James Grant

James Grant may refer to:

Politics and law

 * Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer
 * Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician
 * Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament
 * James Grant, 11th of Glenmoriston (1792–1868), Scottish Highland chieftain
 * James Grant (Texas politician) (1793–1836), Texas-Mexico politician, physician and military participant in the Texas Revolution
 * James Grant (newspaper editor) (1802–1879), British newspaper editor
 * James Grant (Iowa politician) (1812–1891), American political leader in Iowa
 * James Macpherson Grant (1822–1885), Victoria (Australia) politician
 * James Grant (Ontario politician) (1831–1920), Scottish-born Canadian physician and politician
 * James Benton Grant (1848–1911), American governor of Colorado
 * Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet (1867–1932), British Conservative Party member of parliament
 * Jim Grant (lawyer) (born 1937), Canadian lawyer
 * James W. Grant (born 1943), U.S. congressman from Florida
 * J. W. Grant (born 1982), member of the Florida House of Representatives

Military

 * James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720) (1720–1806), British general in Revolutionary War
 * James Grant (navigator) (1772–1833), British naval officer, Australian explorer
 * James Grant (British Army officer, born 1778) (1778–1852), British major-general who fought at Waterloo
 * James Hope Grant (1808–1875), British general
 * James Grant (RAF airman) (1899–?), Scottish World War I flying ace
 * James Monteith Grant (1903–1981), Scottish officer of arms

Arts and academia

 * James Grant (1822–1887), Edinburgh-born author and historian
 * James Ardern Grant (1887–1973), English portrait painter
 * James Edward Grant (1905–1966), American short story writer and screenwriter
 * James Grant (artist) (1924–1997), California painter and sculptor
 * James Grant (finance) (born 1946), American author, journalist, and publisher of Grant's Interest Rate Observer
 * Lee Child (born 1954), pseudonym of James D. "Jim" Grant, British thriller author
 * James Grant (musician) (born 1964), Scottish musician
 * James Grant, member of the duo Ill Blu
 * Jim Grant, former principal of Cirencester College

Religion

 * James Grant (Scottish bishop) (1706–1778), Roman Catholic bishop in Scotland
 * James Grant (minister) (1800–1890), Scottish cleric and Director of Scottish Widows
 * James Grant (Australian bishop) ([fl. 1960–1999), Anglican bishop and Dean of Melbourne in Australia

Sport

 * Jim Grant (baseball) (1894–1985), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Jimmy Grant (1918–1970), Major League Baseball infielder
 * Jim Grant (footballer), Scottish footballer
 * Mudcat Grant (James Grant, 1935–2021), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * James Grant (rugby) (born 1964), Australian rugby football international

Other

 * James William Grant (astronomer) (1788–1865), Scottish astronomer, discoverer of Antares B
 * James Augustus Grant (1827–1892), Scottish explorer in East Africa
 * James Gordon Stuart Grant (1834–1902), a local eccentric in Dunedin, New Zealand.
 * James Shaw Grant (1910–1999), writer and journalist from the Isle of Lewis
 * James P. Grant (1922–1995), executive director of UNICEF