and unicyclist from New Jersey
- *Steve Mills, a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street
- Susan Tolman Mills, American co-founder and first president of Mills College
T
- Tarpe Mills, American comic book writer whose real name was June Mills
- Terry Mills, multiple people
- Therese Mills, Trinidadian journalist
- Thomas Mills, multiple people
- Tommy Mills, American athlete, coach, and administrator
- Tony Mills, American physician
- Tony Mills , English musician, member of the bands Shy, TNT
V
- Viscount Mills British title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
W
- Walter Mills, multiple people
- Wayne Mills, British soldier
- Wayne Mills, American country musician
- Wilbur Mills, American politician
- William Mills, British politician
- William Mills, British lawyer and cricketer
- William Mills, Canadian Anglican bishop
- William Mills, British inventor of the Mills bomb
- William Augustus Mills, American Major-General in the War of 1812
- William Corless Mills, American museum curator
- W. G. Mills, sheep breeder and politician in South Australia
- William Hobson Mills, British organic chemist
- William J. Mills, Governor of New Mexico Territory
- William O. Mills, American politician
- William Thomas Mills, Canadian politician
- Willie Mills, American baseball player
- Willie Mills, Scottish footballer
- Wyatt Mills, American baseball player
Z
- Zack Mills, American football coach
Fictional characters
- Bryan Mills, the lead character in the Taken film series, portrayed by Liam Neeson
Henry Daniel Mills, character in ABC TV Show Once Upon A Time.