Redding (surname)

Redding is an English surname, derived from the town of Reading. At the time the 1881 British Census was enumerated, the frequency of the surname Redding was highest in Buckinghamshire (12.8 times the national average), followed by Huntingdonshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Cambridgeshire, Warwickshire, Anglesey, Bedfordshire and Rutland.

List of persons with the surname

 * Ann Holmes Redding (born 1952), former Episcopal priest who was defrocked in 2009 for converting to Islam years earlier
 * Benjamin B. Redding (1824–1882), Canadian-born California politician
 * Cory Redding (born 1980), American football player
 * Cyrus Redding (1785–1870), British journalist and wine writer
 * Devine Redding (born 1996), American football player
 * Dick Redding (1890–1948), American baseball player
 * Gene Redding (born 1945), American singer
 * George Redding (1900–1974), Canadian ice hockey player
 * Jheri Redding (1907–1998), American hair care entrepreneur
 * Louis L. Redding (1901–1998), American civil rights advocate
 * Noel Redding (1945–2003), English musician
 * Oscar Redding (born c. 1974), Australian actor and director
 * Otis Redding (1941–1967), American soul singer
 * Phil Redding (1890–1928), American baseball player
 * Reggie Redding (born 1988), American basketball player
 * Reggie Redding (American football) (born 1968), American football player
 * Rob Redding (born 1976), American commentator
 * Scott Redding (born 1993), English Grand Prix motorcycle racer
 * Teo Redding (born 1994), American football player
 * Tim Redding (born 1978), American baseball player

Fictional characters

 * Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, character in The Shawshank Redemption
 * Burr Redding, inmate on TV's Oz
 * William Redding, character in the Splinter Cell series of video games and novels
 * Blake Redding played by Logan Paul in a 2016 YouTube Originals movie The Thinning