Rees (surname)
Rees is a very common Welsh name that traces back to the ancient Celts known as the Britons. The surname was first recorded in Carmarthenshire, and is derived from the personal name Rhys. Rhys is very common in Wales, and some parts of England. Rees is also a German name.
Notable individuals named Rees include the following:
- Abraham Rees, compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia and a botanist
- Alan Rees, British Formula One driver
- Albert E. Rees American economist, presidential adviser, and Princeton provost.
- Albert E. Rees (actor) 19th-century comic opera actor
- Aneurin Rees, Wales rugby union international
- Angharad Rees, British actress
- Betty Anne Rees, American actress
- Billy Rees, Welsh international footballer
- Brinley Rees, British classicist
- Celia Rees, British author
- Clara Rees, American composer
- Clive Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Conway Rees, Welsh rugby union international
- Coralie Clarke Rees, an Australian author
- Dai Rees, Welsh golfer
- Dai Rees (scientist), British biochemist and science administrator
- Dan Rees (rugby), Welsh international rugby player
- David Rees (disambiguation), several people
- Don Rees, warden of Hugh Stewart Hall in the University of Nottingham for 29 years
- Eberhard Rees, rocketry pioneer and the second director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Eleri Rees, Welsh judge
- Elgan Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Elmer Rees, British geometer
- Fernando Rees, Brazilian auto racing driver
- Gareth Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- * Gareth Rees (cricketer), Welsh cricketer
- * Gareth Rees (motorsport commentator), Welsh motorsport commentator
- * Gareth Rees (rugby union), former Canadian rugby player
- Gavin Rees, Welsh professional boxer
- Geraint Rees, British neurologist and neuroscientist
- Goronwy Rees, Welsh journalist, academician, memoirist, and Soviet spy
- Grover J. Rees III, American judge and diplomat
- Jason Rees, Welsh footballer
- Jean Rees, British artist
- Jeremy Rees, British arts administrator
- Jerry Rees, U.S. animator and film director
- John Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- * John Rees (activist), British political musician
- * John Rees (journalist), American journalist
- * John David Rees, colonial administrator in British India and Member of Parliament
- * John Rees (musician), Welsh musician
- * John Rawlings Rees, British psychiatrist
- Jonathan Rees, British private investigator
- Jonathan Rees, an actor professionally known as Greg Ellis
- Idwal Rees, Wales rugby union captain
- Ivor Rees, Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Katie Rees, a former American beauty queen
- Laurence Rees,, British historian, author and documentary filmmaker
- Leighton Rees, Welsh darts player
- Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, Welsh World War I flying ace
- Lloyd Rees, Australian landscape painter
- Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, British Astronomer Royal
- Matt Rees, Welsh novelist
- Matthew Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
- Merlyn Rees, British Labour party politician and minister
- Milsom Rees, Welsh surgeon
- Nathan Rees, Australian politician with the Labor Party, and Premier of New South Wales
- Nigel Rees, English writer and broadcaster
- Nigel Rees (footballer), Welsh footballer
- Norman J. Rees, double agent for USSR and FBI
- Peter Rees, British Conservative party politician
- Paul Rees, British racing driver
- Robert Rees (disambiguation), several people
- Ronnie Rees, Welsh international footballer
- Roger Rees, Welsh actor
- Ronnie Rees, Welsh footballer
- Stuart Rees, director of the Sydney Peace Foundation
- Thomas Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
- * Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister), Welsh Unitarian minister and scholar
- * Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth), Welsh leader of the Rebecca Riots
- * Thomas Rees (Congregational minister), Welsh Congregationalist minister
- * Thomas Ifor Rees, Welsh diplomat and translator
- * Tom Rees (rugby union, born 1984), English rugby union player
- * Tommy Rees, Welsh dual-code rugby player
- * Thomas Wynford Rees, British soldier in the British Indian Army
- William Rees (disambiguation), several people
- Winifred Rees, British author, composer, and organist