James Campbell

James Campbell may refer to:

Academics

• James Archibald Campbell (1862–1934), founder of Campbell University in North Carolina
• James Marshall Campbell (1895–1977), dean of the college of arts and sciences at the Catholic University of America
• James Campbell (historian) (1935–2016), British academic specialising in Anglo-Saxon studies
• James E. Campbell (academic), American political scientist

Business

• James Campbell (industrialist) (1826–1900), Hawaii industrialist
• James Campbell (timber merchant) (1830–1904), Australian timber merchant
• James Dykes Campbell (1839–1895), Scottish merchant and writer
• James Anson Campbell (1854–1933), American businessman with Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
• James P. Campbell (fl. 2000s), president and CEO of GE Consumer & Industrial

Entertainment

• James Campbell (artist) (1828–1893), English artist
• James Edwin Campbell (poet) (1867–1896), African-American poet, editor, writer and educator
• Blind James Campbell (1906–1981), American blues singer and guitarist
• James Campbell (clarinetist) (born 1949), Canadian/American clarinetist
• James Campbell (author) (born 1951), Scottish writer
• James Campbell (comedian), children's comedian in the UK
• James B. Campbell (born 1953), percussionist, author
• Jim Campbell (comics) (born 1977), U.S. comics artist
• J. Kenneth Campbell (born 1947), American actor

Military

• James Campbell, 1st Earl of Irvine, Lord Kintyre (1610–1645), colonel of the Garde Écossaise and son of Archibald Campbell, 7th Earl of Argyll
• James Campbell (officer of arms), Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1658–1660
• James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1745) (c. 1680–1745), Scottish officer of the British Army
• James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1831) (1745–1831), British Army officer
• James Campbell (land commissioner) (1787–1858), British Army officer and Commissioner of Crown Lands in Canterbury, New Zealand
• James Campbell (Royal Marines officer) (1761–1840)
• Sir James Campbell, 1st Baronet (1763–1819), British Army officer
• James A. Campbell (Medal of Honor) (1844–1904), American Civil War soldier
• James L. Campbell (born 1949), American soldier

Politics

Australia

• James Campbell (New South Wales politician) (1820–1879), member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 1864–1874 for Morpeth
• James Campbell (Queensland politician) (1838–1925), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• James Callender Campbell (1838–1916), member of the Victorian Legislative Council (South Eastern) 1895–1910
• James Campbell (Victorian politician) (1845–1893), member of the Victorian Legislative Council (Wellington) 1882–1886, Assembly 1982–93

U.K.

• James Cambell (1570–1642), ironmonger and Lord Mayor of London
• James Campbell (of Burnbank and Boquhan) (c. 1660–c. 1713), MP for Ayr Burghs
• Sir James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Ardkinglass (1666–1752), British MP for Argyllshire and Stirlingshire
• James Campbell (1737–1805), Scottish MP for Stirling Burghs
• James Campbell of Stracathro (1790–1876) Scottish businessman and politician
• James Alexander Campbell (politician) (1825–1908), Scottish MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and privy councillor
• James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy (1851–1931), Irish solicitor-general, attorney-general and lord chancellor
• James Campbell (British Army officer, died 1835) (c. 1773–1835), governor of British Ceylon, 1822–1824

U.S.

• James Campbell (postmaster general) (1812–1893), US postmaster general
• James Campbell (Wisconsin politician) (1814–1883), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• James E. Campbell (1843–1924), Democratic politician from Ohio
• James Hepburn Campbell (1820–1895), U.S. representative from Pennsylvania
• James J. Campbell, American politician from Maine
• James M. Campbell, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• James R. Campbell (Illinois politician) (1853–1924), U.S. representative from Illinois
• James R. Campbell (Arkansas politician) (1893–1981), member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
• James U. Campbell (1866–1937), chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
• James V. Campbell (1823–1890), member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1858 to 1890
• James W. Campbell (born 1947), member of the Maryland House of Delegates

Sports

• James Campbell (English cricketer) (born 1988), English cricketer
• James Campbell (English footballer) (fl. 1910/11), English goalkeeper (Huddersfield Town)
• James Campbell (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1938), Scottish footballer (Kilmarnock FC and Scotland)
• James Campbell (javelin thrower) (born 1988), Scottish javelin thrower
• James Campbell (New Zealand cricketer) (fl. 1868/69), New Zealand cricketer
• James Campbell (rugby union) (1858–1902), Canadian rugby player
• James Campbell (pole vaulter) (1901–1975), British Olympic athlete

Other

• James Campbell of Lawers (died 1645), Scottish landowner
• James Campbell (surgeon), 19th-century British surgeon, member of the Jones-Brydges mission to Iran
• James Colquhoun Campbell (1813–1895), Scottish-born Welsh Anglican Bishop of Bangor
• James G. Campbell (1811–1868), justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

• James Macnabb Campbell (1846–1903), Scottish administrator and ethnologist in India
• James Palmer Campbell (1855–1926), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
• James Campbell (minister) (1789–1861), Church of Scotland minister
• James Montgomery Campbell (1859–1937), Scottish clergyman
• James T. Campbell, American historian
• James Campbell (journalist) (fl. 2000s), Australian journalist
• James Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of Aberuchil, see Campbell baronets
• James Campbell, pseudonym of James Campbell Reddie (died 1878), author of pornography
• James Campbell (potter) (1943–2019), British potter
• James Campbell and Sons, a building materials company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

See also

• Irving King, pseudonym of the British songwriting team of Jimmy (James) Campbell and Reg Connelly
• Jim Campbell (disambiguation)
• Jimmy Campbell (disambiguation)
• Jamie Campbell (disambiguation)
• James Campbell High School
• James Edwin Campbell (disambiguation)