List of Famous people named James

James Forrest is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the Scotland national team.

James Huth is an English-born French film director, screenwriter and producer, mostly known for his collaborations with actor Jean Dujardin.

James Joseph Hamula is an American attorney and former general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

James William Durbin is an American singer and guitarist from Santa Cruz, California, who finished in fourth place on the tenth season of American Idol in 2011. Durbin was the lead singer for heavy metal band Quiet Riot from 2017 to 2019.

James William Arthur Taylor is a former English cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm leg break bowler, Taylor made his debut in first-class cricket in 2008 for Leicestershire and made major impressions in his first county seasons. He is noted as being a fine fielder in the covers. He became the youngest Leicestershire one-day centurion and first-class double centurion. In 2009, Taylor also became the youngest player in Leicestershire's history to score 1,000 championship runs in a season.

James Jeremiah Murphy is an American musician, DJ, singer, songwriter, and record producer. His most well-known musical project is LCD Soundsystem, which first gained attention with its single "Losing My Edge" in 2002 before releasing its eponymous debut album in February 2005 to critical acclaim and top 20 success in the UK. LCD Soundsystem's second and third studio albums, Sound of Silver (2007) and This Is Happening (2010) respectively, were met with universal acclaim from several music review outlets. Both albums have also reached the top 50 in the Billboard 200.

James Samuel Rosen is an American journalist, television correspondent, and author, who worked as a Washington, D.C., correspondent for the Fox News Channel and is now employed by Sinclair Broadcast Group.

James Joseph Richardson is an African-American man who was convicted in 1968 for the October 1967 murders of his seven children. They died after eating a poisoned breakfast containing the organic phosphate pesticide parathion. At the time of the murders, Richardson was a migrant farm worker in Arcadia, Florida living with his wife Annie Mae Richardson and the children. At a trial in Fort Myers, Florida, an all-white jury found him guilty of murdering the children and sentenced him to death. As a result of the United States Supreme Court's 1972 Furman v. Georgia decision finding the death penalty unconstitutional, his sentence was reduced to life imprisonment; he was then exonerated in 1989, after 21 years, when his case was revisited by appointed Miami-Dade County prosecutor Janet Reno. He now lives in Wichita, Kansas.

James Morrison Catchpole is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist from Rugby, Warwickshire. In 2006, his debut single "You Give Me Something" became a hit in Europe, Australia, Japan and Iran, peaking in the top five in the UK and claiming the No. 1 spot in New Zealand. His debut album, Undiscovered, debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart. In 2007, Morrison won the Brit Award for Best British Male.

James Douglas Bennet is an American journalist. He was editor-in-chief of The Atlantic from 2006-2016 and was the editorial page editor at The New York Times from May 2016 until his resignation in June 2020. He is the younger brother of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet.