People

• A. L. Beattie
  A. L. Beattie
  Alfred Luther Beattie , typically referred to as A. L. Beattie, was a pioneering locomotive engineer. Born in Yorkshire, England, he gained fame as the Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New Zealand Railways Department between 1900 and 1913...
  
  , pioneering Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New Zealand Railways Department.
• Ann Beattie
  Ann Beattie
  Ann Beattie is an American short story writer and novelist. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and a PEN/Bernard Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. Her work has been compared to that of Alice Adams, J.D. Salinger,...
  
   (1947-), American writer
• Charles Beattie
  Charles Beattie
  Charles Beattie was a Northern Irish farmer and auctioneer. Active in the Ulster Farmers' Union and in Unionist associations, he achieved senior office in the Orange Order and the Royal Black Institution and served on Omagh Rural District Council from 1952 until his death...
  
  , a Northern Irish
  Northern Ireland
  Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
  
   farmer and briefly Member of Parliament
  Member of Parliament
  A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
  
  
• Chris Beattie, Australian rugby league footballer
• Chris Beattie, Member of Metal Band Hatebreed
• Craig Beattie
  Craig Beattie
  Craig Beattie is a Scottish footballer who has played for Swansea City, West Bromwich Albion, and Celtic as a striker.-Celtic:...
  
  , a Scottish footballer
• David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
  David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
  Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO was an admiral in the Royal Navy...
  
   Admiral of the Fleet Royal Navy (17 January 1871 – 11 March 1936)
• Dud Beattie
  Dud Beattie
  Dud Beattie is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 60s. An Australian international and Queensland representative prop forward, he played in Ipswich, Queensland for the Railways club....
  
  , Australian rugby league footballer
• James Beattie (writer)
  James Beattie (writer)
  Professor James Beattie FRSE was a Scottish poet, moralist and philosopher.He was born the son of a shopkeeper and small farmer at Laurencekirk in the Mearns, and educated at Aberdeen University. In 1760, he was appointed Professor of moral philosophy there as a result of the interest of his...
  
   (1735-1803), a Scottish academic and writer
• James Beattie (footballer)
  James Beattie (footballer)
  James Scott Beattie is an English footballer who currently plays for Sheffield United as a striker.Born in Lancaster, Lancashire he came through the ranks at Blackburn Rovers eventually signing professionally for them in 1995...
  
  , an English footballer
• James J. Beattie, (1942-) American Heavyweight Boxer
• Joseph Hamilton Beattie
  Joseph Hamilton Beattie
  Joseph Hamilton Beattie was a locomotive engineer with the London and South Western Railway.Beattie was a highly innovative engineer, introducing the country's first successful 2-4-0 locomotive, pioneering coal-burning fireboxes, feedwater heating and balanced slide valves. His locomotives were...
  
   (1808-1871), locomotive engineer, London and South Western Railway
• Kevin Beattie
  Kevin Beattie
  Kevin Beattie is an English former footballer, playing at central defence for both Ipswich Town and England in the 1970s and early 1980s.- Through the ranks :...
  
  , association (soccer) footballer of the 1970s and '80s for England, and Ipswich Town
• Nicole Beattie (1989-), American freelance model
• Melody Beattie
  Melody Beattie
  Melody Beattie is the author of Codependent No More, published in 1987 by the Hazelden Foundation. The book was successful and influential within the self-help movement, selling over eight million copies and introducing the word codependent to the general public.Following the success of Codependent...
  
   , (1948-) American author
• Peter Beattie
  Peter Beattie
  Peter Douglas Beattie , Australian politician, was the 36th Premier of the Australian state of Queensland for nine years and leader of the Australian Labor Party in that state for eleven and a half years...
  
   (b. 1952), Premier of Queensland (1998-2007)
• Stephen Halden Beattie
  Stephen Halden Beattie
  Captain Stephen Halden Beattie VC was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Details:...
  
  , Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy during the Second World War, winner of the Victoria Cross
• William George Beattie
  William George Beattie
  William George Beattie, locomotive engineer, was the son of Joseph Hamilton Beattie. He joined the London and South Western Railway in 1862 as a draughtsman at Nine Elms Locomotive Works. He succeeded his father as Locomotive Engineer of the LSWR following Joseph's death in 1871. He was not however...
  
  , son of Joseph Hamilton Beattie, also locomotive engineer for the London and South Western Railway

See also

• Beatty
  Beatty
  Beatty is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. In the Scottish case, it is derived from the name Bartholomew, which was often shortened to Bate or Baty. Male descendants were then often called Beatty, or similar derivations like Beattie or Beatey. The name Beatty also arose in Ireland from...
  
  
• Batey (family name)
• Beatrice Bellman
  Beatrice Bellman
  Beatrice Bellman, more commonly known as Beattie, was a character from a series of television advertisements by British Telecom, famously played by Maureen Lipman...
  
   ("Beattie"), a fictional Jewish mother played by Maureen Lipman, featured in a memorable British Telecom advertising campaign
• Beattie Feathers
  Beattie Feathers
  William Beattie "Big Chief" Feathers was an American football running back in the NFL. He played for the Chicago Bears, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Green Bay Packers during his seven year career. He was the first player in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in one season...
  
   American football
  American football
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   running back
  Running back
  A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...