John Reid Explained
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 (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
- Jack Reid (politician) (1942–2022). member of the Virginia House of Delegates
- John Frederick Reid, Canadian politician
Sports
Association football
Cricket
Gridiron football
Other sports
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
See also