Government and Politics
- John Burke (politician) (1859–1937), 10th Governor of North Dakota and Secretary of the Treasury
- Sir John Burke, 2nd Baronet (1782–1847), Irish soldier and MP for Galway County
- John H. Burke (1894–1951), American lawyer, real estate broker, and politician
- John Brian Burke (born 1946), mayor of Porirua City New Zealand, 1983–1998
- John R. Burke (1924–1993), U.S. ambassador to Guyana
- John Burke, 9th Earl of Clanricarde, Irish peer
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