Politicians
- John Owen (MP for Oxford University), see Oxford University (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Owen (MP for Caernarvon Boroughs), see Caernarvon Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Lewis Owen, MP for Merioneth (UK Parliament constituency)
- John Owen (died 1754), Welsh politician, represented Anglesey and Beaumaris in Parliament
- Sir John Owen, 1st Baronet (1776–1861), Member of Parliament for Pembroke, 1841–1861
- John Owen (North Carolina politician) (1787–1841), Democratic governor of North Carolina from 1828 to 1830
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