James Baker (disambiguation)

James Baker (born 1930) is an American attorney and statesman.

James, Jim(mie), Jimmy, or Jamie Baker may also refer to:

Lawyers

 * James A. Baker (born 1821) (1821–1897), American jurist and politician; often called "Judge Baker"
 * James A. Baker (born 1857) (1857–1941), American attorney often called "Captain Baker"
 * James A. Baker Jr. (1892–1973), American attorney
 * James A. Baker (government attorney), American attorney and FBI general counsel from 2014 to 2017.

Musicians

 * James "Iron Head" Baker (1884–1944), African American traditional folk singer
 * James Baker (musician) (born 1954), Australian rock drummer and songwriter
 * James Baker (composer) (fl. 2000s–2010s), composer and percussionist with the New York City Ballet Orchestra
 * BlocBoy JB or James Baker (born 1996), American musician

Public officials

 * James Baker (Roundhead) (died 1689), English lawyer and politician
 * James A. Baker (born 1821) (1821–1897), American jurist and politician in Texas
 * James McNair Baker (1821–1892), American jurist and politician in the Confederate Senate during Civil War
 * James H. Baker (politician) (1829–1913), politician who was Ohio Secretary of State and Minnesota Secretary of State
 * James H. Baker (DOD), American foreign policy advisor
 * James Baker (Canadian politician) (1830–1906), British soldier and politician in British Columbia, Canada
 * James Marion Baker (1861–1940), 11th Secretary of the United States Senate
 * James A. Baker (justice) (1931–2008), American jurist who served on the Texas Supreme Court from 1995 to 2003
 * James M. Baker (mayor) (born 1942), mayor of Wilmington, Delaware from 2001 to 2013
 * James M. Baker (Virginia politician) (1845–1927), member of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * James E. Baker (born 1960), Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
 * James A. Baker (government attorney) (fl. 1980s–2010s), American DOJ official; Counsel for Intelligence Policy; former counsel at Twitter, Inc.
 * Jim Baker (politician) (fl. 2000s–2010s), Canadian legislator from Labrador West in Newfoundland/Labrador House of Assembly
 * James O. Baker, candidate in the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri

Religious figures

 * James Chamberlain Baker (1879–1969), American Bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist Church
 * Father Yod or James Edward Baker (1922–1975), American spiritual leader
 * Jim Bakker (born 1940), American televangelist at the center of a sex scandal and accounting fraud

Sportspeople

 * James Baker (English cricketer) (1792–1839), English cricketer mostly for Sussex
 * James Clark Baker (1866–1939), New Zealand cricketer
 * James Mitchell Baker (1878–1956), South African Olympic runner
 * Jim Baker (footballer) (1891–1966), English professional centre back during the 1910s and 1920s for Leeds United A.F.C.
 * Jimmy Baker (footballer, born 1904) (1904–1979), Welsh-born football wing half who played for Coventry City
 * James Baker (footballer, born 1911) (1911–1974), English football player
 * Jimmie Baker (basketball) (born 1953), American basketball player
 * Jim Baker (bowls) (born 1958), Northern Irish and combined Irish lawn and indoor bowls player
 * Jamie Baker (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian professional hockey centre and sports broadcaster
 * Jamie Baker (tennis) (born 1986), British former tennis player
 * James Baker (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer for Northern Districts
 * Jim Baker (runner), winner of the 1968 4 × 880 yard relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships

Other people

 * Jim Baker (frontiersman) (1818–1898), American trapper, scout and guide
 * James Baker (university president) (1848–1925), American academic administrator
 * James A. Baker (trade unionist) (before 1875–after 1903), Canadian miner and trade unionist
 * James Gilbert Baker (1914–2005), American astronomer and optics expert
 * Jimmy Baker (Australian artist) (c. 1915–2010), Australian Aboriginal artist
 * Jimmie Baker (television producer) (1920–2003), American television producer
 * A. J. Baker or Jim Baker (1922–2017), Australian philosopher
 * D. James Baker (born 1937), American oceanographer
 * Jim B. Baker (1941–2014), American actor
 * James Robert Baker (1947–1997), American author
 * James Baker, art collector who owned the Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, 1987–1994
 * James K. Baker (fl. 1970s–2000s), founder of Dragon Systems
 * Jimmy Baker (American artist) (born 1980), American artist