title: Keyes (surname)
text: # Keyes (surname)
  
  Keyes is a common surname, derived from either Anglo-Saxon tribe of Great Britain or a Celtic tribe of Ireland. Notable people with the name include:
  
  * Alan Keyes (born 1950), American politician and diplomat
  * Ancel Keyes, American scientist who invented K-rations and popularized the Mediterranean diet
  * Baron Keyes, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
  * Charles Henry Keyes (1858–1925), American educator
  * Charles Reuben Keyes (1871–1951), American archaeologist
  * Charles Rollin Keyes (1864–1942), American geologist, ornithologist, and politician
  * Christian Keyes (born 1975), American actor and model
  * Daniel Keyes (1927–2014), American author
  * Dan Keyes, American musician in the band Recover
  * Edward J. Keyes (1859–1929), American politician and farmer
  * Erasmus D. Keyes (1810–1895), American general
  * Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American actress
  * Frances Parkinson Keyes (1885–1970), American author
  * Geoffrey Charles Tasker Keyes VC (1917–1941), British Major killed in the raid on Rommel
  * Geoffrey Keyes (1888–1967), major general in the U.S. Army during World War II
  * George Keyes (1919–2010), American professional golfer
  * Gregory Keyes (born 1963), science fiction and fantasy writer
  * Henry Keyes (1810–1870), American politician and railroad executive
  * Henry W. Keyes (1863–1938), politician
  * Homer Eaton Keyes (1875–1938), Dartmouth professor
  * Hugh T. Keyes (1888–1963), American architect
  * Israel Keyes (1978–2012), American serial killer
  * James W. Keyes, American chief executive, formerly of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster Inc.
  * Jocelyn Marcel Keyes (born 1950), American political activist
  * Joe Keyes (musician) (1907–1950), American jazz trumpeter
  * Johnnie Keyes (1940–2018), early African-American pornographic film actor
  * Josh Keyes (born 1969), American painter and printmaker
  * Ken Keyes (politician) (born 1930), Ontario politician
  * Ken Keyes Jr. (1921–1995), author and lecturer
  * Laurel Elizabeth Keyes (1907-1983), counselor
  * Marcus Keyes (born 1973), American football player
  * Marian Keyes (born 1963), Irish writer
  * Maya Keyes (born 1985), daughter of American politician and diplomat Alan Keyes
  * Michael Keyes (1886–1959), Irish politician
  * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), New York politician
  * Ralph Keyes (born 1961), rugby player
  * Ralph Keyes (author) (born 1945)
  * Sir Robert Keyes (1190-1221), 1216, Knights Templar who fought in the fifth crusade
  * Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes (1872–1945), British admiral and hero
  * Roswell K. Colcord (1839–1939), Governor of Nevada from 1891 to 1895
  * Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), English poet and soldier during World War II
  * Stan Keyes (born 1953), Canadian politician
  * BoPete Keyes (born 1997), American football player
  * Thomas Keyes (1523–1571), Royal gatekeeper to Queen Elizabeth I of England
  * Wade Keyes (1821–1879), Confederate politician
  