James Scott

James Scott may refer to:

• 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

U.K.

• 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 (died 1747) (c. 1672–1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734
• 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

Elsewhere

• James Alan Scott, an Australian politician
• James F. Scott (West Virginia), delegate to the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861
• 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 Howard Scott, a public servant in Canada West
• James M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician
• James M. Scott (Virginia politician) (1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates

• James Scott (basketball) (born 1972), American professional basketball player
• James Scott (footballer, born 1881) (1881–?), Scottish footballer
• James Scott (footballer, born 1882) (1882–?), Scottish footballer
• James Scott (footballer, born 1895) (1895–1916), Scottish footballer
• James Scott (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), Scottish footballer
• James Scott (footballer, born 2000), Scottish footballer for Motherwell
• James Melvin Scott (1911–2001), Senior Olympian, author, inventor
• James Scott (boxer) (1947–2018), American light heavyweight fighter
• James Scott (gridiron football) (born 1952), NFL wide receiver

• James Brown Scott (1866–1943), American authority on international law
• James C. Scott (born 1936), political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
• James F. Scott (artist) (1877–1932), Australian artist
• James F. Scott (born 1942), American physicist and FRAM pioneer
• James Hope-Scott (1812–1873), English barrister and Tractarian
• 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), convicted of contributing to the Great Flood of 1993
• James Scott (obstetrician) (1924–2006), Scottish obsetrician 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