James Scott

James Scott may refer to:

## Entertainment[edit]

* James Scott (composer) (1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer
* James Scott (director) (born 1941), British filmmaker
* James Scott (actor) (born 1979), British television actor
* James Scott (Shortland Street), character on the TV soap opera Shortland Street
* James Honeyman-Scott (1956–1982), British guitarist and member of The Pretenders

## Military[edit]

* James Scott (marine) (died 1796), Sergeant of Marines in the New South Wales Marine Corps
* James Scott (Royal Navy officer) (1790–1872), British naval officer
* James Bruce Scott (1892–1974), officer in the British Indian Army
* James Robinson Scott (died 1821), Scottish naval surgeon and noted amateur botanist
* James Stanley Scott (1889–1975), Royal Canadian Air Force officer

## Politics[edit]

### United Kingdom[edit]

* James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606), Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls
* James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685), noble recognized by some as James II of England
* James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1674–1705), English nobleman and politician
* James Scott (1671–1732), British MP, 1710–1711
* James Scott (British Army officer, died 1747) (c. 1672–1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734
* James Winter Scott (1799–1873), MP for North Hampshire, 1832–1837
* James Scott (Liberal politician) (1876–1939), British MP, 1929–1931
* Sir James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet (1814–1885), 3rd Scott baronets, of Dunninald
* Sir James Sibbald Scott, 1st Baronet (died 1819), 1st Scott baronets, of Dunninald

### Elsewhere[edit]

* James Scott (Australian politician) (1810–1884), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
* Jim Scott (Australian politician) (James Alan Scott), Australian politician
* James Scott (American politician), Arizona state senator
* James A. Scott (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate
* James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861
* James Reid Scott (1839–1877), explorer and colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Tasmania
* James George Scott (1851–1935), colonial administrator in Burma
* James M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician
* Jim Scott (Virginia politician) (James Martin Scott, 1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates

## Sports[edit]

* James Scott (basketball) (born 1972), American professional basketball player
* James Scott (cricketer), English cricketer
* James Scott (footballer, born 1881) (1881–?), Scottish footballer
* James Scott (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), Scottish footballer
* James Scott (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1916), Scottish footballer
* James Scott (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), Scottish footballer
* James Scott (footballer, born 2000), Scottish footballer for Motherwell
* James Melvin Scott (1911–2001), Senior Olympian, author, inventor
* James Scott (boxer) (1947–2018), American light heavyweight fighter
* James Scott (gridiron football) (born 1952), NFL wide receiver
* James Scott (rugby union) (born 1999), English rugby union player

## Other[edit]

* James Scott (antiquarian) (1733–1818), minister in Perth and antiquarian
* James Brown Scott (1866–1943), American authority on international law
* James C. Scott (born 1936), political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
* James F. Scott (1942–2020), American physicist and FRAM pioneer
* James Hope-Scott (1812–1873), English barrister and Tractarian
* James Maurice Scott (1906–1986), British explorer and writer
* James Robb Scott (1882–1965), Scottish architect
* James Scott (cardiologist) (born 1946), British cardiologist
* James Scott (criminal) (born 1969), convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993
* James Scott (obstetrician) (1924–2006), Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist
* James Scott (police officer) (1899–1966), Irish police officer
* James Scott (political writer) (1733–1814), English cleric and academic, known for his "Anti-Sejanus" letters
* James Scott (priest) (died 1912), Irish Anglican priest
* James V. Scott, minister in the United Church of Canada
* James Scott (judge), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Indiana

## See also[edit]

* Jim Scott (disambiguation)
* Jamie Scott (disambiguation)
* Jamie Scott (born 1984), British singer

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