Biographies

James II of England

James II and VII: last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland

James III of Scotland

James III of Scotland (c.1451/1452–1488)

James Ingram

James Ingram: American singer, songwriter and recording artist

James IV of Scotland

James Jabara

James Jabara — first American jet ace and Korean War fighter pilot

James Jesus Angleton

James Jesus Angleton: Architect and Controversy of CIA Counterintelligence

James Joseph Brady

James Joseph Brady (1944–2017), U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana

James Joseph Dresnok

James Joseph Dresnok — American defector and North Korean actor (1941–2016)

James Joyce

James Joyce: Irish modernist writer and experimental novelist

James L. Holloway III

James L. Holloway III — U.S. Navy admiral and naval aviator

James Last

James Last: German bandleader and composer of 'happy music'

James Laxer

James Laxer — Canadian political economist, professor and political activist

James Learmonth Gowans

James Learmonth Gowans — British physician and immunologist

James Lipton

James Longstreet

James Lyons (admiral)

James A. 'Ace' Lyons Jr., U.S. Navy admiral

James M. Keck

James MacArthur

James MacGregor Burns

James MacGregor Burns: historian, presidential biographer, and leadership scholar

James Madison Lee

James Madison Lee — U.S. Army Lieutenant General and Commander of U.S. Army Pacific

James Mancham

James Mancham: First President of Seychelles (1939–2017)

James Martin Munley

James Mason

James Mason (English actor, 1909–1984)

James McAuley

James McAuley: Australian poet, hymnwriter and cultural figure

James McCarthy

James J. McCarthy (1944–2019): American Oceanographer and Environmental Scholar

James Megellas

James Megellas (1917–2020), U.S. Army paratrooper and memoirist

James Milne Wilson

James Milne Wilson (1812–1880)

James Mitchell

James Mitchell (1866–1951)

James Mollison

James Mollison — Australian arts administrator and gallery director

James Morrison

James Morrison (Australian jazz musician)

James Morwood

James Naanman Daman

James Okubo

James K. Okubo — Japanese American U.S. Army medic and Medal of Honor recipient

James Otis (actor)

James Otis (American actor)

James Otis Kaler

James Otis Kaler (pen name James Otis) — American children's author

James Paris Lee

James Paris Lee: inventor of the Lee magazine rifle

James Parkinson

James R. Ford

James R. Ford — educator, businessman and first African-American mayor of a U.S. state capital

James Ramsden (politician)

James Rebhorn

James Rebhorn — American character actor

James Robertson (judge)

James S. Denton

James S. Denton (1951–2018)

James S. Vlasto

James S. Vlasto — American editor, political public relations consultant and public servant

James Stevenson

James Stevenson (1929–2017) — American illustrator and author

James Stockdale

James Stockdale: U.S. Navy admiral, Medal of Honor recipient and Vietnam POW

James Tate (writer)

James Tate (American poet)

James the Just

James Thompson (author)

James Thompson (American–Finnish crime novelist)