Reid is a surname of
Scottish origin.
It means "red".
People with the surname
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Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895–1977), British politician
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Alan Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alex Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alexander Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alexandra Reid (born 1992), American singer
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Amanda Reid (born 1996), Australian Paralympic athlete
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Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australian biologist
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Amy Sanderson née Reid (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
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Andrew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Andy Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Andy Reid (born 1958), American professional football coach
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Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
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Anne Cooke Reid (1907–1997), African American stage director and academic
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Anthony Reid (born 1957), British racing driver
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Anthony Reid (academic) (1939–2025), New Zealand-born Australian historian of Southeast Asia
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Antonio Reid (born 1956), American record executive
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Arizona Reid (born 1986), American international basketball player
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Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
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Bevis Reid (1919–1997), British athlete
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Billy Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
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Bruce Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
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Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Carl Reid (born 1950), Canadian Roman Catholic priest
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Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
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Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born 1942), American academic administrator
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Catherine Reid, New Zealand paleontologist
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Charles Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Charlie Reid (disambiguation) multiple people
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Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
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Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
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Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
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Christopher Reid (entertainer) (born 1964), aka "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
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Christopher Reid (swimmer) (born 1996), South African competitor 2016 Olympics
* Clarence Reid (1939–2016), American musician, songwriter, and record producer, also known as
Blowfly
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Cliff Reid (1891–1959), American film producer
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Constance Reid
Constance Bowman Reid (January 3, 1918 – October 14, 2010)
was the author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics. She received several awards for mathematical exposition. She was not a mathematician ...
(1918–2010), mathematical author
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Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
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Dallas Reid (born 1993), American voice actor
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Daniel G. Reid (1858 – 1925), American industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
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Damion Reid (born 1979), American drummer
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Daphne Reid (born 1948), American actress
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Darren Reid (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
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David Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Derek Reid (1927–2006), British mycologist
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Desmond Reid (born 2004), American football player
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Don Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Douglas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
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Duncan Reid (born 1989), Hong Kong basketball player
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Ebenezer Emmet Reid (1872–1973), American chemist
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Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
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Eliza Reid (born 1976), Canadian-born writer and editor; First Lady of Iceland
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Elliott Reid (1920–2013), American actor
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Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
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Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
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Elizabeth Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Fiona Reid (born 1951), Canadian actress
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Forrest Reid (1875–1947), British novelist
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Frances Reid (1914–2010), American daytime television actress
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Francis Reid (1900–1970), British army officer
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Frank Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Geordie Reid (1882–1960), Scottish footballer
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George Reid (disambiguation)
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George Reid (1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
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Gordon Reid (disambiguation) multiple people,
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Harry Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Harry Reid (1939–2021), American politician
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Hayden Reid (born 1978), New Zealand pastor and former rugby union player
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Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), American publisher
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Henry Reid
Henry Reid is the former director of UCLA’s Body donation, willed body program, who agreed to a plea deal in October 2008 for admitting his role along with a body broker to profit from lease-loaning donated anatomical material to outside corpora ...
, UCLA employee involved in human tissue scandal
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Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
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Iain Reid (born 1980), Canadian writer
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James Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jamie Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jamie Reid (1947–2023), British artist and anarchist
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Janice Reid (born 1947), Australian academic and medical anthropologist
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Jayden Reid (born 2001), English professional footballer
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Jayden Reid (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player
* Jen Reid, subject of Mark Quinn's sculpture ''
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020''
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Jim Reid (born 1961), musician, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
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Joani Reid, Scottish politician
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Joanne Reid (born 1992), American biathlete
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John Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, British politician
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Joseph L. Reid (1923–2015), American oceanographer
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Joy Reid (born 1968), American television journalist
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Justin Reid (born 1997), American football player
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Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
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Laurie Reid (born 1964), American artist
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Lawrence A. Reid, American linguist
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Linda Reid (born 1959), Canadian politician
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Lucien Reid (born 1993), British boxer
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Lydia Reid, American politician
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Lydia Reid (activist) (–2023), activist for families with children who died as infants
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Mabel Reid (died 1969), American Samoan politician
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Malcolm Reid (1857–1933), timber merchant and furniture retailer in South Australia
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Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952–2009), Argentine educator
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Margaret Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Marion Kirkland Reid (1815–1902), Scottish feminist writer
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Marion Reid
Marion Loretta Reid (; January 4, 1929 – June 22, 2023) was a Canadian politician who was the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, and the List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island#Lieutenant G ...
(1929–2023), Canadian provincial politician
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Marion Reid (scientist), British immunohaematologist
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Matthew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), British children's writer
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Michael Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mike Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
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Nancy Reid (born 1952), Canadian Theoretical Statististician
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Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player
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Neil Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Nicholas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), American publisher
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Ogden Rogers Reid (1925–2019), American diplomat and politician
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Patrick Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
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Pierre Reid (1948–2021), Canadian politician
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Poppy Reid, editor-in-chief of ''
The Music Network''
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Rebecca Reid, British actress
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Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
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Richard Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Richard Reid (born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
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Riley Reid (born 1991), American pornographic actress
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Robert Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
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Robert James Reid (born 1993), Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, model, record producer and record label executive
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Robert Reid (painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
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Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, British Liberal politician
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Ross Reid, multiple people
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Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
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Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
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Sally Reid, Scottish actress
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Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student and manslaughter victim
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Samuel Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Scott Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Sean Reid-Foley (born 1995), American baseball player
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Sophia Reid-Gantzert (born 2010), Canadian actress and dancer
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Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
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Stefen Reid (born 1972), Canadian football player
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Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
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Storm Reid (born 2003), US-American actor
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Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
* Susan Reid, birth name of
Hilda Koronel (born 1957), Filipino actress
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Susanna Reid (born 1970), English journalist and television presenter
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Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
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Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
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Thomas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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T.R. Reid, American journalist and author
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Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
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Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
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Tim Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
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Tim Reid (politician) (born 1936) Canadian politician
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Trevor Reid (1908–1965), English actor
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Trevor Reid (gridiron football) (born 2000), American football player
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Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
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Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987), Jamaican writer
* Virginia Reid (1916–1955), first stage name of actress better known as
Lynne Carver
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Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
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William Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American diplomat, politician, and journalist
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Whitelaw Reid (journalist) (1913–2009), American journalist and publisher
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Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer
Fictional characters
* Ashleigh Reid, a playable character known as Ash in ''
Apex Legends
''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...
''
* Britt Reid, secret identity of the
Green Hornet
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Elliot Reid, a character on the TV show ''Scrubs''
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Emma Reid, a character on the British soap opera ''Doctors''
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F. X. Reid, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
* Fergus Reid, a character in multiple titles in the ''
Wolfenstein'' video game series
* John Reid, better known as the
Lone Ranger
* Jonathan Reid, a character in the ''
Vampyr'' video game
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Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show ''Criminal Minds''
**Diana Reid, his mother
**William Reid, his father
See also
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Reed (name)
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Reid (disambiguation)
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Reidy
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Riedy
References
{{Red-surname
Surnames of Scottish origin
English-language surnames
Surnames from nicknames