# Mead (surname)

Mead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Albert E. Mead (1861–1909), fifth Governor of U.S. state of Washington
* Albert R. Mead (1915–2009), American malacologist
* Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932–2009), American alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist
* Andrew Mead (born 1952), American justice
* Benjamin C. Mead (1873–1934), American lawyer
* Beth Mead (born 1995), English association footballer
* Bob Mead (born 1937), American politician
* Carver Mead (born 1934), U.S. computer scientist
* Cato Mead (c. 1761–1846), black American Revolutionary War veteran
* Charlie Mead (1921–2014), Canadian baseball player
* Chip Mead (1950–1993), American race car driver from Dayton, Ohio
* Chris Mead (1940–2003), ornithologist
* Chuck Mead, American singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and musical director
* Courtland Mead (born 1987), U.S. actor, best known for playing Danny Torrance in Stephen King's The Shining
* Cowles Mead (1776–1844), U.S. Representative from Georgia
* Curtis Mead (born 2000), Australian baseball player
* Cyril Mead, birth name of Syd Little (born 1942), British comedian
* Daniel W. Mead (1862–1948), American engineer
* Darius Mead (1787–1864), American politician
* Darren Mead (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
* David Mead (disambiguation), several people
* Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), English painter
* Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832–1917), American educator and President of Mount Holyoke College
* Elwood Mead (1858–1936), U.S. politician and engineer, head of the Bureau of Reclamation
* Emma Camp Mead (1866–1934), hotelkeeper and herbalist
* George Herbert Mead (1863–1931), philosopher, sociologist
* Gertrude Mead (1867–1919), Australian doctor and advocate
* Giles W. Mead (1928-2005), American ichthyologist and museum curator
* G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), English author, editor, and esotericist
* Hassan Mead (born 1989), cross country and track and field athlete
* James Mead (actor) (1912–1985), American performer; later stage name James Craig
* James R. Mead (pioneer) (1836–1910), American pioneer and politician; co-founder of Wichita
* James R. Mead (judge) (1861–1934), American jurist and politician from Connecticut
* Jane Mead (1958–2019), American poet
* Jared Mead (born 1991), American politician
* John A. Mead (1841–1920), U.S. politician from Vermont
* Jon Mead (born 1967), Canadian curler
* Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1815–1910), American sculptor
* Lawrence Mead (born 1943), American political scientist
* Lee Mead (born 1981), British musical theatre actor
* Les Mead (1909–1996), Australian rugby league footballer
* Lynda Lee Mead (born 1939), 1960 winner of the Miss America pageant
* Marcia Mead (1879–1967), architect
* Margaret Mead (1901–1978), anthropologist
* Mary Mead (1935–1996), rancher and Wyoming politician
* Matt Mead (born 1962), Governor of Wyoming
* Matthew Mead (disambiguation)
* Michael Mead (born 1956), English professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer
* Mike Mead (first credit 1985), American drummer
* Nancy R. Mead (born 1942), American computer scientist
* Nathaniel Mead (died 1970), English lawyer and politician
* Owen Mead (1892–1942), New Zealand soldier
* Phil Mead (1887–1958), English cricketer
* Richard Mead (1673–1754), English physician
* Richelle Mead (born 1976), American fantasy author
* Roger Mead (1938–2015), English statistician and professor
* Scott Mead, American fine art photographer, philanthropist, and investor
* Shepherd Mead (1914–1994), American author
* Sidney Moko Mead (born 1927), New Zealand Māori anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher and writer
* Silas Mead (1834–1909), Baptist minister in Adelaide, South Australia
* Sister Janet Mead (1937–2022), Australian Catholic nun and musician
* Slade Mead (born 1961), former U.S. Senator for Arizona
* Solomon Mead (1829–1905), American academic administrator
* Steven Mead (born 1962), British euphonium solo player
* Stu Mead (born 1955), American painter
* Syd Mead (1933–2019), American industrial designer, worked on films such as Blade Runner
* Taylor Mead (1924–2013), American writer and actor
* Ted Mead, Australian rugby league footballer
* Theodore Luqueer Mead (1852–1936), American naturalist
* Tim Mead (born 1981), English countertenor
* Tom Mead (1918–2004), Australian politician
* Walter Mead (cricketer) (1869–1954), English Essex cricketer
* Walter Russell Mead (born 1952), American foreign thinker
* William H. Mead (1921–1974), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
* William Perrett Mead (1889–1980), New Zealand and writer
* William Richard Mead (1915–2014), British geographer
* William Rutherford Mead (1846–1928), American architect