David Read

David Read is the name of:


 * David Charles Read (1790–1851), English painter and etcher
 * David Breakenridge Read (1823–1904), Canadian lawyer, educator, author and mayor of Toronto
 * David William Lister Read (1922–2015), author
 * David Read (footballer) (born 1941), footballer for Chester City
 * David Read (botanist), British professor of plant science
 * David H. C. Read (1910–2001), Scottish Presbyterian clergyman and author