James Watson
James Watson is the name of:
- James Watson (actor) (born 1970), British film and television actor
- James Watson (New York) (1750–1806), United States Senator from New York
- James Watson (soldier) (born 1850), American soldier, participant in the Battle of the Little Bighorn
- James Watson (trumpeter), English trumpet player, conductor and professor at the Royal Academy of Music
- James Watson (wrestler), professional wrestler, pseudonym Mikey Whipwreck
- James Watson (author) (born 1936), author from Lancashire
- James A. Watson (born c. 1956), United States Coast Guard rear admiral
- James Cameron Watson (born 1891), Canadian politician, mayor of Calgary
- James Craig Watson (1838–1880), Canadian-American astronomer
- James D. Watson (born 1928), American biologist and co-discoverer of the structure of DNA
- James Eli Watson (c. 1864–1948), United States Representative and Senator from Indiana
- James F. Watson (1840–1897), American judge and attorney
- James Lopez Watson (1922–2001), United States Federal judge, first black judge to head a federal court in the South
- James S. Watson (1882–1952), first African American judge elected in New York state
- James Sibley Watson (1894–1982), American philanthropist, publisher, and early experimenter in motion pictures
- James Watson (MP) (1817–1895), English merchant, dairy herdsman and Conservative politician, MP 1885–1892
- James Watson (British Army officer), Commander-in-Chief, India
- James Watson (Scottish footballer), Rangers F.C. and Scotland international footballer of the 1870s
- James Watson (Australian politician), New South Wales Colonial Treasurer from 1878 to 1883
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