John Read

John Read may refer to:

• John Read (Mississippi politician), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
• John Read (Connecticut politician), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk
• John Read (Australian politician) (born 1939), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
• John Read (New Zealand politician) (1874–1942), local body politician and trade unionist
• J. Meredith Read (1837–1896), United States diplomat
• John Kingsley Read (1937–1985), chairman of the British National Front and a founder of the National Party
• John Milton Read (1842–1881), American printer and politician

• John M. Read (1797–1874), American lawyer
• John Read (British Army officer) (1917-1987)
• John Read (businessman) (1918–2015), British businessman
• John Read (lawyer) (1769–1854), United States lawyer and banker
• John Read (producer) (1920–2006), collaborator with Gerry Anderson
• John Read (surgeon) (fl. 1588), English medical writer
• John Read (art film maker) (1923–2011), producer of art documentaries for the BBC from 1951 to 1983
• John Read (psychologist), at the University of Auckland
• John Erskine Read (1888–1973), Canadian lawyer, academic, civil servant and judge
• John Read, inventor who developed a rotating doubler electrostatic generator
• John Dawson Read, English singer-songwriter