James King
# James King

James King, Jim King or Jimmy King may refer to:

## Military

* James King, 1st Lord Eythin (1589–1652), Scottish general in Swedish service and later in the English Civil War
* James King (Royal Navy officer) (1750–1784), British Royal Navy captain who served under James Cook
* James Wilson King (1818–1905), Chief Engineer of the United States Navy
* James W. King (1842–1903), American Civil War soldier and newspaper editor
* James C. King, former United States Army lieutenant general and former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 1998–2001

## Politics

* James G. King (1791–1853), American businessman and United States Representative from New Jersey
* James King King (1806–1881), British MP for Herefordshire
* James A. King (1832–1899), Scottish cabinet minister of the Republic of Hawaii
* James King (Quebec politician) (1848–1900), Canadian businessman and member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
* James Harold King (1871–1949), physician and politician in Ontario, Canada
* James Horace King (1873–1955), Canadian Minister of Pensions and National Health, 1928–1930
* James Chisholm King (1886–1970), politician in Saskatchewan, Canada
* Jim King (politician) (1939–2009), American politician, Florida state senator
* James King (Maryland politician) (born 1974), member of the Maryland House of Delegates

## Sports

### Cricket

* James King (Australian cricketer) (1851–1921), Australian cricketer
* James King (cricketer, born 1855) (1855–?), English cricketer
* James King (cricketer, born 1869) (1869–1948), English cricketer
* James King (cricketer, born 1942), English cricketer

### Association football

* James King (Scottish footballer) (1906–1985), Scottish international footballer
* James King (English footballer) (born 1996), English footballer

### Basketball

* Jim King (basketball, born 1941) (born 1941), American basketball player, former basketball coach for the University of Tulsa
* Jim King (basketball, born 1943), American basketball player in the 1968 Olympics
* Jimmy King (born 1973), American basketball player, member of the University of Michigan Fab Five

### Rugby

* James King (rugby league), rugby league footballer for Ireland, Barrow Raiders, and Leigh Centurions
* James King (rugby union, born 1986), Scottish rugby union player
* James King (rugby union, born 1987), New Zealand rugby union player
* James King (rugby union, born 1990), Welsh rugby union player

### Other sports

* Jim King (footballer) (1873–1929), Australian rules footballer
* Jim King (baseball) (1932–2015), American baseball player
* Jim King (American football), American football coach
* James King (hurdler) (born 1949), American hurdler

## Entertainment

* Jack King (animator) (1895–1958), American animator, especially with Walt Disney, whose real name was James King
* James King (tenor) (1925–2005), American opera singer
* Jim King (saxophonist) (1942–2012), English rock musician, member of the band Family
* James King (bluegrass) (1958–2016), American bluegrass music singer
* James King (film critic), British broadcast film critic
* James King (musician), American soul musician, member of the band Fitz and The Tantrums
* Jaime King (born 1979), American actress and model, sometimes billed as James King

## Others

* James King, 4th Baron Kingston (1693–1761), British peer
* James King (priest) (1715–1795), Canon of Windsor and Dean of Raphoe
* James King, 5th Earl of Kingston (1800–1869), Irish peer and barrister
* James King (pioneer) (1800–1857), Scottish-born Australian businessman and winemaker
* James King of William (1822–1856), American newspaper editor
* Sir James King, 1st Baronet (1830–1911), Scottish businessman, and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1886–89
* James King (architect) (fl. 1860s–1892), American architect
* James M. King (1839–1907), American Methodist minister, writer, and political activist
* James Albert King (1864–1933), paternal grandfather of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
* James L. King (engineer) (1922–c. 1995), British engineer
* James Lawrence King (born 1927), United States federal judge
* James Roger King (1927–1991), American ornithologist

## Fictional

* Jimmy King (Emmerdale), a fictional character in the British TV soap Emmerdale
* James King, a fictional character in the U.S. TV series Last Resort
