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.[1]

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

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  • Nathaniel Rice (c. 1694 – 1753), colonial governor of North Carolina
  • Norm Rice (born 1943), former mayor of Seattle, Washington

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  • Sam Rice (Edgar Charles "Sam" Rice), (1890–1974) U.S. baseball player
  • Samuel Allen Rice (1828–1864), U.S. Civil War general (Union)
  • Santino Rice (born 1974), U.S. fashion designer
  • Sarah Rice, U.S. stage actress
  • Sidney Rice (born 1986), American football player
  • Simeon Rice (born 1974), American football player
  • Spencer Rice (born 1973), Canadian writer and comedian
  • Stan Rice (1942–2002), U.S. poet and artist, husband of Anne Rice
  • Stephanie Rice (born 1988), Australian swimmer
  • Steven Rice (born 1971), 1990s National Hockey League player from Canada
  • Stuart A. Rice (born 1932), U.S. theoretical and physical chemist
  • Susan Rice (born 1964), U.S. foreign policy advisor and ambassador to the United Nations
  • Suzy Rice, U.S. screenwriter and graphic artist

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  1. "Origins of Rice Surname". Edmund Rice (1638) Association. Retrieved 25 April 2009.

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