James Brown (disambiguation)
James Brown (1933–2006) was an American entertainer.
Jim Brown (born 1936) is an American football player and film actor.
Politicians
United Kingdom and Isle of Man
- James Clifton Brown (1841–1917), member of Parliament of the United Kingdom for Horsham, 1876–1880
- James Brown (Northern Ireland politician) (born 1897), MP for South Down, Northern Ireland
- James Brown (Scottish politician) (1862–1939), MP for Ayrshire, Scotland
- James Anthony Brown (born 1950), Chief Minister of the Isle of Man
- James Brown (MP for Malton) (1814–1877), British Liberal Party politician
- James Gordon Brown (born 1951), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 2007–2010
United States
- James Brown (Louisiana) (1766–1835), U.S. Senator from Louisiana , 1813–1817 and 1819–1823
- James S. Brown (1824–1878), mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1861 and member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1863–1865
- James W. Brown (1844–1909), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1903–1905
- James H. "Jim" Brown (born 1940), Louisiana politician
Canada
Australia and New Zealand
Sports
- James Brown (American football coach)
- James Brown (quarterback) (born 1975), American college football player for the University of Texas
- James Brown (cricketer) (born 1931), Scottish cricketer
- James Brown (footballer born 1987), English footballer
- James Brown (footballer born 1862) (1862–1922), British footballer
- James Brown (1890s footballer), Scottish footballer for Manchester United, Dundee Our Boys, and Dundee
- James Brown (footballer born 1907), Scottish footballer
- James Brown (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian footballer
- James Brown (offensive tackle) (born 1970), American professional football player from 1993–2000
- James Brown (sportscaster) (born 1951), American sportscaster
- James Keith Brown (born 1953), Scottish footballer who played for Aston Villa
- James Victor Brown (born 1935), Australian rugby player
- Jim Brown (sprinter) (born 1909), Canadian sprinter
- Jim Brown (long distance runner) (born 1952), Scottish long distance runner
- Jim Brown (footballer) (born 1952), Scottish footballer (Sheffield United)
- Jim Brown (footballer born 1950), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Hibernian)
- Jim Brown (ice hockey) (born 1960), retired American professional ice hockey defenseman
- Jim Brown (outfielder) (1897–1944), baseball player
- Jim Brown (pitcher) (James W.H. Brown, 1860–1908), baseball pitcher in 1884 and 1886
- Jim Brown (footballer born 1908) (1908–1994), American soccer player
- Jimmy Brown (baseball) (1910–1977), American baseball player
- Jimmy Brown (cricketer) (1864–1916), cricketer
- Jimmy Brown (football manager), Scottish football manager (Dumbarton)
- Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1924) (1924–2002), Scottish footballer (Bradford City)
- Jimmy Brown (footballer born 1925) (1925–2008), Scottish footballer (Hearts, Kilmarnock)
- Jimmy Brown (tennis) (born 1965), retired American professional tennis player
- Jimmy White (aka Jimmy Brown, born 1962), snooker player
Writing and publishing
Media, entertainment and arts
- James Brown (actor) (1920–1992), American actor
- Jimmy Brown (musician) (1926–2006), American trumpeter, saxophonist and singer
- James Brown (magician) (fl. 2000s), British magic-performer
- James Brown (artist) (born 1951), American painter active in Paris
- James Clifford Brown (1923–2004), English composer
- James Gopsill Brown (born 1929), British composer
- James Brown (hair stylist), Irish hair stylist
- Jim Brown (director) (born 1950), American film director
- Jim Brown (radio host), host of the Calgary Eyeopener
- Jim Ed Brown (born 1934), American country music singer
- James Francis Brown (born 1969), British composer
- James Crawford Brown (1805–1867), Scottish painter
- James Harmon Brown, American television writer with Barbara Esensten
Other people
- James Brown (Scottish clergyman) (1734–1791), clergyman in the Scottish Episcopal Church
- James Browne (Indian Army officer) (1839–1896), Scottish-Indian military officer and engineer
- James Joseph Brown (1854–1922), American mining businessman
- James Sutherland Brown (1881–1951), Canadian general and war planner
- James A.C. Brown (1911–1964), Scottish psychiatrist
- Jimmy Brown (Irish republican) (1955/56-1992), activist
- James Failla (1919–1999), also known as Jimmy Brown, member of the Gambino crime family
- James M. Brown (born 1941), Attorney General of Oregon from 1980–1981
- James Brown (ecologist) (born 1942), American ecologist & academic
- James Robert Brown, Canadian philosopher & academic
- James Duff Brown (1862–1914), British librarian
- James E. Brown III (born 1954), American pilot
- James Brown (bishop of Louisiana), American Episcopal Church bishop
- James Brown (bishop of Shrewsbury) (1812–1881), English Roman Catholic bishop
- Jim Brown (computer scientist), computer scientist with IBM
- James Baldwin Brown (1820–1884), British Congregational minister
- James Brown (academic) (1709–1784), English clergyman and academic
- James Graham Brown (1881–1969), American businessman and real estate developer
- James MacLellan Brown, Scottish architect
Other uses
See also