Arts, Letters, and Entertainment
- John Reed (novelist) (born 1969), New York novelist and author
- John Reed (actor) (1916–2010), actor and singer with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- John Reed (art patron) (1901–1981), Australian critic and art patron
- John Reed (journalist) (1887–1920), journalist and Communist activist
- John Shelton Reed (born 1942), sociologist and essayist
- John O. Reed (born 1929), anthologist and translator of African literature
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