Reed
Reed may mean:
- 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:
Reed is also a surname:
- 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
- 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
- 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