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* [[Matthew Rees]], Wales and British Lions rugby union international |
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* [[Merlyn Rees]] (1920–2006), British Labour party politician and minister |
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* [[Morgan Rees]], (born 1988) English economist and solcialist campaigner |
* [[Morgan Rees]], (born 1988) English economist and solcialist campaigner |
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* [[Nathan Rees]], (born 1968) Australian politician with the Labor Party, and Premier of New South Wales |
* [[Nathan Rees]], (born 1968) Australian politician with the Labor Party, and Premier of New South Wales |
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* [[Nigel Rees]] (born 1944), English writer and broadcaster |
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* [[Nigel Rees (footballer)]] (born 1953), Welsh footballer |
* [[Nigel Rees (footballer)]] (born 1953), Welsh footballer |
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* [[Peter Rees]] (born 1926), British Conservative party politician |
* [[Peter Rees]] (born 1926), British Conservative party politician |
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* [[Robin Rees]] (Born 1996), Swedish player |
* [[Robin Rees]] (Born 1996), Swedish player |
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* [[Ronnie Rees]], Welsh international footballer |
* [[Ronnie Rees]], Welsh international footballer |
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* [[Roger Rees]] (born 1944), British-American actor |
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* [[William Rees (academic)]] (born 1943) |
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* [[William Rees (veterinarian)]], Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from August 1980 to May 1988 |
* [[William Rees (veterinarian)]], Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from August 1980 to May 1988 |
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* [[William Gilbert Rees]] (1827–1898), explorer, surveyor, and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand |
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* ''[[Rees's Cyclopaedia]]'', a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, particularly rich in coverage of science and technology |
* ''[[Rees's Cyclopaedia]]'', a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, particularly rich in coverage of science and technology |
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* [[Otway-Rees protocol]], a computer network authentication protocol |
* [[Otway-Rees protocol]], a computer network authentication protocol |
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* [[Rees River]], a river in New Zealand |
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Rees /ˈriːs/[1] is a Welsh name that traces back to the ancient Celts known as the Britons.[citation needed] The surname was first recorded in Carmarthenshire, and is derived from the personal name Rhys.
It may refer to one of these people:
- Abraham Rees (1743–1825), compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia
- Alan Rees, British Formula One driver
- Aneurin Rees (1858–1932), Wales rugby union international
- Angharad Rees (born 1949), British actress
- Billy Rees (1924–1996), Welsh international footballer
- Brinley Rees (1919–2004), British classicist
- Celia Rees, British author
- Clive Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Dai Rees (born 1913), Welsh golfer
- Damian Rees (born 1978), Welsh composer
- Dan Rees, Welsh international rugby player
- David Benjamin Rees, Welsh publisher, author and preacher
- David Rees (cartoonist) (born 1972), U.S. cartoonist
- Don Rees, warden of Hugh Stewart Hall in the University of Nottingham for 29 years
- Elgan Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Elmer Rees, British geometer
- Fernando Rees (born 1985), Brazilian autoracing driver
- Gareth Rees (motorsport commentator), (born 1969) Welsh motorsport commentator
- Gareth Rees (rugby player) (born 1967), Canadian rugby union player
- Geraint Rees, British neurologist and neuroscientist
- Goronwy Rees (1909-1979), Welsh journalist, academician, memoirist, and Soviet spy
- Grover Rees, III (born 1951), U.S. judge and diplomat
- Jason Rees (disambiguation)
- Jean Rees (1914–2004), British artist
- Jeremy Rees (1937–2003), British arts administrator
- Jeremy Rees (Radio Presenter), Welsh broadcaster
- Jerry Rees, U.S. animator and film director
- John Rees (journalist), U.S. journalist
- John Rees (UK politician), British Trotskyist politician
- John Rawlings Rees (1890–1969), British psychiatrist
- Idwal Rees(1910–1991), Wales rugby union captain
- Ivor Rees (1893–1967), Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Katie Rees, a former American beauty queen
- Leighton Rees (born 1940), Welsh darts player
- Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees (1884–1955), Welsh World War I flying ace
- Lloyd Rees (1895–1988), Australian landscape painter
- Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (born 1942), British Astronomer Royal
- Matt Rees, (born 1967) Welsh novelist
- Matthew Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Merlyn Rees (1920–2006), British Labour party politician and minister
- Morgan Rees, (born 1988) English economist and solcialist campaigner
- Nathan Rees, (born 1968) Australian politician with the Labor Party, and Premier of New South Wales
- Nigel Rees (born 1944), English writer and broadcaster
- Nigel Rees (footballer) (born 1953), Welsh footballer
- Peter Rees (born 1926), British Conservative party politician
- Robin Rees (Born 1996), Swedish player
- Ronnie Rees, Welsh international footballer
- Roger Rees (born 1944), British-American actor
- Ronnie Rees (born 1944), Welsh footballer
- Stuart Rees, director of the Sydney Peace Foundation
- Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister) (1777–1864), Welsh Unitarian minister and scholar
- Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth) (c. 1806–1876; also known as Twm Carnabwth), Welsh leader of the Rebecca Riots
- Thomas Rees (Congregational minister) (1815–1885), Welsh Congregationalist minister
- Thomas Ifor Rees (1890–1977), Welsh diplomat and translator
- Tom Rees (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player
- Tommy Rees (1904–1968), Welsh dual-code rugby player
- Trevor Rees-Jones, billionaire, president and CEO of Chief Oil & Gas
- Trevor Rees-Jones (born 1968), British bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales
- Thomas Wynford Rees (1898–1959), British soldier in the British Indian Army
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802–1883), writer
- William Rees (cinematographer) (1904–1961)
- William James Rees (1913–1967), British hydroid and cephalopod researcher
- William Rees (academic) (born 1943)
- William Rees (veterinarian), Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from August 1980 to May 1988
- William Gilbert Rees (1827–1898), explorer, surveyor, and early settler in Central Otago, New Zealand
Rees might also mean:
- Rees, Germany, a city on the lower Rhine
- Rees's Cyclopaedia, a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, particularly rich in coverage of science and technology
- Otway-Rees protocol, a computer network authentication protocol
- Rees River, a river in New Zealand
See also
Joe Francise Rees
References
- ^ Wells, John (5 January 2010). "Rees, Rhys". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
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