James Scott

Last updated August 25, 2025

James Scott may refer to:

Entertainment

James Scott (composer) (1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer
James Scott (director) (born 1941), British filmmaker
James Scott (actor) (born 1979), British television actor
James Scott (Shortland Street), character on the TV soap opera Shortland Street
James Honeyman-Scott (1956–1982), British guitarist and member of The Pretenders

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

James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606), Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649–1685), noble recognized by some as James II of England
James Scott, Earl of Dalkeith (1674–1705), English nobleman and politician
James Scott (1671–1732), 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 (1799–1873), MP for North Hampshire, 1832–1837
James Scott (Liberal politician) (1876–1939), British MP, 1929–1931
Sir James Sibbald David Scott, 3rd Baronet (1814–1885), 3rd Scott baronets, of Dunninald
Sir James Sibbald Scott, 1st Baronet (died 1819), 1st Scott baronets, of Dunninald

James Scott (Australian politician) (1810–1884), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Jim Scott (Australian politician) (born 1946, James Alan Scott), Australian politician
James Scott (American politician), Arizona state senator
James A. Scott (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate
James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861
James George Scott (1851–1935), Scottish journalist and colonial administrator who introduced football to Burma
James Reid Scott (1839–1877), explorer and colonial administrator in the Australian colony of Tasmania
James George Scott (1851–1935), colonial administrator in Burma
James M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician
Jim Scott (Virginia politician) (James Martin Scott, 1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates

James Scott (antiquarian) (1733–1818), minister in Perth and antiquarian
James Brown Scott (1866–1943), American authority on international law
James C. Scott (1936–2024), American political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
James F. Scott (1942–2020), American physicist and FRAM pioneer
James Hope-Scott (1812–1873), English barrister and Tractarian
James M. Scott, American military historian
James Maurice Scott (1906–1986), British explorer and writer
James Robb Scott (1882–1965), Scottish architect
James Scott (cardiologist) (born 1946), British cardiologist
James Scott (criminal) (born 1969), American, convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993
James Scott (obstetrician) (1924–2006), Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist
James Scott (police officer) (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) (1767–1855), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Indiana