Miller - Definition and Overview

Profession

A miller is a person who owns or operates a mill in which grain is crushed and ground to make flour.

George Green was a famous miller and mathematician.

People

People whose surname is or was Miller include:

• Alice Miller – Polish-Swiss psychologist
• Ann Miller - American singer and dancer
• Arthur Miller – American playwright
• Arthur Miller - American professor of law
• Bode Miller - American alpine skier
• Buddy Miller – American country singer
• Christa Miller – American actress
• Coco and Kelly Miller – basketball players
• David Miller - Mayor of Toronto
• Dayton C. Miller – American physicist, flutist and collector
• Dennis Miller - American TV personality (Dennis Miller Live)
• Doris Miller - American war hero
• Dorothy Miller ("Miss Miller") (The Tonight Show)
• Frank Miller — Canadian politician
• Frank Miller – American writer and artist (comic books)
• George Miller – Australian film director
• George A. Miller – psychologist, Princeton
• G. William Miller - American politician
• Gifford Miller — New York politician
• Glenn Miller – big band leader
• Henry Miller – American author (Tropic of Cancer)
• Hugh Miller – 19th century Scottish geologist and man of letters
• Inger Miller - American track and field athlete
• James Miller (general) - 19th century American politician
• James Miller - American parachutist
• Joaquin Miller – 19th century American poet
• Joe Miller – early 18th century British actor and collector of witticisms
• John Miller – builder of roller coasters
• Jonathan Miller - physician and television presenter
• Jonathan Douglas Miller – graphic designer and website designer
• Jonny Lee Miller – British actor
• Julie Miller – American country singer
• Kelly Miller - African American mathematician, sociologist and essayist
• Lee Miller – American photographer
• Leszek Miller – former Prime Minister of Poland
• Linda Lael Miller - author of western historical romances
• Marcus Miller – jazz musician
• Matt Miller - Hick.org and shock site Goatse.cx
• Merton Miller – American economist, collaborator of Franco Modigliani (Modigliani-Miller theorem)
• Mitch Miller - American singer and TV personality
• Mrs. Miller (Elva Ruby Connes) - American singer
• Philip Miller - British botanist
• Ralph Miller – American engineer (Miller cycle)
• Reggie Miller - U.S. basketball player
• Robyn and Rand Miller – computer game creators (Myst)
• Roger Miller - American singer
• Samuel Freeman Miller – 19th century American jurist
• Saul Miller – Canadian politician
• Stanley L. Miller – American scientist, collaborator of Harold C. Urey (Urey-Miller experiment)
• Stephen Miller - former Governor of Minnesota
• Stephen Decatur Miller (1787-1838) - American politician
• Steve Miller – blues and rock'n'roll guitarist (Steve Miller Band)
• Steve Miller – Science-Fiction writer (Liaden universe®)
• Sue Miller - American novelist
• Walter M. Miller, Jr. – American science fiction author (A Canticle for Leibowitz)
• William Miller – American religious leader (Millerites)
• William Miller (disambiguation)
• Zell Miller – American politician

Fictional Millers

• "The Miller's Prologue and Tale" is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
• Daisy Miller is a short novel (1878) by Henry James.
• McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a 1971 anti-Western movie.
• Barney Miller was an American television series (1975 – 1982).
• Windy Miller was a character in the British children's animation series Camberwick Green.

Places

Miller is the name of some places in the United States of America including:

• Miller, Missouri
• Miller, Nebraska
• Miller, South Dakota

Other uses

• Miller's Crossing is a 1990 movie about gang war and corruption.
• The Miller test was developed, and is used, by the United States Supreme Court.
• In telecommunication, Miller encoding is the same as delay encoding.
• Miller's knot is a binding knot.
• Miller Brewing is a popular beer company in the United States.
• There is a Miller crater on the Moon, with an eponym of William Allen Miller.