- Battle Of Reading
The first Battle of Reading was a battle on January 4 871 near Reading in what is now the English county of Berkshire. The battle occurred when Ethelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred attacked a Danish army, which was invading Britain and was camped near Reading. Although many Danes were killed, the Saxons under Ethelred were defeated and driven from the field with great losses.
- John H. Reading
John H. Reading (November 26, 1917 - February 7, 2003) was Mayor of Oakland, California from 1966 to 1977. Reading was born in Glendale, Arizona. He was instrumental in the building of the Oakland Coliseum and the expansion of the Oakland International Airport. Reading was a Republican in a city becoming increasingly Democratic. While running as the incumbent in 1973, Reading was forced into a run-off election by Bobby Seale, of the Black Panther Party, …
- John Reading
John Reading was an English composer and organist, and father of John Reading (c. 1685 – 1764) who is remembered as an important music copyist. We know little of John Reading’s life. He became Master of the Choristers at Lincoln Cathedral in 1670, and in 1675 at Chichester Cathedral and at Winchester Cathedral. From 1681 until his death he was organist at Winchester College.
- Pierson B. Reading
Pierson Barton Reading (November 26, 1816-1868) was an early California pioneer. An admirer of John Sutter, he received a Mexican land grant in 1844 for the area occupied by today's Redding, California, and Cottonwood, California, along the Sacramento River. He was also the Whig candidate for Governor of California in 1851. He was married to Fanny Washington and had five children. He has only three direct decendents living today, all siblings, …
- John Roberts Reading
John Roberts Reading (November 1, 1826-February 14, 1886) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Roberts Reading was born in Somerton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed preparatory studies, and graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1847 and began practice in Somerton. He later graduated from Hahnemann College in Philadelphia and practiced homeopathy.
- John Reading
John Reading was an English composer, organist and copyist (his name, like the town, is pronounced “Redding” – a spelling variant of his name which occurs in several documents.) His greatest importance lies in his work as a transcriber, arranger and copyist of a wide variety of music.
- Colonel John Reading
Col. John Reading was the first white landowner in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. His son, Governor John Reading was the first native-born Governor of New Jersey, serving in 1747, and again in from September 1757 to June 1758.
- John Reading
John Reading was the first native-born governor of New Jersey, serving in 1747, and again from September 1757 to June 1758. His father Colonel John Reading was the first white major landowner in Hunterdon County. Gov. Reading was one of the founders and trustees of the College of New Jersey, which became Princeton University. The Reading family is still very influential in the state of New Jersey.
- Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan (born April 7, 1986 in Enfield, London) is an English football goalkeeper. He is currently at Chesterfield, having formerly been at Arsenal. He signed as a professional on November 1, 2004 after making impressive performances for the youth team. However, he never played for the Arsenal first team; the closest he came was appearing on the bench for a Carling Cup match on November 9, 2005 against Reading, a match Arsenal won 3-1.
- Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor was a popular English novelist and short story writer. Elizabeth Coles was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1912. She was educated at The Abbey School, Reading, and worked as a governess, as a tutor and as a librarian. In 1936, she married John Micael, a businessman. She lived in Penn, Buckinghamshire, for almost all her married life. Her first novel, "At Mrs. Lippincote's", was published in 1945 and was followed by eleven more.
- David Lee
David Lee (born 26 November 1969 in Bristol) is a retired English footballer. A central defender, Lee spent most of his career at Chelsea, whom he joined as a junior. He made his club debut against Leicester City, scoring in a 2-1 win. In ten years with Chelsea, Lee made 196 appearances, but struggled to cement a regular place in the starting line-up. As a result, his time with Chelsea was punctuated by brief loan spells with Reading, Plymouth Argyle, …
- David Byrne
David Stuart Byrne is an English former professional footballer. He is currently coach of the youth yeam at Swindon Town. He also works as a sports journalist and occasional radio commentator with Gordon Sparks on BBC Radio Devon. Byrne was a winger and began his career with Gillingham. He moved to Millwall on August 4, 1986 for a fee of £5,000. He joined Cambridge United on loan on September 8, 1988 and Blackburn Rovers on loan on February 23, 1989.
- Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervais (born June 25, 1961) is an Emmy, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning English comic writer and performer from Reading, Berkshire. Gervais found mainstream fame with his BBC Two television programme "The Office" and the series Extras which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and collaborator, Stephen Merchant. Besides writing and directing the shows, Gervais also played the lead roles of David Brent in The Office and Andy Millman in Extras.
- Dave Kitson
David Barry Kitson (born 21 January 1980, Hitchin, England) is an English footballer, currently playing for Reading in the Premier League.
- Ben Smith
Ben Smith (born November 23, 1978 in Chelmsford, Essex) is an English footballer who currently plays for Hereford United as a midfielder. He began his career at Arsenal where he signed his first professional contract in 1995, but could not break into the first team and moved to Reading, where he took part in his first professional match against Manchester City. However, after making just one league appearance he moved to Yeovil Town where he played over 70 league games.
- Steve Coppell
Stephen James Coppell (born 9 July 1955 in Norris Green, Liverpool) is the manager of Reading Football Club. As a player, he was a highly-regarded winger who won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup before injury cut short his career.
- Joe Smith
Joseph "Joe" Smith was an English professional football player and manager. He was manager of Blackpool for 23 years and guided them to victory in the famous 1953 FA Cup Final, the only time they have won the competition.
- Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 4 October 1981 in Cork, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish International footballer who currently plays in central defence for English Premier League side Reading.
- Andrew Smith
Andrew David Smith (born February 1, 1952, near Reading) is a British politician for the Labour Party, and a former member of the Cabinet. He is MP for Oxford East, which he won in 1987 from the Conservative Party. After Labour's victory in the 1997 general election he was made a minister in the Department for Education and Employment. He was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1999 to 2002, …
- James Henry
James Henry (born 10 June 1989 in Reading, England), is a professional footballer with Reading. Having grown up in Woodley, Henry, a right winger, has risen through Reading's youth academy and signed a one-year professional contract with Reading in June 2006. He missed most of the 2005-06 season with a cruciate knee injury. Following limited first team opportunities during Reading's first season in the Premier League, …
- Stephen Hunt
Stephen Patrick Hunt (born 1 August 1981 in County Laois, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish footballer. His position is left midfield, and he plays professionally for Reading. He previously played for Brentford and Crystal Palace. His younger brother, Noel Hunt, is also a footballer, and plays for Dundee United.
- James Smith
James Smith (born October 17 1985 in Liverpool) is an English footballer, currently playing for Liverpool. A tough, versatile defender who can play at left-back or in the centre, Smith is a product of the club's academy and signed his first professional contract in 2005. He was named in the first-team squad for the first time on 25 October 2006, on the bench in a League Cup tie against Reading and made his first appearance for the club, …
- David Martin
David Edward Martin (born January 22, 1986 in Romford, London Borough of Havering) is a young goalkeeper with Liverpool. He signed for the Reds from Milton Keynes Dons on January 13 2006, after a successful trial period. He had played 25 games for the Dons, making his debut in 2004. Before that he played for Wimbledon and was a youth-team player with Tottenham Hotspur where he originally played as defender.
- Kevin Doyle
Kevin Edward Doyle (born 18 September 1983 in Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who currently plays for Reading in the English Premier League.
- Peter Jones
Peter Jones (1930-1990) was a Welsh-born broadcaster, best known as a sports commentator on BBC radio in the United Kingdom, although many of his commentaries were also broadcast internationally on the BBC World Service. He was educated at Bradfield College, where he later became a teacher. His career as a commentator began in 1966 after a chance meeting with Maurice Edelston, who lived in nearby Reading.
- Steve Sidwell
Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982 in Wandsworth, London) is a professional footballer for Chelsea in the English Premier League.
- Geert Wilders
Geert Wilders (born September 6, 1963 in Venlo) is a Dutch right-wing politician who is best known for his views favoring the restriction of immigration, particularly from non-western countries, his criticism of and opposition to Islam. He is the leader of the Party for Freedom, a party he founded after he left the liberal People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD).
- Nicky Shorey
Nicholas "Nicky" Shorey (born 19 February 1981 in Romford, London Borough of Havering, England) is an English footballer, currently playing in the left back position for Reading in the English Premier League, and for England.
- David Robinson
David Robinson (born November 27, 1969 in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear) is a retired English professional football player. A striker, Robinson began his career with his hometown club, Newcastle United, in 1988. In four years at St. James' Park he made eight league appearances. After a loan spell with Peterborough United in 1991, he joined Reading on a free transfer. He remained at Elm Park for just four months, after fellow Geordie Billy Ayre, …
- Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends progressive rock, folk, ethnic or world music, classical music, electronic music, New Age and more recently dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his hit 1973 album "Tubular Bells" which broke new ground as an instrumental concept album and launched Virgin Records.
- Scaryduck
Scaryduck is the pseudonym of writer and journalist Alistair Coleman (born Parsons Green, 1966), an English blogger. He has won awards for his irreverent and scatological writings. He is an Arsenal fan, and lives in Weymouth on the south coast of England. He has two children, referred to as Scaryduckling and Scaryduck Junior, and a wife referred to as Mrs. Duck. He works as a journalist for the BBC World Service.
- Aaron Brown
Aaron Anthony Brown (born 23 June 1983, England) is a professional footballer with Reading.
- Marcus Hahnemann
Marcus Stephen Hahnemann (born 15 June 1972 in Seattle, Washington, United States) is a football goalkeeper. He currently plays for Reading in the Premier League, and is one of three American goalkeepers in the English top flight. His parents moved to the United States from Hamburg, Germany and he is of German descent.
- James Harper
James Alan John Harper (born 9 November 1980 in Chelmsford, England) is a professional footballer playing in central midfield for Reading in the English Premier League. He attended the Anglo European School.
- David Gill
David A. Gill (born 5 August 1957 in Reading, Berkshire) is currently Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club, vice-chairman of the G-14 management committee, and a member of The Football Association's board.
- Bobby Convey
Robert Francis Convey (born 27 May 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is a footballer who currently plays on the left wing for Reading in the Premier League. He attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. Convey is partially blind in his left eye due to optic nerve damage.
- Rob Wilson
Robert Wilson (born January 4, 1965 in south Oxfordshire) is a United Kingdom politician and entrepreneur. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election. =Biography= Wilson was born and brought up in south Oxfordshire and moved to Reading in 1984. Between 1984 and 1988 he attended Reading University, the final year of which he spent as the President of the Reading University Students' Union.
- Alan Pardew
Alan Scott Pardew (born, 18 July 1961 in Wimbledon, London) is an English football manager and beforehand a player. As a player, he was a steady, hardworking midfielder, most notably playing for Crystal Palace and Charlton Athletic. On 24 December 2006, he was appointed Charlton Athletic manager on a three and a half year deal. He has previously managed Reading and West Ham United.
- Steed Malbranque
Steed Malbranque (born January 6 1980 in Mouscron, Belgium) is a Belgian-born French footballer, currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Tommy Burns
Thomas ("Tommy") Burns (born 16 December 1956 in Glasgow), is a former professional football player and manager. Tommy Burns played for Celtic (signing in 1973 from Maryhill, and making his debut against Dundee Utd on 19 April, 1975), making a total of 352 league appearances and scoring 52 goals before moving to Kilmarnock in 1989 where he became player-manager in 1992, winning the club promotion to the Premier Division in season 1992-93.