James Watson (disambiguation)

James Watson (born 1928) is an American biologist and chemist, the co-discoverer of the double-helical structure of DNA, awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

James Watson may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * James Watson (actor) (born 1970), British film and television actor
 * James Watson (author) (1936–2015), author from Lancashire, England
 * James Watson (engraver) (c. 1739–1790), Irish engraver
 * James Sibley Watson (1894–1982), American publisher and early experimenter in motion pictures
 * James Watson (trumpeter) (1951–2011), British trumpet player, conductor, and professor at the Royal Academy of Music
 * James Aaron Watson, country musician

Law

 * James F. Watson (1840–1897), American attorney and judge
 * James Lopez Watson (1922–2001), U.S. federal judge, first black judge to head a federal court in the South
 * James S. Watson (1882–1952), first black judge elected in New York State

Military

 * James Watson (British Army officer) (1772–1862), Commander-in-Chief in India
 * James Watson (American soldier) (1850–?), American soldier who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn
 * James A. Watson (born 1956), rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard

Politics

 * James Watson (Australian politician) (1837–1907), colonial treasurer of New South Wales, 1878–1883
 * James Watson (MP) (1817–1895), English merchant, dairy herdsman, and Conservative politician, House of Commons 1885–92
 * James Watson (New York politician) (1750–1806), U.S. Senator from New York
 * James Cameron Watson (1891–1986), Canadian politician, mayor of Calgary
 * James Eli Watson (1864–1948), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Indiana
 * James H. Watson (1845–1908), English-born merchant and political figure in Newfoundland
 * James W. Watson (1849–?), Scottish-born Wisconsin state assemblyman

Scientists and scholars

 * James Craig Watson (1838–1880), Canadian-American astronomer
 * James Wreford Watson (1915–1990), Scottish/Canadian geographer and cartographer
 * James L. Watson (anthropologist) (born 1947), professor of anthropology at Harvard
 * James Watson (Scottish chemist) (1859–1923), Scottish chemist and political activist
 * Sir James Anderson Scott Watson (1889–1966), Scottish agriculturalist
 * James Kay Graham Watson (1936–2020), molecular spectroscopist

Sport

 * James Watson (footballer, born c. 1883) (1879–1911), Scottish footballer (Sunderland AFC and Middlesbrough FC)
 * James Watson (Rangers footballer) (1855–1915), Scottish footballer (Rangers FC and Scotland)
 * James Watson (wrestler) (born 1973), professional wrestler who used the pseudonym Mikey Whipwreck

Other

 * James Watson (printer) (1644–1722), Scottish printer and publisher
 * James Watson (surgeon) (1766?–1838), British radical and surgeon
 * James Watson (radical) (1799–1874), English publisher, activist, and Chartist
 * James Watson (murderer) (born 1981), English murderer