Mayes

Mayes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adrian Mayes (born 1980), American football player
 * Alan Mayes (born 1953), English footballer
 * Bernard Mayes (1929–2014), British-American lecturer and author
 * Clifford Mayes (born 1953), American professor of education
 * Clyde Mayes (born 1953), American professional basketball player
 * Colin Mayes (born 1948), Canadian politician
 * Derrick Mayes (born 1974), American football player
 * Frances Mayes (born 1940), American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist
 * Ian Mayes, British journalist and editor
 * Jeff Mayes (born 1971), American politician
 * Joel B. Mayes (died 1891), Chief of the Cherokee Nation
 * Johnny Mayes (born 1947), Australian rugby league player
 * Pete Mayes (1938–2008), American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
 * Richard Mayes (1922–2006), English stage and television actor
 * Robert Burns Mayes (1867–1921), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
 * Ron Mayes (born 1954), American educator and author
 * Rueben Mayes (born 1963), Canadian football player
 * Rufus Mayes (1947–1990), American football player
 * Samuel Houston Mayes (1845–1927), Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899
 * Sean Mayes (1949–1995), English rock musician and author
 * Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. (1924–2021), American radio and cable television executive
 * William Mayes Jr., prominent pirate, proprietor of White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island)
 * William Edward Mayes (1861–1952), English painter