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