Price is a patronymic name derived from the Welsh "ap Rhys" meaning "son of Rhys". It is a common surname among those of Welsh ancestry.

See also Welsh surnames

People named Price

• Alan Price (born April 19, 1942), a musician, songwriter, and actor.
• Birgitte Price (1934-1997), Danish actress
• Bob Price (1927-2004), a Republican congressman from the Texas Panhandle from 1967-1975
• Bruce Price (1845-1903), the architect of many of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Château-type stations and hotels
• Carey Price (born 1987), a Canadian hockey goaltender playing for the Montreal Canadiens
• Cedric Price (1934-2003), an English architect and influential teacher and writer on architecture
• Charles H. Price II, a prominent Indian businessman and former Ambassador of the United States
• Charles Melvin Price (1905-1988), US Congressman
• Chris Price (born 1960), a former English footballer who played in the right-back position and was noted for his attacking runs
• David Price (American politician) (born 1940), an American politician
• David Price (British politician) (born 20 November 1924), a British Conservative Party politician
• David Price (footballer) (born June 23, 1955), an English former footballer
• Derek J. de Solla Price (1922-1983), science historian and information scientist
• Dick Price (1930-1985), co-founder of Esalen Institute
• E. Hoffmann Price (1898-1988), writer of popular fiction
• Eli Kirk Price (1797-1884), first commissioner of Fairmount Park
• Ernest B. Price (1890-1973), American diplomat in China
• Eugenia Price (1916-1996), American historical novelist
• Evadne Price (1896/1901-1985), British freelance journalist, columnist, author, playwright, actor, television presenter, screenwriter, and astrologer
• Gary Price, an electronic librarian
• George Cadle Price (born 1919), the first Prime Minister of Belize and the architect of that country's independence
• George Lawrence Price, a Canadian soldier who is traditionally recognized as being the last soldier killed during the First World War
• George McCready Price (1870-1963), a Canadian creationist
• George Price (New Yorker cartoonist) (1901-1995), a United States cartoonist
• George R. Price (1922-1975), an American population geneticist
• Grenfell Price (1892-1977), Australian historian and geographer
• Harry Price (1881-1948), British researcher of psychical phenomena
• Harry Price (Royal Navy) (1877-1965), British sailor and author
• Harry Price (games programmer), infamous programmer for the ZX Spectrum in the 1980s
• James H. Price (1878-1943), an American politician
• Kenneth Price (1935-), an American artist
• Leontyne Price (born 1927), American opera singer
• Lloyd Price (born 1933), rock and roll musician
• Mark Price, former NBA basketball player
• Mary Price, an American citizen and secretary to journalist Walter Lippmann of the New York Herald
• Matthew Price, a British journalist
• Mike Price (born 1946), an American football coach
• Nick Price (born 1957), a professional golfer
• Peerless Price (born 1976), an American football wide receiver
• Peter Price (politician) (born 1946), Honorary MEP and member of the European Strategy Council
• Ray Price
• Raymond A. Price (born 1933), Canadian geologist
• Reynolds Price (born 1933), American man of letters
• Richard H. Price, a leading American physicist
• Richard J Price, a former member of the National Artists Association
• Richard Price (1723-1791), Welsh philosopher
• Richard Price (writer) (born 1949), an American novelist and screenwriter
• Robert M. Price (born 1954), a Professor of Theology and Scriptural Studies at the Johnnie Colemon Theological Seminary
• Robert Price (attorney), an American attorney, investment banker and corporate executive
• Rodman M. Price (1816-1894), an American Democratic Party politician
• Roger Price (Australian politician) (born 1945), Australian politician
• Roger Price (comedy) (1918-1990), an American comedy writer best known for his collaborations with Leonard Stern on Mad Libs
• Roger Price (television producer) (born 1941), a British television producer
• Sarah Price (born 1979), a former backstroke swimmer from the United Kingdom
• Sean Price, an American rapper
• Sterling Price, Confederate major general during the American Civil War
• Steve Price, Australian rugby league player
• Thomas Price (1852-1909), a mason and lay preacher who became the first Labour premier of South Australia
• Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787-1848), a historian and a major Welsh literary figure of the early 19th century
• Tom Price (actor), one of the stars of the Five comedy sketch show Swinging
• Tom Price (ice hockey) (born 1954), a former ice hockey player
• Tom Price (US politician) (born 1954), an American politician
• Vincent Price (1911-1993), American actor
• William A. Price, an American journalist who worked as the police reporter for the New York Daily News from 1940-1955
• William Evan Price (1827-1880), a Quebec businessman and political figure
• William Herbert Price, Attorney General of Ontario from 1926 to 1934 and Treasurer from 1923 to 1926
• William Price (doctor) (1800-1893), a physician and a famous eccentric
• William Price (industrialist) (1860-1938), a farmer and industrialist
• William Price (politician) (1934-1999), British Labour politician
• William Price (Royalist colonel) (1619-1691), a Royalist colonel in the English Civil War
• William Ray Price, Jr., a judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri

In fiction

• One of the trio of "Whitman, Price, and Haddad", "last season's winners" on the fictional TV show The Running Man.
• Captain Price, fictional leader of the 22nd SAS Regiment in the 2007 video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

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