Mead (surname)
Mead is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Albert E. Mead (1861–1909), fifth Governor of U.S. state of Washington
- Andrea Mead-Lawrence (1932–2009), American alpine skier and Olympic gold medalist
- Carver Mead (b. 1934), U.S. computer scientist
- Cato Mead (ca. 1761-1846), black American Revolutionary War veteran
- Charlie Mead (b. 1921), Canadian baseball player
- Chip Mead (1950–1993), American race car driver from Dayton, Ohio
- Chris Mead (1940–2003), ornithologist
- Courtland Mead (b. 1987), U.S. actor, best known for playing Danny Torrance in Stephen King's The Shining
- Cowles Mead (1776–1844), U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Daniel W. Mead (1862–1948), American engineer
- Darren Mead (b. 1971), Australian rules footballer
- David Mead (disambiguation)
- Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), English painter
- Elizabeth Storrs Mead (1832–1917), American educator and President of Mount Holyoke College
- Elwood Mead (1858–1936), U.S. politician and engineer, head of the Bureau of Reclamation
- George Herbert Mead (1863–1931), philosopher, sociologist
- G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), English author, editor, and esotericist
- Hassan Mead (b. 1989), cross country and track and field athlete
- James Mead, member of the Christian rock band Kutless
- James M. Mead (1885–1964), U.S. Senator from New York
- John A. Mead (1841–1920), U.S. politician from Vermont
- Jon Mead (b. 1967), Canadian curler
- Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1815–1910), American sculptor
- Lee Mead (b. 1981), British musical theatre actor
- Les Mead, Australian rugby league footballer
- Lynda Lee Mead (b. ca 1939), 1960 winner of the Miss America pageant
- Margaret Mead (1901–1978), anthropologist
- Mary Mead (1935-1996), rancher and Wyoming politician
- Matt Mead (born 1962), Governor of Wyoming
- Matthew Mead (disambiguation)
- Michael Mead (b. 1956), English professional ballroom dance champion and choreographer
- Mike Mead, American drummer
- Pete Mead (1924–2007), American middleweight boxer
- Phil Mead (1887–1958), English cricketer
- Richard Mead (1673–1754), English physician
- Richelle Mead (b. 1976), American fantasy author
- Shepherd Mead (1914–1994), American author
- Sidney Moko Mead (b. 1927) New Zealand Māori anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher and writer
- Sister Janet Mead (b. 1938), Australian Catholic nun and musician
- Slade Mead (b. 1961), former U.S. Senator for Arizona
- Steven Mead (b. 1962), British euphonium solo player
- Stu Mead (b. 1955), American painter
- Syd Mead (b. 1933), industrial designer, worked on films such as Blade Runner
- Taylor Mead (1924–2013), American writer and actor
- Tom Mead (1918–2004), Australian politician
- Walter Mead (1869–1954), Essex cricketer
- Walter Russell Mead (b. 1952), American foreign thinker
- William Rutherford Mead (1846–1928), structural engineer, co-founder of the architecture firm McKim, Mead, and White