James Williams

James Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

 * James J. Williams (1853–1926), English photographer
 * James Dixon Williams (1877–1934), American film producer
 * James Williams (musician) (1951–2004), American jazz pianist
 * James D-Train Williams (born 1962), American singer, songwriter and musician
 * James K. Williams, Liberian rapper
 * J. R. Williams (James Robert Williams), Canadian cartoonist

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, commanding general of the 4th Marine Division

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)
 * 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 clergyman
 * James Williams (bishop) (1825–1892), Canadian Church of England
 * James Williams (archdeacon of Ardfert) (died 1724)
 * James Williams (archdeacon of Wrexham)
 * James Kendrick Williams (born 1936), American Catholic bishop

American football

 * James Williams (end) (1928–2015), Rice University
 * James Williams (cornerback) (born 1967), American football cornerback
 * James Williams (safety) (born 2003), American football safety
 * James Williams (wide receiver) (born 1978), American football wide receiver
 * James O. Williams (born 1968), American football offensive tackle
 * James Williams (linebacker) (born 1968), American football linebacker
 * Jamie Williams (American football) (born 1960), NFL tight end

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

Other sports

 * James Williams (baseball), co-owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team 1981–1984
 * James Williams (basketball) (born 1979), American
 * James Williams (British fencer) (1966–2024)
 * James Williams (cricketer) (born 1973), Welsh
 * James Williams (field hockey) (1878–1929), British
 * Jimmy Williams (coach) (James Bernard Williams, 1926–2016), minor league baseball manager
 * Fly Williams (James Williams, born 1953), American basketball player
 * James Leighman Williams (born 1985), American fencer
 * Jimy Williams (1943–2024), American baseballer

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
 * USS James E. Williams, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy