James Hamilton

Dukes

• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, heir to the throne of Scotland
• James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, British nobleman and diplomat
• James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, first governor of Northern Ireland
• James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn, Northern Irish senator
• James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, Northern Irish politician

  Marquesses

• James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 4th Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman

  Earls

• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault, and 2nd Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 3rd Earl of Arran, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Sheriff of Linlithgow
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn, Scottish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 6th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish nobleman and amateur scientist
• James Hamilton, 8th Earl of Abercorn, Scottish and Irish nobleman
• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil , Anglo-Irish Royalist peer, soldier and politician
• James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Clanbrassil , British politician
• James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, Irish peer

  Viscounts

• James Hamilton, 1st Viscount Claneboye, Ulster Scot land owner and settler
• James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, British politician

  Barons and other nobles

• Sir James Hamilton of Cadzow, 5th Laird of Cadzow
• James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish nobleman
• Sir James Hamilton of Finnart, military engineer, illegitimate son of the 1st earl and guardian to the 2nd
• James Hamilton, 3rd Baron Hamilton of Strabane, Irish nobleman
• James Hamilton, Lord Paisley, eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Abercorn
• James Hamilton, 4th Baron Hamilton of Dalzell, British politician
• James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, member of the Scottish Parliament
• James Hamilton, Lord Pencaitland, Scottish judge

  Arts and entertainment

• James Hamilton, Scottish painter
• James Whitelaw Hamilton, Scottish artist
• Neil Hamilton , American actor
• Jimmy Hamilton, American jazz musician
• James Hamilton, American photographer
• James Alexander Hamilton , English compiler of musical instruction books
• James G. C. Hamilton, American sculptor
• James Hamilton , British DJ and journalist for Record Mirror and ''Music Week''

  Clergy

• James Hamilton , Scottish prelate
• James Hamilton , Scottish minister, active in Ireland
• James Hamilton , Scottish prelate
• James Hamilton , Irish Anglican priest
• James Hamilton , Irish priest and astronomer
• James Hamilton , Scottish minister and author, primarily in London

  Military

• James Hamilton , Irish courtier and soldier, during the reign of Charles II of England
• James Inglis Hamilton, general in the British Army
• James Hamilton , British army colonel
• James de Courcy Hamilton, British Royal Navy officer and fire officer

  Politics

• Sir James Hamilton, shire commissioner for Lanarkshire
• James Hamilton, burgh commissioner for Glasgow
• James Hamilton, member of parliament for Bangor
• James Hamilton, shire commissioner for Lanarkshire
• James Hamilton of Bangour, burgh commissioner for Dunfermline
• Sir James Hamilton, member of parliament for Bangor and County Down
• James Hamilton, member of parliament for Down and Downpatrick
• Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Rosehall, member of parliament for Lanarkshire
• James Hamilton, member of parliament for Newry and Carlow
• James Hamilton , mayor of Philadelphia and lieutenant-governor of Pennsylvania
• James Hamilton Jr., governor and representative for South Carolina
• James Alexander Hamilton, acting U.S. secretary of state under president Andrew Jackson
• Sir James Hamilton, 2nd Baronet, of Woodbrook, British politician, member of parliament for Sudbury
• James Hans Hamilton, Anglo-Irish member of parliament
• James Kent Hamilton, mayor of Toledo, Ohio
• James A. Hamilton, secretary of state of New York 1923–1924
• James Hamilton , Scottish politician
• James Harold Hamilton, American politician in the Alabama House of Representatives
• James E. Hamilton, American politician in the state of Oklahoma
• James R. Hamilton, American politician in the Georgia State Senate
• James Hamilton , Irish barrister and director of public prosecutions in Ireland

  Sports

• James Hamilton , American football player
• James Hamilton , Australian cricketer
• James Hamilton , Scottish football player for Queen's Park and the national team
• James Hamilton , English football player
• James Hamilton , Scottish football player for St Mirren, Rangers, Blackpool and the national team
• James Hamilton, English footballer for Crystal Palace
• James Hamilton, Scottish footballer for Carlisle United and Rochdale
• James Hamilton, Scottish footballer for Sunderland and Carlisle United
• James Hamilton , New Zealand Olympic snowboarder
• Jimmy Hamilton, 1963 World Curling Championships known as the Scotch Cup

  Other people

• James Alexander Greer Hamilton, principal surgeon at North Adelaide Hospital, South Australia
• James Hamilton , assassin
• James Hamilton , Scottish physician
• James Hamilton , Irish proponent of the "Hamiltonian system" for teaching languages
• James M. Hamilton, third president of Montana State University, 1904–1919
• James Stevenson-Hamilton, founder of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
• Jamie Hamilton , Scottish-American book publisher and champion oarsman
• James Hamilton , Irish mathematician and theoretical physicist
• James D. Hamilton, econometrician
• Sir James Arnot Hamilton, British aerospace engineer
• James P. Hamilton, professor of chemistry
• James Hamilton, known for participation in the United States Senate Watergate Committee