Rhodes (surname)
Rhodes is a locational surname, with other spellings Rhoades, Rhoads, Roads and Roades, all deriving from the Old English "rod", meaning "a clearing in the woods", or from one of a number of locations from this word. Topographical features provided obvious and convenient means of identification in the small communities of the Middle Ages, giving rise to various surnames. Locational aurnames arose when former inhabitants of a place moved to another town or area and were identified by the name of their birthplace.[1]
Notable people with this surname include:
A–D
- Alex Rhodes (cyclist) (born 1984), a female Australian racing cyclist
- Alex Rhodes (footballer), an English footballer
- Alexander de Rhodes, a French Jesuit missionary
- Alexis Rhodes, a fictional character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Alicia Rhodes, an English pornographic actress
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, an American author
- Andy Rhodes, a retired English football goalkeeper
- Anthony Rhodes, journalist and author of The Vatican in the Age of the Dictators
- April Rhodes, a fictional character in Glee
- Arthur Rhodes, a Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Atticus Rhodes, a fictional character in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
- Augustus Rhodes, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
- Austin Rhodes, British rugby league footballer
- Bernard Rhodes, former manager of The Clash
- CeCe Rhodes, a fictional character in Gossip Girl
- Cecil Rhodes (1853–1902), British businessman after whom Rhodesia was named, theorist of imperialism, creator of the Rhodes Scholarship
- Christopher Rhodes, former British film and television actor
- Cody Rhodes (born 1985; real name Cody Runnels), American professional wrestler and son of wrestler Dusty Rhodes
- Cynthia Rhodes, an American actress, singer and dancer
- Damian Rhodes, a retired NHL goaltender
- Dan Rhodes, an English writer
- Dave Rhodes, purported author of the electronic chain letter "Make.Money.Fast"
- David Rhodes (author), an American novelist
- David Rhodes (cricketer), an English-born New Zealand cricketer
- David Rhodes (disambiguation), several people, including:
- Dominic Rhodes, a running back in the National Football League
- Donnelly Rhodes, Canadian television actor
- Doralee Rhodes, fictional character in Nine to Five
- Doug Rhodes, a multi-instrumentalist
- Dustin Rhodes (born 1969; real name Dustin Runnels), American professional wrestler and son of wrestler Dusty Rhodes
- Dusty Rhodes (outfielder) (1927–2009), American baseball player
- Dusty Rhodes (wrestler) (born 1945; real name Virgil Runnels, Jr.), American professional wrestler and father of Cody and Dustin Rhodes
E–J
- E. C. Rhodes, statistician and economist who worked with Arthur Bowley and Karl Pearson
- Edgar Nelson Rhodes, a Canadian parliamentarian
- Elisha Hunt Rhodes, Brigadier General in the Union Army
- Elvi Rhodes, a British author of fiction
- Emitt Rhodes, an American singer/songwriter
- Erik Rhodes (actor), an American actor
- Erik Rhodes (pornographic actor), an American pornographic actor
- Frank Rhodes (British Army officer) (1851–1905), brother of Cecil, 19th century British Army Colonel in Africa
- Frank H. T. Rhodes, president of Cornell University
- Gary Rhodes, an English celebrity chef and restaurateur
- Happy Rhodes, an American singer, songwriter, instrumentalist and electronic musician
- Hari Rhodes, an American actor
- Harold Rhodes (cricketer), a former cricketer
- Harold Rhodes, inventor of pianos
- Hervey Rhodes, a former British Labour Party politician
- Ida Rhodes, a mathematician
- Izora Rhodes, Izora Armstead; one half of the pop group the Weather Girls
- James Ford Rhodes, an American industrialist and historian
- Jane Rhodes (1929–2011), French opera singer
- Jay B. Rhodes, an American inventor
- Jennifer Rhodes, an American actress
- Jewell Parker Rhodes, an American novelist
- Jim Rhodes, four-term governor of Ohio
- John Harold Rhodes, an English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Jacob Rhodes III, a former Republican representative
- John Jacob Rhodes, an American politician and lawyer
- John Rhodes (racing driver), a British former racing driver
- John W. Rhodes, a former Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly
- Jonty Rhodes, a former South African cricketer
- Jordan Rhodes, an English footballer
K–Z
- Kerry Rhodes, an American football safety
- Kim Rhode, an American double trap and skeet shooter
- Kim Rhodes, an American actress
- Leah Rhodes, a former American costume designer
- Lou Rhodes, an English singer and songwriter
- Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty, a British television and film actress
- Margaret Rhodes, a first cousin and close friend of Queen Elizabeth II
- Mark Rhodes, a British pop singer and television presenter
- Nick Rhodes, the English keyboardist for Duran Duran
- P. J. Rhodes, a professor of Ancient History at University of Durham specializing in Greek politics
- Pam Rhodes, a British television presenter
- Paul Rhodes, a Canadian political strategist
- Peter Rhodes, a former American journalist
- Peyton Nelle Rhodes, 15th president and namesake of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee
- Philip Rhodes, prolific boat designer who designed the 1962 America's Cup winner, Weatherly
- Phillip Rhodes, drummer for the Gin Blossoms
- Randi Rhodes, talk radio host
- Ray Rhodes, a former American football head coach
- Richard Rhodes (born 1937), American author, notably of Deadly Feastsabout prion diseases, and of The Making of the Atomic Bomb
- Rufus N. Rhodes, founder of the Birmingham News, and Vice-President of the Associated Press
- Rufus R. Rhodes, Chief Clerk of the Confederate Patent Office, 1861–1865
- Sammie Rhodes, an adult film actress
- Stephen Rhodes, a former weekday daytime presenter on BBC Three Counties Radio
- Steve Rhodes, a former English cricketer
- Teddy Tahu Rhodes (born 1966), New Zealand bass-baritone
- Thomas L. Rhodes, an American political editor and president of National Review magazine
- Trevor Rhodes (footballer) (1909–1993), English soccer player
- Tuffy Rhodes, a professional baseball player
- James Rupert Rhodes, the comic-book superhero War Machine
- Wilfred Rhodes, a former English cricketer
- William Barnard Rhodes (c. 1807–1878), New Zealand politician and businessman
- William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, a part-English part-Maori recipient of the Victoria Cross
- William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826), English dramatist
- William C. Rhodes (New York), New York newspaper editor and politician
- William C. Rhodes, American businessman, CEO of AutoZone
- William Henry Rhodes (1822–1876), American writer, used the pseudonym "Caxton"
- William N. Rhodes, U.S. Air Force in World War II
- William R. Rhodes, American businessman with Citigroup and Citibank
- William Rhodes (Canadian politician) (1821–1892), a politician in Quebec, Canada
- William Rhodes (cricketer) (1883–1941), British cricketer
- William Rhodes (footballer), soccer player
- William Rhodes (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1920s for England, and Dewsbury
- William Rhodes (sculptor), American sculptor
- Zandra Rhodes, an English fashion designer
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See also
References
- ^ Rhodes at surnamedb.com