Rees 514869 216629659 2008-06-02T14:33:23Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] Britons {{Distinguish|Reese}} '''Rees''' is a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] name that traces back to the ancient [[Celts]] known as the [[Britons (historic)|Britons]]. The surname was first recorded in [[Carmarthenshire]], and is derived from the personal name Rhys. It may refer to one of these people: * [[Abraham Rees]] (1743&ndash;1825), compiler of ''Rees's Cyclopaedia'' * [[Alan Rees]], British Formula One driver * [[Alice Mills Rees]], First Family Virginia, American missionary * [[Benjamin Parker Rees, Sr.]], American, union leader ILU-SIU, bon vivant; * [[Benjamin Parker Rees, Jr.]], American, inventor; WWII hero Pacific theater; * [[Billy Rees]] (1924&ndash;1996), Welsh international footballer * [[Brinley Rees]] (1919&ndash;2004), British classicist * [[Celia Rees]] British author * [[Dai Rees]] (born 1913), Welsh golfer * [[David Benjamin Rees|D.Ben Rees]] Welsh publisher, author, lecturer and preacher of Liverpool * [[David Rees (cartoonist)]] (born 1972), U.S. cartoonist * [[Don Rees]], warden of Hugh Stewart Hall in the University of Nottingham for 29 years * [[Elgan Rees]], Wales and British Lions rugby union international * [[Elmer Rees]], British geometer * [[Fernando Rees]] (born 1985), Brazilian autoracing driver * [[Gareth Rees (motorsport commentator)]], (born 1969) Welsh motorsport commentator * [[Gareth Rees (rugby player)]] (born 1967), Canadian rugby union player * [[Jason Rees]] ,Technology teacher FIRST Woodie Flowers Winner * [[Jean Rees]] (1914&ndash;2004), British artist * [[Jeremy Rees]] (1937&ndash;2003), British arts administrator * [[Jerry Rees]], U.S. animator and film director * [[John Rees (journalist)]], U.S. journalist * [[John Rees (UK politician)]], British Trotskyist politician * [[John Rawlings Rees]] (1890&ndash;1969), British psychiatrist * [[Ivor Rees]] (1893&ndash;1967), Welsh soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross * [[Leighton Rees]] (born 1940), Welsh darts player * [[Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees]] (1884&ndash;1955), Welsh World War I flying ace * [[Lloyd Rees]] (1895&ndash;1988), Australian landscape painter * [[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow]] (born 1942), British Astronomer Royal * [[Merlyn Rees]] (born 1920), British Labour party politician and minister * [[Peter Rees]] (born 1926), British Conservative party politician * [[Roger Rees]] (born 1944), British-American actor * [[Stuart Rees]], director of the Sydney Peace Foundation * [[Thomas Rees (Unitarian minister)]] (1777&ndash;1864), Welsh Unitarian minister and scholar * [[Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth)]] (c. 1806&ndash;1876; also known as Twm Carnabwth), Welsh leader of the Rebecca Riots * [[Thomas Rees (Congregational minister)]] (1815&ndash;1885), Welsh Congregationalist minister * [[Thomas Ifor Rees]] (1890&ndash;1977), Welsh diplomat and translator * [[Trevor Rees-Jones]] (born 1968), Bodyguard and sole survivor of the car crash that killed Diana, Princess of Wales * [[William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog)]] (1802–1883), writer * [[William Rees (cinematographer)]] (1904–1961) * [[William James Rees]] (1913–1967), British hydroid and cephalopod researcher * [[William Rees (academic)]] (born 1943) * [[William Rees (veterinarian)]], Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from August 1980 to May 1988 '''Rees''' might also mean: * [[Rees, Germany]], a city on the lower Rhine <!-- * [[Rees (plant)]], a drought-tolerant variety of wheat [http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=faq&id=Rees] --> * ''[[Rees's Cyclopaedia]]'', a nineteenth-century encyclopedia, particularly rich in coverage of science and technology * [[Otway-Rees protocol]], a computer network authentication protocol {{disambig}} [[de:Rees (Begriffsklärung)]] [[fr:Rees]]