James Wilson may refer to:

Politicians and government officials

Canada

* James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1770–1847), English-born farmer and political figure in Upper Canada * James Crocket Wilson (1841–1899), Canadian MP from Quebec *

James Robert Wilson James Robert Wilson, (September 16, 1866 – April 3, 1941) was a Canadian politician. Born in Almonte, Canada West, he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1884 and was employed at a grocery and hardware store. During the 1885 North-West R ...

(1866–1941), mayor of Saskatoon and member of the Parliament of Canada * James Wilson (Ontario MPP) (1810–1891), Canadian politician * James Frederick Wilson, Ontario MPP

Oceania

* James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1862) (1862–1925), English-born Australian politician * James Wilson (New South Wales politician, born 1865) (1865–1927), New Zealand-born Australian politician *Sir James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1849) (1849–1929), New Zealand politician and farmer * James Wilson (New Zealand politician, born 1814) (1814–1898) *Sir James Milne Wilson (1812–1880), Australian politician in Tasmania * James Phillips Wilson (c. 1852–1925), South Australian Labor politician

United Kingdom

* James Wilson (MP for York) between 1826 and 1830. * James Wilson (Labour politician) (1879–1943), British MP for Dudley and Oldham *James

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 197 ...

(1916–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964–1970 and 1974–1976 *

James Wilson (businessman) James Wilson (3 June 1805 – 11 August 1860) was a Scottish businessman, economist, and Liberal politician who founded ''The Economist'' weekly and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, which merged with Standard Bank in 1969 to f ...

(1805–1860), UK member of parliament and founder of ''The Economist'' magazine * James Wilson (Orangeman) (fl. 1793–94), North Irish politician, founder of the Orange Institution

United States

James Wilson (Founding Father) James Wilson (September 14, 1742 – August 21, 1798) was a Scottish American American Founding Father of the United States, Founding Father, legal scholar, jurist, and statesman who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Co ...

(1742–1798), Founding Father of the United States * James Wilson (Colorado politician), former member of the Colorado House of Representatives * James Wilson (Indiana politician) (1825–1867), US representative * James Wilson I (New Hampshire politician) (1766–1839), US representative * James Wilson II (1797–1881), US representative, son of James Wilson I * James Wilson (Pennsylvania politician) (1779–1868), US representative * James Wilson (Secretary of Agriculture) (1835–1920), United States secretary of agriculture and US representative from Iowa * James Charles Wilson (1816–1861), American politician in Texas * James Clifton Wilson (1874–1951), US representative from Texas * James F. Wilson (1828–1895), US senator and representative from Iowa * James J. Wilson (1775–1824), US senator from New Jersey * James M. Wilson Jr. (1918–2009), assistant secretary of state * James Wilson (journalist) (1787–1850), Irish-American journalist, politician, and judge

Military and revolutionary figures

* James Wilson (British Army officer) (1921–2004), British general * James Wilson (explorer) (1760–1814), brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti * James Wilson (Irish nationalist) (1836–1921), Irish republican convicted of desertion * James Wilson (revolutionary) (1760–1820), Scottish leader of the Radical War * James H. Wilson (1837–1925), general in the United States Army

Sportsmen

* James Wilson (athlete) (1891–1973), British athlete * James Wilson (Australian rules footballer) (c. 1855–1935), Australian rules footballer for Geelong * James Wilson (basketball), American basketball player * James Wilson (cricketer) (born 1978), South African cricketer * James Wilson (darts player) (born 1972), English darts player * James Wilson (footballer, born 1866) (c. 1866–1900), Scottish footballer * James Wilson (footballer, born 1882), Scottish footballer (St Mirren, Preston NE) * James Wilson (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1934), Australian rules footballer for Essendon * James Wilson (footballer, born 1890) (1890–1917), Scottish footballer (Queen's Park) * James Wilson (1910s footballer), English footballer * James Wilson (footballer, born 1989), Welsh professional footballer for Bristol Rovers * James Wilson (footballer, born 1995), English professional footballer * James Wilson (footballer, born 2007), Scottish footballer * James Wilson (rugby union) (born 1983), New Zealand rugby player * James Wilson (trainer) (1828–1917), founder of St. Albans Stud, Victoria, Australia * James B. Wilson (1896–1986), American football player and coach * James H. Wilson (American football) (1940–2013), American football coach

Science and medicine

James Wilson (anatomist) Dr James Wilson (1765–1821) was a British anatomist. A pupil of John Hunter (surgeon), John Hunter, he took over Hunter's position teaching anatomy at the Great Windmill Street School in London, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. He ...

(1765–1821), Scottish anatomist * James Wilson (scientist), American gene therapist * James Wilson (zoologist) (1795–1856), Scottish zoologist * James Wilson (mathematician) (1774?–1829), Irish mathematician * James A. Wilson (21st century), American mathematician * James Arthur Wilson (1795–1882), English physician * James G. Wilson (1915–1987), embryologist and anatomist * James George Wilson (1830–1881), Scottish surgeon and professor of midwifery * James Ricker Wilson (1922–2007), American theoretical physicist * James Thomas Wilson (1861–1945), British professor of anatomy

Arts and craftspersons

James Wilson (architect) James Wilson (1816–1900) was a prominent Victorian architect practising in Bath, Somerset and partner in the firm Wilson & Willcox. On 12 January 1843 he married Maria Buckley of Llanelli, and in 1846 they had a son, James Buckley Wilson ...

(1816–1900), British architect in Bath * James Wilson (cinematographer) (active 1927–1963), British cinematographer * James Wilson (composer) (1922–2005), Irish composer * James Wilson (producer) (born 1965), British film producer * James Wilson (globe maker) (1763–1855), American globe maker * James Wilson (songwriter), 18th-century English songwriter * James Daniel Wilson (born 1977), English actor * James Keys Wilson (1828–1894), American architect in Ohio *

Mark Wilson (magician) James Mark Wilson (April 11, 1929 – January 19, 2021), known professionally as Mark Wilson, was an American magician and author. He was widely credited as the first major television magician, and in the process established the viability of illu ...

or James Wilson (1929–2021), American magician * James Perry Wilson (1889–1976), American painter, designer, and architect

Academics

* James Kinnier Wilson (1921–2022), British Assyriologist * James Q. Wilson (1931–2012), American professor of public policy * James Southall Wilson (1880–1963), American author, professor, and founder of the ''Virginia Quarterly Review'' * James Wilson (philosopher), British philosopher

Clergy

* James Wilson (Archdeacon of Manchester) (1836–1931), British theologian and science teacher * James Wilson (bishop) (died 1857), Irish bishop of Cork * James Wilson (Dean of Elphin and Ardagh), Irish Anglican clergyman * James Wilson (Dean of Tuam), Irish Anglican clergyman * James Hood Wilson (1829–1903), moderator of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland in 1895

Other

James Wilson (civil servant) Sir James Wilson, (27 February 1853 – 22 September 1926)WILSON, Sir James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016 was a British civil servant in British India, where he spent most of his career in the ...

(1853–1926), British civil servant in British India * James Wilson (unionist) (1876–1945), American labor union leader * James Wilson (''House''), a character on medical drama ''House'' * James Grant Wilson (1832–1914), American soldier, editor, and author * James Wilson (motorcyclist) (c. 1901–1995), long-distance motorcyclist and author *James William Wilson, Jr. (born 1969), American murderer and perpetrator of the Oakland Elementary School shooting *James Wilson (died 1828), nicknamed "Daft Jamie", victim of Burke and Hare