James Murray

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James, Jamie, Jim or Jimmy Murray may refer to:

Politicians

Military

  • James Murray (admiral), a 16th-century Scottish shipbuilder in the Polish service, counter-admiral during the Battle of Oliwa
  • James Wolfe-Murray (1853–1919), British military officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff in the 1910s
  • James Murray (British Army officer) (1721/22–1794), Scottish military officer and governor of Quebec
  • James Murray (of Strowan) (1734–1794), Scottish general of the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution
  • James Murray (VC) (1859–1942), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross during the First Boer War
  • Sir James Pulteney, 7th Baronet (c. 1755–1811), born James Murray, Scottish general and MP for Weycombe and Regis
  • James Patrick Murray (MP) (1782–1834), British soldier
  • James Lore Murray (1919–2004), USAF Major General responsible for the ejection seat and the B-52 aircraft

Arts and entertainment

Sport

Other

  • James Murray, 2nd Earl of Annandale (died 1658)
  • Sir James Murray, 5th Baronet (died 1769)
  • J. A. Murray (fl. 1880s), naturalist
  • James Murray (Broughton) (1727–1799), entrepreneur from Broughton, Scotland
  • James Boyles Murray (1789–1866), businessman in New York
  • Sir James Murray, 10th Baronet (c. 1814–1843)
  • James Murray (bishop) (1828–1909), Roman Catholic bishop, the first Bishop of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Sir James Murray (lexicographer) (1837–1915), Scottish lexicographer who was the most famous editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
  • James D. Murray (born 1931), mathematics professor
  • James Albert Murray (born 1932), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Jim Murray (sportswriter) (1919–1998), American sportswriter
  • Jim Murray (writer) (born 1957), English-born whisky writer
  • James Murray (biologist) (1865–1914), Scottish-born biologist and explorer

See also

  • James (disambiguation)
  • Murray (disambiguation)
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