Reid

Reid is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, and is the 90th most common surname in the UK. It may refer to:

  • Reid, Australian Capital Territory, inner suburb of Canberra, Australia
  • Reid technique, a method of interrogation
  • Reid Rocks, small rocky islet in western Bass Strait, Tasmania, Australia
  • Division of Reid, a Sydney electorate in the Australian House of Representatives
  • The Reid vapor pressure, a measure of the volatility of gasoline
  • USS Reid, the name of various United States Navy ships
  • USS Beverly W. Reid (DE-722), a United States Navy destroyer escort converted during construction into the high-speed transport USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119)
  • USS Beverly W. Reid (APD-119), a United States Navy high-speed transport in commission from 1945 to 1947 and from 1967 to 1969

Reid is the surname of:

  • Alan Reid (disambiguation)
  • Alex Reid (disambiguation)
  • Andy Reid (born 1958), head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles
  • Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
  • Antonio Reid, record executive
  • Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
  • Billy Reid (Irish republican) (1939–1971), volunteer and Staff Officer in C Company, Third Battalion of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
  • Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
  • Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
  • Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
  • Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
  • Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
  • Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
  • Christopher "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
  • Constance Reid (1918–2010), mathematical author
  • Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
  • Daphne Reid, American actress
  • David Reid (disambiguation)
  • Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
  • Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
  • Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
  • Elizabeth Jesser Reid (1789–1866), British social reformer and founder of Bedford College
  • Fiona Reid (born 1951), Canadian actress
  • Forrest Reid (1875–1947), British novelist
  • Frances Reid (1914–2010), American daytime television actress
  • George Reid (Australian politician) (1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
  • George Reid (Scottish politician) (born 1939), Scottish politician
  • George Croghan Reid (1876–1961), American Medal of Honor recipient
  • Gordon Reid (governor) (1923–1989), former Governor of Western Australia
  • Gordon Reid (actor) (1939–2003), Scottish actor
  • Harry Reid (born 1939), Nevada Senator and Senate Majority Leader
  • Harry Fielding Reid (1859–1944), American geophysicist
  • Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
  • Jamie Reid (born 1947), British artist
  • Jamie Reid (born 1947), Irish republican
  • Jamie Reid (swimmer) (born 1983), American backstroke swimmer
  • John Reid (UK politician), British politician
  • Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
  • Lydia Reid, American politician
  • Margaret Reid (born 1935), first woman to be President of the Australian Senate
  • Marion Loretta Reid (born 1929), Canadian provincial politician
  • Mike Reid (golfer) (born 1954), Canadian golfer
  • Mike Reid (entertainer) (1940–2007), British entertainer
  • Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
  • Patrick Reid (disambiguation)
  • Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
  • Pierre Reid (born 1948), Canadian politician
  • Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
  • Richard Reid (shoe bomber) (born 1973), shoebomber terrorist
  • →Robert Reid (disambiguation)
  • Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
  • Robert James Reid (born 1931), a famous American lineman
  • Robert Lewis Reid (1862-1929), an American impressionist painter
  • Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, Liberal politician in the United Kingdom
  • Ross Reid (born 1952), Canadian politician
  • Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
  • Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
  • Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student who died of drug overdose
  • Scott Reid (politician) (born 1964), Conservative Party of Canada MP
  • Scott Reid (political advisor), advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
  • Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
  • Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
  • Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
  • T.R. Reid, American journalist, author, documentary film correspondent
  • Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
  • Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
  • Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
  • Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
  • Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
  • Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
  • Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
  • Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American journalist and politician
  • Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer
Fictional characters
  • Elliot Reid a character on the TV show Scrubs
  • F. X. Reid, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
  • Dr. Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show Criminal Minds
  • Reid Hershel, a character in the video game Tales of Eternia