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

, 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 a ...

(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 Re ...

, 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 deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River. He worked mostly in Arkansas and the Oklahoma Territory. During his lo ...

, famous lawman from the late 1800s * Billy Reeves (footballer) *

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 (1836–1912), New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Dunedin * Charles Reeves (architect) (1815–1866), British architect * Conner Reeves, British singer-songwriter * Christopher B. Reeves, Emmy-winning sound editor * Connie Douglas Reeves, cowgirl * Dan Reeves (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 know ...

(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, Texas legislator after whom Reeves County, Texas is named * Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist and science writer * James Reeves (disambiguation) *

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) * Joseph M. Reeves, American admiral * Keanu Reeves, American-Canadian actor * Kenneth Reeves, 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 Kel ...

, 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'' (1998–2002), which he co-created with J. J. Abrams. Reeves came to widespread attenti ...

, 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 lif ...

, American actress * Michael Reeves, 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 Re ...

, creator of the OctoAuto * Olivia Reeves (born 2003), American weightlifter * Orlando Reeves, the mythological namesake of Orlando, Florida * Pamela L. Reeves, 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 Chri ...

, 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) * Ron Reeves, Australian rules footballer * Ron Reeves (gridiron football), American football player * Ryan 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 w ...

, British actress * Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder, actor and author * Steve Reeves (computer scientist), New Zealand computer scientist * Stevie Reeves, 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 * Tim Reeves (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 & Mort ...

, 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