James Jackson

James Jackson may refer to:

Military

• James Jackson (British Army officer) (1790–1871), British Army general
• James S. Jackson (1823–1862), Union General in the American Civil War
• James W. Jackson (–1861), shooter of Elmer Ellsworth during the American Civil War
• James Jackson (colonial administrator), British Army officer, acting commandant of St Mary's Island, 1829–1830
• James Jackson (Medal of Honor) (1833–1916), U.S. Army officer
• James F. Jackson (born 1951), Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force

Politics

• James Jackson (Georgia politician) (1757–1806), Revolutionary War soldier, Georgia congressman, senator and governor
• James Jackson (Alabama politician) (1782–1840), businessman, racehorse investor, state legislator
• James Jackson (congressman) (1819–1887), Georgia Congressman, grandson of Senator James Jackson
• James M. Jackson (1825–1901), West Virginia Congressman
• James Jackson Jr. (New York politician) (–1891), New York politician
• James Jackson (Massachusetts politician) (1881–1952), American politician in Massachusetts
• James K. Jackson, American politician, Secretary of State of Alabama, 1894–1898
• James E. Jackson (1914–2007), American labor unionist, political official and activist
• James H. Jackson (born 1939), American politician, science teacher, coach and businessman in Iowa.
• James Jackson (Rhode Island politician) American politician, member of the Rhode Island state legislature from 2019–2021

Religion

• James Jackson (historian) (died 1770), Anglican clergyman and author
• James Jackson (priest) (1778–1841), Anglican priest
• James Jackson (clergyman) (–1851), Canadian Methodist minister

Science and mathematics

• James Caleb Jackson (1811–1895), American nutritionist
• James R. Jackson (1924–2011), American mathematician
• James Jackson (psychologist) (1944–2020), social psychologist and member of the National Science Board
• James A. Jackson (born 1954), British professor of geophysics at Cambridge University

Sports

• James Jackson (footballer, born 1900) (1900–), British footballer
• James Jackson (cyclist) (1908–1977), Canadian Olympic cyclist
• James Jackson (American football) (born 1976), American football player
• Boo Jackson (born 1981), American basketball player

Other

• James Jackson (steelmaker) (1771–1829), English manufacturer who established the first steel mill in France
• James Jackson (physician) (1777–1867), Massachusetts physician
• James Hayter Jackson (1800–1877), New Zealand mariner, whaler and trader
• James U. Jackson (1856–1925), founder and developer of the city of North Augusta, South Carolina
• James Ranalph Jackson (1882–1975), Australian painter

See also

• Jim Jackson (disambiguation)
• Jamie Jackson (disambiguation)