Rea (name)
Rea is a name. Notable people and characters with the name include:Surname
- Andrew Rea, American culinary YouTube personality and filmmaker
- Baron Rea, a Peerage of the United Kingdom
- *Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea
- *Philip Russell Rea, 2nd Baron Rea
- * Nicolas Rea, 3rd Baron Rea
- Carleton Rea, British mycologist
- Chris Rea, English singer-songwriter
- Colin Rea, American professional baseball pitcher
- George Rea, American banker and university president
- Gino Rea, British motorcycle racer
- Herald Rea Cox , American bacteriologist
- Jackie Rea, Northern Irish snooker player
- James F. Rea, American politician
- James Rea Benson, Canadian businessman and politician from Ontario
- Joseph "Joe" Rea, Canadian curler and coach
- John Rea
- Jonathan Rea, Northern Irish motorcycle racer
- Paul Rea, American radio and television reporter from Georgia
- Peggy Rea , American actress
- Russell Rea, British ship-owner and politician
- Samuel Rea, American railroad executive
- Silvia Dimitrova Rea, Bulgarian painter
- Stephen Rea, Irish actor
- Steven Rea, American film critic
- Thomas Rea, American dermatologist
- Tony Rea,, Australian rugby league coach
- Virginia Rea, American singer
- William Rea , partner or manager of important English ironworks
- William Rea , of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Given name
- Rea Brändle, Swiss journalist
- Rea Carey, American human rights activist
- Rea Garvey, Irish singer
- Rea Hraski, Croatian sportswoman
- Rea Irvin, American graphic artist
- Rea Leakey, officer
- Rea Lenders, Dutch trampoline gymnast
- Rea Mauranen, Finnish television actress
- Rea Mészáros, Hungarian handball player
- Rea Pittman, Australian rugby league footballer
- Rea Tajiri, Japanese–American filmmaker
- Rea Wilmshurst, Canadian literary editor
Fictional characters
- Princess Rea, a character in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's 1950 play Romulus der Große
- Rea Masaki, a fictional character in the Tenchi Muyo! series and only a character in the OVA continuity
- T'Rea, a Vulcan priestess on Star Trek, mother of Sybok
- Rhea Silvia, the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome
