Reid

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Reid
Origin
Region of originScotland

Reid is a surname of Scottish origin.[1] It means "red".[2]

People with the surname[]

  • Alan Reid (disambiguation)
  • Alex Reid (disambiguation), includes Alexander Reid
  • Amy Sanderson née Reid (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
  • Andy Reid (disambiguation), includes Andrew Reid
  • Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
  • Anthony Reid (academic), historian of Southeast Asia
  • Antonio Reid, record executive
  • Arizona Reid (born 1986), Israeli National League basketball player
  • Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
  • Bevis Reid (1919–1997), British athlete
  • Billy Reid (disambiguation)
  • Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
  • Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
  • Bruce Reid (disambiguation)
  • Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan cricketer
  • Carl Reid, Canadian Roman Catholic priest
  • Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
  • Charles Reid (disambiguation)
  • Charlie Reid (disambiguation)
  • Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
  • Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
  • Christopher Reid (entertainer), aka "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
  • Christopher Reid (swimmer) (born 1996), South African competitor 2016 Olympics
  • Clarence Reid (1939–2016), American musician, songwriter, and record producer, also known as Blowfly
  • Cliff Reid (1891–1959), American film producer
  • Constance Reid (1918–2010), mathematical author
  • Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
  • Dallas Reid (born 1993), American voice actor
  • Daniel G. Reid (1858 – 1925), American industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
  • Damion Reid (born 1979), American drummer
  • Daphne Reid, American actress
  • David Reid (disambiguation)
  • Derek Reid (1927–2006), British mycologist
  • 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
  • Eliza Reid (born 1976), Canadian-born writer and editor; First Lady of Iceland
  • Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
  • Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
  • Elizabeth Reid (disambiguation)
  • 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
  • Francis Reid (1900–1970), British army officer
  • Frank H. Reid (1844 or 1850–1898), American soldier, teacher, engineer, and surveyor
  • Frank Reid (disambiguation)
  • Geordie Reid, Scottish footballer
  • George Reid (disambiguation)
  • 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 (disambiguation)
  • Gordon Reid (actor) (1939–2003), Scottish actor
  • Gordon Reid (governor) (1923–1989), former Governor of Western Australia
  • Harry Reid (1939–2021), Nevada Senator and Senate Minority Leader
  • Harry Reid (disambiguation)
  • Harry Fielding Reid (1859–1944), American geophysicist
  • Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), American publisher
  • Henry Reid, UCLA employee involved in human tissue scandal
  • Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
  • Iain Reid (born c. 1980), Canadian writer
  • J. S. Reid (James Smith Reid, c. 1848–1922) Australian newspaper, mining and railways businessman
  • James Reid (disambiguation)
  • Jamie Reid (born 1947), British artist and anarchist
  • Jamie Reid (disambiguation)
  • Janice Reid (born 1947), Australian academic and medical anthropologist
  • Jen Reid, subject of Mark Quinn's sculpture A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020
  • Jim Reid (born 1961), musician, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
  • Joanne Reid (born 1992), American biathlete
  • John Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
  • John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, British politician
  • Joseph L. Reid (1923–2015), American oceanographer
  • Justin Reid (born 1997), American football player
  • Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
  • Laurie Reid (born 1964), American artist
  • Lawrence A. Reid, American linguist
  • Linda Reid (born 1959), Canadian politician
  • Lucien Reid (born 1993), British boxer
  • Lydia Reid, American politician
  • Lydia Reid (activist), activist for families with children who died as infants
  • Malcolm Reid (1857–1933), timber merchant and furniture retailer in South Australia
  • Margaret Reid (disambiguation)
  • Marion Reid (born 1929), Canadian provincial politician
  • Matt Reid (baseball), American college baseball coach
  • Matthew Reid (disambiguation)
  • Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), British children's writer
  • Mike Reid (disambiguation), includes Michael Reid
  • Mike Reid (actor) (1940–2007), British actor and comedian
  • Mike Reid (golfer) (born 1954), Canadian golfer
  • Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
  • Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player
  • Neil Reid (disambiguation), several people
  • Nicholas Reid (disambiguation)
  • Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), American publisher
  • Ogden Rogers Reid (1925–2019), American diplomat and politician
  • Patrick Reid (disambiguation)
  • Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
  • Peter Reid (born 1946), English Schoolteacher
  • Pierre Reid (1948–2021), Canadian politician
  • Rebecca Reid, British actress
  • Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
  • Richard Reid (born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
  • Richard Reid (disambiguation) includes Richie Reid
  • Riley Reid (born 1991), American pornographic actress
  • Robert Reid (disambiguation)
  • Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
  • Robert James Reid (born 1931), American lineman
  • Robert Reid (painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
  • Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, British Liberal politician
  • Ross Reid (politician) (born 1952), Canadian politician
  • Ross T. Reid (1832–1915), Australian pastoralist
  • Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
  • Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
  • Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student and manslaughter victim
  • Samuel Reid (disambiguation)
  • Scott Reid (political advisor), advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
  • Scott Reid (politician) (born 1964), Conservative Party of Canada MP
  • Sean Reid-Foley, American baseball player
  • 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
  • Susanna Reid (born 1970), English journalist and television presenter
  • T.R. Reid, American journalist, author and documentary film correspondent
  • Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
  • Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
  • Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
  • Thomas Reid (disambiguation)
  • Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
  • Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
  • Tim Reid (politician) (born 1936) Canadian politician
  • Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
  • Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987), Jamaican writer
  • Virginia Reid (1916–1955), first stage name of actress better known as Lynne Carver
  • Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
  • William Reid (disambiguation)
  • Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American diplomat, politician, and journalist
  • Whitelaw Reid (journalist) (1913–2009), American journalist and publisher
  • 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
  • Emma Reid, a character on the British soap opera Doctors
  • 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
  • Dr. Jonathan Reid, a character in the Vampyr video game
  • Fergus Reid, a character in multiple titles in the Wolfenstein video game series

Other uses[]

  • Reid Cameras, manufactured by Reid and Sigrist from 1951 to 1964
  • , australian bicycles brand founded in 2009

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Reid coat of arms, family crest and Reid family history". Irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
  2. ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 88. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.
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