Rea

REA or Rea may refer to:

Places

• Rea, Lombardy, in Italy
• Rea, Missouri, United States
• River Rea, a river in Birmingham, England
• River Rea, Shropshire, a river in Shropshire, England
• Rea, Hungarian name of Reea village in Totești Commune, Hunedoara County, Romania

Surname

• Baron Rea, a Peerage of the United Kingdom
  • Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea (1873–1948)
  • Philip Russell Rea, 2nd Baron Rea (1900–1981)
  • (John) Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea (born 1928)
• Carleton Rea (1861–1946), British mycologist
• Chris Rea (born 1951), English singer-songwriter
• Colin Rea (born 1990), American professional baseball pitcher
• George Rea (1894–1978), American banker and university president
• Gino Rea (born 1989), British motorcycle racer
• Herald Rea Cox (H. R. Cox) (1907–1986), American bacteriologist
• Christelle Joie Rea (1995-Present) Philippines (Filipino Citizen)
• Jackie Rea (1921–2013), Northern Irish snooker player
• James Rea Benson (1807–1885), Canadian businessman and politician from Ontario
• John Rea (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Rea (born 1987), Northern Irish motorcycle racer
• Paul Rea (born 1968), American radio and television reporter from Georgia
• Peggy Rea (1921–2011)[1], American actress
• Russell Rea (1846–1916), British ship-owner and politician
• Samuel Rea (1855–1929), American railroad executive
• Silvia Dimitrova Rea (born 1970), Bulgarian painter
• Stephen Rea (born 1946), Irish actor
• Steven Rea, American film critic
• Thomas Rea ((929–2016), American dermatologist
• Tony Rea, (born 1966), Australian rugby league coach
• William Rea (ironmaster) (1662–1750?), partner or manager of important English ironworks
• William Rea (real estate magnate) (1912–2006), of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Given name

• Rea Garvey (born 1973), Irish singer
• Rea Hraski (born 1992), Croatian alpine skier
• Rea Tajiri (born 1958), Japanese–American filmmaker
• Rea Wilmshurst (1941–1996), Canadian literary editor

Fictional characters

• Princess Rea, a character in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1950 play Romulus der Große ("Romulus the Great")

• Rea Masaki (正木 玲亜, Masaki Reia), a fictional character in the Tenchi Muyo! series and only a character in the OVA continuity
• T'Rea, a Vulcan priestess on Star Trek, mother of Sybok
• Rhea Silvia (also written as Rea Silvia), and also known as Ilia), the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome

Acronyms

• Railway Express Agency (1918–1975), a defunct American package delivery service
• Ralph Engelstad Arena, ice hockey venue at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota
• Reactive arthritis, inflammatory arthritis that develops in response to an infection in another part of the body
• Reggio Emilia approach, an educational philosophy
• Religious Education Association, American scholarly organization
• Renewable Energy Association, British trade association
• Research & Education Association, American publisher of test preparation materials and study guides
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010), an American horror film
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), am American horror film
• Resources, events, agents (accounting model), a theoretical model for computerized accounting
• Rules Enabling Act (1934), US law empowering Federal courts to create "Rules of Civil Procedure"
• Rural Electrification Administration (1932–1994), former name of the Rural Utilities Service, a US government agency
• Restrictive Early Action, a type of early action in American college admissions

Other

• Mens rea (Latin for "guilty mind"), a legal term
• Rea Award for the Short Story, an annual American and Canadian literary award
• Rhea (bird), sometimes misspelled "rea"
• Rea Magnet Wire, manufacturer of a broad range of magnet wire and other specialty wire