David Breakenridge Read (13 June 1823 – 11 May 1904) was a Canadian lawyer, educator, writer, and Mayor of Toronto in 1858.

Born in Merrickville, Ontario, the sixth child of John Landon Read (1789-1857) and Janet Breakenridge (1795-1832).

The next year, Read was appointed by Attorney General John A. Macdonald to a commission to revise the statutes of Upper Canada.

Council appointed him Mayor of Toronto on November 11, 1858 after his predecessor, William Henry Boulton, announced his resignation.

In November 1902, at the age of 79, Read suffered a stroke that would leave him bedridden for the final year and half until his death.