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Reed as a surname

"Reed" is commonly believed to be a
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-derived surname referring to a person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red. At least one example of the Reed surname, that originating in the County of Northumberland in northern England, is derived from a location, the valley of
Redesdale Redesdale is a valley in western Northumberland, England. It is formed by the River Rede, which rises in the Cheviots and flows down to join the North Tyne at Redesmouth. Redesdale is traversed by the A68 trunk road, which enters Scotland v ...
and the River Rede that runs through it.Sir Walter Scott, ''Rokeby'', John Ballantine & Co., Edinburgh, 1813. In the United States, Reed was adopted by some
Pennsylvania Dutch The Pennsylvania Dutch ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-sp ...
(German) families in the 18th century, notably that of John Reed (Johannes Reith), a former Hessian soldier from Raboldshausen, Germany, who made the first documented gold find in the United States in 1799. The Reed Gold Mine is today a State Historic Site in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 'Reed' appears as a surname most commonly in
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, especially in the United States, where it was the 55th most common surname in 1990 accounting for about 0.12% of the population. In Great Britain, 'Reed' ranked at 158th (0.081%) and 183rd (0.073%) in 1881 and 1998, respectively, with little or no change in internal distribution among counties during the intervening century. In Ireland, Reed is among the 100 most common surnames, and in the Irish province of Ulster it is among the 40 most common surnames. The relative frequencies in 1998 among several countries were United States >> Great Britain > Australia ~ New Zealand ~ Canada >> Northern Ireland >> Ireland.Citation: Longley, ''et al.'' 'Reed' has been adopted by several notable actors as their stage surname in preference to their birth names (see #Pseudonyms and aliases, below).


Reeds of Northumberland

The Reeds of
Northumberland Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...
in
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
were originally centered around the chief Reed residence at Troughend in
Redesdale Redesdale is a valley in western Northumberland, England. It is formed by the River Rede, which rises in the Cheviots and flows down to join the North Tyne at Redesmouth. Redesdale is traversed by the A68 trunk road, which enters Scotland v ...
, on the banks of the River Rede. According to
Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy ...
: The earliest reference to the Reeds of Troughend is from 1400, when "Thomas Reed of Redysdale" is recorded in county records as paying "to William de Swinburne in the sum of 20 pds...for the ransom of William Moetrop of Tenedale". In 1429 Thomas Reed is again recorded, as serving on a jury in Elsdon. In 1442, a John Reed is described as "the Laird of Troughwen, the chief of the name of Reed, and divers of his followers...a ruder and more lawless crew there needs not be..." The Reeds of Northumberland were one of the Border Reiver families of the 16th century, who lived by blackmail and cattle rustling in the Anglo-Scottish border country. One notable Reed was Percival Reed, believed to have been Laird of Troughend in the 1580s and 1590s. His story has been handed down in ''
The Death of Parcy Reed The Death of Parcy Reed is a Border ballad concerning the betrayal and murder of Percival Reed, believed to have been Laird of Troughend in Redesdale, Northumberland, in late 16th century England. It is Child ballad number 193 and its Roud numb ...
'', a traditional
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(
Child Ballad The Child Ballads are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, and their American variants, anthologized by Francis James Child during the second half of the 19th century. Their lyrics and Child's studies of them were published as '' ...
193). This song tells of an alliance between the Halls of Redesdale and the Crosiers of Liddesdale in Scotland, against the Reeds. Percival Reed held the office of Keeper of Redesdale, and had arrested one Whinton Crosier for raiding in the valley. This put the Reeds at feud with the Crosier family. The Halls, old friends of Percy Reed, turned against him and conspired with the Crosiers to trap him while he was out hunting. When the Crosiers ambushed Percy, the Halls watched as he was murdered. Percy stood alone unarmed against the Crosiers, and according to the ballad: Percy Reed's ghost is said to have haunted Redesdale for many years, and "at times he would come gallantly cantering across the moorland as he had done when blood ran warm in his veins. ...And yet, again, he would come as a fluttering, homeless soul, whimpering and formless, with a moaning cry for Justice—Justice—Judgment on him who had by black treachery hurried him unprepared to his end."


In Norway

Many
Norwegians Norwegians ( no, nordmenn) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegians are descended from the ...
use a last name derived from their family farm or town. Reed is a village in
Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the c ...
county in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. As of 2010, 325 share the surname Reed.


Geographical distribution

At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname ''Reed'' was highest in the following counties:Reed Surname Distribution
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Northumberland Northumberland () is a ceremonial counties of England, county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Ab ...
(1: 378) * 2. County Durham (1: 419) * 3. Sussex (1: 456) * 4.
Huntingdonshire Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The p ...
(1: 487) * 5.
Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
(1: 509) * 6.
Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ...
(1: 519) * 7. Cumberland (1: 572) * 8.
Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...
(1: 641) * 9.
Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lor ...
(1: 650) * 10. Hertfordshire (1: 651) As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories: * 1.
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ...
(1: 1,071) * 2.
United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an Territories of the United States, uninco ...
(1: 1,612) * 3.
Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
(1: 1,675) * 4.
American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internation ...
(1: 1,851) * 5.
Liberia Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It ...
(1: 1,916) * 6.
England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...
(1: 1,917) * 7.
Anguilla Anguilla ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territ ...
(1: 1,922) * 8.
Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...
(1: 1,980) * 9. Cayman Islands (1: 2,133) * 10.
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
(1: 2,301) As of 2014, 78.4% of all known bearers of the surname ''Reed'' were residents of the United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following U.S. states: * 1.
Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the ...
(1: 491) * 2.
West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the ...
(1: 505) * 3.
Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Mis ...
(1: 554) * 4.
Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...
(1: 556) * 5.
Wyoming Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the sou ...
(1: 634) * 6. Oklahoma (1: 639) * 7.
Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...
(1: 650) * 8.
Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacen ...
(1: 662) * 9.
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a U.S. state, state in the Deep South and South Central United States, South Central regions of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 20th-smal ...
(1: 667) * 10.
Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th ...
(1: 713) * 11.
Missouri Missouri is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking List of U.S. states and territories by area, 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee ...
(1: 723) * 12.
Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to ...
(1: 726) * 13.
Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
(1: 733) * 14.
Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = " Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County , LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham , area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
(1: 753) * 15.
Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List of states and territories of the United States, fifty U.S. states, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 34th-l ...
(1: 762) * 16.
Maine Maine () is a U.S. state, state in the New England and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Provinces and territories of Canad ...
(1: 807) * 17.
Iowa Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
(1: 858) * 18.
Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and W ...
(1: 875) * 19.
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
(1: 918) * 20.
Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...
(1: 940) * 21.
Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
(1: 945) * 22.
Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...
(1: 949) * 23.
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; (Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, Ma ...
(1: 1,012) * 24. Washington (1: 1,025) * 25.
Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography an ...
(1: 1,031) * 26.
Maryland Maryland ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; ...
(1: 1,036) * 27.
Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S ...
(1: 1,039) * 28.
Illinois Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Roc ...
(1: 1,064) The frequency of the surname was highest (over six times the national average) in the following U.S. counties: * 1.
Coleman County, Texas Coleman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,684. The county seat is Coleman. The county was founded in 1858 and organized in 1864. It is named for Robert M. Coleman, a signer of ...
(1: 48) * 2. Washington County, Ala. (1: 58) * 3. Issaquena County, Miss. (1: 70) * 4. Briscoe County, Texas (1: 73) * 5. Cannon County, Tenn. (1: 77) * 6. Love County, Okla. (1: 80) * 7. Rhea County, Tenn. (1: 84) * 8. Cleveland County, Ark. (1: 94) * 9. Cameron County, Pa. (1: 102) * 10.
Daggett County, Utah Daggett County ( ) is a county in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 935, making it the least populous county in Utah. Its county seat is Manila. The county was named for ...
(1: 102) * 11. Hardin County, Ill. (1: 105) * 12. Owsley County, Ky. (1: 108) * 13. Jefferson County, Miss. (1: 111) * 14. Carter County, Mo. (1: 112) * 15. Niobrara County, Wyo. (1: 116) * 16. Evangeline Parish, La. (1: 118) * 17. Floyd County, Va. (1: 125) * 18. Iron County, Mo. (1: 129) * 19. Humphreys County, Miss. (1: 129) * 20. Winston County, Miss. (1: 130) * 21. Robertson County, Ky. (1: 131) * 22. Thomas County, Neb. (1: 140) * 23. Magoffin County, Ky. (1: 147) * 24.
Sherman County, Texas Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,782. Its county seat is Stratford. The county was created in 1876 and organized in 1889. It is named for Sidney Sherman, who fough ...
(1: 147) * 25. Upshur County, W.Va. (1: 159) * 26. Summers County, W.Va. (1: 160) * 27. Wyoming County, W.Va. (1: 166) * 28. Esmeralda County, Nev. (1: 166) * 29. Gilmer County, W.Va. (1:173)


Notable persons with the surname Reed

There are many notable people who share the Reed surname. These people are listed below to provide a partial geographical and time reference for use of this name. People listed below are ''presumed'' to be
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unless otherwise indicated parenthetically; this information is included as ethnicity is an important parameter in name studies. Ethnicities found below include
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and
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ish. Multiple items on a line is indicated by a superscript number associated with country of origin. All information included in the list below has been drawn from the referenced articles without input from other external sources.


Born after 1300

* Robert Reed (bishop) (after 1350 – 1415), Ireland or England, alternatively spelled "Robert Reade"


Born after 1700

*
James Reed (soldier) James Reed (born c. 1722–1807) was a military officer in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the latter conflict. Biography Reed was born in Lunenburg or Woburn, Massachusetts. ...
(c. 1723 – 1807), United States * Joseph Reed (politician) (1741–1785), United States Grandfather and grandson: Joseph 1741 and William 1806 * Isaac Reed (1742–1807), England * John Reed Sr. (1751–1831), United States Father and son, Reed Sr. (1751) and Reed Jr. (1781) * Philip Reed (politician) (1760–1829), United States * John Reed Jr. (1781–1860), United States * Luman Reed (1787–1836), United States *
Thomas Buck Reed Thomas Buck Reed (May 7, 1787November 26, 1829) was a United States senator from Mississippi. Biography Early life Thomas Buck Reed was born on May 7, 1787 near Lexington, Kentucky. He attended the public schools and the College of New Jersey ...
(1787–1829), United States *
Andrew Reed (minister) Andrew Reed (27 November 178725 February 1862) was an English Congregational minister and hymnwriter, who became a prominent philanthropist and social reformer. He was the father of Sir Charles Reed and grandfather of Talbot Baines Reed. Li ...
(1787–1862), England ,Grandfather, father, son: Andrew (1787), Charles (1819), Talbot (1852) *
Edward C. Reed Edward Cambridge Reed (March 8, 1793 – May 1, 1883) was an American lawyer and War of 1812 veteran who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1831 to 1833. Biography Born in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, Reed attended t ...
(1793–1883), United States


Born after 1800

* Charles Manning Reed (1803–1871), United States *
William Bradford Reed William Bradford Reed (June 30, 1806 – February 18, 1876) was an American attorney, politician, diplomat, academic and journalist from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1834 to 1835. He wa ...
(1806–1876), United States *
Henry Reed (merchant) Henry Reed (28 December 1806 – 10 October 1880) was an Australian landowner, shipowner, merchant, philanthropist and evangelist. Early life and work Reed was born at Doncaster, England, on 28 December 1806 to postmaster Samuel Reed (1773- ...
(1806–1880), England *
Robert Rentoul Reed Robert Rentoul Reed (March 12, 1807 – December 14, 1864) was a Whig member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Robert R. Reed was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in Was ...
(1807–1864), United States *
Isaac Reed (politician) Isaac Reed (August 22, 1809 – September 19, 1887) was a United States representative from Maine. Biography Reed was born in Waldoboro, Massachusetts (now in Maine) on August 22, 1809, and was the oldest son of Col. Isaac G. Reed. He prepare ...
(1809–1887), United States *
Harrison Reed (politician) Harrison Reed (August 26, 1813 – May 25, 1899) was an American editor and politician who had most of his political career in Florida. He was elected in 1868 as the ninth Governor of Florida, serving until 1873 during the Reconstruction era. ...
(1813–1899), United States *
Thomas German Reed Thomas German Reed (27 June 1817 – 21 March 1888), known after 1844 as simply German Reed was an English composer, musical director, actor, singer and theatrical manager of the Victorian era. He was best known for creating the German Ree ...
(1817–1888), England * Thomas Reed (architect) (1817–1878), Denmark *
Thomas Sadler Reed Thomas Sadler Reed (22 May 1818 – 25 April 1914) was a Civil Servant in the British colony of South Australia, and long-serving secretary of the State's branch of the Royal Geographical Society. History Reed was born in Wellington Place, Bristol ...
(1818–1914), England emigrated to South Australia * Charles Reed (1819–1881), England * Byron Reed (1821–1891), United States * Joseph Reed (architect) (c. 1823 – 1890), England, emigrated to Australia *
Elijah W. Reed Elijah W. Reed (November 27, 1827 – January 27, 1888) was a ship captain from Brooklin, Maine, who is credited with establishment of the menhaden fishing industry in Virginia's Northern Neck region. In 1874, Captain Reed moved his business ...
(1827–1888), United States *
Edward James Reed Sir Edward James Reed, KCB, FRS (20 September 1830 – 30 November 1906) was a British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. He was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870. He was a Liberal politici ...
(1830–1906), England * Simeon Gannett Reed (1830–1895), United States * James Sewall Reed (1832–1864), United States, Civil War cavalry officer * Amanda Reed (1832–1904), United States, 'Reed' being her married name, her maiden name not known *
William B. Reed (politician) William Benjamin Reed (27 February 1833 – 16 October 1909) was a one term Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the p ...
(1833–1909), United States, mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut (1891–1892) and successful oysterman *
Joseph Rea Reed Joseph Rea Reed (March 12, 1835 – April 2, 1925) was an Iowa Supreme Court justice, one-term Republican U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House ...
(1835–1925), United States *
Charles N. Reed Charles Newton Reed (May 9, 1837 – March 25, 1926) was an American farmer and politician from New York. Life Reed was born on May 9, 1837, in Clarendon, New York. His parents were assemblyman Horatio Reed and Jane Green. He moved to Bergen ...
(1837–1926), United States *
Thomas Brackett Reed Thomas Brackett Reed (October 18, 1839 – December 7, 1902) was an American politician from the state of Maine. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives 12 times, first in 1876, and served ...
(1839–1902), United States *
P. Booker Reed Paul Booker Reed was Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1885 to 1887. Biography His father, William Decatur Reed was a lawyer and Kentucky Secretary of State under Governor William Owsley. P. Booker Reed studies at Centre College were interrupte ...
(1842–1913), United States, moved to Canada late in life * Elizabeth Armstrong Reed (1842–1915), United States ''née'' ArmstrongMother and daughter, Elizabeth 1842 and Myrtle 1874 *
Albert Edwin Reed Albert Edwin Reed (1846–1920) was the founder of Reed Elsevier, formerly Reed International, one the United Kingdom's largest professional publishing businesses. Reed was also a Weslian preacher. His twin sons Albert Ralph Reed —Sir Albert Ralp ...
(1846–1920), England * David C. Reed (1847–1938), United States *
Walter Reed Walter Reed (September 13, 1851 – November 22, 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1901 led the team that confirmed the theory of Cuban doctor Carlos Finlay that yellow fever is transmitted by a particular mosquito species rather than ...
(1851–1902), United States * Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893), England *
John Oren Reed John Oren Reed (1856 – January 22, 1916) was an American physicist and university dean. Biography Born at New Castle, Indiana, in 1885 he graduated from the University of Michigan, where, after studying at Harvard (1891–1892), he was instruc ...
(1856–1916), United States * Henry Armstrong Reed (1858–1876), United States * Andrew Reed (police officer) (fl. 1860 – 1880), Ireland *
James A. Reed (politician) James Alexander Reed (November 9, 1861 – September 8, 1944) was an American Democratic Party politician from Missouri. Early life Reed was born on November 9, 1861 on a farm in Richland County, Ohio. He was a descendant of David Reed. He mov ...
(1861–1944), United States * Ida Lilliard Reed (1865–1951), United States *
Reed Green (politician) Reed Green (September 22, 1865–January 2, 1937) was a lawyer and politician. Reed was born in Mount Vernon, Illinois. He went to Southern Illinois University and to the Wesleyan Law School in Bloomington, Illinois. He taught school in Cair ...
(1865–1937), United States *
Stuart F. Reed Stuart Felix Reed (January 8, 1866 – July 4, 1935) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who became the Secretary of State of West Virginia (1909–1917) and represented West Virginia's 3rd congressional district in the United ...
(1866–1935), United States *
Eugene Elliott Reed Eugene Elliott Reed (April 23, 1866 –December 15, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire. Biography Born in Manchester, Reed attended the public schools and received instruction from private tutors. He studied law, then engaged in ...
(1866–1940), United States * Hamilton Lyster Reed (1869–1931), Ireland *
Clyde M. Reed Clyde Martin Reed (October 19, 1871 – November 8, 1949) was an American politician from Kansas who served as both the 24th Governor of Kansas and U.S. Senator from that state. Biography Born in Champaign County, Illinois, Reed moved to Kans ...
(1871–1949), United States *
William Maxwell Reed William Maxwell Reed (January 12, 1871 in Bath, Maine – September 1962) was a pioneering U.S. author of illustrated science books for children. After schooling at Harvard, he taught astronomy at Harvard and Princeton University. Reed ...
(1871–1962), United States * Stanley Reed (British politician) (1872–1969), United Kingdom or India * Myrtle Reed (1874–1911), United States * Dorothy Reed Mendenhall (1874–1964), United States ''née'' Reed *
Daniel A. Reed Daniel Reed may refer to: *Daniel Reed (actor) (1892–1978), American actor, director, screenwriter * Daniel Reed (table tennis) (born 1989), British table tennis player *Daniel Reed (Canadian politician) (1858–1935), farmer and politician in On ...
(1875–1959), United States *
Alfred Hamish Reed Sir Alfred Hamish Reed (30 December 1875 – 15 January 1975), generally known as A.H. Reed, was a New Zealand publisher, author and entrepreneur. Early life Alfred Hamish Reed was born at Hayes, Middlesex, in England on 30 December 1875, the s ...
(1875–1975), England, emigrated to New Zealand *
Roy E. Reed Roy Edwin Reed (March 26, 1877 – August 21, 1943) was an American lawyer and politician. Reed was born in Ripon, Wisconsin and was a prominent bicycle racer in his youth. Reed went to University of Wisconsin and received his law degree. He ...
(1877–1943), United States * Langford Reed (1878–1954), England *
David A. Reed David Aiken Reed (December 21, 1880February 10, 1953) was an American lawyer and Republican party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1922 to 1935. He was a co-author of the restri ...
(1880–1953), United States *
James B. Reed James Byron Reed (January 2, 1881 – April 27, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas' former 6th congressional district. Born near Lonoke, Arkansas, Reed attended the rural schools of his county and Hendrix College, a Methodist insti ...
(1881–1935), United States *
Lionel Reed Lionel James de Burgh Reed (31 December 1883 – 11 February 1957) was a British athlete. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. Born in Kensington, he was the 1910 winner of the 440-yard dash at the AAA Championships. In the 200 ...
(1883–????), United Kingdom * Henry Reed (musician) (1884–1968), United States *
Stanley Forman Reed Stanley Forman Reed (December 31, 1884 – April 2, 1980) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957. He also ser ...
(1884–1980), United States * Guilford Bevil Reed (1887–1955), Canada *
John Reed (journalist) John "Jack" Silas Reed (October 22, 1887 – October 17, 1920) was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution for ''Metropolitan'' and World War I fo ...
(1887–1920), United States * Theodore Reed (1887–1959), United States * Luther Reed (1888–1961), United States *
Milt Reed Milton D. Reed (July 4, 1890 in Atlanta, Georgia – July 27, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia) was a middle infielder in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1915. He was later the player/manager for the Lakeland Highlanders in the Florida State League ...
(1890–1938), United States * Chauncey W. Reed (1890–1956), United States *
Ted Reed Ralph Edwin Reed (October 18, 1890 in Beaver, Pennsylvania – February 16, 1959) was a professional third baseman who played for the Newark Pepper of the Federal League in its 1915 season. Reed played college baseball at both Dartmouth College ...
(1890–1959), United States *
Marshall Russell Reed Marshall Russell Reed (15 September 1891 – March 1973) was an American bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1948. Birth and family Reed was born in Onsted, Michigan, the son of Fred Pitts Reed and ...
(1891–1973), United States *
Daniel Reed (actor) Daniel A. Reed (July 12, 1892 – February 9, 1978) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. Biography Reed was born July 12, 1892, in Denver, Colorado. He took to theatre in 1912. He developed his own one-man show based on Edg ...
(1892–1978), United States *
Geoffrey Reed Sir Geoffrey Sandford Reed, KC (14 March 1892 – 31 December 1970) was a justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia and the first Director-General of Security and head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). Early l ...
(1892–1970), Australia *
Vivian Reed (silent film actress) Vivian Reed (April 17, 1894 – July 19, 1989) was an American silent film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1914 and 1938. Biography Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Reed died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California. She was ...
(1894–1989), United States *
Basil Reed Basil Duck Reed (8 November 1895 – 12 October 1968) was an English people, English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. Reed was born in November 1895 at Malmesbury, Wiltshire. He began serving in the Royal Navy in July 1913 as a ...
(1895–1968), England * Douglas Reed (1895–1976), England, emigrated to South Africa *
Dewey H. Reed Dewey H. Reed (July 21, 1897 – February 23, 1966) was an American educator and politician. Reed was born in Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, Raymond Township, Stearns County, Minnesota. He graduated from Sauk Centre High School in ...
(1897-1966), United States * Robin Reed (1899–1978), United States * Philip D. Reed (1899–1989), United States * Joseph Reed (?–?), United States *
Caroline Keating Reed Caroline Keating Reed (, Keating; died March 9, 1954) was an American pianist and music teacher. In 1903, she published ''Rudiments and technique for the piano''. Early life and education Caroline (nickname, "Carrie") Morton Keating was born i ...
(?–1954), United States


Born after 1900

* John Reed (art patron) (1901–1981), Australia Husband and wife: John 1901 and Sunday 1905 *
Sykes Reed Wallace Sykes Reed (December 14, 1904 – March 21, 1972) was an American basketball player and dentist, best known for his All-American college career at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). Sykes came from Braddock, Pennsylvania, where he pl ...
(1904–1972), United States * Victor Joseph Reed (1905–1971), United States * Evelyn Reed (1905–1979), United States * Sunday Reed (1905–1981), Australia, ''née'' Baillieu *
Carol Reed Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for '' Odd Man Out'' (1947), '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948), '' The Third Man'' (1949), and '' Oliver!'' (1968), for which he was awarded th ...
(1906–1976), England, took maternal surname rather than paternal (Tree)Uncle and nephew, Carol 1906 and Oliver 1938 *
Cyril Reed Cyril Norman Reed (10 July 1906 – 6 July 1991) was an Indian born cricketer who in addition to playing ten first-class matches in India between 1928 and 1948,
(1906–1991), India, emigrated to England *
Phillip Reed Phillip Reed (born Milton LeRoy; March 25, 1908 – December 7, 1996) was an American actor. He played Steve Wilson in a series of four films (1947–1948) based on the '' Big Town'' radio series. Early years Reed was a star athlete at Era ...
(1908–1996), United States (actor) * Albert Reed Jr. (1910–1990), United States * H. Owen Reed (1910–2014), United States * Henry Reed (poet) (1914–1986), England *
Enrique Reed Enrique Reed Valenzuela (15 August 1915 – 11 May 1958) was a Chilean chess player, Chilean Chess Championship winner (1932). Biography Enrique Reed was a Chilean chess prodigy. In 1927, in Santiago he lost in a fifty move game against Alex ...
(1915–1958), Chile *
Janet Reed Janet Reed (September 15, 1916 – February 28, 2000) was an American ballerina and ballet mistress. She danced with San Francisco Ballet from 1937 to 1941 as leading ballerina. Reed worked with Ballet Theatre from 1943 to 1947 and then with New ...
(1916–2000), United States * Walter Reed (actor) (1916–2001), United States * Ola Belle Reed (1916–2002), United States *
John Reed (actor) John Lamb Reed, OBE (13 February 1916 – 13 February 2010) was an English actor, dancer and singer, known for his nimble performances in the principal comic roles of the Savoy opera, Savoy Operas, particularly with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Comp ...
(1916–2010), England *
Stanley Foster Reed Stanley Foster Reed (1917–2007) was an entrepreneur, inventor, and publisher who founded Reed Research Inc. in 1940, the journal Mergers & Acquisitions in 1965, and the magazine Campaigns & Elections in 1980. Biography Reed was born in Bogot ...
(1917–2007), United States * Maxwell Reed (1919–1974), Ireland *
Paul Reed (artist) Paul (Allen) Reed (March 28, 1919 – September 26, 2015) was an American artist most associated with the Washington Color School and Color Field Painting. Biography At the time of his death in 2015 Reed was the last living member of the Washi ...
(1919–2015), United States * Alfred Reed (1921–2005), United States * John H. Reed (born 1921), United States * Lucy Reed (1921–1998), United States (jazz singer) *
Irving S. Reed Irving Stoy Reed (November 12, 1923 – September 11, 2012) was an American mathematician and engineer. He is best known for co-inventing a class of algebraic error-correcting and error-detecting codes known as Reed–Solomon codes in collabora ...
(1923–2012), United States *
Theresa Greene Reed Theresa Wilhelmina Green Reed (December 9, 1923 – July 10, 2017) was an American physician and epidemiologist. Reed worked as a staff and public health physician for around 18 years at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital. Later, she went to the Fo ...
(1923–2017), United States * Jack Reed (born 1924), United States Mississippi politician *
Jimmy Reed Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), " ...
(1925–1976), United States blues musician * Carol Reed (weather broadcaster) (c. 1926 – 1970), United States *
Ian Reed Ian Manley Reed (13 July 1927 – 7 August 2020) was a discus thrower, who represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event. He was born in Victoria. ...
(born 1927), Australia * David E. Reed (1927–1990), United States * Barry Reed (1927–2002), United States * Betty Lou Reed (1927–2011), United States * Billy Reed (1928–2003), Wales * Clarke Reed (born 1928), United States * Whitney Reed (1932–2015), United States *
Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as th ...
(1932–1992), United States, born with the name "Rietz" * Jack Reed (baseball) (born 1933), United States *
Donald H. Reed Jr. Donald H. Reed Jr. (February 28, 1933 – November 1996) was an American politician who served as a Republican member for the 76th district of the Florida House of Representatives. Reed was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and moved to Florida i ...
(born 1933), United States * Thomas C. Reed (born 1934), United States *
Les Reed (songwriter) Leslie David Reed (24 July 1935 – 15 April 2019) was an English songwriter, arranger, musician and light-orchestra leader. His major songwriting partners were Gordon Mills, Barry Mason, and Geoff Stephens, although he wrote songs with man ...
(1935–2019), England *
Julian Reed Julian Alexander Arnott Reed (January 27, 1936 – January 6, 2022) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985 representing the riding of Halton—Burlington. ...
(born 1936), Canada * Howie Reed (1936–1984), United States * Hub Reed (born 1936), United States * Laurance Reed (born 1937), 2 England, Terence James Reed *
Jerry Reed Jerry Reed Hubbard (March 20, 1937 – September 1, 2008) was an American singer, guitarist, composer, and songwriter as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His signature songs included " Guitar Man", "U.S. Male", " A Thi ...
(1937–2008), United States country musician * Dean Reed (1938–1986), United States, permanently settled in East Germany in 1973 *
Oliver Reed Robert Oliver Reed (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999) was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his ...
(1938–1999), England , English actor * Rex Reed (born 1938), United States * Ishmael Reed (born 1938), United States (African American) * George Reed (Canadian football), George Reed (born 1939), 2 United States, John S. Reed * Leo Reed (1939–2022), United States, labor leader * Fred A. Reed (born 1939), Canada * Herbert Reed (British Army soldier) (died 1940), England * Betty Reed (1941–2022), United States * Tracy Reed (English actress) (1942–2012), England ''née'' Pelissier * Willis Reed (born 1942), United States (African American) * Lou Reed (1942–2013), United States musician * Michael C. Reed (born 1942), 2 United States, mathematician, Ron Reed * Bob Reed (football), Bob Reed (born 1943), United States * David Reed (politician) (born 1945), United Kingdom * Rosalie A. Reed (born 1945), United States, veterinarian * Alvin Reed (born 1944), 2 United States, Oscar Reed * Francine Reed (born 1947), United States (African American) * Chuck Reed (born 1948), 2 United States, Joe Reed (quarterback), Joe Reed * Tracy Reed (American actress) (born 1949), United States (African American) * Caitriona Reed (born 1949), 4 United States, Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician), Jack Reed, Pamela Reed, Stephen R. Reed


Born after 1950

* Rick Reed (umpire) (born 1950), United States * Jeremy Reed (writer) (born 1951), England * Les Reed (football coach) (born 1952), England * David P. Reed (born 1952), United States * Joan Reed (born 1952), England * Les Reed (football manager), Les Reed (born 1952), English football coach and former manager of Charlton Athletic * Ann Reed (born 1954), 3 United States, Butch Reed, Frank Reed (singer) * Jerry Reed (baseball) (born 1955), 3 United States, Kevin Reed, Mark Reed (physicist) * Preston Reed (born 1955), United States, emigrated to Scotland * Robert Reed (author) (born 1956), 2 United States, Shanna Reed * Alyson Reed (born 1958), United States * Doug Reed (born 1960), United States * Ralph Reed (born 1961), United States * Donald G. Reed (born 1961), United States * Lewis E. Reed (born 1962), United States (politician Saint Louis Mo.) * Jeff Reed (baseball) (born 1962), 2 United States, Jody Reed * Dizzy Reed (born 1963), United States * James A. Reed (entrepreneur) (born 1963), England * Andy Reed (politician) (born 1964), England * Andre Reed (born 1964), 3 United States, Peyton Reed, Rick Reed (pitcher) * Steve Reed (baseball) (born 1965), United States * Jake Reed (American football) (born 1967), United States * Rodney Reed (born 1967), United States * John Reed (novelist) (born 1969), United States * Eric Reed (musician) (born 1970), United States * Killah Priest (born 1970), United States, born "Walter Reed" * Adam Reed (born 1970), United States * Kira Reed (born 1971), United States * Brett Reed (born 1972), United States * Tayo Reed (born 1973), United States * Jamie Reed (born 1973), England * Tanoai Reed (born 1974), United States * Adam Reed (footballer, born 1975) (born 1975), England * Brandy Reed (born 1977), 2 United States, James Reed (American football), James Reed * Martin Reed (born 1978), England * Dave L. Reed (born 1978), 3 United States, Ed Reed, Jennie Reed * Jeff Reed (American football) (born 1979), 3 United States, Natina Reed, Travis Reed * Eric Reed (baseball), Eric Reed (born 1980), 2 United States, Tatum Reed * Brandon Reed (born 1980), United States (Kentucky politician) * Josh Reed (born 1980), United States * Jeremy Reed (born 1981), United States * Gary Reed (athlete) (born 1981), United States, emigrated to Canada * Pete Reed (born 1981), United States, emigrated to United Kingdom * Rayshun Reed (born 1981), United States * J. R. Reed (American football, born 1982), United States, American football * Justin Reed (born 1982), United States * Chad Reed (born 1982), Australia * David Reed (comedian) (born 1982), United Kingdom * Kate Reed (born 1982), United Kingdom, long-distance runner * Tyler Reed (born 1982), United States * Eric Reed (soccer player) (born 1983), United States * Kerry Reed (born 1984), United States * Stephen Reed (footballer) (born 1985), England * Albert Reed (model), Albert Reed (born 1985), United States * Crystal Reed (born 1985), United States * Jamie Reed (footballer) (born 1987), England * Cathy Reed (born 1987), United States, emigrated to JapanSiblings: Cathy 1987 and Chris 1989 * Harrison Reed (ice hockey) (born 1988), Canada * Jack Reed (rugby league) (born 1988), England * Michael Reed (cricketer), Michael Reed (born 1988), England * Nikki Reed (born 1988), United States * Chris Reed (figure skater), Chris Reed (born 1989), United States, emigrated to Japan * Tucker Reed (born 1989), United States, Blogger, author, journalist and feminist activist * Dominic Reed (born 1990), England * Patrick Reed (born 1990), United States * Trovon Reed (born 1990), United States * Taylor Reed (born 1991), United States * Jake Reed (baseball) (born 1992), United States * Jarran Reed (born 1992), United States * A. J. Reed (born 1993), United States * D. J. Reed (born 1996), United States * Malik Reed (born 1996), United States * Jennifer Clyburn Reed, United States


Living with unknown birth year

* United Kingdom2 (living) Julia Reed, Mark Reed (figure skater) * United States24 (living) Daniel A. Reed (computer scientist), Darrell Reed, Edward Reed (coach), Gary Reed (comics), John T. Reed, John Shedd Reed, Lawrence Reed, Lowell Reed, Pam Reed, Phil Reed, Ralph Reed (American Express), Sam Reed, Susan Reed (district attorney), Thell Reed (Shooter), Tracy Reed (writer) * United States (living) Raphew Reed Jr, Leon Reed


Compound surnames

* Davis-Reed: United States (living) Timothy Davis-Reed


Pseudonyms and aliases

* Donald Reed (actor), Donald Reed (1901–1973), Mexico, born "Ernesto Avila Guillen", emigrated to the United States * United States ** Alan Reed (1907–1977), born "Teddy Bergman" ** Donna Reed (1921–1986), born "Donnabelle Mullenger" ** B. Mitchel Reed (1926–1983), born "Burton Mitchel Goldberg" ** Alaina Reed Hall (born 1946), sometimes billed as "Alaina Reed" (African American) ** Alto Reed (living), American saxophonist


Fictional characters

* Australian television: Shannon Reed, Curtis Reed (Home and Away), Reed (''Home and Away'') * Japanese anime and manga: Clow Reed, Kazana Reed, Fei-Wang Reed, Lucy Reed * English literature: surname of Jane Eyre's aunt's family in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre * United States television: Curtis Reed (Days of our Lives), Curtis Reed, Billie Reed, Austin Reed (fiction), Lauren Reed, Malcolm Reed (Star Trek), Malcolm Reed, Jonathan Reed (African American), Victor Newman and Nikki Reed, Nikki Reed Fulton Reed (mighty duck's), Reed (Andi Mack) * Scott Reed, a character in the Netflix series ''13 Reasons Why'' * Webcomics: Sven Bianchi, Marten Reed from ''Questionable Content''


Reed as a given name

"Reed" is an uncommon male and female given name. In the United States, "Reed" fluctuated among ranks of 400th to 1100th from 1881 through 2006, showing peaks in 1995 (rank 414) and 1949 (417) and a nadir in 1886 (1079). Information for other countries has insufficient depth to detect use of "Reed" as a given name.This refers to Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales


Born after 1800

* United States ** Reed Smoot (1862–1941) ** Reed A. Albee (1886–1961) ** Reed F. Cutler (1887–1964) ** Reed Chambers (1894–1972)


Born after 1900

* United States ** (1911–1974) Reed Hadley ** (1911–2002) Reed Green ** (1917–1986) Reed Sarratt ** (1917–1982) Reed Crandall ** (1922–2004) Reed Irvine ** (born c. 1942) Reed Wickner * Canada (born 1945) Reed Elley * United States2 (born 1948) Reed Hundt, Reed V. Hillman * United States2 (born 1949) Reed Waller, Reed Slatkin


Born after 1950

* United States ** (born 1956) Reed Larson ** (born 1963) Reed Pierce ** (born 1964) Reed Gershwind ** (born 1967) Reed Diamond ** (born 1972) Reed Cowan ** (born 1976) Reed Johnson * Canada (born 1976) Reed Low * United States ** (born 1980) Reed Gusciora ** (born 1982) Reed Doughty ** (born 1994) Reed Alexander ** (born 1999) Reed Blankenship


Living with unknown birth year

* United States Reed Arvin, American record producer * United States Reed Shuldiner, American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School


Pseudonyms and aliases

* United States ** Reed Cowan (born "Darrin Reed Cowan") ** Reed Erickson (born "Rita Alma Erickson") ** Reed Ghazala (born "Qubais Reed Ghazala") ** Reed Hastings (born "Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr.") ** Reed Sorenson (born "Bradley Reed Sorenson") ** Reed Whittemore (born "Edward Reed Whittemore Jr.")


Fictional characters

* United States television: Reed Adamson (''Grey's Anatomy'') * United States television: Reed Garrett (CSI: NY), Reed Pollock, Fresh Beat Band of Spies, Reed (''Fresh Beat Band of Spies'') * United States comics: Reed Richards


See also

* Reed (disambiguation) * Read (surname) * Reid, about the surname * Reid (disambiguation), about the given name * Reade (name), given name and surname * Rede (disambiguation) * Rhead


Human name disambiguation pages

* Adam Reed (disambiguation) * Alex Reed (disambiguation) * Andrew Reed (disambiguation) * Daniel Reed (disambiguation) * David Reed (disambiguation) * Donald Reed (disambiguation) * Edward Reed (disambiguation) * Henry Reed (disambiguation) * J. R. Reed (disambiguation) * Jack Reed (disambiguation) * James Reed (disambiguation) * Jeff Reed (disambiguation) * Joe Reed (disambiguation) * John Reed (disambiguation) * Joseph Reed (disambiguation) * Mark Reed (disambiguation) * Paul Reed (disambiguation) * Peter Reed (disambiguation) * Robert Reed (disambiguation) * Steve Reed (disambiguation) * Tom Reed (disambiguation) * Thomas Reed (disambiguation) * Tracy Reed (disambiguation) * Vivian Reed (disambiguation) * Walter Reed (disambiguation) * William Reed (disambiguation)


Notes


References

* * * * United States Census Bureau, US Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100). Retrieved on 24 February 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed (Name) Surnames Masculine given names Surnames of English origin English-language surnames Surnames of British Isles origin Surnames from nicknames