Rees (surname)

Rees (/riːs/ REESS)[1] is a very common Welsh name that traces back to the ancient Celts known as the Britons.[citation needed] 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 (1743–1825), compiler of Rees's Cyclopaedia and a botanist
* Alan Rees (1938–2024), British Formula One driver
* Albert E. Rees (1921–1992) American economist, presidential adviser, and Princeton provost.
* Albert E. Rees (actor) 19th-century comic opera actor
* Aneurin Rees (1858–1932), Wales rugby union international
* Angharad Rees (1949–2012), British actress
* Betty Anne Rees (1943–2024), American actress
* Billy Rees (1924–1996), Welsh international footballer
* Brinley Rees (1919–2004), British classicist
* Celia Rees, British author
* Clive Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
* Conway Rees (1870–1932), Welsh rugby union international
* Coralie Clarke Rees (1908–1972), an Australian author
* Dai Rees (1913–1983), Welsh golfer
* Dai Rees (scientist) (1936–2021), 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 (1908–1998), rocketry pioneer and the second director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
* Eleri Rees (born 1953), Welsh judge
* Elgan Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
* Elmer Rees, British geometer
* Fernando Rees (born 1985), Brazilian auto racing driver
* Gareth Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
* Gareth Rees (cricketer) (born 1985), Welsh cricketer
* Gareth Rees (motorsport commentator) (born 1969), Welsh motorsport commentator
* Gareth Rees (rugby union) (born 1967), former Canadian rugby player
* Gavin Rees (born 1980), Welsh professional boxer
* Geraint Rees, British neurologist and neuroscientist
* Goronwy Rees (1909–1979), Welsh journalist, academician, memoirist, and Soviet spy
* Grover J. Rees III (born 1951), American judge and diplomat
* Jason Rees (born 1969), Welsh footballer
* Jean Rees (1914–2004), British artist
* Jeremy Rees (1937–2003), British arts administrator
* Jerry Rees, U.S. animator and film director
* John Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
* John Rees (activist) (born 1957), British political musician
* John Rees (journalist), American journalist
* John David Rees (1854–1922), colonial administrator in British India and Member of Parliament
* John Rees (musician) (1857–1949), Welsh musician
* John Rawlings Rees (1890–1969), British psychiatrist
* Jonathan Rees, British private investigator
* Jonathan Rees, an actor professionally known as Greg Ellis
* Idwal Rees (1910–1991), Wales rugby union captain
* Ivor Rees (1893–1967), Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
* Katie Rees, a former American beauty queen
* Laurence Rees, (born 1957), British historian, author and documentary filmmaker
* Leighton Rees (1940–2003), Welsh darts player
* Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees (1884–1955), Welsh World War I flying ace
* Lloyd Rees (1895–1988), Australian landscape painter
* Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow (born 1942), British Astronomer Royal
* Matt Rees, (born 1967) Welsh novelist
* Matthew Rees, Wales and British Lions rugby union international
* Merlyn Rees (1920–2006), British Labour party politician and minister
* Milsom Rees (1866–1952), Welsh surgeon
* Nathan Rees, (born 1968) Australian politician with the Labor Party, and Premier of New South Wales
* Nigel Rees (born 1944), English writer and broadcaster
* Nigel Rees (footballer) (born 1953), Welsh footballer
* Norman J. Rees (c. 1906 – 1976), double agent for USSR and FBI
* Peter Rees (1926–2008), British Conservative party politician
* Paul Rees (born 1986), British racing driver
* Robert Rees (disambiguation), several people
* Ronnie Rees, Welsh international footballer
* Roger Rees (1944–2015), Welsh actor
* Ronnie Rees (born 1944), Welsh footballer
* Stuart Rees, director of the Sydney Peace Foundation
* Thomas Rees (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
* Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister) (1777–1864), Welsh Unitarian minister and scholar
* Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth) (c. 1806–1876; also known as Twm Carnabwth), Welsh leader of the Rebecca Riots
* Thomas Rees (Congregational minister) (1815–1885), Welsh Congregationalist minister
* Thomas Ifor Rees (1890–1977), Welsh diplomat and translator
* Tom Rees (rugby union) (born 1984), English rugby union player
* Tommy Rees (1904–1968), Welsh dual-code rugby player
* Thomas Wynford Rees (1898–1959), British soldier in the British Indian Army
* William Rees (disambiguation), several people

## See also

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* Rees (disambiguation)
* Reece (disambiguation)
* Reese (disambiguation)
* Rees-Jones
* Rees-Mogg
* Rhys

## References

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1. ^ Wells, John (5 January 2010). "Rees, Rhys". John Wells's phonetic blog. Retrieved 5 March 2010.

Surname list

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