James Maxwell
# James Maxwell

James Maxwell may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* James Maxwell (actor) (1929–1995), American-British actor and theatre director
* Jim Maxwell (commentator) (born 1950), Australian sports commentator
* Jimmy Maxwell (bandleader) (born 1953), musician and bandleader
* Jimmy Maxwell (trumpeter) (1917–2002), American trumpeter
* James Maxwell (1838–1893), architect, one of the founders of Maxwell and Tuke

## Science and medicine

* James Clerk Maxwell (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), Scottish footballer
* Jim Maxwell (American football) (born 1981), American football linebacker
* Jimmy Maxwell (footballer) (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 (1836–1921), missionary to Formosa
* James Shaw Maxwell (1855–1928), Scottish socialist
* James Francis Maxwell (1862–1941), politician in Queensland, Australia
* James D. Maxwell II (born 1975), Mississippi judge
* James Maxwell, 1st Earl of Dirletoun (died 1650), Scottish courtier
