John Reed

John Reed may refer to:

Arts, letters, and entertainment

• John Reed (novelist) (born 1969), New York novelist and author
• John Reed (actor) (1916–2010), actor and singer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
• John Reed (art patron) (1901–1981), Australian critic and art patron
• John Reed (journalist) (1887–1920), journalist and Communist activist
• John Shelton Reed (born 1942), sociologist and essayist
• John O. Reed (born 1929), anthologist and translator of African literature
• John Reed (musicologist) (1909-1999), British musicologist, Chairman of the Schubert Institute of the UK, author of numerous books on F. Schubert

Business and finance

• John T. Reed, real estate investor and author
• John S. Reed (born 1939), financier from NY City
• John Shedd Reed (1917–2008), former chairman of Santa Fe Industries, president of Shedd Aquarium

Politics

• John Reed (1633–1730), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from norwalk
• Jack Reed (politician) (born 1949), American politician from Rhode Island
• John H. Reed (born 1921), American politician, 66th governor of Maine
• John Reed, Jr. (1781–1860), American politician from Massachusetts, son of John Reed, Sr. (below), entered Congress in 1813
• John Reed, Sr. (1751–1831), American politician from Massachusetts, left Congress in 1801
• John A. Reed, Jr. (born 1931), American lawyer, judge
• John Reed (officer) - Lieutenant-Colonel and Governor of Upper Louisiana

Sport

• Jack Reed (baseball) (born 1933 as John Burwell Reed), American outfielder for the New York Yankees, 1961–1963
• John Reed (footballer) (born 1972), English footballer who played primarily for Sheffield United
• John Reed (American football), American football coach in the United States

Others

• John Oren Reed (1856–1916), American physicist and university dean
• John Reed (early Californian) (1805–1843), American early California settler and noted landowner in Marin County
• John Reed (judge) (1864–1955), New Zealand judge
• John W. Reed (born 1918), American law professor and dean
• John C. Reed (born 1958), medical researcher
• John Reed (miner), founder of the Reed Gold Mine, North Carolina