John Reid

John Reid is the name of:

Politics

• John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 1947), former British Home Secretary and former Chairman of Celtic F.C.
• 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 (born 1937), 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

Sports

For the Chairman of Celtic F.C see the above section

• John Reid (footballer) (born 1932), former Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton and Bradford
• John Richard Reid (born 1928), former captain of the New Zealand cricket team
• John Reid (jockey) (born 1955), British jockey and president of the Jockeys Association
• John B. Reid (1896–1963), American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball
• John Fulton Reid (born 1956), New Zealand cricketer
• John Reid (sailor) (1918–1954), American Olympic sailor
• John Reid (Australian footballer) (born 1953), former Australian rules footballer
• Johnny Reid (footballer) (1896–1980), Scottish soccer inside right
• John Reid (golfer) (born c. 1870), Scottish professional golfer

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

Other

• John G. Reid, Canadian historian
• John H. Reid (born 1948), former American courtroom judge for the Los Angeles County Superior Court
• 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 (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 (diplomat), former New Zealand ambassador to Japan
• John Reid (professor of English) (1916–1972), professor of English at the University of Auckland, New Zealand
• John Reid (bishop) (born 1928), 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 (vet), Chief Veterinary Officer of the United Kingdom from 1965 till 1970
• John Reid (actor), known from A Gamble in Lives and Sinister Street
• John Reid (director), TV and film director, known from Middle Age Spread
• John Reid (merchant) (18th century), Scottish merchant, associate of Daniel Beale and John Henry Cox

See also

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