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

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