Mead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert E. Mead (1861âÂÂ1909), fifth Governor of U.S. state of Washington
- Albert R. Mead (1915âÂÂ2009), American malacologist
- Andrea Mead Lawrence (1932âÂÂ2009), American alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist
- Andrew Mead (born 1952), American justice
- Benjamin C. Mead (1873âÂÂ1934), 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. 1761âÂÂ1846), black American Revolutionary War veteran
- Charlie Mead (1921âÂÂ2014), Canadian baseball player
- Chip Mead (1950âÂÂ1993), American race car driver from Dayton, Ohio
- Chris Mead (1940âÂÂ2003), 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 (1776âÂÂ1844), 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 (1862âÂÂ1948), American engineer
- Darius Mead (1787âÂÂ1864), American politician
- Darren Mead (born 1971), Australian rules footballer
- David Mead (disambiguation), several people
- Dorothy Mead (1928âÂÂ1975), English painter
- Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832âÂÂ1917), American educator and President of Mount Holyoke College
- Elwood Mead (1858âÂÂ1936), U.S. politician and engineer, head of the Bureau of Reclamation
- Emma Camp Mead (1866âÂÂ1934), hotelkeeper and herbalist
- George Herbert Mead (1863âÂÂ1931), American philosopher, sociologist
- Gertrude Mead (1867âÂÂ1919), Australian doctor and advocate
- Giles W. Mead (1928âÂÂ2005), American ichthyologist and museum curator
- G. R. S. Mead (1863âÂÂ1933), English author, editor, and esotericist
- Hassan Mead (born 1989), American cross country and track and field athlete
- James Mead (actor) (1912âÂÂ1985), American performer; later stage name James Craig
- James R. Mead (pioneer) (1836âÂÂ1910), American pioneer and politician; co-founder of Wichita
- James R. Mead (judge) (1861âÂÂ1934), American jurist and politician from Connecticut
- Jane Mead (1958âÂÂ2019), American poet
- Jared Mead (born 1991), American politician
- John A. Mead (1841âÂÂ1920), U.S. politician from Vermont
- Jon Mead (born 1967), Canadian curler
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1815âÂÂ1910), American sculptor
- Larry Mead (1938-2022), American politician from Missouri
- Lawrence Mead (born 1943), American political scientist
- Lee Mead (born 1981), British musical theatre actor
- Les Mead (1909âÂÂ1996), Australian rugby league footballer
- Lynda Lee Mead (born 1939), 1960 winner of the Miss America pageant
- Marcia Mead (1879âÂÂ1967), American architect
- Margaret Mead (1901âÂÂ1978), American anthropologist
- Mary Mead (1935âÂÂ1996), American rancher and Wyoming politician
- Matt Mead (born 1962), American politician, 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 1760), English lawyer and politician
- Owen Mead (1892âÂÂ1942), New Zealand soldier
- Phil Mead (1887âÂÂ1958), English cricketer
- Philip Mead (historian), American historian
- Richard Mead (1673âÂÂ1754), English physician
- Richelle Mead (born 1976), American fantasy author
- Roger Mead (1938âÂÂ2015), English statistician and professor
- Scott Mead, American fine art photographer, philanthropist, and investor
- Shepherd Mead (1914âÂÂ1994), American author
- Sir Sidney Moko Mead (born 1927), New Zealand MÃÂori anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher and writer
- Silas Mead (1834âÂÂ1909), Baptist minister in Adelaide, South Australia
- Sister Janet Mead (1937âÂÂ2022), Australian Catholic nun and musician
- Slade Mead (born 1961), American politician, U.S. Senator for Arizona
- Solomon Mead (1829âÂÂ1905), American academic administrator
- Steven Mead (born 1962), British euphonium solo player
- Stu Mead (born 1955), American painter
- Syd Mead (1933âÂÂ2019), American industrial designer, worked on films such as Blade Runner
- Taylor Mead (1924âÂÂ2013), American writer and actor
- Ted Mead, Australian rugby league footballer
- Theodore Luqueer Mead (1852âÂÂ1936), American naturalist
- Tim Mead (born 1981), English countertenor
- Tom Mead (1918âÂÂ2004), Australian politician
- Walter Mead (cricketer) (1869âÂÂ1954), English Essex cricketer
- Walter Russell Mead (born 1952), American foreign thinker
- William H. Mead (1921âÂÂ1974), American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware
- William Perrett Mead (1889âÂÂ1980), New Zealand and writer
- William Richard Mead (1915âÂÂ2014), British geographer
- William Rutherford Mead (1846âÂÂ1928), American architect
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