United Kingdom and Britain •
John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine (died 1609), Scottish courtier and leader of the Clan Murray •
John Murray, 1st Earl of Annandale (died 1640), Scottish courtier and MP for Guildford •
John Murray, Lord Bowhill (died 1714), MP in the first Parliament of Great Britain 1707–1708 •
John Murray (died 1753), British MP for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1725–1734, Selkirkshire, 1734–1753 •
Lord John Murray (1711–1787), British general and MP for Perthshire, 1734–1761 •
John Murray of Broughton (c. 1718–1777), Jacobite and secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart •
John Murray (1726–1800), British MP for the Linlithgow Burghs, 1754–1761 •
John Murray, 3rd Duke of Atholl (1729–1774), MP for Perthshire 1761–1764, Lord of the Isle of Man from 1764 to 1765 •
John Murray (colonial administrator) (c. 1739–1824), governor of the Cape Breton colony in today's Nova Scotia •
John Murray (British diplomat) (c. 1712–1775), ambassador to the Ottoman Empire 1765–1775 •
Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet (c. 1768–1827), British MP for Wootton Bassett 1807–1811, Weymouth & Melcombe Regis 1811–1818 •
John Murray, 5th Duke of Atholl (1778–1846), British Army officer and landowner in Scotland •
John Murray, Lord Murray (1779–1859), British MP for the Leith Burghs, 1832–1839 • Sir
Hubert Murray (John Hubert Plunkett Murray, 1861–1940), judge and lieutenant-governor of Papua •
John Murray, 11th Duke of Atholl (1929–2012), British peer
Scotland •
John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (1631–1703), leading Scottish royalist •
John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl (1660–1724), Scottish nobleman and politician •
John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730–1809), colonial governor of Virginia and later the Bahamas •
John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl (1755–1830), Scottish peer •
John Wilson Murray (1840–1906), Scottish-born police detective who worked in the US and Canada during the late 19th/early 20th centuries •
John Murray (Liberal politician) (1879–1964), Scottish civil servant, university administrator and Liberal Party politician •
John Murray, Lord Dervaird (1935–2015), Scottish judge
Ireland •
John Murray (Monaghan MP) (1707–1743), MP for
County Monaghan 1741–43 •
John L. Murray (judge) (1943–2023), Irish judge
United States •
John Murray (Massachusetts politician) (1715?–1794), representative to the Great and General Court of the Province of Massachusetts Bay •
John Murray (congressman) (1768–1834), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania •
John F. Murray (politician) (1862–1928), second borough president of The Bronx •
John L. Murray (representative) (1806–1842), U.S. representative from Kentucky •
John Porry Murray (1830–1895), Confederate politician •
John E. Murray Jr. (1932–2015), professor of law and chancellor of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania •
John S. Murray (Iowa politician) (born 1939), American politician from the state of Iowa •
John S. Murray (Washington politician) (1925–2007), American politician in the state of Washington
Australia •
John Murray (pastoralist) (1837–1917), member of the Queensland Parliament from 1888 to 1903 •
John Murray (Victorian politician) (1851–1916), premier of Victoria from 1909 to 1912 •
John Murray (Queensland politician) (1915–2009), member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1958 to 1961 •
John Murray (New South Wales politician) (born 1939), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2003
Other •
John Murray (judge) (1888–1976), Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia from 1955 to 1961 •
J. R. Murray (John Rose Murray, 1898–1991), Ceylonese accountant and politician in colonial Ceylon ==Military==