Politicians
- John Spencer (15th century MP) (died 1417), MP for Suffolk 1411,1413, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1416
- Sir John Spencer (1524–1586), MP for Northamptonshire, 1554,1558 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire,1551,1558,1571,1583
- John Spencer (died 1600) (c.1549–1600), MP for Northampton, 1572 and High Sheriff of Northamptonshire 1578,1590
- John Spencer (Lord Mayor of London) (d. 1610), merchant and Lord Mayor of London
- John Spencer (British politician) (1708–1746), father of the 1st Earl Spencer
- John Canfield Spencer (1788–1855), American politician
- John Spencer (politician) (born 1946), former Mayor of Yonkers, New York and an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate
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