John Reid
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John Reid may refer to:
Politics
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
Sports
Association football
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
Cricket
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
Gridiron football
John B. Reid (1896–1963), American football player and sports coach
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), Australian rules footballer
John Reid (golfer) (c. 1870–1946), Scottish professional golfer
John Reid (rugby union), Irish international rugby union player
James Reid (athlete) (John James Reid), British Olympic racewalker
Media
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
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), 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 S. Reid (1784–1816), American lawyer and aide-de-camp
John W. Reid Jr.
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