James Johnson

Notable people with the name James Johnson include:

Artists, actors, authors, and musicians

• James B. Johnson (born 1944), author of science nonfiction novels
• James Johnson (artist) (1803–1834), English artist
• James Johnson (engraver) (1753–1811), Scottish publisher
• James P. Johnson (1894–1955), New Jersey jazz musician, known for his "stride" piano playing
• Super Chikan (James Johnson, born 1951), American blues musician
• James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938), African-American figure in the Harlem Renaissance
• Jamey Johnson (born 1975), American Country music artist
• James "Stump" Johnson (1902–1969), St. Louis blues musician
• J. C. Johnson (1896–1981), songwriter and jazz pianist sometimes erroneously known as James C. Johnson, best known for his collaborations with Fats Waller
• Jimmy Johnson (bassist) (born 1956), American bass guitarist best known for his work with James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth and Flim & the BB's
• James Artuht Johnson, actor, better known as Raymond St. Jacques
• James Johnson (author and cleric) (1674–1740), English author and cleric

Military figures

• James Allen Johnson (1924-2016), major general in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• James Bulmer Johnson (1889–1943), recipient of the Victoria Cross during World War I
• James E. Johnson (1926–1950), Korean War Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
• James K. Johnson (1916–1997), Korean War flying ace
• Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer) (1915–2001), James E. "Johnnie" Johnson, WWII RAF fighter ace
• James Johnson (SA Navy) (1918–1990), former Chief of the South African Navy

Political figures

• James Johnson (Virginia congressman) (died 1825), U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• James Johnson (Kentucky) (1774–1826), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• James Johnson (Georgia) (1811–1891), U.S. Congressman and governor of Georgia
• James Johnson (British politician) (1908–1995), British Labour MP for Rugby, 1950–1959, and Hull West, 1964–1983
• James A. Johnson (California politician) (1829–1896), U.S. Congressman and lieutenant governor from California
• James A. Johnson (Minnesota politician) (born 1943), businessman, Democratic lobbyist, and chairman of Fannie Mae, the Kennedy Center and the Brookings Institution
• James A.C. Johnson (1867–1937), mayor of Englewood, New Jersey
• James Coody Johnson (1864–1927), African-Creek entrepreneur, interpreter, lawyer and politician
• James D. Johnson (1924–2010), Arkansas politician
• James E. Johnson (United States Navy) (born 1926), U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• James G. Johnson (1855–1936), mayor of Springfield and justice on the Ohio Supreme Court
• James Hutchins Johnson (1802–1887), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire
• James Leeper Johnson (1818–1877), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky
• James M. Johnson (judge), justice of the Washington Supreme Court
• James M. Johnson (politician) (1832–1913), lieutenant governor of Arkansas
• Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician) (James Michael Johnson, born 1972), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• James Paul Johnson (born 1930), U.S. Congressman from Colorado
• James Johnson (Manitoba politician) (1855–1929), politician in Manitoba, Canada
• James Johnson (Delaware politician) (born 1943), member of the Delaware House of Representatives

Sportspeople

• Jim Johnson (baseball, born 1983), pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
• James H. Johnson (1874–1921), British silver medalist in pairs figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Jim Johnson (jockey), Australian jockey
• James Johnson (Canadian football) (born 1980), professional American football and Canadian football cornerback
• Jim Johnson (American football) (1941–2009), American football coach
• Jim Johnson (ice hockey, born 1942), former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association
• Jim Johnson (ice hockey, born 1962), former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
• James Johnson (basketball, born 1971), former head coach of the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team
• James Johnson (basketball, born 1987), former Wake Forest basketball player now with the NBA's Miami Heat
• James Johnson (running back) (born 1984), former running back for the Minnesota Vikings
• J. J. Johnson (running back) (born 1974), former running back for the Miami Dolphins, 1998 winner of the Conerly Trophy
• Jim Johnson (coach) (1912–2004), American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator
• Jim Johnson (boxer) (1887–1918), American boxer
• James Johnson (baseball owner) (died 1967), co-owner of the Washington Senators of the American League
• Jim Johnson (baseball, born 1945) (1945–1987), American baseball pitcher (1967–1970) and briefly a member of 1970 San Francisco Giants

Others

• James Johnson (surgeon and writer) (1777–1845), British surgeon, writer and editor
• James Wood Johnson (1856–1932), co-founder of the company Johnson and Johnson
• James Johnson (minister) (1836–1917), Sierra Leone Creole reverend
• James Johnson (bishop of Worcester) (1705–1774), English prelate, Bishop of Gloucester (1752–59) and Worcester (1759–74)
• James Johnson (bishop of St Helena) (born 1932), English prelate, Bishop of St Helena (1985–91)
• James Johnson (railway engineer), Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway, 1890–1894
• Jim Johnson (radio) (born 1945), radio personality in Chicago, Illinois
• James Yate Johnson (1820–1900), English naturalist
• James Hervey Johnson (1901–1988), American atheist
• President James Johnson (Metal Gear), the fictional 44th President of the United States in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• James Johnson, sole survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar