James Wilson (disambiguation)

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James Wilson (1742–1798) was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence.

James Wilson may also refer to:

Politicians and government officials

James Wilson (businessman) (1805–1860), UK member of parliament and founder of The Economist magazine
James Wilson (U.S. politician) (1835–1920), former United States Secretary of Agriculture and US Representative from Iowa
James Wilson (Indiana) (1825–1867), US Representative from Indiana
James Wilson I (New Hampshire) (1766–1839), US Representative from New Hampshire
James Wilson II (New Hampshire) (1797–1881), US Representative from New Hampshire, son of James Wilson I
James Wilson (Pennsylvania) (1779–1868), US Representative from Pennsylvania
James Wilson (Ontario MPP) (1810–?), member of the 1st Parliament of Ontario
James Wilson (Orangeman), founder of the Orange Institution
James Wilson (UK Labour politician) (1879–1943), UK MP, 1921–1922 and 1929–1931
James Wilson (Upper Canada politician) (1770–1847), farmer and politician in Upper Canada
James Charles Wilson (1816–1861), Wilson County, Texas was named after him
James Clifton Wilson (1874–1951), US Representative from Texas
James Crocket Wilson (1841–1899), member of the Parliament of Canada from Quebec
James F. Wilson (1828–1895), US Senator and Representative from Iowa
Sir James Wilson (New Zealand politician born 1849) (1849–1929), New Zealand politician and farmer
James Wilson (New Zealand politician born 1814) (1814–1898), New Zealand farmer and politician
James Wilson (New South Wales politician) (1865–1927)
James Harold Wilson (1916–1995), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1964–1970 and 1974–1976
James J. Wilson (1775–1824), US Senator from New Jersey
Sir James Milne Wilson (1812–1880), Premier of Tasmania, 1869–1872
James Robert Wilson (1866–1941), mayor of Saskatoon and member of the Parliament of Canada
James M. Wilson, Jr. (1918–2009), U.S. Assistant Secretary of State

Military and revolutionary figures

James Wilson (explorer) (1760–1814), brought the first British missionaries to Tahiti on ship Duff in 1797
James Wilson (Irish nationalist) (1836–1921), Fenian involved in the Catalpa rescue of 1876
James Wilson (revolutionary) (1760–1820), leader of the "Radical War" of 1820
James H. Wilson (1837–1925), general in the United States Army
James Wilson (British Army officer) (1921–2004), British general

Sportsmen

James B. Wilson (1896–1986), American football player and coach
James Wilson (athlete) (1891–1973), British athlete
James Wilson (Australian rules footballer), Geelong
James Wilson (darts player), English darts player
James Wilson (footballer, born 1989), Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Bristol City
James Wilson (rugby union) (born 1983), New Zealand rugby union player

Science and medicine

James Wilson (anatomist) (1765–1821), FRS, British professor of anatomy to RCS
James Thomas Wilson (1861–1945), FRS, British professor of anatomy, Cambridge
James A. Wilson, mathematician
James G. Wilson (1915–1987), embryologist and anatomist
Sir William James Erasmus Wilson (1809–1884), British surgeon
James Wilson (zoologist) (1795–1856), Scottish zoologist
Dr. James M. Wilson, gene therapy researcher

Music and the arts

James Wilson (songwriter), 18th century songwriter from Hexham, Northumberland, U.K.
James Daniel Wilson (born 1977), English actor
James Wilson (architect) (1816–1900), Victorian architect in Bath and partner in Wilson & Willcox
James Wilson (composer) (1922–2005), Irish composer
James Wilson (globe maker) (1763–1835), Vermont globe maker
James Keys Wilson, architect in Cincinnati, Ohio
James Wilson (cinematographer), British cinematographer

Academics

James Wilson (priest) (1836–1931), Canon of Worcester, theologian and science teacher
James Q. Wilson (1931–2012), professor of public policy at Pepperdine University
James Kinnier Wilson (born 1921), British Assyriologist
James Southall Wilson (1880–1963), author, professor, and founder of the Virginia Quarterly Review

Other

James Wilson (bishop) (died 1857), Bishop of Cork
James Miller Williams (1818–1890), discovered first commercial oil well in North America
James Grant Wilson (1832–1914), American soldier, editor, and author

James Wilson,a famous youtuber by the username uberhaxornova

Fictional

James Wilson (House), head of oncology on the television show House