Reading (surname)

Reading is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Anya Reading, Australian geophysicist
• Arnold Reading (1896–1975), English cricketer and major-general
• Arthur Kenneth Reading (1887–1971), American politician
• Bertice Reading (1933–1991), American singer
• Brendon Reading (born 1989), Australian racewalker
• Burnet Reading (1749–1838), English engraver
• Fanny Reading (1884–1974), Jewish Australian medical practitioner
• Geoff Reading (born 1968), American drummer
• John Reading (disambiguation), several people of the name
• Kate Reading, alias of Jennifer Mendenhall (born 1960), American audiobook narrator
• Mario Reading (1953–2017), British author
• Patrick Reading (born 1999), Scottish footballer
• Peter Reading (1946–2011), English poet
• Pierson B. Reading (1816–1868), American pioneer
• Richard Reading (1882–1952), Mayor of Detroit
• Richard Reading, CdeG(B) (1876–1929), English journalist
• Robert Reading (c. 1640–c. 1689), Irish Baronet and lighthouse builder
• Tony Reading, British art director
• William Reading (1674–1744), English clergyman and librarian
• Wilma Reading, Australian singer