John Reading

John Reading may refer to:


 * John Reading (clergyman) (1588–1667), English Calvinist and Biblical commentator.
 * John Reading (composer and organist) (c. 1645 – 1692), father of:
 * John Reading (composer, organist and copyist) (c. 1685 – 1764)
 * Colonel John Reading (d. 1717), father of Governor John Reading (New Jersey governor)
 * John Reading (New Jersey governor) (1686–1767), Acting Colonial Governor of New Jersey, 1747–48, 1757–58
 * John Roberts Reading (1826–1886), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
 * John H. Reading (1917–2003), Mayor of Oakland, California 1966–1977