Government and Politics
- Chapman Freeman (1832–1904), US congressman from Pennsylvania
- Jonathan Freeman (representative) (1745–1808), United States congressman from New Hampshire
- Joseph Freeman (politician) (1765–1839), Nova Scotia politician
- Michael O. Freeman (born 1948), Minnesota attorney and politician
- Mylène Freeman (born 1989), Canadian Member of Parliament
- Nathaniel Freeman (physician) (1741–1827), American physician and jurist
- Nathaniel Freeman, Jr. (1766–1800), American congressman
- Orville Freeman (1918–2003), Governor of Minnesota and US Secretary of Agriculture
- Samuel Freeman Miller (1816–1890), US Supreme Court justice
- Woody Freeman (born 1946), Arkansas businessman and 1984 Republican gubernatorial nominee
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