List of Famous people named James

James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, is a British advocate. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He is an active member of the House of Lords where he sits as a Conservative.

James Henry Lau Jr. is a Hong Kong government official. He was Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury from 2017 to 2020.

James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West and then as Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians. Since 1997 he has been a member of the House of Lords as a life peer.

James Norwich Arbuthnot, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom,, is a British Conservative Party politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wanstead and Woodford from 1987 to 1997, and then MP for North East Hampshire from 1997 to 2015.

James Earl Files, also known as James Sutton, is a former American prisoner. In 1994, while serving a 50-year sentence for the 1991 attempted murders of two police officers, Files gave interviews stating that he was the "grassy knoll shooter" in the 1963 assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. Files has subsequently been interviewed by others and discussed in multiple books pertaining to the assassination and related theories. In 1994, the Federal Bureau of Investigation was quoted as having investigated Files' allegation and found it "not to be credible".

James Robert Bruce Ogilvy is a British landscape designer, and the founder and editor of Luxury Briefing. He is the elder child and only son of Sir Angus Ogilvy and Princess Alexandra of Kent.

James Felton Somers Hervey-Bathurst is a British businessman and landowner.

James Lee Burke is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for Black Cherry Blues (1990) and Cimarron Rose (1998), and has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Robicheaux character has been portrayed twice on screen, first by Alec Baldwin and then Tommy Lee Jones.

James Randolph Lindesay-Bethune, 16th Earl of Lindsay, is a Scottish businessman and Conservative politician.