Keyes (surname)
Keyes is a common surname, derived from either Anglo-Saxon tribe of Great Britain or a Celtic tribe of Ireland. Notable people with the name include:
- Alan Keyes, American politician and diplomat
- Ancel Keyes, American scientist who invented K-rations and popularized the Mediterranean diet
- Baron Keyes, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
- Charles Henry Keyes, American educator
- Charles Reuben Keyes, American archaeologist
- Charles Rollin Keyes, American geologist, ornithologist, and politician
- Daniel Keyes, American author
- Dan Keyes, American musician in the band Recover
- Edward J. Keyes, American politician and farmer
- Erasmus D. Keyes, American general
- Evelyn Keyes, American actress
- Frances Parkinson Keyes, American author
- Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes VC, British Major killed in the raid on Rommel
- Geoffrey Keyes, major general in the U.S. Army during World War II
- Gregory Keyes, science fiction and fantasy writer
- Henry Keyes, American politician and railroad executive
- Henry W. Keyes, politician
- Homer Eaton Keyes, Dartmouth professor
- Hugh T. Keyes, American architect
- Israel Keyes, American serial killer
- James W. Keyes, American chief executive, formerly of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster Inc.
- Jocelyn Marcel Keyes, American political activist
- Joe Keyes, American jazz trumpeter
- Johnnie Keyes, early African-American pornographic film actor
- Ken Keyes , Ontario politician
- Ken Keyes Jr., author and lecturer
- Laurel Elizabeth Keyes, counselor
- Marcus Keyes, American football player
- Marian Keyes, Irish writer
- Maya Keyes, daughter of American politician and diplomat Alan Keyes
- Michael Keyes, Irish politician
- Perley Keyes, New York politician
- Ralph Keyes, rugby player
- Ralph Keyes
- Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes, British admiral and hero
- Roswell K. Colcord, Governor of Nevada from 1891 to 1895
- Sidney Keyes, English poet and soldier during World War II
- Stan Keyes, Canadian politician
- Thakarius Keyes, American football player
- Thomas Keyes, Royal gatekeeper to Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Wade Keyes, Confederate politician