John Reid may refer to:

Politics

John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (born 8 May 1947) is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he has held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 1999 to 2007, lastly as Home Secretary from 2006 to 2007. H ...

(born 1947), former British Home Secretary *

John William Reid John William Reid (June 14, 1821 – November 22, 1881) was a lawyer, soldier, one-time slaveholder and U.S. Representative from Missouri. Early and family life Born in 1821 near Lynchburg, Virginia. Reid married twice. By his first wife h ...

(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 John Mercer Reid, (8 February 1937 – 25 August 2022) was a Canadian politician and an Information Commissioner of Canada who served as president of the Canadian Nuclear Association. History He earned university degrees in history from the ...

(1937–2022), 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) John Spence Reid (August 1, 1942 – July 17, 2022) was an American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two houses of the Virginia General Ass ...

(1942–2022), member of the Virginia House of Delegates *

John Frederick Reid John Frederick Reid was a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Ontario. He represented Windsor West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1934. References See also * 17th Parliament of Ontario * 18th Parliament ...

, Canadian politician *

John Reid (Virginia politician) The 2025 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears has said she will not run for re-election to a seco ...

American politician, Republican Party candidate for lieutenant governor of Virginia

Sports

Association football

* John Reid (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2021), Scottish footballer who played for Hamilton Academical, Bradford City and Luton Town * John M. Reid (footballer) (fl. 1952–1956), Scottish footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic and Queen's Park * Johnny Reid (footballer) (1896–1980), Scottish soccer inside right

Cricket

John Richard Reid John Richard Reid (3 June 192814 October 2020) was a New Zealand cricketer who captained New Zealand in 34 Test matches. He was New Zealand's eighth Test captain and the first to achieve victory, both at home, against the West Indies in 1956 ...

(1928–2020), former captain of the New Zealand cricket team * John Fulton Reid (1956–2020), New Zealand cricketer *

John Reid (umpire) John Reid (13 April 1874 – 14 January 1948) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1923. See also * List of Test cricket umpires __NOTOC__ This is a list of umpire (cricket), cricket ...

(1874–1948), South African cricket umpire

Gridiron football

* John B. Reid (1896–1963), American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball * John Reid (American football) (born 1996), American football cornerback

Other sports

John Reid (jockey) John Andrew Reid (born 6 August 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ; ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been #Descriptions, ...

(born 1955), British jockey and president of the Jockeys Association *

John Reid (sailor) John Sidney Reid (November 27, 1918 – May 17, 1954) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most ...

(1918–1954), American Olympic sailor *

John Reid (Australian footballer) John Reid (born 25 February 1953) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Footscray and the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Reid had a slow start to his career, after appearing just once in the ...

(born 1953), former Australian rules footballer *

John Reid (golfer) John Reid Jr. (born – 8 October 1946) was a Scottish professional golfer. He finished in tenth place in the 1895 U.S. Open. Early life Reid was born circa 1870 in Scotland and emigrated to the United States. Golf career 1895 U.S. Open Reid ...

(c. 1870–1946), Scottish professional golfer * John James Reid, British Olympic racewalker

Media

Andrew Tobias Andrew Tobias (born April 20, 1947) is an American writer. He has written extensively about investment, as well as politics, insurance, and other topics. He is also known for writing ''The Best Little Boy in the World'', a 1973 memoir – origin ...

(born 1947), American journalist who used the pseudonym John Reid *

John Reid (music manager) John Reid (born 9 September 1949) is a music manager, known for being the manager and former partner of singer Elton John, as well as for managing the British rock band Queen. Life and career Reid was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland ...

(born 1949), Scottish music manager and a judge on the Australian television programme ''The X Factor'' *

Johnny Reid John Kirkland Reid (born August 21, 1973) is a Scottish-Canadian country music artist. Reid moved to Canada in July 1989 when he was 16 from Scotland United Kingdom. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunitie ...

(born 1974), country music singer who recorded his first CD under the name John Reid *John Robinson Reid (1963-2025), Scottish producer, DJ, vocalist and member of Nightcrawlershttps://www.12one.com/johnreid *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) John Reid (13 February 1721 – 6 February 1807), previously known as John Robertson, was a British army general and founder of the chair of music at the University of Edinburgh. Strongly connected to Edinburgh, he gives his name to the Rei ...

(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) John Low Reid (born 1943) is a British clinical pharmacologist. Reid graduated in medicine from the University of Oxford, then completed his training in clinical pharmacology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, where he was subsequentl ...

(born 1943), British clinical pharmacologist * John Reid (physiologist) (1809–1849), Scottish physician and academic *

John Reid (physician) John Reid (1776 – 2 July 1822) was an English physician. Life Reid was born at Leicester in 1776. After attending the school of Philip Holland (minister), Philip Holland, a dissenting minister, Reid studied at the Hackney nonconformist academy ...

(1776–1822), English doctor * John Reid (cartoonist) (born 1968), Dutch cartoonist and judge * John Reid (publisher) (1808 – c. 1840), Scottish author *

Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in a ...

, 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