Keith (given name)
Keith (pronounced keeth, /'ki:θ/), as a forename is a transferred use of the Scottish surname. The surname probably originally meant woodland, or forest. [1] Keith was the 277th most common name given to newborn boys in the United States in [2006]. [2]
Television and film
- Keith David, American actor
- Keith Carradine, American actor
- Keith Chegwin, British television presenter
- Keith Coogan, American actor
- Keith Wilkinson (reporter) British TV reporter
- Keith Olbermann, Countdown with Keith Olbermann
- Keith Szarabajka, American actor
Music
- Keith Adkins, American Rock Guitarist/Vocalist, fron Cincinnati, OH.
- Keith Caputo, U.S. vocalist, best known for his work with the band Life of Agony
- Keith Flint, member of British electronica band The Prodigy
- Keith Jarrett, American jazz pianist
- Keith Jolie, Canadian Singer Songwriter
- Keith Lamb (musician), Australian singer and songwriter
- Keith Moon, British musician
- Keith Murray (rap), American hip hop artist
- Keith Novak, a musician from Milford, PA.
- Keith Murray (rock), American musician
- Keith Richards, British musician
- Keith Relf, British singer
- Keith Sweat, American R&B singer
- Keith Urban, Country music singer
Sports
- Keith Tkachuk,American hockey player in the St. Louis Blues
- Keith Carney, American hockey player in the Minnesota Wild
- Keith Van Horn, American basketball player in the Dallas Mavericks
- 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 Miller, Australian cricketer
- Keith Olbermann, American journalist and sportscaster
- Kieth Odor, British racing driver
Other
- Keith Anderson,Mondern day American
- Keith Douglas, War poet from World War II
- Keith Haring, American artist
- Keith Harris, British ventriloquist
- Keith Henson, an American electrical engineer and writer on life extension, cryonics, memetics and evolutionary psychology
- Keith Mant, British forensic pathologist
- Keith Ridgway, Irish writer
- Keith Ly, British Chinese film director and pianist
- Keith A. Hill, Canadian inventor
- Keith A. Williams, an American author
- Keith Malley, Star of the popular internet podcast Keith and the Girl, comedian
References
- ^ Hanks, P; Hardcastle, K.; & Hodges, F. (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press.
- ^ http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/