John Cole

John Cole may refer to:

Politics

 * John Cole (fl. 1372–1394), MP for Wilton
 * John Cole (born c.1376) (c. 1376–?), MP for Devon 1417-23
 * Sir John Cole, 1st Baronet (died 1691), Irish politician
 * John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence (1709–1767), Irish politician
 * John Cole, 2nd Earl of Enniskillen (1768–1840), Irish peer and Member of Parliament
 * John Lowry Cole (1813–1882), Irish Conservative politician
 * John N. Cole (1863–1922), U.S. politician in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
 * John James Cole (died 1959), Irish independent politician from Cavan
 * John Copeland Cole (died 1987), Irish politician, Senator from 1957 to 1969
 * John Cole (Canadian politician) (born 1942), Canadian politician

Sports

 * John Cole (bobsleigh) (1929–1993), American bobsledder
 * John Cole (cricketer, born 1907) (1907–1997), English cricketer and British Army officer
 * John Cole (cricketer, born 1933) (1933–2014), South African cricketer
 * John Cole (footballer) (born 1941), Scottish footballer
 * John Cole (American football), American football fullback
 * John Cole (rugby union) (born 1946), Australian rugby union player

Other

 * John Cole (priest), Archdeacon of Totnes between 1580 and 1583
 * John Cole (pirate) (died 1718), known more for the unusual cargo of his pirate ship than for his piracy
 * John Cole (judge) (1715–1777), Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court from 1764 to 1765
 * John Cole (academic) (1758–1819), Anglican priest and administrator at the University of Oxford
 * John Cole (music publisher) (1774–1855), American composer, music publisher, collector of sacred music
 * John Cole (antiquary) (1792–1848), English bookseller, publisher and antiquary
 * John Jenkins Cole (1815–1897), English architect
 * John Cole (architect), Northern Irish architect
 * Tom Cole (farmer) (John Thomas Cole, 1854–1927), Australian dairy farmer and cattle breeder
 * John Cole (journalist) (1927–2013), Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster, BBC political editor
 * John Cole (geographer) (1928–2020), Australian-born British geography professor
 * John Y. Cole (born 1940), librarian and historian of the Library of Congress
 * John Cole (choreographer) (born 1988), Zimbabwean dance choreographer, dancer, actor, TV presenter and artists director
 * John Cole (photographer) (1923–1995), English fashion and advertising photographer
 * John T. Cole (1895–1975), United States Army general