Meeks
family name
Meeks is a surname of Scottish origin. Notable people with the surname include:
People
Aaron Meeks (born 1986), American actor
Annette Meeks (born 1960), American politician
Bob Meeks (born 1969), American football player
Brian Meeks (born 1953), Jamaican poet
Brock Meeks, American online investigative journalist
Bryant Meeks (1926–2007), American football player
Dale Meeks (1975–2023), English actor
Demond Meeks (born 1979), African-American union organizer and politician
Geoff Meeks (born 1949), British accounting scholar
Gregory Meeks (born 1953), African-American politician
Hilda Meeks (died 1935), girlfriend murdered by boxer Del Fontaine
Howard Meeks (1932–2016), sixth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan
Jackson Meeks (born 2003), American football player
James Meeks (born 1954), American Baptist minister and former Illinois state senator
James A. Meeks (1864–1946), American politician
James E. Meeks (fl. 1978–1985, dean and professor of law
Jeremy Meeks (born 1984), American fashion model and convicted criminal
Jodie Meeks (born 1987), American basketball coach and former player
John Meeks (1839–1899), English-born Australian politician
John Meeks (basketball player) (born 1999), American basketball player
Joseph Meeks (1771–1868), American furniture maker and company founder
Michael Meeks (basketball) (born 1972), Canadian former basketball player
Michael Meeks (software developer), British software developer
Priddy Meeks (1795–1886), American frontier doctor and LDS pioneer
Quenton Meeks (born 1997), American football player, son of Ron Meeks
Reginald Meeks (born 1954), American politician
Robert Meeks (1934–2023), American politician
Ron Meeks (born 1954), American football coach and player, father of Quenton Meeks
Sammy Meeks (1923-2007), American professional baseball player
Stephen Meeks (born 1974), American politician
Travis Meeks (born 1979), American rock musician and singer
William B. Meeks Jr.
“Meeks” enters the record as family name. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Meeks, family and name can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Meeks” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Meeks, family and name provides the most credible route into that argument.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21449169. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1986, 1960, 1969 and 1953.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Meeks”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Meeks primary sources, Meeks archive and Meeks research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Meeks”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
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This entry incorporates text from “Meeks” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.