John Reid

• John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), 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 in Manitoba
• John Mercer Reid (1937–2022), Information Commissioner of Canada and a former MP
• Sir John Reid, 2nd Baronet (1791–1867), MP for Dover, 1830–1831 and 1832–1847
• John Flaws Reid (1860–1943), Scottish-born farmer and politician in Saskatchewan
• John Reid (Australian politician) (1873–1963), New South Wales MLA
• 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
• John Reid (Virginia politician) American politician, Republican Party candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia

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

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

• John B. Reid (1896–1963), American football player and sports coach
• John Reid (American football) (born 1996), American football cornerback

• 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), Australian rules footballer
• John Reid (golfer) (c. 1870–1946), Scottish professional golfer
• James Reid (athlete), British Olympic racewalker

• Andrew Tobias (born 1947), American journalist who used the pseudonym John Reid
• John Reid (music manager) (born 1949), Scottish judge on the Australian TV The X Factor
• Johnny Reid (born 1974), country music singer
• John Robinson Reid (1963–2025), Scottish producer, DJ, vocalist and member of Nightcrawlers (band)https://www.12one.com/johnreid
• John Reid, New Zealand film director

• 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), funded 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
• 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 associate of Daniel Beale and John Henry Cox
• John Reid (diplomat) (1901–1985), New Zealand diplomat
• John W. Reid Jr. (1879–1968), American architect

• John Reed (disambiguation)
• John Read (disambiguation)
• John Rede (disambiguation)
• John Reade (disambiguation)

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