Politicians
- John Cole (fl.1372-94), MP for Wilton (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Cole (fl.1388), MP for Worcester (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Cole (fl.1394), MP for Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Cole (born c.1376), MP for Devon (UK Parliament constituency) 1417-23
- John Cole (died 1611), MP for Bishop's Castle (UK Parliament constituency) in 1584
- John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709–1767), Irish politician
- John Cole (Irish politician) (died 1959), Irish independent politician from Cavan
- John Cole (politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician
- John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768–1840), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
- John N. Cole, U.S. politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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