John Ryder may refer to: * John Ryder (bishop) (1697–1775), Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland * John Ryder (priest) (died 1791), Irish Anglican priest * John Ryder (Canadian politician) (1805–1872), Canadian politician from Nova Scotia * John Ryder (state senator) (1831–1911), American state legislator in Ohio and Iowa * John Ryder (state representative) (1862–1940), American state legislator in Iowa * John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby (1864–1956), British peer and Conservative Member of Parliament * John Ryder (actor) (1814–1885), English actor * John Ryder (scholar) (born 1951), professor and president of Khazar University in Baku, Azerbaijan * John Ryder (boxer) (born 1988), British boxer * John A. Ryder (1852–1895), American zoologist *John Ryder, villain from the 1986 film '' The Hitcher'' and its 2007 remake

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