Keys (surname)

Keys is an English surname with Old English and Celtic origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alicia Keys (born 1981), American musician
• Ancel Keys (1904–2004), American nutritionist
• Austin Keys (born 2002), American football player
• Bobby Keys (1943–2014), American saxophonist
• Carleth Keys, Venezuelan journalist
• Clement Keys (1864–1937), English football manager
• Clement Melville Keys (1876–1952), American financier
• Constance Keys (1886–1964), Australian nurse
• David Keys, British archaeological journalist
• Derek Keys (1931–2018), South African politician
• Howard Keys (1935–1971), American football player
• Jack Keys (1865–1890), English footballer
• John Keys (born 1956), British organist
• Karen Keys-Gamarra, American politician from Virginia
• Madison Keys (born 1995), American tennis player
• Margaret Sherratt Keys (1856–1942) British-born American porcelain painter; store proprietor
• Martha Keys (1930–2024), American politician
• Martha Jayne Keys (1892–1975), American Christian minister
• Richard Keys (born 1957), English sports presenter
• Ronald Keys (born 1945), U.S. Air Force general
• Samuel Keys (1771–1850), English china painter
• Samuel J. Keys (1847–1924), American politician and businessman
• Tristen Keys, American football player
• William Keys (disambiguation)

Fictional characters

• Patty Keys, a character in Ninjago

See also

• Key (surname)
• Keyes (disambiguation)