Politicians
- John Davies (died 1626), MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Davies (New South Wales politician) (1839–1896), Australian politician, NSW MLA (1874–87), MLC (1888–96)
- John Mark Davies (1840–1919), British-born Australian politician in the state of Victoria, MLC (1889–1919)
- John George Davies (1846–1913), Tasmanian politician, newspaper proprietor and first-class cricketer
- John C. Davies (lawyer) (c. 1858–1925), NYS Attorney General, 1899–1902
- John Cledwyn Davies (1869–1952), Welsh Liberal politician, educationist and lawyer
- John Davies, 1st Baron Darwen (1885–1950), British cotton manufacturer and Labour politician
- John Paton Davies, Jr. (1908–1999), American diplomat
- John Davies (businessman) (1916–1979), British businessman (British Petroleum) and Conservative MP and cabinet minister
- John C. Davies II (1920–2002), U.S. Representative from New York
- John T. Davies (born 1932), Minnesota politician, former legislator and jurist
- John S. Davies (Pennsylvania politician), Pennsylvania politician, in office 1975–1992
- Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford (John Quentin Davies, born 1944), British Labour MP
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