Reeves is a surname. Some notable persons with the surname include: * A. J. Reeves (born 1999), American basketball player *

Al Reeves Al Reeves (18641940) was an American vaudeville and minstrel show entertainer, vocalist, and banjo player. Catch phrase: "Give me credit, boys." He began performing in 1878, and was heavily involved in the burlesque scene. He later toured with ...

(1864–1940), American vaudeville entertainer *

Alan Reeves (footballer) Alan Reeves (born 19 November 1967) is an English football coach and former footballer. As a player, he was a centre back who notably played in the Premier League for Wimbledon. He also played in the Football League for Norwich City, Gillin ...

, English former football player *

Alec Reeves Alec Harley Reeves (10 March 1902 – 13 October 1971) was a British scientist best known for his invention of pulse-code modulation (PCM). He was awarded 82 patents. Early life Alec Reeves was born in Redhill, Surrey in 1902 and was educated at ...

(1902–1971), English electronics engineer *

Amber Reeves Amber Blanco White (' Reeves; 1 July 1887 – 26 December 1981) was a New Zealand-born British feminist writer and scholar. Early life Reeves was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, the eldest of three children of Fabian feminist Maud Pember R ...

, feminist writer * Ana Reeves, Chilean television, film and theatre actress *

Anita Reeves Anita Reeves (24 June 1948 – 7 July 2016) was an Irish stage and film actress. Early life Born in South Dublin, Ireland, the youngest daughter of Jack Reeves and his wife, Kay. Reeves grew up on Sundrive Road in Dublin 12, where her father Ja ...

(died 2016), Irish film and stage actress *

Bass Reeves Bass Reeves (July 1838 – January 12, 1910) was an American law enforcement official, historically noted as the first black United States Marshals Service, deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the O ...

, famous lawman from the late 1800s *

Billy Reeves (footballer) William David Reeves (born 18 December 1996) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for side Leek Town. He began his career at Port Vale in April 2015, and later went out on loan to Witton Albion, Hyde United and Staffor ...

Bryant Reeves Bryant Reeves (born June 8, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player. Reeves spent his entire career with the National Basketball Association's Vancouver Grizzlies, playing with the team from 1995 until 2001. He was nicknamed "B ...

, American basketball player *

Charles Stephen Reeves Charles Stephen Reeves (29 May 1836 – 29 November 1912) was a prominent New Zealand businessman and former Mayor of Dunedin. Born in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland in 1836, Reeves was educated at the Barrow and Tarvin schools in Cheshi ...

(1836–1912), New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Dunedin *

Charles Reeves (architect) Charles Reeves (1815 – 6 December 1866) was a British architect, particularly of police stations and county courts. Life Reeves was born in 1815 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. He studied under Thomas Loader of Romsey in Hampshire, and Richard Su ...

(1815–1866), British architect *

Conner Reeves Conner Reeves (born 8 April 1972) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known for his 1997 album ''Earthbound'' which was released on Colin Lester's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar label. Reeves scored five Top 40 singles in the UK Sing ...

, British singer-songwriter * Christopher B. Reeves, Emmy-winning sound editor * Connie Douglas Reeves, cowgirl *

Dan Reeves Daniel Edward Reeves (January 19, 1944 – January 1, 2022) was an American football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an ...

(1944–2022), American football player and coach *

Del Reeves Franklin Delano Reeves (July 14, 1933 – January 1, 2007) was an American country music singer, best known for his "girl-watching" novelty songs of the 1960s including "Girl on the Billboard" and "The Belles of Southern Bell". He is also known ...

(1932–2007), American country music singer * Dennis Reeves, Scottish former football player *

Dianne Reeves Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer. Biography Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...

, American jazz singer *

Edith Reeves Edith Reeves was an American silent film actress who also appeared on Broadway in the early 20th century. Before her transition to motion pictures, Reeves was well known to American theater audiences. Aside from Broadway she performed in many h ...

, American silent film actress *

George Reeves George Reeves (born George Keefer Brewer; January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor. He is best known for portraying Superman in the television series '' Adventures of Superman'' (1952–1958). His death at age 45 from a g ...

, American actor *

George R. Reeves George Robertson Reeves (January 3, 1826 – September 5, 1882) was a former Democratic Speaker of the House of the State of Texas and a Colonel in the Confederate States of America, Confederate States's 11th Texas Cavalry Regiment during the Ameri ...

, Texas legislator after whom Reeves County, Texas is named *

Hubert Reeves Hubert Reeves (born July 13, 1932), is a Canadian astrophysicist and popularizer of science. Early life and education Reeves was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932, and as a child lived in Léry. Reeves attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, a ...

, Canadian astrophysicist and science writer *

James Reeves (disambiguation) James, Jim, Jimmy or Jamie Reeves may refer to: *James Reeves (footballer) (1869–1937), English footballer who played in Spain *James Reeves (physician) (1829–1896), American physician *James Reeves (writer) (1909–1978), British writer *Jimmy ...

Jim Reeves James Travis Reeves (August 20, 1923July 31, 1964) was an American country and popular music singer-songwriter. With records charting from the 1950s to the 1980s, he became well known as a practitioner of the Nashville Sound. Known as "Gentleman ...

(1923–1964), American country music singer and songwriter *

John Reeves (disambiguation) John Reeves may refer to: Sports * John Reeves (baseball), American baseball player * John Reeves (Australian footballer) (1929–1970), Australian rules footballer * John Reeves (footballer, born 1963), English football (soccer) player for Fulham ...

Joseph M. Reeves Joseph Mason "Bull" Reeves (November 20, 1872 – March 25, 1948) was an admiral in the United States Navy and an early and important supporter of U.S. Naval Aviation. Though a battleship officer during his early career, he became known as the ...

, American admiral *

Keanu Reeves Keanu Charles Reeves ( ; born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in '' Youngblood'' (1986). ...

, American-Canadian actor *

Kenneth Reeves Kenneth E. Reeves (born 1951) is an American politician who served as the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, from 1992 to 1995 and again from 2006 to 2007. Reeves is the first openly gay African-American man to have served as mayo ...

, mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts *

Lois Reeves Sandra Delores Reeves (born April 12, 1948), better known as Lois Reeves, is an American singer, most notable for being the younger sister of Motown legend Martha Reeves, for having replaced popular Martha and the Vandellas member Betty Kelly a ...

, singer, sister of Martha Reeves *

Martha Reeves Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and pop singer. She is the lead singer of the Motown girl group Martha and the Vandellas which scored over a dozen hit singles, including "Come and Get These Memories", " Nowhere to R ...

(born 1941), American R&B singer *

Matt Reeves Matt Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He first gained recognition for the WB drama series ''Felicity (TV series), Felicity'' (1998–2002), which he co-created with J. J. Abrams. Reeves came t ...

, American film writer, director and producer *

Maud Pember Reeves Maud Pember Reeves (24 December 1865 – 13 September 1953) (born Magdalene Stuart Robison) was a suffragist, socialist, feminist, writer and member of the Fabian Society. She spent most of her life in New Zealand and Britain. Early life Re ...

, feminist and socialist *

Melissa Reeves Melissa Reeves (née Brennan; born March 14, 1967) is an American actress, best known for playing Jennifer Horton on the NBC series '' Days of Our Lives'' on-and-off for a total of 26 years (1985–1995, 2000–2006, 2010–2020). Personal li ...

, American actress *

Michael Reeves Michael Reeves (17 October 1943 – 11 February 1969) was an English film director and screenwriter. He is best remembered for the 1968 film ''Witchfinder General'' (known in the US as ''Conqueror Worm''). A few months after the film's rel ...

, American internet personality * Mike Reeves (footballer), English football player * Mike Reeves (baseball), Canadian baseball player *

Milton Reeves Milton Othello Reeves (August 25, 1864 – June 4, 1925) was an early pioneer of the American automobile industry. He held more than 100 patents. Biography He was born on a farm in Rush County, Indiana on August 25, 1864 to William Franklin Ree ...

, creator of the OctoAuto *

Olivia Reeves Olivia Lynn Reeves (born April 19, 2003) is an American weightlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She won the gold medal in the women's 81kg event ...

(born 2003), American weightlifter *

Orlando Reeves Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures relea ...

, the mythological namesake of Orlando, Florida *

Pamela L. Reeves Pamela Lynn Reeves (July 21, 1954 – September 10, 2020) was the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. She was the first female judge to serve in the Eastern District. E ...

, American judge *

Paul Reeves Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

, former archbishop and Primate of New Zealand *

Perrey Reeves Perrey Reeves (born ) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Melissa Gold on the television series ''Entourage'' from 2004 to 2011 and Frank the Tank's wife in the 2003 comedy '' Old School''. E ...

, American actress *

Rachel Reeves Rachel Jane Reeves (born 13 February 1979) is a British politician and economist serving as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer since 2021. A member of the Labour Party, she has been Member of Parliament for Leeds West since 2010. Born in Lewis ...

, British politician *

Richard Reeves (disambiguation) Richard Reeves may refer to: *Richard Reeves (actor) (1912–1967), American character actor *Richard Reeves (animator) (born 1959), abstract filmmaker *Richard Reeves (American writer) (1936–2020), writer, syndicated columnist and lecturer at th ...

Ron Reeves Ronald 'Ron' Reeves (born 6 December 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the VFL during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Reeves was a back pocket In the sport of Australian rules football, each of ...

, Australian rules footballer *

Ron Reeves (gridiron football) Ron Reeves (born March 4, 1960) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the United States Football League with the Denver Gold, Chicago Blitz and New Jersey Generals. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in the tenth ro ...

, American football player *

Ryan Reeves Ryback Allen Reeves (né Ryan; born November 10, 1981) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE where he performed under the ring name Ryback. One of the eight finalists on WWE's '' Tough Enough 4'', Reeves ...

(born 1981), American professional wrestler better known as Ryback *

Samantha Reeves Samantha Reeves (born January 17, 1979) is an American former professional tennis player. Her best results in singles have been reaching the quarterfinals at Hawaii (2002), Bahia and Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec) ...

, American tennis player *

Saskia Reeves Saskia Reeves (born 16 August 1961) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films '' Close My Eyes'' (1991) and ''I.D.'' (1995), the 2000 miniseries ''Frank Herbert's Dune'' and the 2016 film '' Our Kind of Traitor''. Early lif ...

, British actress *

Siân Reeves Siân Reeves is an English actress, known for her roles as Sydney Henshall in the BBC drama ''Cutting It'', Sally Spode in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'' and Charlie Wood in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Life and career Reeves was ...

, British actress *

Steve Reeves Stephen Lester "Steve" Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000) was an American professional bodybuilder, actor, and philanthropist. He was famous in the mid-1950s as a movie star in Italian-made sword-and-sandal films, playing the protagon ...

, American bodybuilder, actor and author * Steve Reeves (computer scientist), New Zealand computer scientist *

Stevie Reeves Stevie Reeves (born May 16, 1967) is an American professional stock car racing driver and spotter. Driving career After several seasons racing on the bullrings ( short tracks) of Indiana, Reeves traveled nationally with the United States Automob ...

, auto racing driver *

Thomas James Reeves Thomas James Reeves, born in Thomaston, Connecticut, December 9, 1895, was a United States Navy, US Navy radioman who became the namesake of the destroyer escort . Reeves was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese surprise attack on Pe ...

, American Medal of Honor recipient * Tim Reeves, Australian historian, author of works about the

murder of George Duncan George Ian Ogilvie Duncan (20 July 1930 – 10 May 1972) was an Australian law lecturer at the University of Adelaide who drowned in 1972 after being thrown into the River Torrens by a group of men believed to be police officers. Public outrage ...

Tim Reeves Tim Reeves (born 28 August 1972) is an English sidecar racer from Tenterden, Kent. He is an eight times Superside FIM World Sidecar Champion, twice with his younger brother Tristan (2005, 2006), once with Patrick Farrance (2007) and once with ...

(born 1972), English sidecar racer *

Triette Reeves Triette Lipsey Reeves (born August 22, 1963) is an American politician and minister from Michigan. Early life On August 22, 1963, Reeves was born as Triette E. Lipsey in Detroit, Michigan. In 1982, Reeves graduated from Redford High School. ...

, American politician *

Vic Reeves James Roderick Moir (born 24 January 1959), better known by his stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, artist, surrealist, musician, actor and television presenter, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer as Reeves & Mortimer. ...

, pseudonym for comedian James Roderick "Jim" Moir * William Reeves (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

Tad Reeves Tad Reeves (also known as Tadpole) is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Jonathon Dutton. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 16 November 1998. After deciding not to ...

, fictional character

Fictional characters

See also