John Read may refer to:
- John M. Read (1797–1874), American lawyer
- John Read (producer), collaborator with Gerry Anderson
- John Read (art film maker), producer of art documentaries for the BBC from 1951-1983
- 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
- John Kingsley Read (1937–1985), chairman of the British National Front and a founder of the National Party
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or read:
“a notable prince that was called King John;
And he ruled England with main and with might,
For he did great wrong, and maintained little right.”
—Unknown. King John and the Abbot of Canterbury (l. 2–4)
“I never read a novel, they have so little real life and thought in them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)