James Maxwell may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

James Maxwell (actor) James Maxwell (23 March 1929 – 18 August 1995) was an American-British actor, theatre director and writer, particularly associated with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Early life Maxwell was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, United ...

(1929–1995), American-British actor and theatre director *

Jim Maxwell (commentator) James Edward Maxwell AM (born 28 July 1950) is a sports commentator with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation best known for covering cricket. Playing career Maxwell played cricket in Sydney at the Cranbrook School and toured with an Austra ...

(born 1950), Australian sports commentator *

Jimmy Maxwell (bandleader) James Maxwell (born August 30, 1953 – February 29, 2024) often referred to as Jimmy, was a musician and band leader who has performed and conducted from coast to coast in the United States. Jimmy has been the band for top social functions in N ...

(born 1953), musician and bandleader *

Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter) Jimmy Maxwell (January 9, 1917 – July 20, 2002) was an American swing jazz trumpeter. Maxwell played cornet from an early age, studying with Herbert L. Clarke in the early 1930s. He played with Gil Evans (1933–34), Jimmy Dorsey (1936), Maxi ...

(1917–2002), American trumpeter

Science and medicine

James Clerk Maxwell James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish physicist and mathematician who was responsible for the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, which was the first theory to describe electricity, magnetism an ...

(1831–1879), Scottish physicist and proponent of Maxwell's equations * James Maxwell (colonial administrator) (1869–1932), British physician and colonial administrator * James Laidlaw Maxwell Jr (1876–1951), English Presbyterian medical missionary to China, son of James Laidlaw Maxwell

Sport

* James Maxwell (cricketer) (1883–1967), English cricket * James Maxwell (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1917), Scottish footballer * James Maxwell (footballer, born 1900) (1900–1964), Scottish footballer * Bud Maxwell (James Morton Maxwell, 1913–1990), Scottish footballer *

James Maxwell (footballer, born 2001) James Maxwell (born 9 December 2001) is a Scottish footballer, who plays as a left-back for club Doncaster Rovers. Career Maxwell was with Ayr United and Falkirk's youth academies before signing as a pro youth for Rangers. Maxwell signed on l ...

, Scottish footballer * Jim Maxwell (American football) (born 1981), American football linebacker *

Jimmy Maxwell (footballer) Jimmy Maxwell (1889 – 1 July 1916) was an Irish footballer who played as a forward. Club career Maxwell was part of the Linfield side who won a treble in 1901–02, claiming Irish League, Irish Cup and City Cup winners medals, before moving ...

(1889–1916), Irish footballer

Other fields

* James Maxwell, 9th Baron Farnham (1813–1896), British nobleman * James Maxwell (British Marines officer) (died 1792) * James Maxwell (poet) (1720–1800), Scottish poet and essayist * James Maxwell (scholar) (c.1581 – in or after 1635), Scottish author *

James Laidlaw Maxwell James Laidlaw Maxwell Senior (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ''Má Ngá-kok''; zh, c=馬雅各; born 18 March 1836 in Scotland – March 1921) was the first Presbyterian missionary to Formosa (Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing-era Taiwan). He served with the ...

(1836–1921), missionary to Formosa * James Shaw Maxwell (1855–1928), Scottish politician *

James Francis Maxwell James Francis Maxwell was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was the mayor of the City of Brisbane and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowong. Early life James Francis Maxwell was born in 1862 in County Armagh, Ir ...

(1862–1941), politician in Queensland, Australia * James D. Maxwell II (born 1975), Mississippi judge *

James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun (died 1650) was a Scottish courtier and landowner, and Black Rod. He was involved in selling royal jewels. James VI and I Maxwell was the son of Robert Maxwell of Kirkhouse (d. 1583) and Nichola Murray, daugh ...

(died 1650), Scottish courtier *James Maxwell (1838–1893), architect, one of the founders of

Maxwell and Tuke Maxwell and Tuke was an architectural practice in Northwest England, founded in 1857 by James Maxwell in Bury, Greater Manchester, Bury. In 1865 Maxwell was joined in the practice by Charles Tuke, who became a partner two years later. The pract ...

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