James Scott may refer to:

Entertainment

James Scott (composer) James Sylvester Scott (February 12, 1885 – August 30, 1938) was an American ragtime composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the "Big Three" composers of Classic rag, classical ragtime along with Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb (composer), ...

(1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer *

James Scott (director) James Scott (born 1941) is a British filmmaker, painter, draughtsman and printmaker. Biography Early life James Scott was born in the city of Wells, England, the youngest son of two artists, William and Mary Scott. As a young man, he studied p ...

(born 1941), British filmmaker *

James Scott (actor) James Scott (born 14 January 1979) is a British former actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He is best known for playing EJ DiMera on the NBC soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' and Ethan Cambias on the ABC soap opera ''All My Children''. Ear ...

(born 1979), British television actor * James Scott (Shortland Street), character on the TV soap opera ''Shortland Street'' *

James Honeyman-Scott James Honeyman-Scott (4 November 1956 – 16 June 1982) was an English rock guitarist, songwriter and founding member of the band the Pretenders. Honeyman-Scott established a reputation, in the words of AllMusic, as "one of the most original a ...

(1956–1982), British guitarist and member of The Pretenders

Military

* James Scott (marine) (died 1796), Sergeant of Marines in the New South Wales Marine Corps *

James Scott (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir James Scott, KCB (18 June 1790 – 2 March 1872), was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Napoleonic Wars , partof = the French Revolutiona ...

(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

United Kingdom

James Scott of Balwearie James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606) was a Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls. He was the son of Walter Scott of Balwearie and Janet Lindsay, a daughter of John Lindsay of Dowhill Castle, Dowhill. His mother had been married to A ...

(died 1606), Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls *

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman and military officer. Originally called James Crofts or James Fitzroy, he was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the eldest ill ...

(1649–1685), noble recognized by some as James II of England *

James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith {{Infobox noble , name = James Scott , title = Earl of Dalkeith , image = James Scott, 1674-1705, 2nd Earl of Dalkeith.jpg , caption = , more = no , tenure = , reign-type = , predecessor = James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth , successor = ...

(1674–1705), English nobleman and politician *

James Scott (1671–1732) James Scott (1671 – October 1732) of Logie and Castlested, Forfar was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1732. Scott was the eldest son of Jame ...

, British MP, 1710–1711 * James Scott (British Army officer, died 1747) (c. 1672–1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734 * James Scott (Bridport MP) (1776–1855), British MP, 1820–1826 *

James Winter Scott James Winter Scott (26 May 1799 – 4 January 1873) was a British Whig politician from Hampshire. Scott was the son of James Scott who was MP for Bridport from 1820 to 1826. On 24 January 1828, he married Lucy Jervoise, daughter of Sir Samue ...

(1799–1873), MP for North Hampshire, 1832–1837 *

James Scott (Liberal politician) James Scott (8 March 1876 – 30 October 1939) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party politician. Family and education James Scott was the son of a railway superintendent from Forres, also named James Scott. He was educated at Forres Academy a ...

(1876–1939), British MP, 1929–1931 *

Sir James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet Sir James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet (1814–1885) of Dunninald Castle, Forfarshire, was a Scottish antiquarian and army officer. Life Born on 14 June 1814, he was eldest son of Sir David Scott, 2nd Baronet of Egham; his mother was Carolin ...

(1814–1885), 3rd Scott baronets, of Dunninald *

Sir James Sibbald Scott, 1st Baronet ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as part o ...

(died 1819), 1st Scott baronets, of Dunninald

Elsewhere

James Scott (Australian politician) James Scott (1810 – 15 October 1884) was an Australian politician. Scott was born in Earlston, Berwickshire, in Scotland in 1810. In 1869 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of th ...

(1810–1884), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly *

Jim Scott (Australian politician) James Alan "Jim" Scott (born 16 November 1946) is a former Australian politician and a pioneering member of the Greens Western Australia. He was the first Greens candidate elected to the Parliament of Western Australia, serving in the Western ...

(born 1946, James Alan Scott), Australian politician *

James Scott (American politician) James Scott was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the Arizona State Senate during the 5th Arizona State Legislature, holding the seat from Navajo County. He was one of the largest sheep ranchers in Arizona, at one ...

, Arizona state senator * James A. Scott (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate * James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second

Wheeling Convention The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance of Secession, which had been approved by referendum, subject to a vote. The first of its t ...

of 1861 *

James George Scott Sir James George Scott (pseudonym Shway Yoe, 25 December 1851 – 4 April 1935) was a Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who helped establish British colonial rule in Burma, and in addition introduced football to Burma. Life He wa ...

(1851–1935), Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who introduced football to Burma *

James Reid Scott James Reid Scott (1 April 1839 – 25 August 1877) was an explorer and colonial Tasmanian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later the Tasmanian Legislative Council, he was also Colonial Secretary of Tasmania. Scott was ...

(1839–1877), explorer and colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Tasmania *

(1851–1935), colonial administrator in Burma * James M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician *

Jim Scott (Virginia politician) James Martin Scott (June 11, 1938 – April 13, 2017), known as "Landslide Jim", was an American politician and community affairs consultant. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in November ...

(James Martin Scott, 1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Sports

* James Scott (basketball) (born 1972), American professional basketball player * James Scott (cricketer) (born 1978), English cricketer * James Scott (footballer, born 1881) (1881–?), Scottish footballer * James Scott (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), Scottish footballer *

James Scott (footballer, born 1895) James Scott (1895 – 1 July 1916) was a Scottish professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward in the Scottish Football League, Scottish League for Raith Rovers F.C., Raith Rovers. He score ...

(1895–1916), Scottish footballer *

James Scott (footballer, born 1905) James Archibald Brown Scott was a Scottish amateur football centre half who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. He was capped by Scotland at amateur An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independ ...

(1905–?), Scottish footballer *

James Scott (footballer, born 2000) James Ryan Scott (born 30 August 2000) is a Scottish professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for club St Mirren F.C., St Mirren. Club career Motherwell Scott made his senior debut fo ...

, Scottish footballer *

James Melvin Scott James Melvin Scott (nicknamed Scotty, but also called Melvin and Jim) (1911–2001), an author, inventor, and Senior Olympian, was born in Wisdom, Missouri, on 28 May 1911, to James Baker Scott and Cordelia Susan Suiter. One of five children (o ...

(1911–2001), Senior Olympian, author, inventor *

James Scott (boxer) James Onque Scott Jr. (October 17, 1947 – May 8, 2018) was an American boxer and convicted murderer. He became the second-highest-ranked contender in the World Boxing Association's (WBA) light heavyweight division while incarcerated at Rahwa ...

(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

* James Scott (antiquarian) (1733–1818), minister in Perth and antiquarian *

James Brown Scott James Brown Scott (June 3, 1866 – June 25, 1943) was an American legal scholar. He founded the law school at University of Southern California and was professor of law at University of Illinois, Columbia University, George Washington University ...

(1866–1943), American authority on international law *

James C. Scott James Campbell Scott (December 2, 1936 – July 19, 2024) was an American political scientist and anthropologist specializing in comparative politics. He was a comparative scholar of agrarian and non-state societies. Trained as a political ...

(1936–2024), political scientist and agrarian studies scholar *

James F. Scott James Floyd Scott (4 May 1942 – 6 April 2020) was an American physicist and research director at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge. He is considered one of the pioneers of ferroelectric memory devices. He was elected to t ...

(1942–2020), American physicist and FRAM pioneer *

James Hope-Scott James Robert Hope-Scott (15 July 1812 – 29 April 1873) was a British barrister and Tractarian. Early life and conversion Born at Great Marlow, in the county of Buckinghamshire, and christened James Robert, Hope was the third son of Gener ...

(1812–1873), English barrister and Tractarian *

James Maurice Scott James Maurice Scott (13 December 1906 – 12 March 1986) was a British explorer and writer. He was born in Egypt where his father was an English judge in the mixed courts. After he graduated from Cambridge University in 1928 he joined an explori ...

(1906–1986), British explorer and writer *

James Robb Scott James Robb Scott (11 February 1882 – 1965) was a Scottish architect who became the Chief Architect of the Southern Railway. He was born on 11 February 1882 in the Gorbals, Glasgow, the son of Andrew Robb Scott (architect) and Mary Fletcher. ...

(1882–1965), Scottish architect * James Scott (cardiologist) (born 1946), British cardiologist *

James Scott (criminal) James Robert Scott (born November 20, 1969) is an American who was convicted of causing a massive flood of the Mississippi River at West Quincy, Missouri as part of the Great Flood of 1993. Scott is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to li ...

(born 1969), convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993 * James Scott (obstetrician) (1924–2006), Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist *

James Scott (police officer) James Scott (24 May 1899 – 10 May 1966) was an Irish police officer (Garda 4173) who was the twentieth recipient of the Scott Medal. A native of Accony, Louisburgh, County Mayo, Scott joined the Garda Síochána on 25 April 1923. He was awar ...

(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 A. Scott (1895–1952), Superintendent Indian Police * James V. Scott, minister in the United Church of Canada *

James Scott (judge) James Scott (May 28, 1767 – March 2, 1855) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician from the state of Indiana. Scott served as one of the first Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court from December 28, 1816, to December 28, 1830. He was also ...

(1767–1855), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Indiana