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The surname Keith has several origins. In some cases it is derived from
Keith
Keith may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters
* Keith (surname)
* Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949)
* Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons ...
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East Lothian
East Lothian (; sco, East Lowden; gd, Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
In 1975, the histo ...
, Scotland. In other cases the surname is originated from a
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
, derived from the
Middle High German
Middle High German (MHG; german: Mittelhochdeutsch (Mhd.)) is the term for the form of German spoken in the High Middle Ages. It is conventionally dated between 1050 and 1350, developing from Old High German and into Early New High German. High ...
''kīt'', a word meaning "sprout", "offspring".
List of persons with the surname
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Arthur Berriedale Keith
Arthur Berriedale Keith (5 April 1879 – 6 October 1944) was a Scottish constitutional lawyer, scholar of Sanskrit and Indologist. He became Regius Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology and Lecturer on the Constitution of the Briti ...
(1879–1944), Scottish constitutional lawyer and Sanskrit scholar
* Agnes Keith (disambiguation), several people
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Alan Keith
Alan Keith, OBE (born Alexander Kossoff; 19 October 1908 – 17 March 2003) was a British actor, disc jockey and radio presenter, noted for being the longest-serving and eldest presenter on British radio by the time of his death aged 94.
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R. Alexandra Keith
R. Alexandra (Alex) Keith (born 1968) is an American businesswoman, and CEO of Procter & Gamble's global beauty division.
Early life
Keith earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1989.
Career
Keith joi ...
(born 1967/1968), American businesswoman
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Allison Keith
Allison Keith-Shipp is an American voice actress who is best known for her English-dubbing work with ADV Films on anime movies and television series as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', in which she voiced the character Misato Katsuragi. Keith was i ...
(born 1974), American actor and voice actor
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Arthur Keith
Sir Arthur Keith FRS FRAI (5 February 1866 – 7 January 1955) was a British anatomist and anthropologist, and a proponent of scientific racism. He was a fellow and later the Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the R ...
(1866–1955), Scottish anatomist and anthropologist
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Arthur Keith (geologist)
Arthur Keith (September 30, 1864, St. Louis, Missouri – February 7, 1944, Silver Spring, Maryland) was an American geologist, who spent nearly 50 years in doing field studies involving mapping and describing the geological features of the Appa ...
(1864–1944), American geologist
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Ben Keith
Bennett Keith Schaeufele (March 6, 1937 – July 26, 2010), better known by his stage name Ben Keith, was an American musician and record producer. Known primarily for his work as a pedal steel guitarist with Neil Young, Keith was a fixture of ...
Ben E. Keith
The Ben E. Keith Company is an American distributor of food and beverage products founded in 1906. The company was originally named the Harkrider-Keith-Cooke Company but adopted its current name in 1931. It is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas an ...
, American businessman
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Benjamin Franklin Keith
Benjamin Franklin Keith (January 26, 1846 – March 26, 1914) was an American vaudeville theater owner, highly influential in the evolution of variety theater into vaudeville.
Biography
Early years
Keith was born in Hillsboro Bridge, New ...
Brian Keith
Brian Keith (born Robert Alba Keith, November 14, 1921 – June 24, 1997) was an American film, television, and stage actor who in his six-decade career gained recognition for his work in films such as the Disney family film '' The Parent T ...
(1921–1997), American actor
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Carl D. Keith Carl Donald Keith (May 29, 1920 – November 9, 2008) was a chemist who was inventor of the three-way catalytic converter, which has played a dramatic role in reducing pollution from motor vehicles since their introduction in the mid-1970s.
Keith w ...
(1920–2008), American chemist and inventor
* Charles A. Keith, American football, basketball and baseball coach
* Charles H. Keith, American music publisher
* Charles S. Keith (1873–1945), American businessman and politician
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Charlton Keith
Charlton Keith (born May 4, 1982) is a former American football linebacker. He was signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Kansas.
Keith was also a member of Cleveland Browns, Oakland Raide ...
(born 1982), American football player
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Craig Keith
Craig Carlton Keith (born April 27, 1971) is a former American football tight end who played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in ...
(born 1971), American football player
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Damon Keith
Damon Jerome Keith (July 4, 1922 – April 28, 2019) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern Distr ...
(1922–2019), American jurist
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David Keith David Keith may refer to:
* David Keith (novelist) (1906–1994), pen name of American scholar Francis Steegmuller
*David Keith (actor) (born 1954), American film and TV performer and director
*David Keith (physicist), Canadian-born Harvard Profess ...
(born 1954), American actor and director
* Donald Keith (author), pseudonym of an American writing team, Donald and Keith Monroe
* Donald R. Keith (1927–2004), United States Army general
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Duncan Keith
Duncan Keith (born July 16, 1983) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks and Edmonton Oilers. He won three Stanley Cup championships with Chicago in ...
(born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
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Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Ba ...
, born Eartha Keith (1927-2008), American singer and actress
* Eliza D. Keith (1854-1939), American educator, suffragist, journalist
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Elmer Keith
Elmer Merrifield Keith (March 8, 1899 – February 12, 1984) was an American rancher, firearms enthusiast, and author. Keith was instrumental in the development of the first magnum revolver cartridge, the .357 Magnum, as well as the later .44 M ...
(1899–1984), American firearm enthusiast
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Eoin Keith
Eoin Keith is an Irish ultramarathon runner who won the Spine Race, a winter run along the Pennine Way, in 2016, 2019 and 2022. His 2022 time for the race was 92:40:30 (3 days, 20 hr, 40.5 mins). Other achievements include winning a 170 km ...
, Irish ultramarathon runner
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Farley Keith
Farley may refer to:
People
* Farley (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
Places Antarctica
* Mount Farley
* Farley Massif
Australia
* Farley, New South Wales
* Farley railway station
England
* Farley, Derbyshire
* Farl ...
(born 1962), American music producer and disc jockey
* Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish military leader
Hamish Keith
Hamish Henry Cordy Keith (born 15 August 1936) is a New Zealand writer, art curator, arts consultant and social commentator.
Introduction
Keith has been writing about and working with the arts in New Zealand for almost half a century. He has ...
(born 1936), New Zealand art scholar
* Harold Keith (1903–1998), American author
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Harry Keith
Henry George Keith (1899–1982), known as Harry Keith, was a British forester and plant collector. Keith is credited with starting the process of large-scale conservation of the forests of North Borneo (now Sabah). In 1984 a new species of '' ...
Ian Keith
Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor.
Early years
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Keith grew up in Chicago. He was educated at the Francis Parker School there and played Hamlet in a school p ...
(1899–1960), American actor
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Isabelle Keith
Isabelle Keith (born Isobel Keep; May 27, 1898 – July 20, 1979) was an American actress.
Keith was born Isobel Keep on May 27, 1898, in Nebraska. She initially was billed under her birth name, but she changed her professional name to Isabell ...
Jeff Keith
Tesla is an American rock band from Sacramento, California. In late 1981, bassist Brian Wheat and guitarist Frank Hannon formed a band named City Kidd, which evolved into Tesla. By 1984, vocalist Jeff Keith, guitarist Tommy Skeoch, and drummer ...
(born 1958), American musician
* Jeremy Keith ( fl. 1990-2000s), British football club manager and owner
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Jim Keith
Jim Keith (September 21, 1949 – September 7, 1999) was an American author best known for the books "Black Helicopters Over America" and "The Octopus", co-written with Kenn Thomas, which details conspiracy theories around the death of report ...
(1949–1999), American author
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Joe Keith
Joe Keith (born 1 October 1978) is an English former Association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Colchester United F.C., Colchester United, Bristol City F.C., Bristol City, Leyton Orient F.C., Leyton Orient, Shrewsbury ...
Kenneth Keith
Sir Kenneth James Keith (born 19 November 1937) is a New Zealand judge. He was elected to the International Court of Justice in November 2005, serving a nine-year term during the years 2006 through 2015.
Keith was educated at the Auckland Gra ...
(born 1937), New Zealand jurist
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Kenneth Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre
Kenneth Alexander Keith, Baron Keith of Castleacre (30 August 1916 – 1 September 2004) was a British businessman and banker.
Keith was invested as a Knight in 1969Charles Mosley, editor, ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage,'' 107th edi ...
, British businessman
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Kenton Keith
Kenton Jermaine Keith (born July 14, 1980) is a former American football running back. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in 2003 Then the National Football League Colts (NFL) in 2007. He played ...
(born 1980), Canadian football player
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Kenton Keith (diplomat)
Kenton Wesley Keith (born November 12, 1939) is a former American career diplomat and ambassador to Qatar from 1992 to 1995. A U.S. Navy veteran, Keith also served as Senior Vice president of programming for the American Academy of Diplomacy. Amba ...
Kevin Keith
Kevin Keith (born December 18, 1963) is an American prisoner and former death row inmate from Ohio who was convicted of the 1994 triple-homicide that killed Marichell Chatman, her daughter Marchae, and Linda Chatman. In 2022, his case received ...
(born 1963), American prisoner
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Kool Keith
Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, known for his surreal, abstract and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool ...
Lierre Keith
Lierre Keith (; born 1964) is an American writer, Radical feminism, radical feminist, food activist, and Radical environmentalism, radical environmentalist.
Biography
Keith attended Brookline High School in Massachusetts. She began her public inv ...
(born 1964), American writer, radical feminist, food activist, and radical environmentalist
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Lisa Keith
Lisa Keith (born 1960) is an American contemporary/ pop singer, probably best known for her work as a backing vocalist for other artists and lead vocalist on Herb Alpert's hit single from 1987, " Making Love in the Rain". In 1993 she released her ...
* Marino Keith (born 1974), Scottish footballer
* Marlise Keith (born 1972), South African artist
* Matt Keith (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
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Max Keith
Max Keith (born c. 1903 , pronounced "kite") was a German businessman who was the head of Coca-Cola GmbH, the major bottler of Coca-Cola during the Nazi period of German history.
Keith began working at the German subsidiary of Coca-Cola in 1933, ...
( fl. 1930-1940s), German businessman with Coca-Cola Company
* Miguel Keith (1951–1970), American Marine posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
* Mike Keith (disambiguation), several people
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Minor C. Keith
Minor Cooper Keith (19 January 1848 – 14 June 1929) was an American businessman whose railroad, commercial agriculture, and cargo liner enterprises had a major impact on the national economies of the Central American countries, as well as on th ...
(1848–1929), American shipping and railroad businessman
Penelope Keith
Dame Penelope Anne Constance Keith, (née Hatfield; born 2 April 1940) is an English actress and presenter, active in film, radio, stage and television and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms '' The Good Life'' and ''To the Man ...
* Sam Keith (1921–2003), American author
* Sandra Keith (born 1980), Canadian Olympics athlete
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Shannon Keith
Shannon Keith is an American animal rights lawyer, activist, and documentary director/producer. She is the director of the Animal Liberation Front documentary, '' Behind the Mask: The Story Of The People Who Risk Everything To Save Animals''.
Back ...
( fl. 1990-2000s), American animal rights activist
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Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith (9 June 1920 – 14 October 2004) was a British character actress, active in theatre, films and TV. She was born to Scottish parents in London while they were visiting the city and brought up in Aberdeen, Scotland. Longing to act, ...
(1920–2004), British television and film actress
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Slim Keith
Nancy "Slim" Keith, Lady Keith (born Mary Raye Gross; July 15, 1917 – April 6, 1990) was an American socialite and fashion icon during the 1950s and 1960s, exemplifying the American jet set.
She and her friend Babe Paley were the thinly veiled ...
(1917–1990), American socialite and fashion icon
* Stuart Keith (1931–2003), British ornithologist
Toby Keith
Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's ''Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 1996' ...
(born 1961), American country singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer.
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Tom Keith
Thomas Alan Keith (December 21, 1946 – October 30, 2011) was a radio personality who worked for Minnesota Public Radio in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was the engineer for Garrison Keillor when the latter began his early morning radio show from t ...
(1946-2011), American radio engineer and radio personality
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Trever Keith
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Willard Keith
Willard Woodward Keith, Jr. (June 13, 1920 – November 3, 1942) was a United States Marine Corps infantry officer who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic leadership during World War II in the Matanikau Offensive of the Guadal ...
Zak Keith
Zak Keith is a British multi-genred guitarist, based in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1998. He was band leader for Bob Manning's Soul Enterprise until 2001. Active internationally, he has performed with artists such as Angélique Kidjo, Julius E. Gre ...
Clan Keith
Clan Keith is a Highland and Lowland Scottish clan, whose Chief historically held the hereditary title of Marischal, then Great Marischal, then Earl Marischal of Scotland.Way, George and Squire, Romily. (1994). ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family E ...
, Scottish clan associated with lands in northeastern and northwestern Scotland
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Sam Kieth
Sam Kieth (born January 11, 1963) is an American comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Maxx'' and ''Zero Girl''.
Career Comics
Kieth's first published work was "a story in the back of a Comico comic" when he was "about ...