Needles (surname)

Needles is a surname. People with the surname include:

Birth names

• Arthur C. Needles (1867–1936), President of the Norfolk and Western Railway
• Belverd Needles (fl. 1970s–2020s), American economist and professor at DePaul University
• Dan Needles, Canadian 20th-21st century playwright
• Ira Needles (1893–1986), second chancellor of the University of Waterloo in Canada
• Jimmy Needles (1900–1969), American basketball coach
• John Needles (1786–1878), active Quaker and noted Maryland abolitionist
• Thomas B. Needles (1835–1914), American politician and businessman
• William Needles (1919–2016), American-born Canadian actor and teacher

Stage names

• Nique Needles (fl. 1980s–2020s), stage name of Cornelius Delaney, Australian artist, musician, and actor
• Sharon Needles (born 1981), stage name of Aaron Coady, an American drag performer and recording artist