James Wood

James or Jim Wood may refer to:

Politics and government

 * James Wood (governor) (1741–1813), Governor of Virginia and officer in the American Revolutionary War
 * James Wood (New York politician) (1820–1892), New York politician and Union Army general
 * James Wood (Irish politician) (1865–1936), Member of Parliament for East Down, 1902–1906
 * Jim Wood (California politician) (born 1960), member of the California State Assembly
 * Jim Wood (Arkansas politician) (fl. late 20th century), State Auditor of Arkansas
 * Sebastian Wood (James Sebastian Lamin Wood, born 1961), British Ambassador to Germany

Sport

 * James Wood (baseball) (born 2002), American baseball player
 * James Wood (footballer) (1893–?), professional footballer, who played for South Shields, Huddersfield Town and Blackpool
 * James Wood (Lancashire cricketer) (1933–1977), English cricketer for Lancashire 1954–56
 * James Wood (New Zealand cricketer) (1854–1937), New Zealand cricketer
 * James Wood (South African cricketer) (born 1985), South African cricketer, played for Durham UCCE
 * Jamie Wood (born 1978), footballer
 * Jim Wood (American football) (born 1936), American gridiron football player and coach
 * Jim Wood (biathlete) (1952–2020), British Olympic biathlete
 * Jim Wood (Sussex cricketer) (1914–1989), English cricketer, played for Sussex 1936–55
 * Jimmy Wood (1842–1927), American baseball player and manager

Religion

 * James Wood (mathematician) (1760–1839), Dean of Ely 1820–1839
 * James Wood (minister) (1672–1759), Presbyterian minister of Atherton and Chowbent Chapels in Atherton, Greater Manchester, England
 * James Frederick Wood (1813–1883), Archbishop of Philadelphia
 * James Julius Wood (1800–1877), Scottish minister

Military

 * James Wood (Canadian admiral) (born 1934), Canadian admiral
 * James Athol Wood (1756–1829), British rear-admiral
 * James W. Wood (1924–1990), U.S. Air Force colonel and senior test pilot on the Dyna-Soar program
 * Sir James Wood, 2nd Baronet (died 1738), Scottish officer of the Dutch States Army and later the British Army
 * James Wood (Royal Navy officer) (died 1860), commander of HMS Pandora during its commission at the Royal Navy's Pacific Station

Others

 * James Wood (musician) (born 1953), British composer and percussionist
 * James Wood (critic) (born 1965), British literary critic and novelist
 * James Wood (encyclopaedist) (1820–1901), British editor of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
 * James Wood, Lord Irwin (born 1977), British courtesy peer
 * James Edward Wood (1947–2004), American murderer
 * James N. Wood (1941–2010), American director of the Art Institute of Chicago
 * James Roland Wood (born 1941), Australian Royal Commissioner and jurist
 * James Rushmore Wood (1816–1882), American physician
 * Jim Wood (fiddler) (born 1964), American fiddler
 * James Wood (engineer), American engineer
 * James Wood Bush (c. 1844–1906), Hawaiian-American Civil War combatant
 * James Wood (screenwriter), British screenwriter