Key (surname)
Key is an English and Dutch-language surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Al Key, aviator and mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
- Adriaen Thomasz Key, Flemish painter
- Alexander Key, American science fiction writer
- Arden Key, American football player
- Bailie Key, American artistic gymnast, 2013 National Champion
- Berthold Wells Key, British Indian Army officer
- Braxton Key, American basketball player
- Dana Key, American musician
- Danny Key, English footballer
- David M. Key, US Senator from Tennessee
- David McK. Key, diplomat from Tennessee
- Devon Key, American football player
- Ellen Key, Swedish difference feminist writer
- Francis Scott Key, author of the United States national anthem
- Fred Key, aviator
- James L. Key, lawyer and twice Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
- Jaylen Key, American football player
- Jennifer Key, South African mathematician
- Jimmy Key, James Edward Key, former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball
- John Key, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Sir John Key, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London 1830–1832, MP for City of London 1832–1833
- John A. Key, American politician
- John Maurice Key, Bishop of Sherborne then Truro
- John Ross Key, American lawyer and judge
- Johnny Key (disambiguation)
- * Johnny Key (footballer), English soccer player
- * Johnny Key (sprinter), Samoan athlete
- Kathleen Key, American actress in the silent era, great-great-granddaughter of Francis Scott Key
- Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, writer, and comedian
- Kelly Key, Kelly de Almeida Afonso Freitas, Portuguese-Brazilian pop singer
- Kristin Key, American comedian
- Laurence Key, English cricketer
- Lieven de Key, Dutch renaissance architect
- Philip Key (U.S. politician), a Representative of the State of Maryland in the United States Congress from 1791 to 1792.
- Philip Barton Key (U.S. politician), a Representative of the State of Maryland in the United States Congress from 1807 to 1812.
- Philip Barton Key (U.S. District Attorney), murder victim in a controversial nineteenth-century trial
- Rob Key, English cricketer
- Robert Key (politician), a British politician, the Conservative MP for Salisbury
- Ryan Key, William Ryan Key, American rock musician of the pop punk band Yellowcard
- Samuel M. Key, pen name of Charles de Lint, Canadian writer of Dutch origin
- Stephanie Key, Australian politician and member of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Ted Key, Theodore Keyser, American cartoonist and writer, creator of the cartoon panel Hazel
- Thomas Key (disambiguation), several people with the same name
- * Thomas Hewitt Key, English classical scholar
- * Thomas Marshall Key, American politician
- * Thomas Caius, English academic and administrator
- Tim Key, English actor, writer, and performance poet
- V. O. Key, Jr., American political scientist and author
- Violet Key Jones, Anglo-Irish writer and suffragette
- Watt Key, American writer
- Wilhelmine Key, American geneticist