Mead (surname)

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
 * 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 1970), 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
 * 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