Politicians
- John Holmes (by 1529-83), MP for Ripon and Boroughbridge
- John Holmes (died 1556 or later), MP for Rye (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Holmes (Nova Scotia politician) (1789–1876), Canadian Senator
- John Holmes (Ontario politician) (1828–1879), Canadian MP
- John Holmes (Maine) (1773–1843), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine
- John Edwin Holmes (1809–1863), first Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
- John Robert Holmes (1927–2011), Canadian MP
- John Holmes (New Zealand politician) (1831–1910), New Zealand Member of Parliament
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