James Bruce (1730âÂÂ1794) was a Scottish traveller and travel writer.
James Bruce may also refer to:
- James Bruce (bishop) (died 1447), Bishop of Dunkeld, Chancellor of Scotland and Bishop of Glasgow
- James Bruce (minister) (<abbr>c.</abbr>âÂÂ1660âÂÂ1730), Irish Presbyterian minister
- James Bruce (comptroller) (c. 1670 â c. 1732), Member of Parliament for Marlborough and joint comptroller of British Army accounts
- Sir James Bruce (Chief Justice) (1691âÂÂ1749), Chief Justice of Barbados
- Sir James Bruce, 2nd Baronet (1788âÂÂ1836), Irish soldier
- Jacob Bruce (1669âÂÂ1735), or James Bruce, Russian field-marshal, founder of the Russian branch of the Scottish family
- James Bruce (1732âÂÂ1791), Governor general of Saint Petersburg and last male member of the Russian branch
- James Bruce (merchant) (1763âÂÂ1837), Virginia merchant and planter, father of James Coles Bruce and third wealthiest American of his era
- James Bruce (1769âÂÂ1798), Member of Parliament for Marlborough
- James Bruce (author) (1808âÂÂ1861), journalist and author
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811âÂÂ1863), Anglo-Scottish diplomat
- Sir James Andrew Thomas Bruce (1846âÂÂ1921), Royal Navy admiral
- James Bruce (English cricketer) (born 1979), English cricketer
- James Bruce (Zimbabwean cricketer) (born 1993), Zimbabwean cricketer
- James Bruce (farmer) (1927âÂÂ2013), Scottish farmer and forester
- James Cabell Bruce (1892âÂÂ1980), American businessman and banker, and U.S. ambassador to Argentina
- James Coles Bruce (1806âÂÂ1865), Virginia planter and legislator
- James E. Bruce (1927âÂÂ2008), politician in the American state of Kentucky
- J. W. Bruce (James William Bruce, born 1952), British mathematician
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