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Being a fairly common name, it's no surprise there are a lot of famous people with the last name Reed. Do you recognize all the celebrities whose last name is Reed on this list? Although not all of these people are related, they are all famous people with Reed as their surname. From athletes and actors to musicians and political figures, this list provides images of each famous Reed along with information about their lives. If your surname is also Reed, you very well could be related to some of the well-known people on this list. Examples of famous Reeds include Lou Reed, Ed Reed, and Nikki Reed, but there are plenty of others on this list to learn about other than just those three.

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Lou Reed is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Lou Reed Died at 71 (1942-2013) - Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. After serving as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of the Velvet Underground, his solo career ...more

Ed Reed is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Ed Reed age 39 - Edward Earl Reed, Jr. is an American football safety who is currently a free agent. He played college football for the University of Miami, where he was a two-time consensus All-American. He was ...more

Nikki Reed is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Nikki Reed age 29 - Nicole Houston "Nikki" Reed is an American actress, screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and model. She became known in 2003, after the release of the film Thirteen, directed by Catherine ...more

Donna Reed is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Donna Reed Died at 65 (1921-1986) - Donna Reed was an American film and television actress and producer. Her career spanned over forty years, with appearances in over forty films. She is well known for her role as Mary Hatch ...more

Oliver Reed is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Oliver Reed Died at 61 (1938-1999) - Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his upper-class, macho image, hellraiser lifestyle, and "tough guy" roles. His films include The Trap, Oliver!, Women in Love, ...more

Willis Reed is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Willis Reed age 75 - Willis Reed, Jr. is a retired American basketball player, coach and general manager. He spent his entire professional playing career with the New York Knicks. In 1982, Reed was inducted into the ...more

Crystal Reed is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Crystal Reed age 30 - Crystal Reed is a film actress.

Jimmy Reed is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jimmy Reed Died at 51 (1925-1976) - Mathis James "Jimmy" Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter, notable for bringing his distinctive style of blues to mainstream audiences. Reed was a major player in the ...more

Jerry Reed is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jerry Reed Died at 71 (1937-2008) - Jerry Reed Hubbard, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His ...more

Andre Reed is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Andre Reed age 54 - Andre Darnell Reed is a former professional American football player. He played wide receiver in the National Football League for 16 seasons, 15 with the Buffalo Bills and one with the ...more

Carol Reed is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Carol Reed Died at 70 (1906-1976) - Sir Carol Reed was an English film director best known for Odd Man Out, The Fallen Idol and The Third Man. For Oliver!, he received the Academy Award for Best Director.

Sierra Reed is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Sierra Reed age 33 - Sierra Reed is a contestant on Survivor: Tocantins, the eighteenth season of reality show Survivor.

Jordan Reed is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jordan Reed age 25 - Jordan M. Reed is an American football tight end for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Redskins in the third round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He played ...more

Jack Reed is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jack Reed age 68 - John Francis Reed, known as Jack Reed, is the senior United States Senator from Rhode Island, serving since 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served in the United States ...more

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Butch Reed is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Butch Reed age 63 - Butch Reed is a retired American professional wrestler best known for his stints in the World Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling.

Addison Reed is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Addison Reed age 29 - Addison Devon Reed is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 2011 through 2013.

Jake Reed is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jake Reed age 50 - Willie "Jake" Reed is a former professional American football player who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League as a wide receiver from 1991 to 2002 for the Minnesota ...more

Kira Reed is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Kira Reed age 46 - Kira Katherine Reed also known as Kira Reed Lorsch is an American actress and television host, writer and producer.

Natina Reed is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Natina Reed Died at 32 (1980-2012) - Natina Tiawana Reed was an American rapper, singer-songwriter, Actress, beatboxer, and a member of the R&B trio Blaque. On most of Blaque's songs, Reed is featured as a rapper or ad-libber. ...more

Jeff Reed is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jeff Reed age 38 - Jeffrey "Jeff" Montgomery Reed is a former National Football League placekicker. He was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2002. He played for the ...more

Stanley Foster Reed is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Stanley Foster Reed Died at 90 (1917-2007) - Stanley Foster Reed was an entrepreneur, inventor, and publisher who founded Reed Research Inc. in 1940, “Mergers & Acquisitions” journal in 1965, and “Campaigns & Elections” magazine in

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Preston Reed is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Preston Reed age 62 - Preston Reed is an American fingerstyle guitarist. He is noted for a two-handed playing style and compositional approach that integrates the percussive potential of the guitar body.

Steve Reed is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Steve Reed age 53 - Steven Vincent Reed is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Pamela Reed is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Pamela Reed age 69 - Pamela Reed is an actor.

Rick Reed is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Rick Reed age 53 - Richard Allen Reed is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Minnesota ...more

Chris Reed is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Chris Reed age 35 - Chris Reed, also known as Plastician, is an electronic musician from Thornton Heath in the London Borough of Croydon.

Albert Reed is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Albert Reed age 33 - Albert Reed is an American model. Raised in the surf culture of Vero Beach, Florida, Reed's modeling career accelerated at the age of 19 after appearing on the cover of Abercrombie & Fitch's ...more

John S. Reed is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
John S. Reed age 79 - John Shepard Reed is the former Chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of Citicorp, Citibank, and post-merger, Citigroup. He is currently the Chairman ...more

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Ishmael Reed is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Ishmael Reed age 80 - Ishmael Scott Reed is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher. Reed is known for his satirical works challenging American political culture, and ...more

James A. Reed is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
James A. Reed Died at 83 (1861-1944) - James Alexander Reed was an American Democratic Party politician from Missouri.

Alyson Reed is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Alyson Reed age 60 - Alyson Reed is an American dancer and actress.

Caitriona Reed is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Caitriona Reed age 69 - Caitriona Reed is a trans woman sensei of Thiền Zen Buddhism who also has a background in Vipassanā meditation. She co-founded Ordinary Dharma in Los Angeles, California; the rural Manzanita ...more

Phil Reed is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Phil Reed Died at 59 (1949-2008) - Phil Reed was a New York City Council Member from 1998 to 2005, when term limits forced him out of office. He represented Council District 8, encompassing Manhattan neighborhoods of East Harlem ...more

Josh Reed is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Josh Reed age 37 - Joshua Blake Reed is a former American college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for eight seasons during the early 2000s. He played ...more

John Reed is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
John Reed Died at 33 (1887-1920) - John Silas "Jack" Reed was an American journalist, poet, and socialist activist, best remembered for his first-hand account of the Bolshevik Revolution, Ten Days That Shook the World. ...more

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Nick Reed is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Nick Reed age 30 - Nicholas Matthew Reed is a former American football defensive end.

Ron Reed is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Ron Reed age 75 - Ronald Lee Reed is a retired American starting/relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox. He ...more

Rex Reed is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Rex Reed age 79 - Rex Taylor Reed is an American film critic and former co-host of the syndicated television show At the Movies. He currently writes the column "On the Town with Rex Reed" for The New

Alan Reed is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Alan Reed Died at 70 (1907-1977) - Alan Reed, also known professionally as Alan Reed Sr., was an American actor and voice actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone, whom he was said to have physically resembled, ...more

Chuck Reed is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Chuck Reed age 69 - Charles Rufus "Chuck" Reed is an American politician and lawyer. Reed served as the 64th Mayor of San Jose, California from 2007 to 2014.

Irving S. Reed is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Irving S. Reed Died at 89 (1923-2012) - Irving Stoy Reed was a mathematician and engineer. He is best known for co-inventing a class of algebraic error-correcting and error-detecting codes known as Reed–Solomon codes in collaboration ...more

Trent Reed is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
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Stanley Reed is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Stanley Reed Died at 97 (1872-1969) - Sir Stanley Reed, KBE was an important figure in the media of India in the early 20th century who later became a Conservative Party politician in the UK. Reed edited The Times of India from 1907 ...more

Brett Reed is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Brett Reed age 45 - Brett A. Reed is an American musician, best known as the original drummer for the punk rock band Rancid and Devils Brigade. He joined Rancid in November 1991 and left 15 years later. He played ...more

Kit Reed is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Kit Reed age 85 - Kit Reed is an American author of both speculative fiction and literary fiction, as well as psychological thrillers under the pseudonym Kit Craig. Reed was born at San Diego, California. Her ...more

Brooks Reed is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Brooks Reed age 31 - Brooks Reed is an American football linebacker for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Arizona and was drafted by the Houston ...more

Jody Reed is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Jody Reed age 55 - Jody Eric Reed is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career from 1987-1997. Reed was a career .270 hitter who played with the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, ...more

Cyril Reed is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Cyril Reed Died at 85 (1906-1991) - Cyril Norman Reed was an Indian born cricketer who in addition to playing ten first-class matches in India between 1928 and 1948, also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire and ...more

Walter Reed is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Walter Reed Died at 85 (1916-2001) - Walter Reed was an American stage, film and television actor. He was born in Fort Ward, Washington. Following a stint as a Broadway actor, Reed broke into films in 1941. He appeared in several ...more

Daniel A. Reed is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list Famous People Whose Last Name Is Reed
Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed is an American computational scientist, known for his contributions to high-performance computing and science policy. He is vice president of research and economic development at ...more