Name James

Discover the renowned individuals who share the iconic name James. From legendary actors like James Dean and James Earl Jones to celebrated musicians including James Brown and James Taylor, this comprehensive list showcases the remarkable achievements of famous people with the moniker James.

Scottish traveller and writer

James (Jim) Duggan

American rock musician

Musician, guitarist of American bands "Slipknot" and "Stone Sour".

James Roosevelt Sr

American businessman, father of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Professional Irish tennis player

Former English footballer, winger.

James C. Collins

American business consultant, author and speaker

James Batcheller Sumner

American biochemist who proved the protein nature of enzymes, Nobel Prize laureate

American producer, director and screenwriter

Anglo-Indian historian, linguist

English writer, veterinarian and pilot, author of books about animals and people

Investor and founder of hedge fund Kynikos Associates

English inventor, millionaire

James Alexander Seddon

Confederate Secretary of War

American operatic bass-baritone

James Gillespie

Scottish footballer, centre forward

American country singer

English footballer and football coach

British scientist, naturalist, physician.

British, recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award given for courage in the face of the enemy in the British and Commonwealth forces.

James Howard Marshall

American businessman, oil tycoon

James Lancaster

English navigator

James McKeen Cattell

American psychologist

English singer, musician and author.

Welsh landscape artist

British swimmer

American film actor

American chemist.

Scottish geologist

English singer and record producer

British teacher of English.

Welsh boy with Angelman syndrome

American Senator from Kansas from January 31, 1962 to December 23, 1978

American writer, poet and dean emeritus of the New York Acting School of Drama

James Callaghan

Labor politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1976 to 1979

A 16th-century English navigator, explorer and privateer.

Author of books for self-development

James FitzJames

French commander, Marshal of France.

Scottish writer

Irish Anglican archbishop, theologian

The first world boxing champion

The first Raja of Sarawak from 1841 to 1868 from the White Rajah dynasty.

Financed the creation and promoted the first typewriter.

Scottish statesman, one of the Protestant leaders and the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of King James VI

Stuart, first king of the Renaissance