John Reid

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John Reid may refer to:

  • John Reid (priest), fifteenth century Scottish priest and courtier, known as Stobo, a lost poet
  • John Reid (soldier) (born 1721), a British general and musical composer, who left a bequest to fund a chair in Music at the University of Edinburgh
  • John William Reid (1821-1881), a U.S. Representative from Missouri
  • John Dowsley Reid (1859-1929), a Canadian parliamentarian and Cabinet minister
  • John C. W. Reid (born 1871), a Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1910 to 1914
  • John Richard Reid (born 1928), a former captain of the New Zealand cricket team
  • John Mercer Reid (born 1937), an Information Commissioner of Canada and a former member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Andrew Tobias (born 1947), an American journalist who used the pseudonym John Reid
  • John Reid (politician) (born 1947), a British politician who is a former cabinet minister and former Home Secretary
  • John Reid (music) (born 1949), a Scottish music manager and a judge on the Australian television programme The X Factor
  • John A. Reid (born 1955), a British jockey and president of the Jockeys Association
  • John Fulton Reid (born 1956), a New Zealand cricket player
  • Johnny Reid (born 1974), a country music singer who recorded his first CD under the name John Reid
  • John Reid (computer programmer), the computer programmer and mathematician who is the co-inventor of Co-array Fortran
  • The Lone Ranger, whose true name is often given as John Reid, although in fact only his last name was ever given in the radio and television programs
  • John Reid (footballer), a former Scottish football (soccer) player who played for Hamilton and Bradford.

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