Politicians
- John Lewis (U.S. politician) (born 1940), American civil rights activist and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia
- John Lewis (California politician) (born 1954), California State Senator
- John Bower Lewis (1817–1874), Canadian politician
- John F. Lewis (1818–1895), United States Senator from Virginia
- John H. Lewis (1830–1929), U.S. Representative from Illinois
- John L. Lewis (1880–1969), American labor leader
- John L. Lewis (New Orleans) (1800–1886), mayor of New Orleans, 1854–1856
- John Lewis (Canadian politician) (1804–?), New Brunswick judge and politician
- John Lewis (Canadian senator) (1858–1935), Toronto newspaper editor and Canadian Senator
- John Lewis (Newfoundland politician) (1867–1922), politician in Newfoundland
- John Lewis (of Abernant) (1580–1643 or c. 1656), Welsh MP
- John Lewis (UK politician) (1912–1969), British Labour Party Member of Parliament, 1945–1951
- John P. Lewis (1921–2010), American presidential advisor
- John W. Lewis (1841–1913), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
- John Wood Lewis, Sr. (1801–1865), Confederate States of America Senator, antebellum South Carolina politician
- John Delaware Lewis (1828–1884), English Liberal Party politician
- John Harvey Lewis (1814–1888), Irish-born lawyer and Liberal politician
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