James Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

  • James Williams (musician) (1951–2004), American jazz pianist
  • James H. Williams III (born 1965), American comic book writer and artist
  • James J. Williams (1853–1926), English photographer
  • James Dixon Williams (1877–1934), American film producer
  • James D-Train Williams (born 1962), American singer-songwriter and actor
  • James Lee Williams (1992–2025), British drag queen (stage name: The Vivienne)
  • James K. Williams, Liberian rapper
  • James R. Williams (cartoonist) (1888–1957), known as J. R. Williams, Canadian cartoonist
  • Kimo Williams (born 1950), American composer, musician and professor

Military

  • James Williams (Revolutionary War) (1740–1780), colonel from South Carolina
  • James Monroe Williams (1833–1907), American Civil War soldier
  • James Howard Williams (1897–1958), British soldier and elephant expert in Burma
  • James E. Williams (1930–1999), Medal of Honor in the U.S. Navy
  • James A. Williams (1932–2017), U.S. Army general
  • James L. Williams, U.S. Marines general
  • USS James E. Williams, an American warship

Politics

  • James Wray Williams (1792–1842), U.S. Representative from Maryland
  • James Williams (ambassador) (1796–1869), to Ottoman Empire
  • James D. Williams (1808–1880), U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • James Williams (Ohio politician) (1822–1892), Republican
  • James Williams (Delaware politician) (1825–1899), U.S. Representative
  • James E. Williams (Atlanta mayor) (1826–1900), Atlanta mayor after the Civil War
  • James E. Williams (East St. Louis mayor) (1921–1983)
  • James Henry Williams (1831–1889), British born Episcopal minister and Virginia politician
  • James M. Williams (1850–1909), Ohio House and Ohio Senate
  • James R. Williams (politician) (1850–1923), U.S. Representative from Illinois
  • James R. Williams (lawyer) (1936–2020), candidate for lieutenant governor of Ohio
  • James D. Williams (Pennsylvania politician) (1943–1985), Pennsylvania House
  • James Edwin Williams (1856–1917), British trade unionist
  • James Williams (labor leader), American president of painters' union
  • James A. Williams Jr., American labor union leader
  • James Harrison Williams, member of the Iowa House of Representatives

Religion

  • James Williams (priest, died 1872) (1790–1872), Welsh Anglican cleric
  • James Williams (bishop) (1825–1892), Canadian Anglican cleric and educator
  • James Williams (archdeacon of Ardfert) (died 1724), Irish Anglican priest
  • James Williams (archdeacon of Wrexham) (died 1953), Welsh Anglican priest
  • James Kendrick Williams (born 1936), American Catholic bishop
  • J. Henry Williams (1831–1889), American Episcopal priest and philanthropist

Sport

American football

  • James H. Williams (1920–1999), American college football and college baseball coach and athletics administrator
  • James Williams (American football coach) (1923–1999), American football high school and college coach
  • James Williams (end) (1928–2015), American college football end
  • Jamie Williams (American football) (born 1960), American football tight end
  • James Williams (cornerback) (born 1967), American football cornerback
  • James Williams (linebacker, born 1968) (born 1968), American football linebacker
  • James O. Williams (born 1968), American football offensive tackle
  • James Williams (wide receiver) (born 1978), American football wide receiver
  • James Williams (linebacker, born 2003) (born 2003), American football linebacker
  • James Williams (defensive lineman) (born 2004), American football defensive lineman

Association football

  • James Williams (Welsh footballer) (1885–1916)
  • James Williams (Australian footballer) (born 1937)
  • James Williams-Richardson (born 1988), Anguillan international footballer
  • James Williams (Irish footballer)
  • Jimmy Williams (footballer, born 1982), English footballer

Baseball

  • James Williams (baseball), co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds 1981–1984
  • Jimmy Williams (coach) (or James Bernard Williams, 1926–2016), minor league manager
  • Jimy Williams (1943–2024)

Basketball

  • James Williams (basketball) (born 1979), American streetball player
  • Fly Williams (born 1953), American ABA and CBA player

Other sports

  • James Williams (British fencer) (1966–2024)
  • James Williams (cricketer) (born 1973), Welsh
  • James Williams (field hockey) (1878–1929), British
  • James Leighman Williams (born 1985), American fencer

Other uses

  • James Miller Williams (1818–1890), Canadian oil businessman
  • James Nelson Williams (1837–1915), New Zealand runholder, orchardist and entrepreneur
  • James Leon Williams (1852–1932), American dental researcher
  • James Steele Williams (1896–1957), American paleontologist
  • James Arthur Williams (1930–1990), American antiques dealer
  • James Wilson Williams (born 1982), American academic
  • James Oladipo Williams (died 1999), Nigerian jurist and judge
  • James F. Williams, American librarian, University of Colorado
  • James H. Williams Jr., American mechanical engineer, MIT
  • Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society

See also

  • Jim Williams (disambiguation)
  • William James (disambiguation)