Biddle (surname)

Biddle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Philadelphia family

Main article: Biddle family

• Alexander Biddle (1819-1899), American businessman
• Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847-1891), American lawyer and law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
• Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle Sr. (1874–1948), Philadelphia millionaire
• Charles Biddle (1745–1821), Vice-President of Pennsylvania
• Charles John Biddle (1819–1873), American congressman and editor
• Clement Biddle (1740–1814), American Revolutionary War soldier and quartermaster general
• Edward Biddle (1738–1779), American lawyer and statesman
• Francis Biddle (1886–1968), US Attorney General and judge in Nuremberg trials
• George Biddle (1885–1973), American artist
• James Biddle (1783–1848), American naval officer
• Jesse Biddle (born 1991), American professional baseball player from Philadelphia
• John Biddle (Michigan politician) (1792–1859), American politician and congressman
• John Biddle (United States Army officer) (1859–1936), American army general and acting U.S. Army Chief of Staff
• John Biddle (yachting cinematographer) (1925–2008), America's Cup Hall of Fame cinematographer and lecturer
• Livingston L. Biddle Jr. (1918–2002), American third chairman of National Endowment for the Arts
• Nicholas Biddle (1786–1844), American financier
• Nicholas Biddle (naval officer) (1750–1778), American naval officer
• Peter Biddle (born 1966), American Microsoft engineer
• Richard Biddle (1796–1847), American author and politician
• Sydney Biddle Barrows (born 1952), American escort agency owner and autobiographer
• Thomas Biddle (1790–1831), War of 1812 American hero killed in a duel with a congressman
• William P. Biddle (1853–1923), 11th Commandant of United States Marine Corps

Others

• Adrian Biddle (1952–2005), English cinematographer
• Charles J. Biddle (aviator) (1890–1972), American World War I fighter pilot
• Dick Biddle (1947–2023), American football player and coach
• Ellen Biddle Shipman (1869–1950), American landscape architect
• George Biddle (politician) (1836–1909), American politician from Maryland
• Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697), English Quaker writer and preacher
• James Biddle Eustis (1834–1884), American politician from Louisiana
• John Biddle (Unitarian) (1615–1662), English Unitarian
• Joseph Franklin Biddle (1871–1936), American politician from Pennsylvania
• Mary Duke Biddle (1887–1960), American philanthropist
• Melvin E. Biddle (1923–2010), American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
• Owen Biddle (musician) (born 1977), American bass guitarist and songwriter with The Roots
• Stephen Biddle (born 1959), American foreign policy scholar
• Taye Biddle (born 1983), American football player
• William W. Biddle (1900-1973), American psychologist