Reid is a surname of
Scottish
Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including:
*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
origin.
It means "red".
People with the surname
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Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895–1977), British politician
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Alan Reid (disambiguation) Alan or Allan Reid may refer to:
Sportsmen
*Allan Reid (cricketer) (1877–1948), South African cricketer
*Alan Reid (footballer, born 1926) (1926–1988), Australian rules player for Geelong
*Alan Reid (cricketer) (born 1931), Australian right han ...
, multiple people
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Alex Reid (disambiguation) Alex Reid or Alexander Reid may refer to:
* Alexander Reid (doctor) (1586–1643), Charles I's physician
* Sir Alexander Reid, 2nd Baronet (died 1750), Scottish politician, Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs, 1710–13
*Alexander Walker Reid (18 ...
, multiple people
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Alexander Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alexandra Reid
Alexandra Reid Varley (born March 5, 1989), known professionally as Alex Reid, is an American singer and rapper. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group BP Rania, becoming the first American K-Pop idol in the world.
Early life
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(born 1992), American singer
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Amanda Reid (born 1996), Australian Paralympic athlete
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Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australian biologist
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Amy Sanderson née Reid (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
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Andrew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Andy Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Andy Reid
Andrew Walter Reid (born March 19, 1958) is an American professional American football, football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphi ...
(born 1958), American professional football coach
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Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
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Anne Cooke Reid (1907–1997), African American stage director and academic
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Anthony Reid (born 1957), British racing driver
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Anthony Reid (academic)
Anthony John Stanhope Reid (19 June 1939 – 8 June 2025) was a New Zealand-born historian of Southeast Asia. He is most well known for his two volume book, ''Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce'', developed during his time at the Research S ...
(1939–2025), New Zealand-born Australian historian of Southeast Asia
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Antonio Reid (born 1956), American record executive
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Arizona Reid (born 1986), American international basketball player
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Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
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Bevis Reid (1919–1997), British athlete
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Billy Reid (disambiguation) Bill or Billy Reid may refer to:
Sports Association football
*Billy Reid (footballer, born 1938), Billy Reid (footballer, 1938–2021), Scottish footballer
*Billy Reid (footballer, born 1963), Scottish football player and manager
*Billy Reid (footb ...
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Brandon Reid
Brandon Reid (born March 9, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward, who spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks. Until December 12, 2019, Reid served as the head coach of the Kr ...
(born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
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Bruce Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
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Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan cricketer
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Carl Reid (born 1950), Canadian Roman Catholic priest
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Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
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Carolynn Reid-Wallace
Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born June 26, 1942) is an American academic administrator who served as president of Fisk University from 2001 to 2003. She was the assistant secretary of education for postsecondary education from 1991 to 1993.
Life
Re ...
(born 1942), American academic administrator
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Catherine Reid, New Zealand paleontologist
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Charles Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Charlie Reid (disambiguation) multiple people
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Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
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Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
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Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
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Christopher Reid (entertainer)
Christopher Reid (born April 5, 1964), formerly known as Kid (shortened from his original MC name, Kid Coolout), is an American rapper and actor. During the peak of his career with the rap duo Kid 'n Play, with Christopher Martin, Reid was no ...
(born 1964), aka "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
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Christopher Reid (swimmer) (born 1996), South African competitor 2016 Olympics
* Clarence Reid (1939–2016), American musician, songwriter, and record producer, also known as
Blowfly
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Cliff Reid
Cliff Reid (September 7, 1891 – August 22, 1959), also known as George Clifford Reid, was an American film producer and film production studio founder during the 1930s and 1940s. In addition he also directed film shorts, and was the assistant d ...
(1891–1959), American film producer
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Constance Reid
Constance Bowman Reid (January 3, 1918 – October 14, 2010)
was the author of several biographies of mathematicians and popular books about mathematics. She received several awards for mathematical exposition. She was not a mathematician ...
(1918–2010), mathematical author
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Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
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Dallas Reid (born 1993), American voice actor
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Daniel G. Reid (1858 – 1925), American industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
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Damion Reid (born 1979), American drummer
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Daphne Reid
Daphne Etta Reid (née Maxwell; July 13, 1948) is an American actress, comedian, designer, and former model. She is best known for her role as the second Vivian Banks on the NBC sitcom ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' from 1993 to 1996.
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(born 1948), American actress
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Darren Reid (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
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David Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Derek Reid (1927–2006), British mycologist
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Desmond Reid (born 2004), American football player
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Don Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Douglas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Duke Reid
Arthur "Duke" Reid CD (21 July 1915 – 1 January 1975) was a Jamaican record producer, DJ and record label owner.
He ran one of the most popular sound systems of the 1950s called Reid's Sound System, whilst Duke himself was known as The Tr ...
(1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
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Duncan Reid (born 1989), Hong Kong basketball player
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Ebenezer Emmet Reid (1872–1973), American chemist
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Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
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Eliza Reid (born 1976), Canadian-born writer and editor; First Lady of Iceland
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Elliott Reid
Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid (January 16, 1920 – June 21, 2013) was an American actor.
Early life
Reid was born in Manhattan, the son of artist Christine Challenger Reid and banker Blair Reid. He attended the Professional Children's Sc ...
(1920–2013), American actor
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Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
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Escott Reid
Escott Graves Meredith Reid, CC (January 21, 1905 – September 28, 1999), was a Canadian diplomat who helped shape the United Nations and NATO, author, international public servant and academic administrator.
Early life and education
Born i ...
(1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
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Elizabeth Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Fiona Reid (born 1951), Canadian actress
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Forrest Reid
Forrest Reid (24 June 1875, Belfast, Ireland; 4 January 1947, Warrenpoint, County Down, Northern Ireland) was an Irish novelist, literary critic and translator. He was a leading pre-war novelist of boyhood and is still acclaimed as a noted Ulster ...
(1875–1947), British novelist
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Frances Reid (1914–2010), American daytime television actress
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Francis Reid (1900–1970), British army officer
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Frank Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Geordie Reid (1882–1960), Scottish footballer
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George Reid (disambiguation)
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George Reid
Sir George Houston Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was a Scottish-born Australian and British politician, diplomat, and barrister who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Australia, prime minister of Australia from 1904 t ...
(1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
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Gordon Reid (disambiguation) multiple people,
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Harry Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Harry Reid
Harry Mason Reid Jr. (; December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senate, United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He led the Senate Democratic Caucus from 2005 to 2 ...
(1939–2021), American politician
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Hayden Reid (born 1978), New Zealand pastor and former rugby union player
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Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), American publisher
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Henry Reid
Henry Reid is the former director of UCLA’s Body donation, willed body program, who agreed to a plea deal in October 2008 for admitting his role along with a body broker to profit from lease-loaning donated anatomical material to outside corpora ...
, UCLA employee involved in human tissue scandal
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Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
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Iain Reid
Iain Reid (born 1981) is a Canadian writer. Winner of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award in 2015, Reid is the author of ''I'm Thinking of Ending Things'' (2016) and '' Foe'' (2018).
Writing career
Reid established his writing career by publis ...
(born 1980), Canadian writer
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James Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jamie Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jamie Reid
Jamie Macgregor Reid (16 January 1947 – 8 August 2023) was an English visual artist. His best known works include the record cover for the Sex Pistols single " God Save the Queen", which was lauded as "the single most iconic image of the pun ...
(1947–2023), British artist and anarchist
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Janice Reid (born 1947), Australian academic and medical anthropologist
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Jayden Reid (born 2001), English professional footballer
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Jayden Reid (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player
* Jen Reid, subject of Mark Quinn's sculpture ''
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020''
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Jim Reid
James McLeish Reid (born 29 December 1961) is a Scottish singer/songwriter and the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid (musician), William Reid ...
(born 1961), musician, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
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Joani Reid
Joani Reid is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride and Strathaven since July 2024.
Early life
Reid is a granddaughter of the Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid. She studied p ...
, Scottish politician
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Joanne Reid (born 1992), American biathlete
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John Reid (disambiguation) John Reid may refer to:
Politics
*John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), former British Home Secretary
* John William Reid (1821–1881), U.S. Representative from Missouri
* John Dowsley Reid (1859–1929), Canadian parliamentarian and Cab ...
, multiple people
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John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2007, lastly as Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. H ...
, British politician
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Joseph L. Reid (1923–2015), American oceanographer
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Joy Reid (born 1968), American television journalist
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Justin Reid
Justin Quintin Reid (born February 15, 1997) is an American professional football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal. He was selected by the Houston Texans ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Kerry Reid
Kerry Melville Reid (née Melville; born 7 August 1947) is an Australian former professional tennis player. During her 17-year career, Reid won a major singles title and 26 other singles titles, and was the runner-up in 40 singles tournaments. ...
(born 1947), Australian tennis player
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Laurie Reid (born 1964), American artist
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Lawrence A. Reid, American linguist
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Linda Reid (born 1959), Canadian politician
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Lucien Reid (born 1993), British boxer
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Lydia Reid, American politician
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Lydia Reid (activist) (–2023), activist for families with children who died as infants
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Mabel Reid (died 1969), American Samoan politician
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Malcolm Reid (1857–1933), timber merchant and furniture retailer in South Australia
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Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952–2009), Argentine educator
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Margaret Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Marion Kirkland Reid (1815–1902), Scottish feminist writer
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Marion Reid
Marion Loretta Reid (; January 4, 1929 – June 22, 2023) was a Canadian politician who was the first female Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, and the List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island#Lieutenant G ...
(1929–2023), Canadian provincial politician
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Marion Reid (scientist), British immunohaematologist
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Matthew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), British children's writer
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Michael Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mike Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Miles Reid
Miles Anthony Reid FRS (born 30 January 1948) is a mathematician who works in algebraic geometry.
Education
Reid studied the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos at Trinity College, Cambridge and obtained his Ph.D. in 1973 under the supervision of ...
(born 1948), mathematician
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Nancy Reid (born 1952), Canadian Theoretical Statististician
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Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player
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Neil Reid (disambiguation) Neil Reid (born 1959) is a Scottish former child singing star.
Neil Reid may also refer to:
* D. Neil Reid (1900–1981), American politician
* Neil E. Reid (1871–1956), American jurist
* ''Neil Reid'' (album), a 1972 album by Neil Reid
See als ...
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Nicholas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ogden Mills Reid
Ogden Mills Reid (May 16, 1882 – January 3, 1947) was an American newspaper publisher who was president of the ''New York Herald Tribune''.
Early life
Reid was born on May 16, 1882, in Manhattan. He was the son of Elisabeth (née Mills) Reid ( ...
(1882–1947), American publisher
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Ogden Rogers Reid (1925–2019), American diplomat and politician
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Patrick Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Peter Reid
Peter Reid (born 20 June 1956) is an English football manager, pundit and former player.
A defensive midfielder in his playing days, Reid enjoyed a long and successful career. He built his reputation as one of England's brightest midfield tale ...
(born 1956), English football manager
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Pierre Reid (1948–2021), Canadian politician
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Poppy Reid, editor-in-chief of ''
The Music Network
''The Music Network'' (''TMN'') is an Australian music magazine launched as a in 1994 by John Woodruff. It was printed weekly until March 2013, when it went fully online. In 2017 it was acquired by Jake Challenor, who served as its publisher an ...
''
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Rebecca Reid, British actress
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Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
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Richard Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Richard Reid
Richard Colvin Reid (born 12 August 1973), also known as the "Shoe Bomber", is a British terrorist who perpetrated the failed shoe bombing attempt against a transatlantic flight in 2001. Born to a father who was a career criminal, Reid convert ...
(born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
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Riley Reid (born 1991), American pornographic actress
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Robert Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Robert Gillespie Reid
Sir Robert Gillespie Reid (12 October 1842 – 3 June 1908) was a Scottish railway contractor most famous for building large railway bridges in Canada and the United States. Founder of Reid Newfoundland Company, from 1889 until his death ...
(1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
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Robert James Reid (born 1993), Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, model, record producer and record label executive
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Robert Reid (painter)
Robert Lewis Reid (July 29, 1862 – December 2, 1929) was an American Impressionist painter and muralist. His work tended to be very decorative, much of it centered on depiction of young women set among flowers. He later became known for h ...
(1862–1929), American impressionist painter
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Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, British Liberal politician
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Ross Reid, multiple people
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Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer.
Biography
Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...
(born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
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Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
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Sally Reid
Sally Reid (born in Perth, Scotland) is a Scottish stage, radio and television actress who trained at Langside College, Glasgow and with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Second City Training Center in Chicago.
Appearances
Theatre
Rad ...
, Scottish actress
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Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student and manslaughter victim
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Samuel Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Scott Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Sean Reid-Foley (born 1995), American baseball player
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Sophia Reid-Gantzert
Sophia Reid-Gantzert (born January 18, 2010) is a Canadian actress and dancer. She began dancing at age two and won a competition in Austria at age six. In 2017, she made her acting debut in the television film ''The Sweetest Christmas''. Reid-G ...
(born 2010), Canadian actress and dancer
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Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
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Stefen Reid (born 1972), Canadian football player
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Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
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Storm Reid
Storm Reid (born July 1, 2003) is an American actress. After early roles in the television show '' A Cross to Bear'' (2012), the drama film ''12 Years a Slave'' (2013), and the superhero film '' Sleight'' (2016), she played the lead role of Meg ...
(born 2003), US-American actor
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Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
* Susan Reid, birth name of
Hilda Koronel
Hilda Koronel (born Susan Reid; January 17, 1957) is a MMFF, FAMAS, Luna and Urian award-winning Filipino actress. Born to a Filipino mother and an American father who was a serviceman in Clark Air Base, she has starred in around 45 films, m ...
(born 1957), Filipino actress
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Susanna Reid (born 1970), English journalist and television presenter
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Tara Reid
Tara Donna Reid (; born November 8, 1975) is an American actress and model. Her film roles established her status as a sex symbol in the late 1990s through the early 2000s.
In film, Reid is best known for her lead ensemble role as Vicky Lathum ...
(born 1975), American actress
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Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
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Thomas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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T.R. Reid
T. R. Reid (born Thomas Roy Reid III in 1944) is an American reporter, documentary film correspondent, and author. He has also been a frequent guest on National Public Radio (NPR)'s ''Morning Edition''. Reid currently lives in Denver, Colorado. ...
, American journalist and author
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Thomas Reid
Thomas Reid (; 7 May (Julian calendar, O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scotland, Scottish philosophy, philosopher best known for his philosophical method, his #Thomas_Reid's_theory_of_common_sense, theory of ...
(1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
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Thomas Mayne Reid
Thomas Mayne Reid (4 April 1818 – 22 October 1883) was an Irish British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave ...
(1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
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Tim Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
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Tim Reid (politician) (born 1936) Canadian politician
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Trevor Reid (1908–1965), English actor
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Trevor Reid (gridiron football) (born 2000), American football player
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Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
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Victor Stafford Reid
Victor Stafford Reid, Order of Jamaica, OJ, (1 May 1913 – 25 August 1987) was a Jamaican writer born in Kingston, Jamaica, who wrote to influence younger generations to embrace local history. He was awarded the silver (1950) and gold (1976) Mu ...
(1913–1987), Jamaican writer
* Virginia Reid (1916–1955), first stage name of actress better known as
Lynne Carver
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Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923)
was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".
He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Lou ...
(1891–1923), silent film actor
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William Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
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Whitelaw Reid
Whitelaw Reid (October 27, 1837 – December 15, 1912) was an American politician, diplomat and newspaper editor, as well as the author of ''Ohio in the War'', a popular work of history.
After assisting Horace Greeley as editor of the ''New-Yo ...
(1837–1912), American diplomat, politician, and journalist
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Whitelaw Reid (journalist) (1913–2009), American journalist and publisher
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Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer
Fictional characters
* Ashleigh Reid, a playable character known as Ash in ''
Apex Legends
''Apex Legends'' is a 2019 Battle royale game, battle royale-hero shooter video game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts, set in the same science fiction universe as Respawn's ''Titanfall'' series. It is offered ...
''
* Britt Reid, secret identity of the
Green Hornet
The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell.
Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of me ...
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Elliot Reid, a character on the TV show ''Scrubs''
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Emma Reid, a character on the British soap opera ''Doctors''
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F. X. Reid
Michael ("Mike") William Shields (20 January 1950 – 24 September 2023) was a British computer scientist.
Overview
Mike Shields undertook research on concurrent systems with Peter E. Lauer at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the late ...
, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
* Fergus Reid, a character in multiple titles in the ''
Wolfenstein
''Wolfenstein'' is a series of alternate history World War II video games originally developed by Muse Software. The majority of the games follow William "B.J." Blazkowicz, an American Army captain, and his fight against the Axis powers. Earlie ...
'' video game series
* John Reid, better known as the
Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in a ...
* Jonathan Reid, a character in the ''
Vampyr
''Vampyr'' () is a 1932 Gothic horror film directed by Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer. It was written by Dreyer and Christen Jul based on elements from Sheridan Le Fanu's 1872 collection of supernatural stories '' In a Glass Darkly''. The ...
'' video game
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Spencer Reid
This is a list of characters in the television series ''Criminal Minds'', an American police procedural drama which premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS and concluded its original run on February 19, 2020. It is also shown on A&E (TV network), A& ...
, a character on the TV show ''Criminal Minds''
**Diana Reid, his mother
**William Reid, his father
See also
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Reed (name)
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Reid (disambiguation)
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Reidy
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Riedy
References
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Surnames of Scottish origin
English-language surnames
Surnames from nicknames