Public Life
- John O'Brien (Canadian politician) (1847–1917), merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada
- John O'Brien (New Zealand politician) (1924–1990), New Zealand political candidate and party leader
- John O'Brien (Ohio politician) (died 1985), former member of the Ohio House of Representatives
- John O'Brien (UK politician), far right figure, onetime leader of the British National Front
- John O'Brien (Wisconsin politician), Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- John F. O'Brien (1874–1939), New York Court of Appeals judge
- John F. O'Brien (NY secretary of state) (c. 1850–1927), Secretary of State of New York, 1903–1906
- John H. O'Brien, 4th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York
- John P. O'Brien (1873–1951), Mayor of New York City
- Ignatius O'Brien, 1st Baron Shandon (1857–1930), Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1913–1918
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