Reid
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| Region of origin | Scotland |
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Reid is a surname of Scottish origin,[2] and is the 90th most common surname in the UK.[1] It may refer to:
People with the surname Reid:
Alan Reid (Born 1950), Jockey in South Africa and winner of July Handicap
- Alex Reid (disambiguation)
- Andy Reid (disambiguation)
- Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
- 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
- Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan 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)
- Don Reid (disambiguation)
- Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
- Duncan Reid (born 1989), Hong Kong basketball player
- Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
- 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
- Frank H. Reid (1844 or 1850-1898), American soldier, teacher, engineer, and surveyor
- Geordie Reid, Scottish footballer
- 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 Minority 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
- Jim Reid (born 1961), musician, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
- John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, 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
- Margaret G. Reid (1896-1991), Economist
- Marion Reid (born 1929), Canadian provincial politician
- Matt Reid (baseball), American college baseball coach
- Mike Reid (golfer) (born 1954), Canadian golfer
- Mike Reid (actor) (1940–2007), British actor and comedian
- Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
- Neil E. Reid (1871-1956), American jurist
- 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 (born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
- 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
- Samuel Reid (disambiguation)
- Scott Reid (politician) (born 1964), Conservative Party of Canada MP
- Scott Reid (political advisor), advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
- Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
- Stefen Reid (born 1972), Canadian football player
- 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
- Victor Stafford Reid (1913-1987), Jamaican writer
- Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
- William Reid (born 1958), musician, guitarrist of The Jesus and Mary Chain
- Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American journalist and politician
- Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer
- Fictional characters:
- Britt Reid, secret identity of the Green Hornet
- Elliot Reid a character on the TV show Scrubs
- F. X. Reid, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
- John Reid, better known as the Lone Ranger
- Dr. Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show Criminal Minds
Reid as a given name:
- Reid Anderson, jazz bassist
- Fictional characters:
- Reid Hershel, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia
Reid in other uses:
- Reid, Australian Capital Territory, inner suburb of Canberra, Australia
- Reid, West Virginia
- Reid camera, manufactured by Reid and Sigrist, based on Leica designs
- 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
- The Reid vapor pressure, a measure of the volatility of gasoline
- 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
- Utica Avenue, in Brooklyn, New York City; the northern portion was formerly Reid Avenue
- Reid Hamilton, a very influential latino activist from the Chicano movement
See also
- Reed (disambiguation)
- Read (disambiguation)
- Reid's, a hotel in Funchal, Madeira
- Reed (name)
- Read (surname)
- Reade
- Rhead
References
- ^ a b "Reid Surname Meaning and Geographic Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014
- ^ "Reid coat of arms, family crest and Reid family history". Irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
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