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Entertainment

James Humbert Craig James Humbert Craig (12 July 1877 in Belfast – 12 June 1944) was an Irish painter.Craig was born in Belfast to Alexander Craig, a tea merchant, and a Swiss mother, Marie Metzenen, from a family with a painting tradition. He was raised in ...

(1877–1944), Irish painter *

James Craig (actor) James Craig (born James Henry Meador, February 4, 1912 - June 27, 1985) was an American actor. He is best known for appearances in films like '' Kitty Foyle'' (1940) and '' The Devil and Daniel Webster'' (1941), and his stint as a leading man at ...

(1912–1985), American actor * James Craig (''General Hospital''), fictional character on television, a.k.a. Jerry Jacks * Jim Craig (''One Life to Live''), on television * Jim Craig (''The Man from Snowy River''), fictional character in film

Politics

U.K.

James Henry Craig General Sir James Henry Craig KB (1748 – 12 January 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor general of British North America from 1807 to 1811. Early life and military service Craig came from a ...

(1748–1812), British military officer and Canadian governor *

James Craig (MP for Carrickfergus) James Craig (1759 – 1 June 1833) was an Irish Whig legislator who represented the constituency of Carrickfergus in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 31 March 1807 to 5 November 1812. A native of the town of Carrickfergus in Count ...

(1759–1833), British politician * James Craig (MP for Newcastle) (1834–1902), British politician *

James Craig (physician) Sir James Craig (16 October 1861 – 12 July 1933) was an Irish professor of medicine and an independent politician.Obituary, ''BMJ'', 22 July 1933 Craig was born at Castlecatt, Bushmills, County Antrim. He was educated at the Coleraine Acad ...

(1861–1933), Irish professor of medicine and independent politician *

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, PC Privy Council of Northern Ireland, PC (NI) Deputy Lieutenant, DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Unionists (Ireland), Irish unionist and a ...

(1871–1940), first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland *

James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon (2 March 1906 – 18 May 1974), was a British hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords. He was the son of James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Cecil Mary Now ...

(1906–1974), British politician, son of prime minister *

James Craig (diplomat) Sir (Albert) James Macqueen Craig (13 July 1924 – 26 September 2017) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia and political agent to the Trucial States, also an academic and writer. Career Craig was born in Live ...

(1924–2017), British ambassador, lecturer, writer * James Craig (County Antrim, 20th century) (1931–1974), Northern Ireland politician

Elsewhere

James Craig (Missouri soldier) James Craig (February 28, 1818 – October 22, 1888) was an American lawyer and politician from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He represented Missouri in the U.S. House from 1857 until 1861. He also served as a militia captain in the Mexican–American ...

(1818–1888), American politician and soldier * James Craig (Canadian politician) (1823–1874), farmer and politician in Ontario * James J. Craig (1853–1929), educator and politician in Ontario *

James Craig (Australian politician) James Frederick Craig (22 December 1911 – 12 January 1989) was an Australian farmer and politician who was a Country Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1959 to 1971, representing the seat of Toodyay. He serve ...

(1911–1989), Australian politician

Sports

* James B. Craig (1893–1990), American football player and coach *

Jim Craig (rugby league) Jim Craig (1895–1959) was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He was a versatile back for the Australian national team. He played in seven tests between 1921 and 1928 as captain on three occasions and has since been named amongs ...

(1895–1959), Australian rugby league footballer and coach *

Jim Craig (Australian footballer) James Craig (15 October 1900 – 23 November 1978) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). He was the winner of the 1927 Sandover Medal as the "fairest and be ...

(1900–1978), Australian rules footballer *

Jim Craig (Scottish footballer) James Philip Craig (born 30 April 1943) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a right back. Most closely associated with Celtic, he was a member of their ''Lisbon Lions'' side which won the 1967 European Cup. Playing career A student ...

(born 1943), fullback *

Jim Craig (ice hockey) James Downey Craig (born May 31, 1957) is an American former ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being part of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Craig had a standout Olympic tournament, i ...

(born 1957), American hockey player *

James Craig (rugby union, born 1977) James Matthew Craig (born 2 March 1977) is a Scottish former professional rugby union player. He was capped four times between 1997 and 2001 for . He also played for the amateur club West of Scotland and professionally for the provincial sid ...

, Scottish rugby player, son of footballer Jim Craig * James Craig (rugby union, born 1988), English rugby union player

Other

James Craig (architect) James Craig (31 October 1739 – 23 June 1795) was a Scottish architect who worked mostly in lowlands of the country and especially his native city of Edinburgh. He is remembered primarily for his layout of the first Edinburgh New Town, Edi ...

(1739–1795), Scottish architect *

James Craig (loyalist) James Pratt Craig (17 November 1941 – 15 October 1988) was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary during The Troubles in Northern Ireland in the latter half of the 20th century, who was a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), and a ...

(1941–1988), Ulster loyalist paramilitary * James Craig (police chief) (born 1956), 2022 Republican candidate for governor of Michigan * James Craig (VC) (1824–1861), British soldier *

James Ireland Craig James Ireland Craig (1868–1952) was a Scottish mathematician, meteorologist and creator of the Craig retroazimuthal projection. Life He was born on 24 February 1868 in Buckhaven the son of Captain T M Craig, a pioneer in the development ...

(1868–1952), Scottish mathematician and meteorologist * ''James Craig'' (barque), three-mast sailing ship * , American destroyer escort launched in 1943, named for U.S. Navy officer James Edwin Craig * ''Sir James Henry Craig'' (ship) *

James Thomson Gibson-Craig James Thomson Gibson-Craig (12 March 1799 – 18 July 1886) was a Scottish book collector and writer to the Signet. Early life, education, and career Gibson-Craig was born on 12 March 1799 as the second son of James Gibson (1765–1850), and ...

(1799–1886), Scottish book collector * Sir James Gibson-Craig (1765–1850), 1st Baronet Gibson-Craig * Sir James Henry Gibson-Craig (1841–1908), 3rd Baronet Gibson-Craig * James Craig, an accessory to murder involving followers of

Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...