Rice (surname)

Rice is a surname that is frequently of Welsh origin, but also can be English, Irish, or even German. In Wales it is a patronymic surname, an Anglicized transliteration of Rhys, as are Reese and Reece. The German name Reiss has also been transliterated as Rice in the United States.

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Abbott Barnes Rice (1862–1926), American businessman, Massachusetts State legislator

Albert E. Rice (1845–1921), American politician, Lt. Governor of Minnesota

Alex Rice (born 1972), Canadian First Nations (Mohawk) actress

Alexander H. Rice (1818–1895), American politician, Governor of Massachusetts

Alexander H. Rice (explorer) (1875–1956), American physician, geographer, explorer

Alice Hegan Rice (1870–1942), American novelist

Alice May Bates Rice (1868–after 1907), American soprano singer

Americus Vespucius Rice (1835–1904), American Civil War general (Union) and U.S. Congressman

Amy Rice (born 1966), American attorney, former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives

Andrew Rice (born 1973), American civic leader and politician, Oklahoma State senator

Andrew E. Rice (1922–2010), American academic, founder of Peace Corps and Society for International Development

Angourie Rice (born 2001), Australian actress

Anna Rice (born 1980), Canadian badminton player

Anne Rice (1941–2021), American author

Anneka Rice (born 1958), British television presenter

Arthur Rice, 6th Baron Dynevor (1836–1911), British peer

Ashley Rice (born 1986), English actor

B

Ben Rice (born 1999), American baseball player

Benjamin F. Rice (1828–1905), U.S. Republican Senator from Arkansas

Benjamin L. Rice (1837–1927), epigraphist in India

Boyd Rice (born 1956), U.S. experimental sound/noise musician, also known as NON

Brendan Patrick Rice (born 1997), stage name Gus Dapperton, American singer-songwriter

Brenden Rice (born 2002), American football player

Brett Rice (born 1954), American actor

Britton Rice (born 1981), American musician and record producer

Bryan Rice (born 1978), Danish singer also known as Brian Risberg Clausen

Buddy Rice (born 1976), U.S. auto racing driver

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Cale Young Rice (1872–1943), U.S. poet and dramatist

Caleb Rice (1792–1873), attorney and politician who was first president of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

Cecil Spring Rice (1872–1943), British diplomat

C. Allen Thorndike Rice (1851–1889), publisher, editor and journalist

Charles E. Rice (1931–2015), U.S. legal scholar, Catholic apologist, and author

Charles Owen Rice (1908–2005), U.S. labor activist, Roman Catholic priest

Chester Williams Rice (1888–1951), U.S. inventor

Chris Rice, U.S. singer and songwriter of contemporary and Christian music

Christopher Rice (born 1978), U.S. novelist, son of Anne Rice

Clara Rice (born 2005), U.S. women baseball player

Clive Rice (1949–2015), South African cricketer

Condoleezza Rice (born 1954), U.S. academic and public official, former Secretary of State

Constance L. Rice (born 1956), U.S. civil rights activist

Craig L. Rice, (born 1972), U.S. politician from Maryland

Craig Rice (author) (1908–1957), U.S. author of mysteries

D

Damien Rice (born 1973), Irish musician

Dan Rice (1823–1900), U.S. entertainer, primarily a clown

Danica Rice, Canadian sprint kayaker

David Rice (disambiguation), multiple people

Dean Rice (born 1968), Australian rules footballer

Declan Rice (born 1999), English footballer

Del Rice (1922–1983), U.S. baseball player and team manager, American League

Desmond Rice (1924–2020), British Army officer

Donna Rice (born 1958), figure in U.S. political sex scandal, anti-pornography crusader

Dorothy P. Rice (1922–2017), U.S. public health statistician

E

Ed Rice (1918–2001), U.S. author, publisher, photojournalist and painter

Edmund Rice (colonist) (1594–1663), early Massachusetts Bay settler who has many descendants in the northern U.S.A.

Edmund Rice (general) (1842–1906), brigadier general, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

Edmund Rice (politician) (1819–1889), U.S. Congressman from Minnesota

Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), Irish Roman Catholic missionary, founder of Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers

Edward A. Rice Jr. (born 1956), U.S. Air Force Lt. General

Edward E. Rice (1847–1924), writer in U.S. theater

Edward Loranus Rice (1871–1960), U.S. biologist and educator

Edward Y. Rice (1820–1883), U.S. representative from Illinois

Elizabeth Rice (born 1985), U.S. actress

Elliott Warren Rice (1835–1887), U.S. Civil War general (Union)

Elmer Rice (1892–1967), U.S. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

Eugene Rice (1891–1967), U.S. federal judge

Eugene F. Rice Jr. (1924–2008), U.S. historian

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Florence Rice (1911–1974), U.S. film actress of the 1930s and early 1940s

Florence M. Rice (1919–2020), New York City consumer advocate

Francis Rice, 5th Baron Dynevor (1804–1878), British clergyman and peer

Franklin Pierce Rice (1852–1919), U.S. publisher, historian and antiquarian

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Gary Rice (born 1960), British cricketer

George Rice, 3rd Baron Dynevor (1765–1852), British peer and politician

George Rice-Trevor, 4th Baron Dynevor (1795–1869), British politician

George W. Rice (businessman) (1823–1856), U.S. businessman known for founding the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company

George W. Rice (photographer), (1855–1884) Canadian photographer and Arctic explorer

Gigi Rice (born 1965), U.S. movie and television actress

Glen Rice (born 1967), U.S. professional basketball player

Glen Rice Jr. (born 1991), U.S. and international professional basketball player

Gordon Rice (born 1933), Canadian artist

Grantland Rice (1880–1954), U.S. sportswriter

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Harvey Rice, (1800–1891) lawyer, publisher, author and Ohio state legislator

Helen Steiner Rice (1900–1981), U.S. writer of religious poetry

Henry Rice (politician), (1786–1867) U.S. military officer, merchant and Massachusetts state legislator

Henry Gordon Rice (1920–2003), U.S. logician known for Rice's theorem

Henry Mower Rice (1816–1894), U.S. Senator from Minnesota

Homer Rice (born 1927), American football coach

Horace Rice (1872–1950), Australian tennis player

Howard Rice, U.S. sailor

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Iain Rice (1947–2022), writer on model railways

Ignatius Rice (1883–1955), British Benedictine monk, headmaster of Douai School

Ira A. Rice (1812–1887), Wisconsin pioneer and politician

Isaac Rice (disambiguation), multiple people

Isabella Rice (born 2006), American television actress

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J Rice (born 1988), American singer-songwriter

Jackie Rice (born 1990), Filipina actress and model

Jacob Rice (New Hampshire politician) (1787–1879), New Hampshire politician

Jacob Rice (New York politician) (1847–1930), New York politician

James Rice (cricketer), English amateur cricketer from 1811 to 1813

James Rice (writer) (1843–1882), English novelist

James A. Rice (born 1957), U.S. politician and jurist

James Clay Rice (1828–1864), U.S. Civil War general (Union)

James Louis Rice (1730–1793), Irish count of The Holy Roman Empire

James Mahmud Rice (born 1972), Australian sociologist

James Montgomery Rice (1842–1912), American lawyer and politician

James R. Rice, (born 1940), U.S. scholar in the field of solid mechanics

James S. Rice, (1846–1939), U.S. rancher and businessman

Jerry Rice (born 1962), American football player

Jerry Rice Jr. (born 1991), American football player

Jim Rice (born 1953), U.S. baseball player

Joan Rice (1930–1997), British movie actress

Joel Ryce-Menuhin (1933–1998), or Joel Taylor Rice, U.S. pianist and Jungian psychologist

John Rice (disambiguation), multiple people

Johnathan Rice (born 1983), U.S. musician

Jonas Rice (1672–1753), founder of Worcester, Massachusetts

Joseph Waldo Rice (1828–1915), American-born entrepreneur and Australia pioneer

Juanita Rice (née Anita Rice, also known as Juanita Guccione; 1904–1999), American painter and taxidermist

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Kathleen M. Rice (born 1965), U.S. Congresswoman representing New York's 4th congressional district

Kiki Rice (born 2004), American basketball player

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L. Scott Rice (born 1958), U.S. Air Force major general

Laban Lacy Rice (1870–1973), U.S. educator

Landon Rice (born 1988), Canadian football player

Larry Rice (racing driver) (1946–2009), U.S. racing car driver

Larry Rice, U.S. politician

Len Rice (1918–1992), U.S. baseball player

Lilian Jeannette Rice (1889–1938), American architect

Linda L. Rice (born 1964), American racehorse trainer

Lucy Wilson Rice (1874–1963), American artist based in Texas

Luther Rice (1783–1836), U.S. minister and missionary

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Mack Rice (1933–2016), U.S. songwriter

Mandy Rice-Davies (1944–2014), British model involved in the Profumo affair

Marjorie Rice (1923–2017), U.S. amateur mathematician

Matthew Rice (born 1982), American football player

Mattie Clyburn Rice (1922–2014), African American member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy

Michael Rice (disambiguation) or Mike Rice, multiple people

Milton P. Rice (1920–2018), American lawyer

Miriam C. Rice (1918–2010), American artist

M. J. Rice (born 2003), American basketball player

Monty Rice (born 1999), American football player

Myles Rice (born 2002), American basketball player

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Nathaniel Rice (c.