James Jackson may refer to:

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Military

  • James Jackson (British Army officer) (1790–1871), British Army general
  • James S. Jackson (1823–1862), Union General in the American Civil War
  • James W. Jackson (–1861), shooter of Elmer Ellsworth during the American Civil War
  • James Jackson (colonial administrator), British Army officer, acting commandant of St Mary's Island, 1829–1830
  • James Jackson (Medal of Honor) (1833–1916), U.S. Army officer
  • James F. Jackson (born 1951), Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force

Politics

  • James Jackson (Georgia politician) (1757–1806), Revolutionary War soldier, Georgia congressman, senator and governor
  • James Jackson (Alabama politician) (1782–1840), businessman, racehorse investor, state legislator
  • James Jackson (congressman) (1819–1887), Georgia Congressman, grandson of Senator James Jackson
  • James M. Jackson (1825–1901), West Virginia Congressman
  • James Jackson Jr. (New York politician) (–1891), New York politician
  • James Jackson (Massachusetts politician) (1881–1952), American politician in Massachusetts
  • James K. Jackson, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama, 1894–1898
  • James E. Jackson (1914–2007), American labor unionist, political official and activist
  • James H. Jackson (born 1939), American politician, science teacher, coach and businessman in Iowa.
  • James Jackson (Rhode Island politician) American politician, member of the Rhode Island state legislature from 2019–2021

Religion

  • James Jackson (historian) (died 1770), Anglican clergyman and author
  • James Jackson (priest) (1778–1841), Anglican priest
  • James Jackson (clergyman) (–1851), Canadian Methodist minister

Science and mathematics

  • James Caleb Jackson (1811–1895), American nutritionist
  • James R. Jackson (1924–2011), American mathematician
  • James Jackson (psychologist) (1944–2020), social psychologist and member of the National Science Board
  • James A. Jackson (born 1954), British professor of geophysics at Cambridge University

Sports

  • James Jackson (footballer, born 1900) (1900–), British footballer
  • James Jackson (cyclist) (1908–1977), Canadian Olympic cyclist
  • James Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football player
  • Boo Jackson (born 1981), American basketball player

Other

  • James Jackson (steelmaker) (1771–1829), English manufacturer who established the first steel mill in France
  • James Jackson (physician) (1777–1867), Massachusetts physician
  • James Hayter Jackson (1800–1877), New Zealand mariner, whaler and trader
  • James U. Jackson (1856–1925), founder and developer of the city of North Augusta, South Carolina
  • James Ranalph Jackson (1882–1975), Australian painter
  • Onision, American YouTuber

See also

  • Jim Jackson (disambiguation)
  • Jamie Jackson (disambiguation)