United States •
John Russell (New York politician) (1772–1842), United States Representative from New York •
John Russell (prohibitionist) (1822–1912), first National Committee Chairman of the Prohibition Party •
John Russell (Ohio politician) (1827–1869), Ohio Secretary of State, 1868–1869 •
John Russell (Virginia politician) (1923–2012), American politician •
John D. Russell (judge) (born 1963), judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma •
John E. Russell (1834–1903), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts •
John W. Russell Jr. (1923–2015), member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1947 to 1951 and the Oklahoma Senate between 1952 and 1956 •
John Russell (Missouri politician) (1931–2016), Missouri state senator •
John W. Russell (New York politician) (1874/5–1930)
United Kingdom • Sir
John Russell (knight) (died 1224), English household knight of King John • Sir
John Russell (died 1270), Anglo-Scottish noble •
John Russell (MP for Coventry), MP for
Coventry in 1302 •
John Russell (died 1405) (1350s–1405), MP for Worcestershire •
John Russell (fl. 1410), MP for Wells •
John Russell (speaker) (died 1437), MP for Herefordshire and Speaker of the House of Commons •
John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (1485–1555), English royal minister •
John Russell (Westminster MP), MP for Westminster, London, 1545–1547 •
Sir John Russell, 3rd Baronet (1632?–1669), of Chippenham •
John Russell (Royalist) (died 1687), English MP and soldier •
John Russell (colonial administrator) (1670–1735), administrator of the English East India Company •
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710–1771), British statesman •
John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839), Knight of the Garter •
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792–1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, British prime minister •
John Russell, Viscount Amberley (1842–1876), progressive Liberal MP •
John Russell (diplomat) (1914–1984), British diplomat and ambassador •
John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917–2002), British peer and writer •
John Russell, 4th Earl Russell (1921–1987), eldest son of Bertrand Russell •
John Russell, 27th Baron de Clifford (1928–2018), Peer of England •
John Russell, 7th Earl Russell (born 1971), English politician
Elsewhere •
John Watts-Russell (1825–1875), New Zealand politician ==Religion==