Lector is Latin for one who reads, whether aloud or not. Lector or lektor may refer to:
- Lector (software), an e-book reader
- Reader (liturgy), a reader from scriptures during Christian religious services
- Various academic ranks, including:
- lector or lektor, a foreign-language equivalent of lecturer or assistant professor
- Lector jubilate, roughly equivalent to Doctor of Divinity
- Lektor, among academic ranks in Denmark
- Lektor, among academic ranks in Sweden
- Lector (cigar manufacture), an employee paid to entertain factory workers
- A voice-over translator, known as a lektor in Poland
- Lektor, a Soviet cryptography device in James Bond film From Russia with Love