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John Read (Mississippi politician) John O. Read (born July 8, 1941) is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U. ...

(born 1941), member of the Mississippi House of Representatives *

John Read (Connecticut politician) John Reed (1633 – 1730) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the May 1715 and October 1717 sessions. He was the son of James Reed. He was an officer in Oliver Cromwell's new model army ...

(1633–1730), member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk *

John Read (Australian politician) John Bell Read (born 10 June 1939) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1989, representing the seat of Mandurah. He later served as the Administrator of ...

(born 1939), member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia *

John Read (New Zealand politician) John Read (1874 – 14 September 1942) was a New Zealand politician and trade unionist. Biography Early life Born in Clifton, a coal mining town on the hinterlands of Manchester in 1874, Read started work in a mine himself at the age of 12. ...

(1874–1942), local body politician and trade unionist *

J. Meredith Read John Meredith Read Jr. (February 21, 1837 – December 27, 1896) was a United States diplomat and author. Early life Read was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on February 21, 1837. He was one of five children born to Priscilla (née Marshall) ...

(1837–1896), United States diplomat *

John Kingsley Read John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(1936–1985), chairman of the British National Front and a founder of the National Party * John Milton Read (1842–1881), American printer and politician

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John Read (pirate) John Read (fl. 1683-1688) was an English buccaneer, privateer, and pirate active from South America to the East Indies to the Indian Ocean. History Along with navigator and chronicler William Dampier, Read was a crewman aboard John Cook's 168 ...

(fl. 1683–1688), British privateer, buccaneer, and pirate * John Read (chemist) (1884–1963), British chemist *

John M. Read John Meredith Read Sr. (July 21, 1797 – November 29, 1874) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the founders of the Republican Party and chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. ...

(1797–1874), American lawyer *

John Read (British Army officer) Lieutenant-General Sir John Hugh Sherlock Read (6 September 1917 – 5 March 1987) was a senior British Army officer. Biography Born on 6 September 1917, John Read was educated at Bedford School, at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and at the Roya ...

(1917–1987) * John Read (businessman) (1918–2015), British businessman * John Read (lawyer) (1769–1854), United States lawyer and banker *

John Read (producer) John Owen Read (14 November 1920 – 13 April 2006) was a British television producer, cinematographer and director. Read was born in Chalfont St Giles. He is widely associated with the productions of Gerry Anderson. Having served as director ...

(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) John Read is a psychologist and mental health researcher from England. He is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the University of East London's School of Psychology. Read was formerly a clinical psychologist in the Department of Psychology at t ...

, psychologist and mental health researcher *

John Read (skier) John Read (born 2 October 1961) is a British cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 10 kilometre classical event at the 1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 ...

(born 1961), British Olympic skier *

John Erskine Read John Erskine Read, (July 5, 1888 – December 23, 1973) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and the only Canadian judge elected to the International Court of Justice. Education Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Read graduated from the Dalhousi ...

(1888–1973), Canadian lawyer, academic, civil servant, and judge *

John Read (inventor) John Read was a British physicist and inventor. He developed a rotating doubler electrostatic generator, used to produce static electricity Static electricity is an imbalance of electric charges within or on the surface of a material or between ...

, inventor who developed a rotating doubler electrostatic generator *

John Dawson Read John Dawson Read is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, Read first came to prominence in 1975 with his debut album ''A Friend of Mine Is Going Blind'', released on Chrysalis Records. The album's title song was wr ...

, English singer-songwriter *

John Read (snooker player) John Read is an English former professional snooker player. Read competed between the years of 1991 and 2003, with his highest ranking being 62nd in the world. His most notable tournament run was at the 1996 Malta Masters, where he was beaten ...

, English snooker player *

John Read (bobsleigh) John Read (27 February 1926 – 12 April 2000) was a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici inv ...

(1926–2000), British bobsledder *

John D. Read John D. Read (February 6, 1814 – October 18, 1864), also referred to as John Reed or John Reid, was an American abolitionist and lay preacher in Falls Church, Virginia in the years prior to and during the American Civil War. Read was taken pri ...

(1814–1864), American abolitionist and lay preacher

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Jack Read (coastwatcher) William John (Jack) Read (born 18 September 1905, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; died 29 June 1992, Ballarat, Victoria (Australia), was an Australian Coastwatcher on Bougainville Island in New Guinea during World War II. He was awarded the Distin ...

(1905–1992), coastwatcher during World War II *

Jack Read (rugby) Jack Read (birth unknown – death unknown) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Gloucestershire, and representative l ...

(fl. 1925–1936), rugby union and rugby league footballer

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