John Reed may refer to:
Arts, letters, and entertainment John Reed (actor) (1916–2010), English actor and singer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company John Reed (animator) (1908–1992), American animator and painter John Reed (art patron) (1901–1981), Australian critic and art patron John Reed (journalist) (1887–1920), American journalist and Communist activist John Reed (novelist) (born 1969), American novelist and author John O. Reed (1929–2012), British anthologist and translator of African literature John Shelton Reed (born 1942), American sociologist and essayist
Business and finance John Reed, American miner, founder of the Reed Gold Mine in North Carolina John S. Reed (born 1939), American financier John Shedd Reed (1917–2008), American chairman of Santa Fe Industries, president of Shedd Aquarium John T. Reed (born 1946), American real estate investor and author
Politics Sir John Blake-Reed (1882–1966), British judge Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician) (born 1949), born John Francis Reed, United States Senator from Rhode Island John Reed (Connecticut politician) (1633–1730), American politician, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk John Reed (judge) (1864–1955), New Zealand judge John Reed Jr. (1781–1860), American politician from Massachusetts, son of John Reed Sr. (below), entered Congress in 1813 John Reed Sr. (1751–1831), American politician from Massachusetts, left Congress in 1801 John A. Reed Jr. (1931–2015), American lawyer and judge John H. Reed (1921–2012), American politician, 66th governor of Maine
Sports Jack Reed (baseball) (1933–2022), born John Burwell Reed, American outfielder for the New York Yankees, 1961–1963 John M. Reed (c. 1881 – 1934), American college sports coach John Reed (footballer) (born 1972), English footballer who played primarily for Sheffield United Johnny Reed, American baseball player
Others John Reed (early Californian) (1805–1843), American early California settler and noted landowner in Marin County John Reed (fur trader) (died 1814), American fur trader John Reed (priest) (born 1951), English Archdeacon of Taunton John C. Reed (born 1958), American medical researcher John Oren Reed (1856–1916), American physicist and university dean John W. Reed (1918–2018), American law professor and dean
See also John Reed Swanton (1873–1958), American anthropologist, folklorist, and linguist Jack Reed (disambiguation) John Reid (disambiguation) John Read (disambiguation) John Rede (disambiguation) John Reade (disambiguation)