Reese (name)

Reese is an anglicised spelling of the Welsh name Rhys.

Given name

• Reese Andy, an American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• Reese Erlich, an American author and journalist
• Reese Hoffa, an American athletic and world champion in shot put
• Reese J. Llewellyn (c. 1862-1936), Welsh-born American businessman
• Reese McGuire, a catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays
• Reese Mishler, an American actor
• Reese Roper, an American singer and songwriter
• Reese Schonfeld, an American newsman, first CEO of CNN
• Reese Waters, an American comedian and ESPN correspondent
• Reese Witherspoon, an American film actress and producer

Family name

• Bob Reese, Louisiana Republican politician
• Charley Reese, American newspaper columnist
• Chip Reese, American professional gambler, mostly in poker
• Dan Reese (1879–1953), New Zealand cricketer
• David Reese (disambiguation)
• David Meredith Reese (1800–1861), American physician and skeptic
• Della Reese, American actor, singer, and minister
• Dylan Reese (born 1984), American NHL ice hockey player
• Florence Reese, (1900–1986), American social activist, poet, and folksong writer
• Glenn G. Reese, a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate
• George W. Reese, Jr., Louisiana Republican politician
• Gustave Reese, American musicologist
• Hans Reese, (1891–1973), M.D., German olympic soccer player in 1912 and physician-neurologist
• H. B. Reese, inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and founder of the H.B. Reese Candy Company in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Jim Reese, Oklahoma politician
• Jim Reese (Texas politician), former mayor of Odessa
• Jimmie Reese, an American baseball player
• John Reese (disambiguation)
• Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935), American poet, educator
• Mason Reese, American actor
• Melissa Reese, American musician
• Pee Wee Reese, an American baseball player
• Piper Reese, an American actress and internet celebrity
• Rita Mae Reese, American poet, fiction writer, and publisher
• Terence Reese, a British bridge player and writer
• Thomas J. Reese, S.J., a contemporary Jesuit author and former editor-in-chief of America magazine
• Tom Reese, New Zealand cricket historian

Nickname or stage name

• Kevin Saunderson, also known as Master Reese

Fictional characters

• Reese (Stargate), a gynoid in the television show Stargate SG-1
• Reese, an NPC in Animal Crossing: New Leaf
• Reese, Malcolm's older brother from the American TV series Malcolm in the Middle
• Derek Reese, a character in the science-fiction television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
• John Reese, a character in Person of Interest played by Jim Caviezel
• Kyle Reese, a character from the Terminator universe
• Logan Reese, a character in Zoey 101 played by Matthew Underwood
• Reese Williams, a character on the former ABC soap opera All My Children