Reid

Reid
Family name
Region of origin	Scotland, and Ireland
Footnotes:

Reid is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, and is the 90th most common surname in the UK. It may refer to:

• Reid Caldwell, Species undefined.
• Reid, Australian Capital Territory, inner suburb of Canberra, Australia
• Reid technique, a method of interrogation
• Reid Rocks, small rocky islet in western Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia
• Division of Reid, a Sydney electorate in the Australian House of Representatives
• USS Reid, the name of various United States Navy ships
• USS Beverly W. Reid (DE-722), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)
• USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947 and from 1967 to 1969

Reid is the surname of:

• Alan Reid (disambiguation)
• Alex Reid (disambiguation)
• Andy Reid (born 1958), head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles
• Antonio Reid, record executive
• Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
• Billy Reid (Irish republican) (1939–1971), volunteer and Staff Officer in C Company, Third Battalion of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
• Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
• Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
• Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
• Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
• Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
• Christopher "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
• Constance Reid (1918–2010), mathematical author
• Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
• Daphne Reid, American actress
• David Reid (disambiguation)
• Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
• Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
• Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
• Elizabeth Jesser Reid (1789–1866), British social reformer and founder of Bedford College
• Fiona Reid (born 1951), Canadian actress
• Forrest Reid (1875–1947), British novelist
• Frances Reid (1914–2010), American daytime television actress
• George Reid (Australian politician) (1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• George Reid (Scottish politician) (born 1939), Scottish politician
• George Croghan Reid (1876–1961), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Gordon Reid (governor) (1923–1989), former Governor of Western Australia
• Gordon Reid (actor) (1939–2003), Scottish actor
• Harry Reid (born 1939), Nevada Senator and Senate Majority Leader
• Harry Fielding Reid (1859–1944), American geophysicist
• Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
• Jamie Reid (born 1947), British artist
• Jamie Reid (born 1947), Irish republican
• Jamie Reid (swimmer) (born 1983), American backstroke swimmer
• John Reid (UK politician), British politician
• Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
• Lydia Reid, American politician
• Margaret Reid (born 1935), first woman to be President of the Australian Senate
• Marion Loretta Reid (born 1929), Canadian provincial politician
• Mike Reid (golfer) (born 1954), Canadian golfer
• Mike Reid (entertainer) (1940–2007), British entertainer
• Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
• Patrick Reid (disambiguation)
• Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
• Pierre Reid (born 1948), Canadian politician
• Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
• Richard Reid (shoe bomber) (born 1973), shoebomber terrorist
• →Robert Reid (disambiguation)
• Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
• Robert James Reid (born 1931), a famous American lineman
• Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1929), an American impressionist painter
• Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, Liberal politician in the United Kingdom
• Ross Reid (born 1952), Canadian politician
• Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
• Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
• Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student who died of drug overdose
• Scott Reid (politician) (born 1964), Conservative Party of Canada MP
• Scott Reid (political advisor), advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
• Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
• Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
• T.R. Reid, American journalist, author, documentary film correspondent
• Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
• Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
• Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
• Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
• Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
• Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
• Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
• Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American journalist and politician
• Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer

Fictional characters

• Elliot Reid a character on the TV show Scrubs
• Dr. Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show Criminal Minds
• Reid Hershel, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia

See also

• Reed (disambiguation)

Similar surnames

these are not necessarily related, but are similar in pronunciation or spelling

• Reed (name)
• Read (surname)
• Reade