Military
- John Hayes (explorer) (1768–1831), of the British East India Company
- John Hayes (Royal Navy officer) (1767/1775–1838), Royal Navy admiral
- Sir John Macnamara Hayes, 1st baronet (1750?–1809), military physician
- John Hayes (sailor) (1832–1911), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
- John B. Hayes (1924–2001), U.S. Coast Guard commandant
- John Daniel Hayes (1902–1991), U.S. Navy admiral and naval historian
- John Osler Chattock Hayes (1913–1998), British admiral
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