Reed

Reed may mean:

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• Reed (plant), a plant with a tall strong hollow stem that grows in large groups in shallow water or on marshy ground
• Reed (music), a thin strip of material which vibrates to make music, often made from the stem of the reed plant
• Reed College, a college in Portland, Oregon
• Reed, the stem that is used for making the roofs of some houses. See thatching.

Reed is also the name of some places in the United States:

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• Reed, Arkansas
• Reed, Maine

Reed is also a surname:

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• Alfred Reed, American composer
• Andre Reed, American football player for the Buffalo Bills
• Carol Reed, British film director
• David P. Reed, telecommunications expert, creator of Reed's law
• Davin Reed, American botanist
• Donna Reed, American actress
• Edward James Reed, Victorian era naval architect
• Evelyn Reed, American Communist (Socialist Workers Party)
• Fred Reed, American journalist
• Fred Reed, British poet
• Henry Reed, British poet and journalist
• Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist and scholar
• Jack Reed, United States Senator from Rhode Island
• Jimmy Reed, American blues singer
• John Reed (journalist), American journalist
• John Reed (actor), longtime principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
• John Reed Sr., John Reed Jr., U.S. politicians, father and son
• John F. Reed, U.S. politician, senator
• John Shedd Reed, former head of Santa Fe Industries
• John S. Reed, former head of Citibank and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange
• Joseph Reed (jurist), American jurist, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania
• Joseph Reed (architect), 19th century Australian architect
• Lawrence Reed, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
• Lou Reed, American singer and songwriter
• Oliver Reed, British actor
• Peyton Reed, American film director
• Ralph Reed (American Express), former CEO of American Express
• Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American political strategist and former head of the Christian Coalition
• Rex Reed, American film critic, author and actor
• Robert Reed, American actor
• Sam Reed, American politician and current Secretary of State for Washington
• Stanley Reed, U.S. Solicitor General and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Thomas Brackett Reed, U.S. politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives