Reade (name)

Reade is a given name and surname of English origin. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Reade Baker (born 1947), Canadian racehorse trainer
 * Reade Brower (born 1950s), American newspaper magnate
 * Reade Seligmann, a defendant falsely accused of rape in the 2006 Duke lacrosse case
 * Reade Stafford (1542–1605), English twice Member of Parliament

Surname

 * Bob Reade (1932–2020), American former football player and coach
 * Brian Reade (born 1957), British journalist
 * Charles Reade (1814–1884), English novelist
 * Charles Reade (town planner) (1880–1933), town planner
 * Dolores Reade (1909–2011), American singer, entertainer, and philanthropist, wife of entertainer Bob Hope
 * Edward Anderton Reade (1807–1886), British civil servant in India
 * Edwin Godwin Reade (1812–1894), American politician
 * George Reade (MP) (1687–1756), British Army officer and Member of Parliament
 * Henry Reade (1840–1884), English first-class cricketer, clergyman, educator and headmaster
 * Herbert Taylor Reade (1828–1897), Canadian military surgeon awarded the Victoria Cross
 * John Edmund Reade (1800–1870), English poet and novelist
 * John Reade (1837–1919), Irish-born Canadian journalist, essayist, and poet
 * Joseph Reade (politician) (1694–1771), American vestryman and politician
 * Joseph Bancroft Reade (1801–1870), English photographic pioneer
 * Lawrence Reade (cricketer, born 1846) (1846–1910), New Zealand cricketer
 * Lawrence Reade (cricketer, born 1930), New Zealand cricketer
 * Linda R. Reade (born 1948), United States district judge
 * Nicholas Reade (born 1946), former Anglican Bishop of Blackburn
 * Paul Reade (1943–1997), English composer
 * Pauline Reade, murder victim
 * Peter Reade (born 1939), British former sailor
 * Richard Reade (1511–1575), English-born judge
 * Robert Reade (died 1415), English Catholic bishop
 * Shanaze Reade (born 1988), British BMX rider
 * Sophie Reade, game show contestant
 * Tara Reade, former U.S. Senate aide
 * Teddy Reade, American professional wrestler
 * Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet (c. 1684–1752), British courtier and longtime Member of Parliament
 * Thomas Reade (British Army officer) (1782–1849), British Army officer and collector
 * Thomas Mellard Reade (1832–1909), English geologist, architect, and civil engineer
 * Walter Reade (1884–1952), American theater and drive-in chain founder
 * William Reade (bishop) (c. 1315–1385), medieval Bishop of Chichester
 * William Morris Reade (1787–1847), Irish Conservative politician and Member of Parliament
 * William Winwood Reade (1838–1875), English historian, explorer, novelist, and philosopher