John David Macbride (28 June 1778 – 24 January 1868) was an English academic at the University of Oxford in the 19th century.

John David Macbride, the son of John MacBride (a naval officer and politician), was born in Plympton St Maurice, Devon, on 28 June 1778.

In 1813, he was appointed to two university positions that he was to hold until his death in 1868: Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic (reflecting his interest in oriental studies) and Principal of Magdalen Hall, Oxford.

(Both positions had previously been held by Henry Ford.)

His writings included The Mohammedan Religion Explained (1857) and theological lectures.