Reeve is an English surname originally meaning officer or steward.^[1] derived from the Old English ge refa. spelling variations, including Reeve, Reve, Reave, Reaves, Reeves and others. Some notable persons with the surname include:

• Ada Reeve (1874–1966), English actress
• Alan Reeve (born 1948), English murderer
• Arthur B. Reeve (1880–1936), American author
• Arthur Stretton Reeve (1907–1981), Bishop of Lichfield
• Arthur W.V. Reeve (1913 – c. 1994), Scouting New Zealand notable, awardee of the Bronze Wolf in 1979
• Birdie Reeve Kay (1907–1996), American champion typist
• C. D. C. Reeve (born 1948), American philosopher
• Charlie Reeve, American psychologist
• Cheryl Reeve, American basketball head coach
• Chris Reeve (born 1953), American knife maker
• Christopher Reeve (1952–2004), actor, director, producer and writer
• Clara Reeve (1729–1807), English novelist
• Dana Reeve (1961–2006), actress, singer and activist
• Dermot Reeve (born 1963), former English cricketer
• Donald Reeve (1923–1994), British civil engineer
• Edward Reeve (1822–1889), Australian art patron and playwright
• Ella Reeve Bloor (1862–1951), American labor organizer and activist
• Elle Reeve, American correspondent
• F.D. Reeve (1928–2013), American poet
• Fred Reeve, English footballer
• Geoffrey Reeve (1932–2010), British movie director and producer
• Henry Reeve (journalist) (1813–1895), English journalist
• Henry Reeve (soldier) (1850–1876), Brigadier General in Cuba's 'Ejército Libertador'
• Herbert Reeve (1868–1956), English clergyman and missionary
• Isaac Van Duzen Reeve (1813–1890), soldier in the United States Army
• James H. Reeve, UK broadcaster, journalist, raconteur and radio phone-in host
• Jill Reeve (born 1969), former American field hockey defender
• Joan Reeve (died 1929), alias of Grace Oakeshott, British activist for women's rights
• Joel Reeve (1901–1988), pseudonym of American author William Robert Cox
• John Reeve (religious leader) (1608–1658), English prophet and author
• John Reeve (businessman), British CEO of Willis Group Holdings
• John Reeve Lavell (1857–1925), lawyer and political figure in Ontario
• John N. Reeve, American microbiologist
• Ken Reeve, English footballer
• Lovell Augustus Reeve (1814–1865), malacologist
• Martin Reeve, British actor
• Philip Reeve (born 1966), British author and illustrator
• Robert Campbell Reeve (1902–1980), founder of Reeve Aleutian Airlines
• Simon Reeve (disambiguation)
• Sue Reeve (born 1951), English long jumper
• Tapping Reeve (1744–1823), American lawyer and law educator
• Ted Reeve (1902–1983), multi-sport Canadian athlete and sports journalist
• Thomas Reeve (1673–1737), British justice
• Trevor Reeve (1915–1993), British barrister and judge
• William Reeve (disambiguation)
• Wybert Reeve (1831–1906), English actor and stage manager with a significant career in Australia