# John Reid

John Reid may refer to:

## Politics

* John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), former British Home Secretary
* John William Reid (1821–1881), U.S. Representative from Missouri
* John Dowsley Reid (1859–1929), Canadian parliamentarian and Cabinet minister
* John C. W. Reid (1871–1942), Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, 1910–1914
* John Mercer Reid (1937-2022), Information Commissioner of Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons
* Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867), MP for Dover, 1830–1831 and 1832–1847
* John Flaws Reid (1860–1943), Scottish-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada
* John Reid (Australian politician) (1873–1963), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
* John Christian Reid (1873–1932), New South Wales businessman, yachtsman and alderman
* Jack Reid (politician) (1942–2022). member of the Virginia House of Delegates
* John Frederick Reid, Canadian politician

## Sports
### Association football

* John Reid (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2021), Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical, Bradford City and Luton Town
* John M. Reid (footballer) (fl. 1952–1956), Scottish footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic and Queen's Park
* Johnny Reid (footballer) (1896–1980), Scottish soccer inside right

### Cricket

* John Richard Reid (1928–2020), former captain of the New Zealand cricket team
* John Fulton Reid (1956–2020), New Zealand cricketer
* John Reid (umpire) (1874–1948), South African cricket umpire

### Gridiron football

* John B. Reid (1896–1963), American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball
* John Reid (American football) (born 1996), American football cornerback

## Other sports

* John Reid (jockey) (born 1955), British jockey and president of the Jockeys Association
* John Reid (sailor) (1918–1954), American Olympic sailor
* John Reid (Australian footballer) (born 1953), former Australian rules footballer
* John Reid (golfer) (c. 1870–1946), Scottish professional golfer
* John J. Reid, British Olympic racewalker

## Media

* Andrew Tobias (born 1947), American journalist who used the pseudonym John Reid
* John Reid (music manager) (born 1949), Scottish music manager and a judge on the Australian television programme The X Factor
* Johnny Reid (born 1974), country music singer who recorded his first CD under the name John Reid
* John Robinson Reid (born 1963), Scottish producer, DJ, vocalist and member of Nightcrawlers
* John Reid, New Zealand film director

## Other

* John E. Reid and Associates, owner of the Reid technique of questioning suspects
* John G. Reid, Canadian historian
* John Reid (priest), 15th-century Scottish priest and courtier, known as Stobo, a lost poet
* John Reid (British Army officer) (1721–1807), British general and musical composer, who left a bequest to fund a chair in Music at the University of Edinburgh
* John Reid (minister) (1800–1867), Scottish-Australian Presbyterian minister
* John Reid (businessman) (1840–1916), Scottish-American businessman and golfer
* John Reid (pharmacologist) (born 1943), British clinical pharmacologist
* John Reid (physiologist) (1809–1849), Scottish physician and academic
* John Reid (physician) (1776–1822), English doctor
* John Reid (cartoonist) (born 1968), Dutch cartoonist and judge
* John Reid (publisher) (1808 – c. 1840), Scottish author
* Lone Ranger, fictional character whose true name is often given as John Reid
* John Reid (New Zealand academic) (1916–1972), professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
* John Reid (bishop) (1928–2016), suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney
* John Reid (conservationist), founder and president of the Conservation Strategy Fund
* John Robertson Reid (1851–1926), Scottish painter
* John Reid (merchant) (18th century), Scottish merchant, associate of Daniel Beale and John Henry Cox
* John Reid (diplomat) (1901–1985), New Zealand diplomat
* John W. Reid Jr. (1879–1968), American architect