Jason Monks, American politician, Idaho State Representative since 2012
John Monks (born 1945), member of the British House of Lords, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation and former General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
John Cherry Monks, Jr. (1910-2004), American author, actor, playwright, screenwriter and director
John Clark Monks (1760–1827), English sea captain also known as the Hanging Sailor of Perryman
Joseph M. Monks (born 1968), American writer and film director
Neale Monks (born 1971), British former palaeontologist
