Keith

Keith was the surname of an ancient Scottish family who held the office of Knight Marischal and later Earl Marischal of Scotland. The common surname is derived from this family or the town of Keith in Morayshire.

Keith (pronounced keeth, /'ki:θ/), as a forename is of Scottish origin which means woodland, or forest.

Keith may refer to:

Places

• The Barony of Keith in East Lothian Scotland, its caput being Keith Marischal.

Business

• Alexander Keith, Canadian businessman
• Max Keith, German businessman

Television and film

• Brian Keith, American actor
• David Keith, American actor and director
• Keith (film), independent film directed by Todd Kessler
• Keith Carradine, American actor
• Keith Chegwin, British television presenter
• Keith Coogan, American actor
• Penelope Keith, British actress
• Richard Keith Berman, American television producer
• Keith Wilkinson (reporter) British TV reporter

Geography

• Keith, Moray, Scotland
• Keith, South Australia
• Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Music

• Keith (singer), U.S. vocalist
• Keith (band), British band
• Keith Flint, member of British electronica band The Prodigy
• Keith Jarrett, American jazz pianist
• Keith Moon, British musician
• Keith Murray (rap), American hip hop artist
• Keith Murray (rock), American musician
• Keith Richards, British musician
• Keith Sweat, American R&B singer
• Keith Urban, Country music singer
• Kool Keith, American hip hop artist
• Toby Keith, American country music singer
• Zak Keith, British musician

Sports

• Keith Barnes, Australian rugby league player for the Balmain Tigers
• Keith Beavers, Canadian backstroke and medley swimmer
• Keith Booth, American basketball player
• Keith Hernandez, American baseball player
• Keith Jackson, American sportscaster
• Keith Lee, American basketball player
• Keith Olbermann, American journalist and sportscaster

• Arthur Keith, Scottish anatomist and anthropologist
• Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons in the late 18th century
• Clan Keith, Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern and northwestern Scotland
• Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish military leader
• Keith Haring, American artist
• Keith Harris, British ventriloquist
• Keith number, integer that appears as a term in a linear recurrence relation with initial terms based on its own digits
• Keith Henson, an American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology.
• Keith Pickering, scientist and historian
• Keith A. Williams, an American author
• Keith Helfrich, A psychologyst, He is the Coolest person ever.File:Keith.jpeg