Mayes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrian Mayes (born 1980), American football player
 - Alan Mayes (born 1953), English footballer
 - Bernard Mayes (1929–2014), British-American lecturer and author
 - Clifford Mayes (born 1953), American professor of education
 - Clyde Mayes (born 1953), American professional basketball player
 - Colin Mayes (born 1948), Canadian politician
 - Derrick Mayes (born 1974), American football player
 - Frances Mayes (born 1940), American university professor, poet, memoirist, essayist, and novelist
 - Ian Mayes, British journalist and editor
 - Jeff Mayes (born 1971), American politician
 - Joel B. Mayes (died 1891), Chief of the Cherokee Nation
 - Johnny Mayes (born 1947), Australian rugby league player
 - Pete Mayes (1938–2008), American blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
 - Richard Mayes (1922–2006), English stage and television actor
 - Robert Burns Mayes (1867–1921), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi
 - Ron Mayes (born 1954), American educator and author
 - Rueben Mayes (born 1963), Canadian football player
 - Rufus Mayes (1947–1990), American football player
 - Samuel Houston Mayes (1845–1927), Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1895 to 1899
 - Sean Mayes (1949–1995), English rock musician and author
 - Wendell Wise Mayes Jr. (1924–2021), American radio and cable television executive
 - William Mayes Jr., prominent pirate, proprietor of White Horse Tavern (Rhode Island)
 - William Edward Mayes (1861–1952), English painter
 
See also
- Mays (disambiguation)
 - Maze (disambiguation)
 - Maize (disambiguation)
 - Mais (disambiguation)
 - Maye (disambiguation)
 
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