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 1760), 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
• Sir 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

See also

• Meade (surname)
• Meads (surname)

Surname list

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