Mayes
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Mayes is a surname, and may refer to:
  • Adrian Mayes
    Adrian Mayes
    Adrian Anthony Mayes is a professional Canadian football linebacker who last played with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He became a free agent on February 16, 2009. He played college football as a linebacker and safety with the LSU Tigers at Louisiana State University from...

    , American football player
  • Alan Mayes
    Alan Mayes
    Alan Mayes is a retired English footballer who played for numerous clubs during the 1970s and 1980s....

     (born 1953), English footballer
  • Bernard Mayes
    Bernard Mayes
    Anthony Bernard Duncan Mayes is a retired teacher, broadcaster, university dean, lecturer and author. Born in Britain, Mayes is now a citizen of the United States of America. He lives in San Francisco...

    , British-American lecturer and author
  • Clyde Mayes
    Clyde Mayes
    Clyde Clauthen Mayes, Jr. is a retired American professional basketball player. He played in both the National Basketball Association  and in Europe for various teams. His international career took him to Italy, France and Spain over the course of 12 years...

     (born 1953), American professional basketball player
  • Colin Mayes
    Colin Mayes
    Colin N. Mayes, is a Canadian politician and the current Member of Parliament for the riding of Okanagan—Shuswap. In the 2006 federal election, he ran as a member of the Conservative Party and won with 44.86% of the vote...

     (born 1948), Canadian politician
  • Derrick Mayes
    Derrick Mayes
    Derrick Binet Mayes is a former professional American football player who played wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks, the Green Bay Packers, and the Kansas City Chiefs from 1996 to 2001....

     (born 1974), American football player
  • Frances Mayes
    Frances Mayes
    Frances Mayes is an American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist.Born and raised in Fitzgerald, Georgia, Mayes attended Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and obtained her BA from the University of Florida...

     (born 1940), American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist
  • Ian Mayes
    Ian Mayes
    Ian Mayes is a British journalist and editor. He was the readers' editor for The Guardian newspaper , and was president of the international Organization of News Ombudsmen , serving as a board member since May 2002 after joining in April 2001.His first ten years at The Guardian included launching...

    , British journalist and editor
  • Jeff Mayes
    Jeff Mayes
    Jeffrey Mayes is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. He is the immediate past representative the 96th House district, based in Bay City, and includes the bottom half of Bay County. While in the House, he chaired the Agriculture Committee.-Early life:Mayes graduated from T. L...

    , American politician
  • Joel B. Mayes
    Joel B. Mayes
    Joel Bryan Mayes was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.-Early life and education:He was born in present-day Bartow County, Georgia on October 2, 1833, of mixed Cherokee and white ancestry...

     (died 1891), Chief of the Cherokee Nation
  • John Mayes
    John Mayes
    Johnny Mayes is an Australian former rugby league halfback who represented Australia in the 1975 World Series and played in three consecutive premiership-winning teams from 1973 to 1975, the first for Manly and the latter two for Eastern Suburbs...

    , Australian rugby league player
  • L J Mayes, English author, historian and folk song collector
  • Richard Mayes
    Richard Mayes
    Richard Mayes was an English stage and television actor. A well-known face on British television, he was primarily a theatrical actor. He appeared in many roles on stage and small screen, including roles in Doctor Who and as Jebediah Dingle in Emmerdale...

     (1922 - 2006), English stage and television actor
  • Rueben Mayes
    Rueben Mayes
    Rueben Mayes is a Canadian who played in the National Football League from 1986 to 1993.He first gained notoriety as a running back at North Battleford Comprehensive High School in North Battleford, Saskatchewan. In 1980 Mayes led the NBCHS Vikings to an undefeated season and the SHSAA 3A...

     (born June 6, 1963), Canadian football player
  • Rufus Mayes
    Rufus Mayes
    Rufus Lee Mayes was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Ohio State University and high school football for Toledo Macomber.Rufus died Jan. 1, 1990 at age 42...

     (born 1947), American football player
  • Samuel Houston Mayes
    Samuel Houston Mayes
    Samuel Houston Mayes was Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899.-Background:He was born May 11, 1845, near Stilwell, Oklahoma and was named for Samuel Houston, a friend of his father, Samuel Mayes. He was brother of Joel B. Mayes...

    , Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899
  • Sean Mayes
    Sean Mayes
    Sean Mayes was a British pianist and writer.Born in Stone Allerton, Somerset, Mayes was schooled in Bristol. He won a place at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a degree in philosophy....

     (1949-1995), English rock musician and author
  • Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr.
    Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr.
    Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr. came from a Texas broadcasting family and was Chairman of the American Diabetes Association for three years, and also President of the International Diabetes Federation. In his honor, the Diabetes Association named the highest award given to non-medical professional...

  • William Mayes, Jr., prominent pirate, proprietor of White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island)
    White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island)
    The White Horse Tavern, constructed before 1673 in Newport, Rhode Island, is one of the oldest tavern buildings in the United States. It is located on the corner of Farewell and Marlborough streets in Newport.-History:...

  • William Edward Mayes
    William Edward Mayes
    William Edward Mayes was an English painter from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.His primary medium was watercolour and most of his paintings are representational landscapes of Norfolk, particularly the Norfolk Broads, in the style of S J Batcheldor...

     (1861 – 1952), English painter

See also

  • Mays (disambiguation)
  • Maze (disambiguation)
    Maze (disambiguation)
    A maze is a type of puzzle that consists of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route. See also: Celtic maze.Maze or The Maze may also refer to:-Film and television:* Maze , a 1997 anime...

  • Maize (disambiguation)
    Maize (disambiguation)
    Maize refers to corn, a cereal grain.Maize may also refer to:*Maize or milo maize, another name for grain sorghum in the Midwestern U.S.*Maize , by Pushmonkey*Maize *Maize, Kansas, a U.S. city...

  • Mais (disambiguation)
  • Maye (disambiguation)
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