Politics and War
- John Douglas (governor) (born 1835), Governor of Ceylon
- John Douglas (Irish politician) (1912–1982), senator 1954–7
- John Douglas (Queensland politician) (1828–1904), Premier of Queensland
- John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (died 1513), Scottish nobleman
- John Douglas, Lord of Balvenie (1433–1463), Scottish soldier
- John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry (1779–1856), Scottish Whig politician
- John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton (born 1927), Scottish peer and landowner
- John Carey Douglas (1874–1926), Canadian politician
- John Erskine Douglas (c. 1758–1847), Royal Navy admiral
- John Taylor Douglas (1892–1976), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
- John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry (1844–1900), Scottish nobleman
- John Douglas (Parliament) (c. 1708–1778), Member of Parliament for Dumfriesshire, 1741–1747
- John Douglas (died 1838) (c. 1774–1838), Tory politician
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