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What the difference between anyone and anyone else in the following sentences? Should I leave out else?

  • John loves me more than anyone in the world.

  • John loves me more than anyone else in the world.

  • In 20 years John has earned more money than anyone has done.

  • In 20 years John has earned more money than anyone else has done.

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  • The first two are ambiguous regarding who loves whom.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Dec 21, 2018 at 7:02

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In your context, the two have the same meaning. The difference only matters in certain contexts, but "anyone else" explicitly excludes some person or persons, who presumably would otherwise meet some description or criteria.

For example:

A: Can anyone fix this computer?

B: Cheryl knows how to do it.

A: Cheryl is sick today. Can anyone else fix it?

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In both of your examples, you could leave out the "else" since it will be understood / implied.

in your examples, strictly speaking, you and John are included in "anyone", so what you are trying to say is

anyone, except for the people I've already identified,

which is equivalent to

anyone else

The same holds true for everyone.

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