James Scott

James Scott may refer to:

Entertainment

 * 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

Military

 * 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

United Kingdom

 * James Scott of Balwearie (died 1606), Scottish landowner and supporter of the rebel earls
 * 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 (British Army officer, died 1747) (c. 1672–1747), MP for Kincardineshire 1713–1734
 * James Scott (Bridport MP) (1776–1855), British MP, 1820–1826
 * 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 Scott (Australian politician) (1810–1884), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
 * Jim Scott (Australian politician) (James Alan Scott), Australian politician
 * James Scott (American politician), Arizona state senator
 * James A. Scott (born 1942), member of the Florida Senate
 * 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 M. Scott (Canadian politician) (1860–1943), Canadian politician
 * Jim Scott (Virginia politician) (James Martin Scott, 1938–2017), member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Sports

 * James Scott (basketball) (born 1972), American professional basketball player
 * James Scott (cricketer), English cricketer
 * 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 Scott (rugby union) (born 1999), English rugby union player

Other

 * James Scott (antiquarian) (1733–1818), minister in Perth and antiquarian
 * James Brown Scott (1866–1943), American authority on international law
 * James C. Scott (born 1936), political scientist and agrarian studies scholar
 * James F. Scott (1942–2020), 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 obstetrician 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
 * James V. Scott, minister in the United Church of Canada
 * James Scott (judge), American lawyer, judge, and politician from Indiana