James Young
James Young may refer to:
- James Young (1762–1833), Royal Navy officer
- James Young (American musician) (b. 1949), guitarist for the band Styx
- James Young (British musician), author, keyboardist and composer, briefly accompanist for Nico
- James Young (Canadian politician) (1835–1913), former member of the Canadian House of Commons
- James Young (comedian) (1918–1974), Northern Irish comedian
- James Young (congressman) (1866–1942), U.S. Representative from Texas
- James Young (director) (1872–1948), American film director and actor
- James Young (footballer) (1882–1922), Scottish footballer, played for Celtic F.C. and Scotland
- James Young (hurler), hurling player from County Laois, Ireland
- James Young (mayor) (born 1956), first African American to be elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi (2009)
- James Young (Upper Canada politician) (1777–1831), political figure in Upper Canada
- James Young (chemist) (1811-1883) - Scottish chemist. Developed dry distillation process for paraffin (from coal)
- James Alexander Young (1875–1956), New Zealand politician
- James H. Young (1860–1921), African-American North Carolina politician
- James Henry Young (1834 - 1908), colonial Australian businessman and politician
- James K. Young, (1797–1851), Hapa-Hawaiian High Chief and Governor of Maui and Kauai
- James R. Young (1847–1924), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania
- James R. Young (Canadian politician), current mayor of East Gwillimbury, Ontario
- James R. Young (UP), current President, CEO and Chairman of Union Pacific Railroad
- James R. Young (NC politician) (born 1853), Insurance Commissioner of North Carolina
- James Scott Young (1848–1914), United States federal judge
- James Whitney Young (born 1941), American astronomer
- Jamie Young (born 1985), Anglo-Australian soccer goalkeeper
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