Reed

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Reed may mean:

Reed (plant), a plant with a tall strong hollow stem that grows in large groups in shallow water or on marshy ground
Reed (music), a thin strip of material which vibrates to make music, often made from the stem of the reed plant
Reed College, a college in Portland, Oregon
Reed, the stem that is used for making the roofs of some houses. See thatching.

Reed is also the name of some places in the United States:

Reed is also a surname:

Alfred Reed, American composer
Andre Reed, American football player for the Buffalo Bills
Carol Reed, British film director
David P. Reed, telecommunications expert, creator of Reed's law
Davin Reed, American botanist
Donna Reed, American actress
Edward James Reed, Victorian era naval architect
Fred Reed, American journalist
Fred Reed, British poet
Henry Reed, British poet and journalist
Ishmael Reed, American poet, novelist and scholar
Jack Reed, United States Senator from Rhode Island
Jimmy Reed, American blues singer
John Reed (journalist), American journalist
John Reed (actor), longtime principal comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
John Reed Sr., John Reed Jr., U.S. politicians, father and son
John F. Reed, U.S. politician, senator
John Shedd Reed, former head of Santa Fe Industries
John S. Reed, former head of Citibank and chairman of the New York Stock Exchange
Joseph Reed (jurist), American jurist, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania
Joseph Reed (architect), 19th century Australian architect
Lawrence Reed, president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy
Lou Reed, American singer and songwriter
Peyton Reed, American film director
Ralph Reed (American Express), former CEO of American Express
Ralph E. Reed, Jr., American political strategist and former head of the Christian Coalition
Rex Reed, American film critic, author and actor
Robert Reed, American actor
Sam Reed, American politician and current Secretary of State for Washington
Stanley Reed, U.S. Solicitor General and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas Brackett Reed, U.S. politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

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