James MacDonald or Macdonald may refer to:

People

Arts and entertainment

J. E. H. MacDonald James Edward Hervey MacDonald (12 May 1873–26 November 1932) was an English-Canadian artist, best known as a member of the Group of Seven who asserted a distinct national identity combined with a common heritage stemming from early modernism ...

(1873–1932), Canadian painter, member of the Group of Seven *

James Stuart MacDonald James Stuart MacDonald (28 March 187812 November 1952) was an Australian artist, art critic and Director of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales from 1929 to 1937. Early life MacDonald was born on 28 March 1878 in Carlton, Melbourne, ...

(1878–1952), art critic and Director of the Art Gallery of NSW *

Jimmy MacDonald (sound effects artist) John James MacDonald (May 19, 1906 – February 1, 1991) was an American foley artist and voice actor. He was the original head of the Disney sound-effects department and was also the second official voice of Mickey Mouse from 1947 to 1976 after ...

(1906–1991), voice of Mickey Mouse * James D. Macdonald (born 1954), American author and critic * James MacDonald (actor), Canadian actor *

James Macdonald (director) James Macdonald is a British theatre and film director who is best known for his work with contemporary writers such as Caryl Churchill. He was associate and deputy director of the Royal Court Theatre from 1992 to 2006. There he staged the premie ...

(born 1958), British theater and film director * James Wilson Alexander MacDonald, American sculptor

Politics

Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Baronet Sir James Macdonald, 2nd Baronet, GCMG (14 February 1784 – 29 June 1832) was a British politician. He sat in the House of Commons between 1805 and 1832. Early life Macdonald was born 14 February 1784, the eldest and only surviving son of Si ...

(1784–1832), British Member of Parliament for Tain Burghs, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sutherland, Calne, and Hampshire *

James William MacDonald James William MacDonald (27 January 1811 – 1 December 1881) was a politician in colonial South Australia and served as Treasurer of South Australia. MacDonald was the son of Captain Archibald MacDonald, of 10th Hussars, and grandson of the firs ...

(1811–1881), politician in colonial South Australia and Colonial Treasurer * James E. MacDonald (1842–1903), former politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada *

James MacDonald (trade unionist) James MacDonald (1857 – 21 May 1938) was a British trade unionist. Born in Edinburgh, MacDonald trained as a tailor and moved to London in 1881. He joined the Central Marylebone Democratic Association and the Manhood Suffrage League, but it w ...

(1857–1938), Secretary of the London Trades Council *

James Alexander MacDonald James Alexander MacDonald (October 1858 – December 20, 1939) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Rossland City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1903 to 1909 as a Liberal. MacDo ...

(1858–1919), lawyer, judge and leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party *James

Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The first two of his governments belonged to the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, where he led ...

(1866–1937), British Prime Minister *

Jim MacDonald (politician) James David MacDonald (28 June 1917 – 6 March 1989) was an Australian politician. Born in Bathurst, MacDonald married Valdree Mae Drewe, with whom he had three sons. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1940, serving in New Gu ...

(1917–1989), Australian politician * James David Macdonald (politician) (1922–1995), City of Calgary alderman and author of Grand Cayman's tax haven law * James H. MacDonald (1832–1889), lieutenant governor of Michigan

Sports

* James MacDonald (cricketer) (1906–1969), Irish cricketer * James Macdonald (footballer), Scottish footballer *

Kilby MacDonald James Allan Kilby Macdonald (September 6, 1913 – May 11, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played four seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers. Playing career MacDonald started his hockey care ...

(James Allan Macdonald, 1913–1986), Canadian ice hockey player *

Jamie MacDonald (footballer) James MacDonald (born 17 April 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Lowland Football League side Heart of Midlothian B. MacDonald has previously played for Heart of Midlothian, Queen of the South, Falkirk ...

(born 1986), Scottish football goalkeeper

Other

James MacDonald, 6th of Dunnyveg James MacDonald (Scottish Gaelic: ''Séamus Mac Dhòmhnaill''; 1501 – 5 July 1565), 6th Scottish clan chief, Chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg, was a Scottish-Gaelic lord. Biography MacDonald was the son of Alexander MacDonald, 5th of Dunn ...

(died 1565), Scoto-Irish chieftain *

Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Dunnyveg Sir James MacDonald, 9th of Dunnyveg (; died 1626), was the last chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg or Clan Donald South. He was most often known as James ''M'Connall'' from the Gaelic pronunciation of the name ''Mac Dhòmhnaill,'' the modern '' ...

(died 1626), last chief of Clan MacDonald of Dunnyveg or Clan Donald South *

James Macdonald (British Army officer) Major General Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald, (8 February 1862 – 27 June 1927) was a British engineer, explorer, military officer and cartographer. Born in the Madras Presidency, he was a balloon observer as a young man, surveyed for railw ...

(1862–1927), Scottish engineer, explorer and cartographer * James A. Macdonald (1862–1923), newspaper editor, educator, minister and author in Ontario, Canada *

James Alexander MacDonald (botanist) James Alexander Macdonald FRSE FIB BSE (17 June 1908 – 26 April 1997) was a 20th-century Scottish botanist and plant pathologist. Friends and family called him Jay Macdonald. Life He was born in Dingwall on 17 June 1908, one of five children ...

(1908–1997), Scottish botanist and plant pathologist *

James Macdonald (ornithologist) James David Macdonald FLS FZS FIB (3 October 1908 – 17 September 2002) was a Scottish-Australian ornithologist and ornithological writer. A traditional museum ornithologist, he did much to build up the collections of African and Australian bi ...

(1908–2002), British and Australian ornithologist and ornithological writer *

James E. McDonald James Edward McDonald (May 7, 1920 – June 13, 1971) was an American atmospheric physicist and meteorologist. He is known for his scientific research in weather modification through cloud seeding, while working as an associate director at the I ...

(1920–1971), American meteorologist and UFO researcher *

James Hector MacDonald James Hector MacDonald (April 28, 1925 – May 30, 2025) was a Canadian Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland from 1991 to 2000. MacDonald died at the Hotel Dieu Shave ...

(1925–2025), Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop *

James Ross MacDonald James Ross Macdonald (February 27, 1923 – March 30, 2024), son of John Elwood Macdonald and Antonina Jones Hansell, was born on 27 February 1923 in Savannah, GA and died at the Carolina Meadows retirement community, Chapel Hill, NC on 30 March ...

(1923–2024), American physicist *

James MacDonald (pastor) James MacDonald (born October 4, 1960) is a Canadian-born evangelical Christian pastor, televangelism, television evangelist, and author. He was the senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel megachurch in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Rolling Meadows, ...

(born 1960), disqualified pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, Walk in the Word and Harvest Bible Fellowship *

Sir James Mor Macdonald, 2nd Baronet Sir James Mor Macdonald, 9th Laird of Sleat and 2nd Baronet (1605 – 8 December 1678) was a Scottish nobleman and soldier. Biography Born the eldest son of Sir Donald Gorme Og Macdonald, he inherited his father's titles aged around 38 upon his ...

(–1678), Scottish nobleman and soldier *

James MacDonald (police officer) Regis Deon Thomas (born June 16, 1970) is an American convicted serial killer and Bloods gang member who was sentenced to death for the 1993 murders of Kevin Michael Burrell and James Wayne MacDonald, two officers in the Compton Police Department ...

(1968–1993), murdered American police officer *

James Macdonald (civil servant) James Macdonald, CBE, FRSE (3 August 1898 – 28 April 1963) was a British civil servant and forester. Born on 3 August 1898,

(1898–1963), British civil servant and forester

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